What's Happening in Provo and Orem | Feb. 28, 2025

What’s Up Provo!

Happy U.S. Snowshoe Day! ❄️ 

The U.S. national championship snowshoe race was scheduled to take place this month, but it was postponed until December.

Quite the delay, but maybe you needed more time to train anyway. 😉 Here’s some info if you’re interested, registration is scheduled to open up tomorrow.

A few highlights:

•  🏍️ Harley’s After Dark, Sweet Rolled Tacos, Pancake Breakfast at Harley Davidson’s, 2025 ZIFF Award Show, Martina McBride & Shania Twain Tribute

• 🎓️ Surprise Your Grad

• 🌳 Tree care to do’s

In Partnership with Card My Yard
Surprise Your Grad 🎓️ 

Card My Yard's busy season is coming up. They sell out every year around graduation, so reserve a display for your graduate soon! (Or for your returning missionary, or new baby, or grand opening, etc.)

We did a little Q&A session with McKennah from Card My Yard, because we had some questions. Here’s how it went:

Q: Who designs the displays?
A: Will and I design them! We might work with the customer to figure out what the display will say, and if someone requests theme-specific graphics we can just put in a special order.

Q: When do you set it up and who does the set up?
A: We do all the set up. And as for when, we usually set up early in the morning or late at night (since they are often surprises for people). The bookings are for 24 hours but people can book them for as many days as they want.

Q: What about the weather? Should people be concerned about the weather?
A: They can be set up in any weather condition. The signs are very sturdy and we can add reinforcements to them if there are any weather concerns.

Check out all their designs
Use coupon code: PROVOWHATSUP15 to get $15 off

The Bulletin 📌 

Hundreds are volunteering to help with BYU’s medical school 🏥 

The school has 3 employees currently, but hundreds of others volunteering their time. “It’s hundreds and hundreds of people that just keep offering to help. These are incredibly talented people from all over the country who are just excited about this.” Article

Sports 🏀🏊️ 

🏊️ Mackenzie Miller Lung set a school-record 1:58.27 in the 200 IM. Article
🏀 BYU women’s basketball loses to Kansas 71-66.
🏀 BYU men’s basketball beats Arizona State 91-81. Recap

Last chance for Gelato 🍨 

Last day to take advantage of the Vinci-Gelato-referral-$5-gift-card-thing!

(A lot of people were referred, but many of them still haven’t “confirmed.” Hit the “Click to Share” button above to see which of your friends just need to find the confirmation email in order to be counted.)

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Snow White 🩰 

The upcoming, Disney remake of Snow White Disney is hitting theatres in late March. But why not skip the CGI dwarves, skip the wait, and see it LIVE this weekend! The ballet will be performed by the Utah Metropolitan Ballet at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo and the first performance is today at 7pm.
Get your tickets / watch the Snow White Ballet trailer

Harley’s After Dark 🏍️

Let us propose a toast, (with non-alcoholic drinks), to the open road! The non-alcoholic drinks are on tap tonight at Harley Davidson’s plus there will be free dinner and entertainment! (Not sure if the drinks will really be “on tap” but they will be free.)
Harley’s (555 S Geneva Road, Lindon) | 5pm to 8pm | More info | FB event page

Also, this one didn’t make it on the reminders and notices section, but the registration for Harley Davidson’s Riding Academy Classes are now open. (We know from personal experience that this is a great class if want to get introduced to motorcycle riding and/or you need to get your motorcycle endorsement.)

