More Local, More Vocal with About Face, Diverted, Utah Film Center, Utahns Against Hunger + More

  • November 4, 2025
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Tuesday, Nov. 4: Adrian Rollins is a veteran, an anti-war activist, and a socialist. RadioACTive finds out why he started a local chapter of About Face, Veterans Against the War. Wake the GSL and KRCL's own Valene MC are back with Diverted: Indigenous Stewardship and Saving Great Salt Lake, which premieres this week. Plus, Adopt-A-Native-Elder, Utahns Against Hunger, Kurbasy at Kingsbury, and Vivaldi by Candlelight.

Get More Local, More Vocal with Tonight's Guests, Organizations & Community Events

Rallies & Resources Spotlight (full list here):

  • Nov. 3-9: Utah Giving Week to raise money for the Utah Food Bank. For more ways to give or get help, visit KRCL's Community Resources List. Gina Cornia of Utahns Against Hunger reports on the bad and good news of the last 24 hours when it comes to SNAP benefits.

  • Nov. 5: Bring Them Home | 7 PM @ Utah Film Center Black Box, 375 W 400 N, SLC. Utah Film Center's Russell Roots shares details on this film for Native American Heritage Month.

  • Nov. 7: Kurbasy brings Songs of the Ukrainian Forest | 7:30 PM @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E Presidents Circle, SLC. Lara talks with the group about what to expect from their avant-garde musical project, blending folk-based multimedia performances, polyphonic vocal harmonies, and phantasmagoric visual imagery. 

  • Nov. 7-9: Navajo Rug Show & Sale @ Snow Park Lodge, Deer Valley. Adopt-A-Native-Elder's CJ Robb shares this year's festivities and theme, “We Come From The Stars,” which honors the artistry, heritage, and stories of Navajo Elders. Entry on Saturdays and Sundays is free and open to the public.

  • Dec. 6: Vivaldi by Candlelight | 7-9 PM @ First United Methodist Church, 203 S. 200 E, SLC. Jeremy Harmon of Utah Global Diplomacy invites you to this annual event that supports the nonprofit's work and has become a holiday tradition in SLC. 

Diverted, a film directed by Valene Peratrovich

Against the backdrop of the Great Salt Lake’s dwindling water levels, a new documentary film that centers Indigenous perspectives about what to do will make its feature-length screening debut with two dates in November. Filming for “Diverted” began in 2023 as a personal passion project by Director Valene Peratrovich and producers McCaulee Blackburn and Cristian Martinez. They and others then continued working on the film in a class setting at Salt Lake Community College before receiving a grant from the Wake the Great Salt Lake (WakeGSL) project to expand it. Peratrovich, Blackburn, Martinez, and Wake the GSL's Siri Vlasic join the show tonight.

Thurs, Nov. 6 & 20:

  • Diverted: Indigenous Stewardship and Saving Great Salt Lake, a debut documentary film. "Amid the ongoing ecological crisis facing Great Salt Lake, this film presents an urgent, inspiring perspective: Indigenous stewardship is key to restoring balance. The film, directed by Valene Peratrovich and produced by McCaulee Blackburn and Cristian Martinez, highlights interviews with leaders such as Darren and Brad Parry of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, Elizabeth Kronk Warner of the University of Utah, and activist Carl Moore. The first screening at Fisher Brewing Company will include a live Q&A panel with the filmmakers and participants. Both events are free and open to the public. This film is part of Wake the Great Salt Lake, a public art initiative supported by the Salt Lake City Arts Council and the Mayor’s Office, dedicated to inspiring care, creativity, and action for the lake’s future.

    • Nov. 6, 7 PM @ Fisher Brewing, 320 W 800 S, SLC. 21+. Followed by a Q&A panel with the filmmakers and participants

    • Nov. 20, 7 PM @ Utah Film Center, 375 W 400 N, SLC. Free and open to the public

RadioACTive Roundtable Tuesday Activist Spotlight: Adrian Rollins

If you were at the No Kings #2 rally last month, where he gave a fiery speech, you may have seen Adrian Rollins give a fiery speech. He's a veteran, an anti-war activist, and a socialist. And now he's starting a local chapter of About Face, Veterans Against the War. RadioACTive finds out why.

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Tonight's RadioACTive Team

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9 FM. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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