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Kung Fu Panda in the Park, Lecture Series, BYU Games Coming, Newsies

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Whats Up Provo
August 06, 2024

What’s Up Provo!

Did you know that 25 years ago the movie 6th Sense came out? 👻 A great movie. One of the greatest plot twists ever.

Know what else? The 6th Sense was made by DISNEY… Didn’t expect that. The twists keep coming.

What a great fact to know about an iconic movie. Next time someone asks “what’s your favorite Disney movie” you should say “The 6th Sense…” and just watch their reaction. 🤨

Anyway, happy Wiggle Your Toes Day! 🦶 Let’s get into it!

What’s Happening

Here’s a quick overview of today’s top events:

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.

💯 Kindergarten Testing

Edgemont Elementary School, starting at 8am

If you and your pre-kindergartener completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge then come to the library to celebrate. The library will be having games, crafts, treats, and more! (If you did not receive an email about this already but you believe you should have already received the registration email, please contact the library.)

BYUTV @ 11:05am

Darron Billeter is an associate professor of marketing at BYU, where he has taught since 2008. Will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org (and archived for on-demand streaming), KBYU-TV 11, Classical 89 FM, BYUradio 107.9 FM, and SiriusXM 143. Video, text, and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu.

🏃‍♀️ Olympics
Courtney Wayment (BYU) will be racing in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase final. That race is set to start at 1:14pm MDT. (More Olympics events below.)

Learn more about our history by attending a free Lecture by Dr. Michael Searcy, the BYU Anthropology Department Chair, at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Dr. Searcy will be presenting on the 1000s of years of history in Utah Valley, including discoveries being unearthed right here in Utah Valley currently. (Registration for this event may be full, but can contact the Museum of Peoples and Cultures.)

Move in the Park: Kung Fu Panda 4🐼👊

Pioneer Park @ Dusk

This outdoor movie night is being put on by the city of Lindon, part of the Lindon City Days events.

It will be at Pioneer Park, 150 S 500 E St, Lindon, UT 84042, and like most outdoor movies, it’s free! “There is no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness.” -Po

Disney's Newsies The Musical @ Sundance👸

Sundance Outdoor Amphitheater @ 8:00 PM

It is amazing that we have have such an iconic and beautiful place such as Sundance so close!

Tickets can go quick and the show only runs until Aug 12th (August 12th is sold out already). So if you want to see Jack Kelly and the other newsies take a stand against the man, then you might want to grab some tickets soon.

The Newsies is based on the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. The strike was successful in that it did increase the amount of money that newsboys received for their work.

Register ASAP for Paint Night at the Provo Library. From the library website: “Learn painting techniques and walk away with a finished painting. Registration required.” From 7pm to 8pm.

Tip for the day

It’s national Simplify Your Life week. One common suggestion for simplifying and improving your life is the idea of “leaving work at work”.

There are a lot of tips on how to do this. A common and somewhat unusual one is to create an "end of work day routine or ritual.

Some go so far as having a few minutes to review everything, reorganize their desk, and then finally they close their laptop, or turn off their computer, and say aloud something like, “Work complete.”

The idea is to signal to your body and mind that you are done with work.

What are the benefits? You might find that your time spent working and your time spent NOT working are more both satisfying and effective if you stop mixing the two. Here is a longer article if you want to read more about this topic.

What’s Coming

🏫 Back to School Nights
Aug 8th » Spring Creek Elementary, Wasatch Elementary
Aug 9th » Timpanogos Elementary, Provost Elementary
Next Week » Edgemont Elementary, Canyon Crest, Westridge Elementary

⚽ BYU Women’s Soccer
Aug 7th vs UVU and Aug 9th vs Wyoming

🛸 Free Movies
Friday August 9th, 2001: A Space Odyssey at BYU, Star Wars: Episode 1 (outdoor movie) @ University Place

Live Music

@ The Velour
Wednesday: Open Mic
Friday, Aug 9th: Botanical Animal, OracMind, Hasha
Saturday, Aug 10th: Kin Lodge, Abner Avenue, Wild Flour, Rex

@ The Boardwalk
Friday, Aug 9th: Filibusters, Always Her, Calling Card
Saturday, Aug 10th, CARE, OrcaMinda, Hasha

What’s the Weather

Today
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Tomorrow
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Weightlifting, Track and Field, Diving

(All times are Eastern Times)

🏃‍♂️ Track & field: women’s hammer throw final (1:55 p.m.), men’s long jump final (2:15 p.m.), men’s 1,500m final (2:50 p.m.), women’s 3,000m steeplechase (3:10 p.m.), women’s 200m final (3:40 p.m.) NBC is airing the finals.

🛹 Skateboarding: women’s park final (11:30 a.m., E!)

🥊 Boxing: Six semifinal bouts (3:30 p.m. start), women’s 60kg final (5:06 p.m.)

🏋️‍♀️ Weightlifting: Six medal events (1:30 p.m. start)

⛵ Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy medal races (times TBD)

🐎 Equestrian: jumping individual final (4 a.m.)

🌊 Diving: women’s 10m platform (9 a.m., NBC)

🚲Cycling track: men’s team sprint bronze (2:02 p.m.), men’s team sprint gold (2:07 p.m.)

Reminders!!!

Boys Golf Tryouts @ Timpview
Start TODAY

Start Smart Football Registration
(For 3 - 5 year olds) Registration goes from Aug 6 to Aug 29th
Registration

BYU Organ Workshop Registration
Registration

Lindon Jr Rodeo Muttin Bustin Registration filling up🐑
Registration

Public School Starts Aug 13th!

Current Fire and Fireworks Restrictions
No fireworks and heavy restrictions on campfires.

Words To Remember

"...blessed be the heart who finds its way to the eternal summer."

Frithjof Schuon

We don’t know exactly what this means, we just love summer.

In conclusion, we want to leave you with a message from the (official?) wiggle your toes day website: “Let your toes breathe in open sandals and indulge in some public wiggling adventures on this day.”

Whether you decide to have a “public wiggling adventure” today or not, we hope that either way it’s a great day!