📽️ ZIFF Day 4 Movie Lineup 
Movie lineup tonight: The Place In Between, Recipe for Love, The Wildman of Shaggy Creek, Bound In Blood, and Short Film Block: Creeping Shadows (8 chilling films from 5 to 30 minutes each)
Scera | Feb 24 - March 1 | More info

Also:
👉️ BYU gymnastics vs. Arizona State (home) at 7pm MST (Final home meet of the season)
👉️ BYU men’s tennis vs Denver (home) at 5pm MST
👉️ Mozzarella class at Heber Valley Artisan Cheese 
👉️ Winter Wonderland Paint Night at Inspiration Haven Art Studio in Heber
👉️ Jane Eyre (PG-13, 2011) at the Orem Library
👉️ Nordic Night Owling at Sundance

Saturday
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Sweet Rolled Tacos Grand Opening 🌮

Sweet Rolled Tacos, which sells ice cream in a waffle cone taco shell (plus a bunch of other wonderful treats and drinks), is not only celebrating their grand opening tomorrow, they are also introducing some new flavors! And if you are a part of the soft opening you’ll get a discount!
University Place (next to Tucanos) | 2pm | More info

Pancake Breakfast at Harley Davidson’s 🥞 

It must be getting close to motorcycle season or something… Free pancakes, sausage, coffee, and orange juice starting at 10am! They will also have pro technicians there answering your questions! (presumably questions about motorcycles, but bring any question and see what happens)
Harley’s (555 S Geneva Road, Lindon) | 10am | More info

📽️ 2025 ZIFF Award Show
See the filmmakers on the red carpet and watch as this years winning films are announced! The award show is at 7pm, but there are also a number of other films slated to be premiered on Saturday as well, including Rally Caps, Eternities, and Prisoners of Fire: The Dude Fire Story (the true story of the Perryville Crew and the tragedy of the Dude Fire).
Scera | More info

🎤 Martina McBride & Shania Twain Tribute
Stacey Whitton Summers from "Legends in Concert" (Las Vegas) will perform as BOTH Martina McBride AND Shania Twain! Stacey will be performing twice tomorrow, once at 5pm and once at 7:50pm.
The Ideal Playhouse (113 N Main St, Heber) | Stacey as Shania | Stacey as Martina

🐝 A Bee Story
A king and queen bee learn to work together in this “family-friendly physical theatre show.” The main performances will be tomorrow, and tickets for those performances cost $12, but there’s also a performance today (Friday, Feb 28th) at 10am for just $5!
BYU Mainstage Theatre | More info

Also:
👉️ BYU men’s tennis vs. Air Force at 1pm
👉️ BYU men’s basketball vs West Virginia at 8pm MST
👉️ The Whole Story at the Bastian Theatre at UVU
👉️ Provo Farmer’s Market at 10am at the Provo Towne Centre

Friday To-do’s 🌳 

With the weather being so warm, we’re already thinking about getting ready for spring. Here are some tree care related to-do’s you might need to start thinking about.

✅ Schedule a tree trimming 📆 
From the tree experts at Rivendell “Trimming your trees in late winter (between February and April in Utah, depending on the year) minimizes the odds that pruning will damage the tender spring bark.”

✅ Get a new tree trimmer ✂️ 
How about one of those mini chainsaws on a stick? $88 Worx (4.4 ⭐️) | $140 Greenworks (4.5 ⭐️) | $140 V-MODEST (4.4 ⭐️) | $110 BEEDECK (4.4 ⭐️)

✅ Check insurance coverage 🤕 
Ladders, falling branches, chainsaws… “Injury” is one of the first words that comes to mind when we think about tree trimming.

Surprisingly, if you hire someone to do your tree care for you, that doesn’t mean you won’t be held liable if they get hurt. Here is a helpful article about what to do to protect yourself financially when it comes to hiring a tree trimming company.

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Poll Results 📊 

We asked “Which local event last week was the best?” and here are the results:
#1 BYU/UVU Sporting event (30% of the vote)
#2 Frosty Fun Adventure Challenge
#3 (tie) American Ghost Stories
#3 (tie) Femmes De Velour

Live Music 🎸

@ The Velour
Friday - Little Moon, Mindy Gledhill (Les Femmes de Velour finale)

@ The Boardwalk
Friday - Half Life, Twin Systems, Surface of the Moon
Saturday - Mortus, Tainted Ink, Mauled

Thanks!

Thanks for reading! 😉 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

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