This Friday, Utah artist Chris Purdie and the Sego Arts Foundation will open a performance art event to coincide with Provo City’s next gallery stroll. The event, called “I am Chris Purdie,” will consist of 30 actors, all dressed in Purdie’s regular black glasses, beanie, and hoodie, roaming the gallery as Purdie himself.

“Some of my earliest memories are of mixing cookie dough.” says Megan Faulkner Brown, founder of The Sweet Tooth Fairy Bakeshop, “Since childhood I have had a profound love for sweets.” Dessert-lovers will be delighted to hear that The Sweet Tooth Fairy Bake Shop is now open for business.

Have hard times gotten you bugaboo or made you frustrated with the often high cost of being a student? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Even the best of us have to search for creative ways to make sure every dollar we spend goes as far as it possibly can.

The placebo values informed by local cultural idiosyncrasies have rendered an unpardonable disservice upon the children of saints. Orwell, Huxley and Carlin all roll in their graves while a population adorned in magic underwear bask in a ludicrous testament of corporate protocol which holds such substances as Ambien, Prozac and Oxycontin beyond moral reproach while holding as objectionable, the very beverage our lord preferred over water.

If you’re anything like me, you are a poor college student. I recently spent some time out of town on a school function and was going to miss work and could not afford to eat out every day. By spending less than $20 beforehand on food to bring along, I was able to eat well without spending any money on the trip.

Shopping at thrift stores may begin as a necessity, but after time and practice it develops into an art form. After enough good finds at great prices, it becomes a hobby, a leisure activity to be enjoyed and savored. There are methods of finding little treasures- and sometimes big ones.

While exploring Europe for six months last year, native Australian Lauren Smith had experiences which ordinary tourists and backpackers alike would envy. “I hiked up the French Pyrenees mountains and spent the night partying in a 200-year-old abandoned villa,” Smith said.

Every time I eat one of my typically modest-budget meals, I always find myself thanking heaven I’m too pathetic to have a car. To be sure, I’m more pathetic for not having a license. It’s a long story involving some eggs, a wedding and a car chase, but in high school I never got that special privilege to drive.

It’s difficult to purchase something you know you can make yourself. When looking online or in a store for a new piece of clothing, consider whether or not you can make it yourself. In the dressing room 1. Take photos. In many stores you’ll have to be covert while taking photos.

1. Study up. As your career as a thrift store shopper progresses, you’ll learn which local shops are best for what you’re looking for. For example, if you’re looking for sweaters, you’ll generally find the best prices at the Deseret Industries in Provo. But if a new pair of shoes is your goal, it’s a toss up between Savers in Orem and the Deseret Industries in American Fork.