Hey guys, we’re hosting a reading at Sam Weller’s (254 S Main St) on Wed., July 7th, at 6:00 PM. Free to all.

Here’s the scoop on the book and author.

Call us at 801-328-2586 for any questions.

Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars

Prayer in schools? Animal sacrifices in public? Ten Commandments on the courthouse lawn? Jay Wexler has seen it all . . .

What happens when a professor of church/state law decides to get out of his stuffy office and hit the road in search of the places and people responsible for some of the country’s most controversial Supreme Court cases about this hot-button issue?

In Holy Hullabaloos, Jay Wexler visits Amish farmers in Wisconsin who were fined for keeping their kids out of school; drinks at a bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts, whose liquor license was challenged by a nearby Armenian church; and attends a public high school football game in east Texas where students once prayed before kickoff. He stops by Hialeah, Florida, where laws were passed to keep a Santeria church from performing animal sacrifices; visits a publicly funded Muslim school in downtown Cleveland; and checks out the site of a six-foot granite monument of the Ten Commandments erected on the Austin Capitol grounds near the Supreme Court.

With a mix of awe and skepticism as well as large doses of humor, Jay Wexler searches for what really happened in some of our gnarliest disputes about just how high to build the wall between Church and government.

Jay Wexler teaches at the Boston University School of Law. He studied religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School and law at Stanford, and worked as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He has published numerous academic articles, essays, and reviews, as well as nearly three dozen short stories and humor pieces in outlets such as Spy and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Wexler lives in Boston.

Vuvuzela-blowing liberals,

Now that the primaries are over I’m sure we’ll have plenty to talk about at Drinking Liberally tomorrow. We can also talk about the World Cup, or General McChrystal’s horrible words and terrible taste in beer. Whatever you’d like to talk about, you’re likely to find someone willing to discuss at Drinking Liberally.

Once again, this year we’ll be going to Salt Lake Acting Company’s hilarious cabaret, Saturday’s Voyeur. If you love good satire on Utah culture and current events (and there’s plenty to choose from – hot tubs and DUI’s, anyone?), you should plan on joining us for this. We’ve got 4 tables reserved for the 7pm show on Sunday, July 11th, plus plenty of regular seating.

There are only 9 seats left! When you tell them you’re with Drinking Liberally SLC, they’ll put you with the rest of us AND you get the tickets for $35 each, which is $9-$19 off regular price! Box office number is (801)363-7522. You must buy your tickets by July 5th!

We’ll also be having drinks and BBQ before the show, stay tuned for more info on that.

As we announced previously, Living Liberally, the parent org to Drinking Liberally, has chosen Salt Lake City to host its annual national conference. This is a great opportunity for Salt Lake liberals to show people from across the country why we choose to live here, despite the sometimes oppressive laws & lawmakers.

We’ll be forming a planning committee, so if you work or have skills in any field you think might be helpful (graphic design, PR, booze making, etc) and would be willing to volunteer a little time to the effort, please let us know by replying to this email. Your help would be very appreciated.

See you tomorrow!
Laura & Jeremiah

Salt (Oil?) Lake liberals,

Thanks for everyone who came out to the Meet & Drink last week, and another big thanks to the candidates. Hopefully you all came out of it with a better idea of who you’ll vote for in the primary this coming Tuesday.

Our next meetup will be next Friday, June 25th. We’ll have plenty to talk about: the primary results, Utah’s impending execution, the gulf coast spill, and of course the Salt Lake spill.

Once again, this year we’ll be going to Salt Lake Acting Company’s hilarious cabaret, Saturday’s Voyeur. If you love good satire on Utah culture and current events (and there’s plenty to choose from – hot tubs and DUI’s, anyone?), you should plan on joining us for this. We’ve got 4 tables reserved for the 7pm show on Sunday, July 11th, plus plenty of regular seating.

The tables will go to the first 14 who call and ask for them, so if you want a table call soon. When you tell them you’re with Drinking Liberally SLC, they’ll put you with the rest of us AND you get the tickets for $35 each, which is $9-$19 off regular price! Box office number is (801)363-7522.

We’ll also be having drinks and BBQ before the show, stay tuned for more info on that.

If you want to see Anthony Bourdain at Abravanel Hall this Saturday and don’t already have tickets, Drinking Liberally has been extended a discount code of BOURDAIN for $10 off tickets. You can purchase tickets here: http://www.arttix.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=5033

As we announced previously, Living Liberally has chosen Salt Lake City to host its annual national conference. This is a great opportunity for Salt Lake liberals to show people from across the country why we choose to live here, despite the sometimes oppressive laws & lawmakers.

Primarily liberals,

For our meetup tonight (June 11th), we’ve invited candidates who will be going to primary to join us for another Meet & Drink. Those joining us include Joel Briscoe and Anthony Kaye for Utah House District 25; and Cal Noyce and Arlyn Bradshaw for County Council 1. Jim Matheson didn’t respond and Claudia Wright has a previous obligation, unfortunately.

The format will be different from our last Meet & Drink and it should be fun – this time we’ll be passing out question cards so you can submit your questions for the candidates to answer. Questions can be about their policy stances, or even questions just to get to know them better – like “what’s your favorite drink?”

With that knowledge in hand, you can then make an informed vote in the June 22nd primary.

Once again, this year we’ll be going to Salt Lake Acting Company’s hilarious cabaret, Saturday’s Voyeur. If you love good satire on Utah culture and current events (and there’s plenty to choose from – hot tubs and DUI’s, anyone?), you should plan on joining us for this. We’ve got 4 tables reserved for the 7pm show on Sunday, July 11th, plus plenty of regular seating.

The tables will go to the first 14 who call and ask for them, so if you want a table call soon. When you tell them you’re with Drinking Liberally SLC, they’ll put you with the rest of us AND you get the tickets for $35 each, which is $9-$19 off regular price! Box office number is (801)363-7522.

We’ll also be having drinks and BBQ before the show, stay tuned for more info on that.

As we announced previously, Living Liberally has chosen Salt Lake City to host its annual national conference. This is a great opportunity for Salt Lake liberals to show people from across the country why we choose to live here, despite the sometimes oppressive laws & lawmakers.

Helpful liberals,

As we announced in our last email, Living Liberally has chosen Salt Lake City to host its annual national conference. This is a great opportunity for Salt Lake liberals to show people from across the country why we choose to live here, despite the sometimes oppressive laws & lawmakers.

We’ll be forming a planning committee, so if you work or have skills in any field you think might be helpful (graphic design, PR, booze making, etc) and would be willing to volunteer a little time to the effort, please let us know by replying to this email.

Once again, this year we’ll be going to Salt Lake Acting Company’s hilarious cabaret, Saturday’s Voyeur. If you love good satire on Utah culture and current events (and there’s plenty to choose from – hot tubs and DUI’s, anyone?), you should plan on joining us for this. We’ve got 4 tables reserved for the 7pm show on Sunday, July 11th, plus plenty of regular seating.

The tables will go to the first 14 who call and ask for them, so if you want a table call soon. When you tell them you’re with Drinking Liberally SLC, they’ll put you with the rest of us AND you get the tickets for $35 each, which is $9-$19 off regular price! Box office number is (801)363-7522.

We’ll also be having drinks and BBQ before the show, stay tuned for more info on that.

Want to walk in the Pride Parade on Sunday? There are a number of candidates who would love for you to walk with them, including Holly Mullen, Sim Gill, John Rendell, Peter Corroon, and Sam Granato. You can find their contact info at http://www.slcountydems.com