July 11, 2025 - Cosmo Foam Party

What’s Up Provo! Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven! (today’s 7/11) 🥤

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And they need as many donors as they can get. For example, it takes 900 plasma donations to treat ONE Alpha-1 antitrypsin patient, and 1,200 donations to treat ONE patient with hemophilia!

As a thank-you, new donors can earn $400 over their first four visits. (They also give a $100 bonus when you refer a friend. Read more about that on their website.) 

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📆 Next week’s events
In case you missed it, a sneak peak of next week’s events was included in the last email (search for subject line: Moonlight Rides, 1st Scrapbooking Spectacular)

🏈 Big 12 Media Days Recap
From BYU’s Universe Sports:
1. BYU gave no hint at who the starting quarterback frontrunner is
2. Keanu Tanuvasa added fuel to the BYU-Utah rivalry
3. BYU has emerged as a leader in Big 12 recruiting, in large part to the conference itself
4. The Big 12 is all in on the 5-11 playoff model
Read the full article

🌉 “Recent rescue under Provo River bridge underscores yearslong delay in fixing known hazard” - KJZZ
“[Officials] respond to roughly three or four incidents on this river stretch every weekend.” UDOT officials hope to make it safer. Grateful everyone was okay and a good reminder to avoid the bridge and stay safe. (hopefully they get rid of this hazard in the future)

🚗 Special License Plate $$$
The state auditor released info about the state’s special license plate program. So far it has brought in over $15.7 million, which is funneled back to sponsoring schools, nonprofits and agencies. The retro black and white Historic Utah plate is the most popular. BYU plates generated $647,567, and UVU plates $113,850.

🦁 Cosmo in the Park + Family Foam Party
Most of us haven’t seen Cosmo for a while — and he’s clearly missed the spotlight. So get ready for chaos, music, games, backflips, front flips, probably some breakdancing windmill things, BYU athletes, giveaways (click this link if you want to be entered in the giveaways), and foam cannon madness! If you’re new to the area then this is a great chance to experience a zany, family friendly, Utah County event.
Pleasant Grove | July 11 | 10am-12pm

🖼 Landscapes & Handscapes
The exhibit will be open until Aug 23rd, but tonight is the night you want to go because that’s when all the artists will be there. Also, some of you might have gotten lost getting there, that’s cause they used to be located in Suite 7B, but they are now in Suite 6B.
JKR Gallery (1675 N Freedom Blvd Suite 6B) | July 11 to August 23, 2025 | On display

🎬 The Sandlot @ HBLL & Remember the Titans @ LES
Two free movies happening at BYU tonight. The Sandlot will be playing downstairs in the BYU Library (Room 1160) (July 11 @ 7pm), and Remember the Titans will be playing at LaVell Edwards Stadium (July 11 @ 8pm)

🎨 Featured Artist: Beki Tobiasson
“My life is FULL, full of laughter, full of art, full of gratitude, and my hands are always covered in paint.”
Meet renowned Utah artist Beki Tobiasson as she paints live.
Frameworks Gallery | July 11 | 2pm-5pm

🐭 Movie Night: Ratatouille
Free face painting, popcorn, and Pixar magic
The Orchard at University Place | July 11 | 8:30pm

🏹 Native Market Days
Two days of beautiful indigenous art, crafts, and native hoop dancers.
Utah Valley University | July 11: 4pm-9pm, July 12: 10am-8pm

Bunch of concerts tonight, two free, two not free, all should be good though:

🎶 Summer Bluebird Café Concert Series
Nashville's Bluebird Café has sent us Adam James, Rocky Block, and Allison Veltz Cruz. (These might have now sold out but there’s a waitlist forming.)
Sundance Resort | July 11 | 6pm-10:30pm

🎸 Summer Concert Series
If you want lots of free concerts and food trucks, then tonight’s your night! Ferrin, Sweet Tangerine, Mabel Elmore, and Back Patio will be performing.
Classic Fun Center | July 11 | 7pm-10pm

🎵 Sounds of Summer
It’s a free concert and then a movie after dusk. Shane Lee Band (he’s also going to be at American Fork Steel Days next week) and the movie will be Moana 2.
City Park in Spanish Fork | July 11 | 6pm (Movies start at dusk)

🎶 Deer Valley Concert Series
Common is performing! Tickets start at $35.
Deer Valley Resort | July 11 | 7:30pm

