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What’s Up Provo!

Happy National Relaxation Day…😎👌

Apparently relaxation day was thought up in 1985 by a nine-year old kid named Sean Moelle. Good job Sean.

Here’s a quick look at the top events happening today:

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

Events

Today

⚽ BYU Women’s Soccer hosts Wisconsin
BYU is hoping to step up their game tonight as the face the Wisconsin Badgers 🦡 at South Field @ 7pm. The Badgers were ranked #19 in the preseason polls. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN+.

🧶 Crochet Club

Provo Library @ 6pm

Build a blanket today at the Provo Library. Starting at 6pm there will be an hour long crochet basics class in the The Nelson Attic in the Provo Library. But don’t leave, because afterwards, from 7pm to 8pm, the crochet club will be working on the monthly crochet project: Sampler Blanket: Spider Stitch. More details

⚔️ Teen D&D Club
Break out your lucky dice and head to the Provo Library for Dungeons and Dragons club. It will be held in room 260 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and will include communal storytelling, improv, teen-run mini-campaigns and a tutorial campaign for beginners.

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

Coming up this week

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

⛏🧱 Board Games and Minecraft Club (FRIDAY)
Hope you still have your lucky dice from D&D club. This time at the Provo Library from 5pm to 8pm come play board games in The Nelson Attic. Minecraft club will also be going on in room 260 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

🎸🍔🏞️ Bluebird Cafe Concert Series (FRIDAY and SATURDAY)

The Bluebird Cafe Concert Series at Sundance features singer-songwriters and musicians all the way from Nashville. This Friday and Saturday, the artists are Josh Osborne, Chase McGill, Emily Weisband. Performances start at 8pm.

🍓 Provo Farmers Market (SATURDAY)
Pioneer Park from 9am to 2pm

🧙 A School Day of Witchcraft and Wizardry @ The Provo Library (SATURDAY)
Get sorted, muggles. Sorting and magical classes start at 11am and go until 1pm with another session of sorting/classes starting at 2pm and going until 4pm.

Ideas, Inspiration

Listen

“During the darkest hours of the Civil War, Lincoln wrote to an old friend in Springfield, Illinois, asking him to come to Washington. Lincoln said he had some problems he wanted to discuss with him.

The old neighbor called at the White House, and Lincoln talked to him for hours about the advisability of issuing a proclamation freeing the slaves. Lincoln went over all the arguments for and against such a move, and then read letters and newspaper articles, some denouncing him for not freeing the slaves and others denouncing him for fear he was going to free them.

After talking for hours, Lincoln shook hands with his old neighbor, said good night, and sent him back to Illinois without even asking for his opinion. Lincoln had done all the talking himself. That seemed to clarify his mind. “He seemed to feel easier after that talk,” the old friend said.

Lincoln hadn’t wanted advice. He had wanted merely a friendly, sympathetic listener to whom he could unburden himself.

That’s what we all want when we are in trouble. That is frequently all the irritated customer wants, and the dissatisfied employee or the hurt friend.”

-Dale Carnegie

Misc.

Live Music

@ The Velour
Today: (New Band Showcase) Kara Nosack, Kristina Evonne, Melody Reid, Anni Pasto
Friday, Aug 16th: Alexa Wildish & Lennon VanderDoes from The Voice season 24 will play, alongside Jordan Moyes
Saturday, Aug 17th: “The Battle for Sandy Ampitheater” (mini-Battle of the Bands) The bands competing are: Seaslak, Local Kin, Avintaquin, and Brysn

@ The Boardwalk
Today: Treeson, Greenbriar, and Chris Silverman
Saturday, Aug 17: Absolved, DTA, Goodtears, and Run Your Luck

@ The Rise
Today: City Line, 45th Decibel, and Jacob Omen
Saturday, Aug 17: Michael Morrow and The Culprits, Blackwater Voodoo, and Black Tie Event

@ Java Junkie
Today: Abby Lee, Aaron Sedrick, Rachel James, Kelsey Nay, and Samuel Charles
Friday, Aug 16th: Open Mic
Saturday, Aug 17: Stranded at Home, Orchard of Strings, and Flying Coffee Beans

Weather

Today
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Tomorrow
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Reminders!

👪 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

⛷️ Ski Ticket Price Increase
The Epic Pass price goes up on September 2nd. (The Epic Pass can be used at Park City.)
Beaver Mountain passes are available now, but their ticket prices will increase after Aug 31st.

Update

Provo City Votes to Increase Tax and Fund the Library

The Provo City Library is expecting to have a major funding shortfall. So the city council met on Tuesday to decide whether to increase property taxes to cover the shortfall.

The city council voted 6-1 in favor of the tax increase.

The increase will end up costing an extra $1 a month in property tax (for the average home).

From KSL NEWS:

“More emails than I’ve ever received in six and a half years on any issue,” Handley said, “and I’ve never seen such a disproportionate vote in favor of one thing.”

Besides a much smaller tax hike that passed last year, Handley said the library has had to operate on essentially a flat budget – without meaningful increases to account for inflation – since it opened in the old Brigham Young Academy building in 2001.

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“Do I hope to find more ways to be frugal, yeah, always,” said Gordon. “But at some point, inflation hits everybody.”

Words To Remember

Have a great day Provo!

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Thursday, Aug 15th, 2024