Ukulele and Yoga 🎶🌺

What’s Up Provo!

Today is “International Left Hander’s Day”, so message a left handed person you know and let them know you are thinking about them today.

Just in case you are wondering, there is no such thing as “Right Hander’s Day”.

Here are the top events of the day:

Ono’s Malasadas

OUR STORY

While on their annual vacation to the Hawaiian Islands, Sophia Bussio and her family discovered Malasadas, a Portuguese fried sweet dough, a food staple in Hawaii. Sophia and her family saw the opportunity to bring the malasada magic to Provo. Excited to embrace the opportunity, the Bussios dove headfirst into the world of fried dough, later naming their new company “Ono’s Malasadas.”

OUR NAME

The name, a fusion of Hawaiian and Portuguese, encapsulates what a malasada truly is. “Ono” in Hawaiian means “delicious,” while in Portuguese, “Malasadas” translates to “bad dough” — a contradiction that perfectly describes the treat.

OUR MENU

Reminders!

🏫 Early Out Schedule
Most schools are doing early out all week (elementary school early out times: 1pm, 1:20pm, or 1:30pm)
*Parent teacher conferences are also starting at some schools this week—check your school’s calendar.

👪 Applications due soon for UVU Stronger Families Project
Fall Session (Sep 24 to Nov 21 every Tues or Wed or Thurs). Will be covering topics such as how to improve interactions and emotional patterns within the family, etc.. Sessions fill up fast! Register / More info

Taxation Public Hearing 💰

Provo City Hall @ 6pm on August 14th

If you want to share your opinions about this, this is Provo City suggests you do one of the following:
-Email [email protected].
-Post on the Open City Hall forum.
- Attend the public hearing on August 13th, 6pm, at City Hall or by Zoom. Information to join by Zoom will be published on August 8th. (We have not been able to find the Zoom link yet…)

Also, here are some of the details from the Provo City website that interested us:

How much will property tax go up (if approved)?
“The average homeowner would pay an extra $1 per month, approximately. The exact impact on your property tax will depend on the assessed value of your property. For example, if your home is valued at $482,000, you would pay an extra $11.93 per year. If your business is valued at $482,000, you would pay an extra $21.69 per year.”

What will happen if it is not approved?
“If the tax increase is not approved, the library will cut $482,000 from its budget. This includes cutting some collections, reducing staff and hours, and possibly shutting down some nontraditional services like the attic, creative lab, and outreach programs.”

⚰️ Arsenic and Old Lace - Hale Center Theater
Get your tickets, shows start Aug 16th

What’s Happening

Today

🏞️ Nature Tours
The Apsen Center for Environmental Studies does nature tours and will be doing tours for anyone that is interested for the next few weeks. Currently you can contact them about doing a tour in one of the following locations: Maroon Bells Crater Lake, Snowmass Wildflower Walk, Ashcroft Ghost Town & Castle Creek Valley. They also have a “River Run Hike”.

🎶🌺 Beginning Ukulele
Learn ukulele basics at the Provo Library from 6:30pm to 7:30pm tonight. The classes are taught by student Y-Serve volunteers. Ukuleles are provided (or bring your own). Please register online before class.

Outdoor Yoga 🥨

The Orchard (University Place) @ 7pm

Try out yoga for free with YogaSix at The Orchard at University Place. The yoga session starts at 7pm and will be happening every Tuesday night for the rest of the month.

🍅 Springville Sunset Farmer’s Market
Spend the evening with at 110 S Main St Springville for the weekly Sunset Farmer’s Market. Starts at 5:00 PM and usually goes until 9pm.

🥬 Mapleton Farmer’s Market
Mapleton’s Farmer’s Market starts at 6pm and goes until 8:30pm.

🏫 Back to School Nights and Back to School Open Houses
Edgemont elementary at 5pm
Canyon Crest at 4:30pm
Westridge Elementary at 4:30pm

This week

🍅 Sunset Farmers Market (WEDNESDAY)
Orem from 5pm to 9pm

Utah Flower Market 🌼 

WEDNESDAY

The Flower Market will be at Grove Station (273 S 2000 W Pleasant Grove) and will go from 11am to 1:30pm.

Yoga and Piano Lab at the Library 🧘‍♂️🎹

(WEDNESDAY)

At the Provo City Library on Wednesday, the Piano Lab will be open from 9am to 9pm
Also an all-abilities yoga class will start at 5:00pm and will go for about a half hour. (Bring your own mat and please register online.)

⚽ BYU Women’s Soccer hosts Wisconsin (THURSDAY)
South Field @ 7pm

🧶 Crochet Club (THURSDAY)
Come to the Provo Library (The Nelson Attic) at 6pm for an hour long crochet basics class. But then stay from 7pm to 8pm to work on the monthly crochet project: Sampler Blanket: Spider Stitch. More details

⚽ Teen D&D Club (THURSDAY)
Provo Library 260 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

🥁 Concert in the Park (Heber): Nate Robinson (THURSDAY)
Main Street Park in Heber from 5pm to 9pm

🎶 Outdoor Concert: Stranded At Home & Flashback Brothers (FRIDAY)
The Orchard (University Place) from 6pm to 8pm

⛏🧱 Board Games and Minecraft Club (FRIDAY)
Provo Library from 5pm to 8pm

🎸🍔🏞️ Bluebird Cafe Concert Series (FRIDAY and SATURDAY)
Performances start at 8pm.

1% Better

Jerry Seinfeld is best known as a comedian and actor. But he is also left handed (today is left hander’s day). And according to some his very first joke was about being left-handed:

“So, I am left-handed...

Left-handed people do not like that the word left is so often associated with negative things.

Left feet. Left-handed compliment.

‘What are we having for dinner? Leftovers.

’You go to a party there is nobody there. ‘Where did everybody go?’ ‘They left!'”

Jerry Seinfeld is also known for his practice called “Don’t Break The Chain”.

Productivity experts everywhere now site Jerry Seinfeld when teaching this technique for getting stuff done and overcoming procrastination. Read more about it here.

What Else

Live Music

@ The Velour
Thursday, Aug 15th: (New Band Showcase) Kara Nosack, Kristina Evonne, Melody Reid, Anni Pasto

Weather

Today
79° 🌡️ | 🌦️ | 60%

Tomorrow
83° 🌡️ | 🌤️ | 20%

Words To Remember

Happy Birthday Annie Oakley! If you don’t know Annie Oakley, in the late 1800s, she was a world famous marksmen and entertainer. She did things like shoot a cigar out of her husbands mouth on stage during the Buffalo Bill Wild West shows.

Have a great day Provo!

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Tuesday, Aug 13th, 2024