November 21, 2025 - Winter Market, Provo Snack Factory

What’s Up Provo! And happy Alascattalo Day!

Alascattalo - A cross between a moose and a walrus. It doesn’t exist, it’s basically the Alaskan version of a jackelope, but it gets a holiday anyway. And it’s own asteroid.

Lots of markets this weekend ahead of the Black Friday sales next week. We won’t get too much into the info about Black Friday sales by the way. We’re worried about getting sent to spam. But if we find out about some unique ones we’ll let you know.

Let’s get into it!

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🏭 Provo snack factory
Built Brands, maker of the BUILT Bar, is opening a new 132,000 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility in Provo this week! This is expected to bring about 500 new jobs. (We tried to look up where this would be built but we couldn’t find an address.)

Speaking of jobs, if you’re looking for a job, the Provo School District recently posted a number of openings. Check them out

🥒 Pickle Petition
Utah State University is reportedly launching a petition to help BYU compete in collegiate pickleball. According to BYU pickleballer, Natalie Hansen, BYU had to pull out of a number tournaments because the tournament had games on Sunday. Fortunately for BYU, USU wants to help so they’ve passed around a petition to change the scheduling of collegiate pickleball!

🌫️ Provo up to EPA standards
Since 2009, the EPA has considered Provo (and SLC too) “nonattainment,” which means our air quality was not good enough. But now, after 15 years, it’s good enough. Way to be non-nonattainment Provo!

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Winter markets

❄️ Frost and Fable Renaissance Market
A cozy Renaissance/holiday market with multiple vendors and gift finds for all ages—costumes encouraged (but not required), Fri 2-8pm and Sat 10am-8pm, plus a separate ticketed Yuletide Ball 8-10pm.
Provo Towne Centre | Nov. 21–22 | 2pm-8pm

🛍️ Market Lane’s 3rd Annual Month of Markets
Every Fri–Sun for the next month you can browse 50+ local makers for handmade gifts, artisan crafts, and festive décor.
Outlets at Traverse Mountain (The Grand Lobby) | Nov. 21–Dec. 22

🧩 Christmas Warehouse Sale & Puzzle Tour
Shop discounted puzzles and games, take a behind-the-scenes puzzle-making tour, play games and enter giveaways, and meet the Boardwalk team. Also, free ice cream!
Boardwalk Puzzles Warehouse in Lindon | Nov. 21-22 | Fri 5:30pm-8:30pm; Sat 9am-12pm

🎿 Utah Valley Ski Swap
If you want to sell your own gear you have to drop it off today (Nov. 21), from 10am-2pm..
The Show Barn at Thanksgiving Point | Nov. 21–22

🥕 Provo Farmers Winter Market
First winter market of the season!
Provo Towne Centre Mall | Saturdays Nov. 22-Dec. 20 & Jan. 10-Apr. 4 | 10am-3pm

BYU games

Most of the games today and tomorrow are away games, but still tons happening you should know about:

🏀 No. 9 BYU vs No. 23 Wisconsin at Delta Center
It’s the Bad Boy Mowers Series and a Top-25 showdown, AND another rematch. (Last year we beat Wisconsin in the Round of 32.)
Delta Center, SLC | Nov. 21 | 2pm

⚽ BYU vs. UCLA Women's Soccer
It’s a battle to reach the Sweet Sixteen tonight. And it’s the 2nd rematch of the weekend for the cougars. BYU won the first meeting on a penalty kick despite UCLA outshooting 19–11 with 11 corners.
Stanford (Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium) | Nov. 21 | 5pm

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Women’s & Men’s NCAA Cross Country National Championship
Both BYU’s women’s and men’s cross country teams are heading to the national stage this Saturday — get ready for high‑stakes racing at the championship meet, and let’s see if BYU freshman Jane Hedengren can win it all!
Gans Creek Cross Country Course, Columbia, MO | Nov 22

🏀 Women's Basketball vs. Weber State
Marriott Center | Nov. 22 | 2pm

🏐 Women's Volleyball vs. Kansas
Smith Fieldhouse | Nov. 21 | 6pm

🏈 No. 11 BYU Football at Cincinnati
Every game down the stretch will be a big one. Let’s cougars! And Bear!
Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati | Nov. 22 | 8pm

Other stuff

🎄 Lighting of Riverwoods 2025
Watch 1.5+ million lights switch on at 6pm, enjoy live entertainment and life-size photo ops. Fireworks at 8pm!
Shops at Riverwoods | Nov. 21 | 6pm-8pm

🎁 2025 United Way Giving Tree – University Place
You might already know how it works, but here’s some instructions anyway: Pick an ornament from the Sub for Santa Giving Tree, buy the listed gift, and return it unwrapped by Dec. 13. (If you’re in the mall and looking for the tree, it’s in the east wing near Gap.)
University Place | Nov. 21-Dec. 13 | 10am-9pm

🎬 West Side Story (unrated, 1961)
“Everything free in America... For a small fee in America!”
Orem Library | Nov. 21 | 6pm-8:30pm

🎹 UVAGO Hymn Sing
It’s another Utah Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists event!
Orem Orchard Stake Center | Nov. 21 | 7pm-8:30pm

🕵️ Fall 2025 Mystery Dinner Night - CLUE
Wear your best colonel mustard or miss violet costume and enjoy dinner and a mystery.
Bean Museum | Nov. 22 | 6pm-9pm

🎬 A Celebration Throughout Oz
Looks like Wizard of Oz and Wicked movie marathons are becoming a thing!
Orem Public Library | Nov. 22 | 12pm-6pm

Next week sneak peek

🌳 Thankful Tree
A gratitude activity spread over three evenings.
Springville Library | Nov. 24–26 | 5pm-10pm

🎮 Ultimate Smash Bros. Tournament
Late-night gaming and bragging rights.
Springville Library | Nov. 24 | 11pm-12am

🍿 She’s the Man
"I can do this. I am a dude. I am a hunky dude! I am a hunky dude!".
Orem Library | Nov. 24 | 6pm-8pm

🍿 No School Movie Day
Double header, Elio and Bad Guys 2.
Springville Library | Nov. 26 | 1pm & 4pm

🏐 Women's Volleyball vs. Utah
Rivalry showdown at the Fieldhouse.
Smith Fieldhouse | Nov. 26 | 6pm

🎄 Midway Tree Lighting Celebration
Holiday entertainment, candle lighting, live reindeer, Santa, fireworks, and the famous Midway City treat bag.
Midway Town Square | Nov. 29 | 6pm-8pm

We talked about the Bella’s Market grand opening just last week. Here’s a little more about it:

Why it’s different: Bella’s Market is set up to be a big part of what will become (or is already being called?) Utah City—more on that later.

It has all kinds of unique offerings including a scratch bakery (serving warm doughnuts daily), and an authentic tortilla press, an old-style butcher block that will sell premium cuts from Snake River Farms, and flowers that come from a local boutique florist, The Floral Bar Co.

One of the first in Utah City: Bella’s Market is one of the first major amenities in Utah City, (the walkable, pre-planned, mixed-use lakeside community coming to Vineyard—their website explains more about it, and it is very well done if you haven’t checked it out already).

🔗 Bella’s Market

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Thanks for reading. Please forward this to a friend if you want BYU to win all their games this weekend. 😉

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

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