Utah Film Center’s Geralyn White Dreyfous Building Grand Opening VIP Reception
Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 • Utah Film Center
Jacki Zehner, Geralyn White Dreyfous, McKarah Dreyfous
and Lauren Pasternak. Photo by BW Productions.
Utah Film Center kicked off a weekend of celebration marking the grand opening of its new home—the Geralyn White Dreyfous Building in Salt Lake City’s Marmalade District. Festivities began Friday evening with an energetic VIP Reception, where more than 100 supporters gathered to toast 23 years of creativity, community, and big-screen magic—and most importantly, a permanent space for the film center.
Guests were greeted with cocktails and local bites while exploring the newly transformed space—a 1950s simple cinder block structure reimagined with the stunning design work by local designer, WOW Atelier. Every detail of the building has been thoughtfully designed to spark storytelling and connection.
A highlight from the evening was stepping into the Black Box Theater—an intimate cinematic space where dark velvet curtains and custom seating set the stage for future film screenings. Spiritual and gospel music from the Salt Lake City Mass Choir filled the room, offering a joyful tone before filmmaker Nicholas Ma (Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Leap of Faith) gave a heartfelt thanks to all who helped bring this new home for film to life. utahfilmcenter.org
Salt Lake Magazine’s 2025 Farm-to-Glass Cocktail Contest Reveal • Oct. 20, 2025
Oct. 20, 2025 • This is The Place Pioneer Center
Last September, 23 bars from across the state presented delicious cocktail creations and competed for the best in Utah. With prize money provided by Francis Fecteau of Libations, we awarded trophies to the top reader’s choice winners, Water Witch and Palomino and judge’s choice awards to Rouser at Asher Adams and Current Fish & Oyster (RIP). Other “Notable Potables” were given nods at the event, which featured bites from Good Day Catering, libations from Vine Lore, Old Town Cellars, Mecca, Sugar House Distillery, Speakeasy Mixology and Flair and Mountain West Hard Cider. Thanks to our partners at City Cast Salt Lake and This is the Place. And special thanks to all of our contestants and our presenting sponsor, Sysco.
The Christian Center of Park City’s Tables of Late Summer Gala
September 2025 • The Christian Center, Park City
The Christian Center of Park City (CCPC) celebrated its 25th anniversary of fighting food insecurity with the Tables of Late Summer Gala in September. The fundraising event featured a seasonal dinner created by Blake Spalding and Jen Castle, founding chefs of Hell’s Backbone Grill & Farm, with inspiration from Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse and The Edible Schoolyard Project. Waters, Spalding and Castle participated in a conversation moderated by Davia Nelson of NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters, while The Blended Table prepared dinner using locally sourced ingredients.
Nelson Labs 40th Anniversary Open House
Oct. 2, 2025 • Nelson Laboratories Headquarters, SLC
Nelson Labs, which provides microbiological and analytical chemistry testing and advisory services for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, showcased how medical products are validated for safety before they reach hospitals. Guests received escorted access to select areas of the campus for guided tours of facilities and timed “innovation stations” that highlighted Nelson Labs’ unique contributions to the industry over the past four decades. Nelson Labs welcomed over 100 guests, including Taylorsville Mayor Kristie Overson and representatives from Sen. Mike Lee’s office, as well as customers, partners and community leaders. Nelson President Joe Shrawder, Laboratory Operations Leader Zach Anderson and President & CEO of BioUtah Kelvyn Cullimore delivered remarks on Nelson’s growth over the past 40 years and the future of the medical device and pharmaceutical industries in Utah. Learn more at nelsonlabs.com.
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