⚔️ European Cultural Festival
Pack your passport lords and ladies and head to The Orchard for a European vacation! Bagpipes and flamenco dancing, battling knights, Maypole dancing (a 16th century tradition), pizza and waffles, crafts, and even a pirate ship for the kids. (just joking about the passport comment by the way)
The Orchard at University Place | July 12 | 5pm-9pm

🥋 Free Karate Class 5-8 year olds | 9-12 year olds
There’s back-to-back karate classes with the Spackmans from Cory's Karate at the library. (Still some spots left last we checked)
Provo Library Story Room | July 12 | 10am-11:30am

🎶 Springville Summer Concert Series
You Should Be Dancing (a Bee Gees tribute band) will be performing for free! Bring a blanket, your best falsetto, and someone to dramatically point when they play More Than a Woman.
Spring Acres Arts Park | July 12 | 8pm

🎉 Best Deal Mattress & Furniture Grand Opening
We had to include it, there’s free tacos!
Giveaways, tacos, rock-paper-scissors competitions, (and free local curbside delivery!)
44 W Center Street in Orem | July 12 | 10am-7pm

Here are the ones happening just a little farther away:

🎪 American Fork Steel Days
Steel Days begins tomorrow, we’ll get the all of next week’s events on Monday. For now, here’s what’s happening tomorrow (Saturday):
Car Show - 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Rotary Park
Steel Days Fair - 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Mary and Art Dye Park (food trucks and probably other vendors, also bounce houses/slides, a petting zoo, a reptile exhibit, face painting, airbrush tattoos, henna tattoos, and a balloon twister)
Car Cruise and Burnout Contest - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at City Administration Building Parking Lot (the Cruise is on American Fork Main Street at the same time)
Drone Show - 9:45 p.m. at Mary and Art Dye Park

🚣‍♂️ Intro to Paddle Sports: Boat Demo & Skills Day
Go Paddle Utah is hosting a "try before you buy" event. Test-drive kayaks, packrafts, SUPs, and canoes
Deer Creek State Park | July 12 | 8am-12pm

🥾 Spanish Fork Peak Hike
Conquer Spanish Fork peak on this community hike. (it’s 10,192 feet high)
Whiting Campground | July 12 | 7am

🏃‍♀️ Deer Creek Half Marathon
Soldier Hollow Campground | July 12 | 6am

🍅 Midway Farmers Market
Midway Town Square | July 12 | 10am-1pm

If you haven’t heard about it yet, just watch the videos. JUMP is in Bluffdale, but it’s worth the drive, and “worth every penny!” (Especially cause you get 20% off with the promo code whatsup20)

You get a 10- to 12-minute experience crafted with virtual reality, a wind tunnel, sounds—even smells—so it literally feels like you're jumping off a 4,000-foot cliff and soaring through a desert canyon. (You also get to experience jumping out of an airplane.)

"Upon my first slider, I saw heaven." — Anonymous customer

Bummy got his nickname from his brothers when he was six, and it’s stuck. His childhood was grilling burgers with his dad and sitting around the table with family (and lots of sauce). Now he’s serving up those same unforgettable childhood flavors.

Bummy’s is a local slider spot that customers swear is life-changing. Each bite is crafted with Utah grass-fed beef, caramelized onions, Tillamook cheddar, and a signature house sauce, all on a perfectly toasted local brioche bun. The flavors are rich and high quality — people say they’re the best sliders they’ve ever had. (We agree, also check out their reviews).

And it’s not just the food. The Bummy’s team brings a friendly, family vibe wherever they’re serving up sliders. They’re warm, welcoming, and glad to see you.

Find Bummy’s at these farmer’s markets:
🍔 Monday – Springville Farmers Market
🍔 Wednesday – Orem Farmers Market
🍔 Saturday – Provo Farmers Market

(Have you ever rearranged your whole day just to find the Bummy’s truck? You’re not the only one. 😉)

Thanks again to Bummy’s for letting us spotlight them.

Remember, we spotlight local businesses for free! There is a small waiting list, so if you’re interested just email us soon at [email protected]

@Java Junkie
Friday - Open mic
Saturday - Song Bird, Machray, Joey Brandin

Also, live jazz at Fancy Burger on Friday and Saturday, and Kieran Hellum performance at Seven Brothers in Provo.

Once again, thank you to Grifols (Donate Plasma, Get Paid, & SAVE LIVES).

Also, if you liked the email then please forward it to someone you know who’s taken a shower fully clothed to wash off BYU’s blue foam. 😉

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie