🌱 Fancy Italian Coming To Gateway + Latest On SLC’s Pantages Theater

Happy Thursday people of Salt Lake City! Here’s everything you need to know today happening around town.

First, today’s weather:

Mostly cloudy and warmer. High: 55 Low: 42.

Here are the top three stories today in Salt Lake City:

1. Haute cuisine is coming to the gateway with a new Italian restaurant that bills itself as a modern osteria. Italian Grafitti certainly won’t be the only high-end Italian establishment in Salt Lake but at this point, it lacks peers within the culinary environment of the Gateway as it will serve up fancier fare for the outdoor mall that is in constant reinvention of itself. Also announced is an interior design and custom home furnishings studio Jade Furnish & Design. (Utah Business)
2. A North Salt Lake man’s remains have been discovered after authorities received a tip that he had been seen hiking on a trail near Provo. This led to a drone team being able to locate the human remains and positively confirm the identity of Andrew Gulledge, missing since New Year’s Day. GUlledge took to the hills alone from a hotel in Provo where he was staying with a friend and didn’t tell anyone where he was going. He leaves behind two children, a three-year-old daughter and an infant son. (FOX 13 News Utah)
3. Struggling to make headway on a lawsuit aimed at protecting the 100-year-old Utah Pantages Theaterthe group behind the legal effort took to heart some advice given to them by a judge and refiled the lawsuit, dropping Salt Lake City and adding the building’s current owner to it. In an earlier hearing, 3rd District Court Judge Robert Faust said it would make more sense to include the building’s current owner in the group’s efforts to sue to preserve the historic theater, so the Friends of the Utah Pantages Theater did just that. What it means for the future of the theater doesn’t appear to be of concern to the defendends who are confident the plaintiffs still don’t have a viable case. (KSL.com)

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• “The City Library is updating its Mission Statement to better reflect the role it plays in the community. “Your City Library: Building a foundation of equity, connection, and limitless possibilities.” We want to hear from you about how this proposed Mission Statement relates to your experiences at the Library.” (Salt Lake City Public Library)
• “Apricity (noun): the warmth of the sun in winter. “Apricity” brings into conversation the unease of the modern climate observer with the calming beauty of organic forms, the glimpses of life in urban landscapes, the optimism of change against a still uncertain future – the hope of sunlight in winter. “Apricity” will hang through May 1 with an artist reception during gallery stroll on Friday April 15 from 6-9pm. Admission is free and open to the public.” (NowPlayingUtah)
• “Rosy-finches are more than colorful birds — they also provide valuable information about changes in the environment. Rosy finches live in Alpine ecosystems, some of the most fragile ecosystems in the world. Long-term changes in the environment.” (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)
• “Blink and you might miss it! Cirque de la Symphonie will transform Maurice Abravanel Hall into something spectacular on April 22-23. Don’t pass up your chance to see these daredevils! Get your tickets here.” (Utah Symphony)
• This week’s batch of adoptable pets in the Salt Lake City area are looking for their forever homes. Will you take one home? If you’ve been hoping to add a four-legged ball of love and affection to your family, look no further than these shelters in and around Salt Lake City for a pet you can adopt. (Salt Lake Patch)

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That’s it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Joseph Peterson

About me: Joseph is a writer and marketing communications strategist with a degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations from the University of Utah. He’s keen on city life, public libraries, national parks, and promoting events that build community.