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What's Happening in Provo and Orem | Feb. 7, 2025
Whats Up Provo
February 07, 2025
What’s Up Provo!
Happy Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbor Day! 🖐️
As always, we don’t make these up.
A few highlights of today’s newsletter:
⚔️ Night at the Museum 2025, Provo Beach Valentine’s Day Party, Bloem Market, Teen Techover: Rise of the Robots
🍨 Free Vinci Gelato Gift Card offer
✔️ Friday To-do’s - PayPal scam
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The Bulletin 📌
UVU Career & Internship Center 🖥️
Daily Herald — “The transition from college graduation to employment can feel overwhelming and, in some cases, downright scary. The team at Utah Valley University’s Career & Internship Center (CIC) is here to help soon-to-be graduates navigate their job search and land their first jobs.”
“Some students come in unsure of where to start. After meeting with us, they leave with a plan, a sense of hope and a clear direction.” Article
Sports 🏀⚾️
Today
51° | 🌧️ | 90%
Night at the Museum 2025 ⚔️
We love what the Hutchings Museum is doing to make history more accessible for kids and adults alike. Today and tomorrow they’re going a step further to bring history to life. There are going to be live animals and historical figures and more!
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” —George Orwell
Hutchings Museum | Friday & Saturday @ 6pm-8pm | More info
🌷 Bloem Market
The annual Bloem Market is back at Sun River Gardens in Orem! Sun River Gardens is a full service garden center & gift shop. They are family owned and operated, and they recently celebrated 30 years of being in business! So come check them out, get some food from the food trucks, and enjoy the craftmanship of all the local artisans at the market.
Sun River Gardens (1248 N. State Street, Orem) | Feb 7th & 8th | More info
🎶 Mindy Gledhill Concert
The Orem Library will host singer-songwriter Mindy Gledhill for a special performance featuring songs from her album, "The Phone Booth Sessions, Vol. 1." Tickets are almost sold out!
Orem Library | 7:30pm-9:00pm | More info
💃🕺 Latin Dance Night at the Provo Library
Latin dancing advice according to the interwebs:
1) Lead with your body and not your arms
2) If you’re struggling consider taking smaller steps
3) And don’t forget your “hip accents”
Not sure if that will help — but no matter — no prior dance experience is necessary, and all ages are welcome!
Provo Library | 7pm - 8pm | More info
Also:
👉 The Love Art Show 2025 at JKR Gallery (meet the artists from 6pm - 9pm)
👉️ Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Amy Harris at Harold B. Lee Library
👉 Film: Pride & Prejudice (PG, 2005) at Orem Library
👉️ Free organ concert at BYU at 7:30pm 🫁 🧠 ❤️
👉️ Open Mic Night at the Provo Library at 7pm
👉️ BYU men’s volleyball vs Santa Barbara (home) at 7pm
Saturday
41° | ⛅️ | 5%
Provo Beach Valentine’s Day Party ❤️
We love free events! 🥳
Celebrate Valentine’s just a little early at the Provo Beach Resort tomorrow! There are going to be crafts, photo ops, and of course all the games and activities will be open as well. 🏄️
Baking Me Crazy will also be there providing cookie decorating kits! 🍪
Provo Beach Resort | 11am - 1pm | More info
🐾 Track Me If You Can: Snowshoe Animal Tracking
Learn about animal tracking and winter survival adaptations while snowshoeing through the park's beautiful landscapes! Rentals are only $6 and if you have any questions, or if you want to register, then send an email to [email protected].
Wasatch Mountain State Park | 10am - 2pm | More info
🎺 Valentine Dance 2025 with Wasatch Show Band
Celebrate Valentine's Day at the historic Northampton House in American Fork. Enjoy a three-course dinner at 6:30pm, followed by dancing and live music by the Wasatch Show Band (AF’s community big band)! Tickets are limited!
Northampton House | 6:30pm Dinner, 7:30pm Dancing | More info
🤖🛠️ Teen Techover: Rise of the Robots
Send your teen to the library tomorrow night to fight/join the robots! They will build, craft, and navigate challenges related to a robot uprising — which, who knows, might come in handy for them one day. Fun and practical… Registration required.
Provo Library | 6:30pm - 8:30pm | More info
Also:
👉️ Mariposas de arcilla at the Provo Library
👉️ Sock Knitting Class at Heindselman's Knit & Gift
👉️ BYU women’s tennis vs Idaho State at 11am MST (home)
👉️ BYU men’s volleyball vs UC Santa Barbara at 7pm (home)
👉️ BYU men’s basketball vs Cincinatti (away) at 4pm MST
👉️ BYU women’s basketball vs Baylor (away) at 6pm MST
The Filled Cake Pop by Tayley 🍰🍭
Tayley has the treats to make Valentine’s extra sweet(s)!
🍰🍭 The filled cake pop (beautiful cake pops with authentic Brazilian dulce de Leche inside)
🥛🍫🍓 Strawberry bonbons (strawberries wrapped in sweet condensed milk and dipped in chocolate)
🍓🍫 And the classic… dipped strawberries
Live Music 🎸
@ The Velour
Friday - Drusky, Hockey House, The What-Nots, Maren Gayle
Saturday - Sabrina Fair, Lunar Spirit, Melody Reid, Ryley Shupe
@ The Boardwalk
Friday - Just Khakis, Caljo, Calling Card
Saturday - Afternoon All Night, Cancisco, Bellagrace
@ The Rise
Saturday - NOPRO
Friday To-do’s ✔️
A robot uprising might not be upon us just yet (see the Provo Library event above) but the rise of AI has led to more complicated scams that are more difficult to detect.
Some in the area have reported receiving voicemails and emails that mimic their boss’s voice and way of talking almost perfectly. Many times these fake messages are about sending money somewhere seemingly legitimate which turns out to be a scammer’s account.
The number of ways scammers are using to get at your money and information are seemingly endless and ever changing. Here are some things you can do to protect yourself according to KnowBe4 (based off a reported PayPal scam):
✅ Never submit payments after receiving an unexpected email
Instead, navigate directly to an organization’s official website or app to submit a secure payment. Emails can be malicious even if the sender’s email address is from a trusted domain. (For example you might think an email from [email protected]. can be trusted. PayPal is obviously a trusted a domain. However, cybercriminals can sometimes gain access to trusted domains and send out malicious emails.)
✅ Check the link, but also the other email recipients
Be suspicious of emails sent to multiple addresses, especially if you don't recognize the other emails. In the recent PayPal scam the link was legit, the “from” email seemed legit, but a scammer’s email was copied on the email. When the link in the email was clicked the scammers were reportedly able to gain access to the person’s PayPal account!
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Thanks for reading! Enjoy the weekend! 😉
-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie
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