What's Happening in Provo | October 4th, 2024

What’s Up Provo! It’s International Bacon Day—but if you’ve been a subscriber for a while you might remember that we’ve already had a few bacon-related holidays—since July. Guess you just can’t celebrate bacon enough.

A few highlights of today’s newsletter:

• 🎃 Spooktober @ Thanksgiving Point

• 🛍️👻 Boozar Market

• 💪 Friday To-do’s: Financials

Yummy Thai food + quick, easy dinner = Parami 🍛 

This is kind of a things we’re loving and a local business highlight rolled into one. We found Parami at the Provo Farmers Market and after taste-testing all their flavors we had to get them all!

They’ve got green, red, yellow, and massaman curries (and we’ve got our eye on panang curry, which we heard is going to be available very soon). Each jar has recommended proteins and veggies to add—so it really is a quick and easy meal, and we loved how authentic it tasted. 

Their story is also super cool. Here it is, straight from the jar: “Nika, born in a Thai refugee camp returned to Cambodia after the civil war before immigrating to the US. In college [BYU], her roommates cherished her authentic curry recipes, sparking her entrepreneurial journey using fresh ingredients like garlic, lemongrass, and coconut cream. Nika meticulously simmers each batch, delivering the essence of homemade goodness in every bottle.”

How it’s made

Nothing in this section is sponsored. We liked it and thought you’d enjoy it too.
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Spooktober: Month-long Halloween Celebration 🎃 

There is a lot happening at Thanksgiving Point for Spooktober—and we kind of feel some pressure to explain it right. Here we go:

Spooktober is a month-long Halloween celebration at Thanksgiving Point. Each of the areas in Thanksgiving Point have been spooked-up and pumpkin-spiced to become some of the most fun, and unique, Halloween activities around.

The Butterfly Biosphere now includes things like Halloween-themed Critter Encounter shows, a giant spider web, and roach races! Curiosity Farms has been “taken over by ghost cowboys”! The Ashton Gardens will be having a Scarecrow Festival (Oct 14th - 19th), and more…

On top of all that, each night there will be a costume party! On Tuesdays and Thursdays the Dinos After Dark costume party will be taking place in the Museum of Ancient Life, Wednesdays is the Monster Mash in the Museum of Natural Curiosity, etc., etc. Check out the details in the link below!

Thanksgiving Point | | More info

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🔮💀 Grassroots Shakespeare: Macbeth
Get hands on medieval fighting lessons, then watch a performance of Macbeth. ChatGPT’s summary of Macbeth: “Macbeth is the story of a guy who takes career advice from three witches, gets a little too stab-happy, and learns the hard way that ambition and guilt don't mix well.”
Orem Library Storytelling Wing | 6pm - 8pm | More info

🏃🦖 Schutzenski Festival
On Thursday the contestants will be arriving and on October 4th the general public is invited to a weekend of Biathlon and XC races. There will be a number of events including a 5k & 10k Trail Running Races and a 1k Dino Kids Fun Run.
Soldier Hollow | More info | Instagram

👉️ Also:

• BYU Women’s Volleyball plays Arizona State in Arizona.

• BYU Women’s Soccer plays Arizona at 8pm MDT (also in Arizona).

• The Provo Art Stroll downtown will be happening.

• And, the Orem Library will be having a free showing of Minority Report (PG-13) at 6:30pm.

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🛍️👻 Hazel Avenue's Annual Boozar Market
It’s the 2nd annual Boozar Market at Electric Park (at Thanksgiving Point)—one of the biggest markets in Utah! There are going to be food trucks, bounce houses, face painting, and the local vendors will be giving out candy for trick or treating at every booth!
Electric Park | Noon - 6pm | More info

🎃 The Pumpkin Train
The Pumpkin Train takes its trip on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. There are multiple departure times each day (see the details below), and no matter what day or time you ride you’ll enjoy entertainment, a wonderful 40-minute ride, and a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie! Also, take home a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch after it’s all over.
Heber Valley Railroad | October 5, 12, 19, 26 @ 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm | More info / Tickets

🍎🏃‍♀️ Apple Harvest Run
Run through beautiful apple and cherry orchards during the Apple Harvest Run at Rowleys Red Barn in Santaquin, Utah! This race takes place on a scenic dirt road and kicks off their fall festival and Harvest Days. After the race, guzzle down some apple cider, or have a donut and/or ice cream (you’ve earned it), and then hop on a hayride, get lost in the corn maze, zip down the zip lines, bounce on the bounce pads, launch some apples, and so much more. Registration covers the race, shirt, medal, and bib, but bring extra cash to enjoy all the fun after.
Rowley’s Red Barn | Register

👉️ Also:

• Baking Me Crazy has a Gluten Free Trifles Class and a Halloween Cakepops Class.

• Harrowing, Haunted Hayrides happening (in) Heber.

• People are going to be painting amongst the pumpkins at 3pm @ Cornbelly’s (the one in Spanish Fork).

• Join others as they listen to the Saturday Morning Session of General Conference in the Trees up Battle Creek Trailhead.

• Take a storytelling tour by lantern light at the Hutchings Museum.

• And, of course, there’s the Midway Farmers Market (from 10am to 1pm) and the Provo Farmers Market (starting at 9am).

🎸 Live Music

@ The Velour
Today- Seaslak, Kaytlin Numbers, Cayson Renshaw

@ The Boardwalk
Today - Vintage Vagabonds, Love, Kenna, Seventh Seal
Saturday - No Need To Whisper, Rejected Takeoff, The Stoats

@ The Rise
Saturday - Kago the Kid, Heymxnii, Jaywalkemdown, Rosy

🏐 BYU Loses in 5 to Arizona

Recap

💪 Friday To-do’s

Checking the financials

✅ Finally look into high yield accounts 💰️ Many people did this already after the rates went up, but if you haven’t moved your savings over yet and you’re thinking about using a high yield savings account, here are a few articles that can help. Forbes | Experian | Flourish

✅ Evaluate your retirement savings 📈 Most people report to feeling behind on their retirement savings. Here are a few calculators to help you determine how well you are doing based on your financial goals. Nerdwallet | Vanguard

✅ Get back to budgeting 💵🐎 Mint shut down not too long ago, and many people haven’t started budgeting since. Check out these alternatives. Also, here’s a reddit thread that can help. Also, non-techy solutions are good, too.

Words To Remember

Thanks!

Thanks for reading! Share with a friend who loves candy corn 🎃 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

Friday, October 4th, 2024

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