What's Happening in Provo and Orem | Feb. 5, 2025

What’s Up Provo!

It’s Snow Sculpting Week! ❄️ 

Also, there’s no snow.

The 2025 international snow sculpting competition has already happened, check out the winners.

A few highlights of today’s newsletter:

• ✨ Dance Extravaganza with the Cougarettes, Winter Choirfest, Beth Brower Book Signing, Utah Magic Fest, Mindy Gledhill Concert, Bloem Market

• 🎸 Les Femmes De Velour

• 💝 Wellness Wednesday: Stitching Hearts Grand Opening event

Free Vinci Gelato Gift Card 🍨 

Get your gift card in time for date night this week.

Here’s how: If have friends who like to get out and do stuff, then let them know about “What’s Up Provo”!
We will send you a gift card to Vinci Gelato if just 2 of them join!

(They need to confirm so the system counts it, and the confirmation email might go to their spam.)

Thanks to everyone who’s referred friends already! We’ll send out the e-gift cards today. If you qualify after today we will send yours this Friday.

In Partnership With
Birth with Charity 👶 

Charity Wright is a certified advanced doula and childbirth educator in Utah Valley, (you can check out her Instagram here), and her next class for expectant couples is coming up Feb 22nd!

Charity’s classes come in two different formats, a comprehensive 5-week series and a 1-day essentials class. Her classes are evidence-based and extremely practical. They are also interactive and lots of fun!

Even if you aren’t expecting, consider sharing this info with someone who is. “Every birthgiver deserves to be empowered by education and every birth can be positive and amazing.”

📆 Next class: Saturday, Feb 22nd, 9am to 4pm
📍 Classes are held @ Sound Corrections Chiropractic (251 E 1200 S, Orem)
Learn More

The Bulletin 📌

Eagle Mountain Downtown Plans 🏙️ 

Daily Herald — “After garnering mounds of feedback and suggestions from the Eagle Mountain City Council members, residents, business and landowners, MHTN Architects drafted a “preferred downtown concept plan,” which was reviewed by the council last month.” Check it out

Sports ⛳️ 

🏌️‍♂️ BYU men’s golf team comes in 1st at the Arizona N.I.T., while getting its best team score in the 21st century. Recap
🏀 BYU men’s basketball loses at home to #20 Arizona, 85-74. Recap
🏈 The Big 12 announces BYU’s 2025 football schedule

Today
53° | ☀️ + 🌧️ | 25%

Dance Extravaganza with the Cougarettes ✨

To get you ready for this one here are some jazz dance and hip hop dance move names you should know: the hip walk, the jazz drag, the Boogaloo, ddu-du ddu-du, and jazz hands! 🖐️

You probably won’t see any “jazz hands” at this Dance Extravaganza, but on the off chance you do we hope you think of WUP.

Covey Center | Wed-Fri: 7pm, Sat: 1pm & 7pm | More info

🏛️ Mayor Kaufusi's All-Districts Neighborhood Meeting
Mayor Kaufusi and the Department Directors will be answering questions and addressing the issues brought up by the citizens of Provo at this public meeting.
Provo City Hall | 6pm - 7pm | More info

🎼 Spring Choral Showcase
Emerald Singers, Deep Green, and The UVU Chamber Choir will be performing at the Noorda tonight! Tickets are $10 for the general public.
UVU | 7pm | More info

🎙️ Winter Choirfest
Not to be outdone, BYU is also having a choir concert tonight. The BYU Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, Concert Choir, and BYU Singers will be at the BYU concert hall. Tickets are $10 to $16.
BYU | 7:30pm | More info

Also:
👉️ BYU Women’s Basketball vs UCF (home) at 7pm MST
👉 Double Indemnity (1944) at the Scera at 10am ($2 a ticket)
👉 Learn It: Body Image and Fitness at Provo Library

Thursday
52° | ⛅️ | 20%

Beth Brower Book Signing 📔 

Utah Author, Beth Brower, is maybe best known for her series: “The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion”. Volume 8 of the series is coming out — so come meet the author and get your books signed!

A little about the books (at least the first in the series) according to Amazon — “Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.”

Quote from the book: “I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident.”

Springville Library | 5:30pm-8:50pm | More info

Utah Magic Fest 🎩

The Utah Magic Fest, also known as “The Utah Art of Magic Festival”, is dedicated to bringing the art of magic to the public through shows, classes, and lectures by top magicians. The event runs for multiple day and most of the events will be taking place at the Scera in Orem!

If you get a full festival pass you can see all the lectures and shows. But you can also buy tickets for an individual show. (Tim Hannig’s Pro-Kids Show on Friday, and Date Night Magic Show with Eric Stevens on Saturday).

SCERA Center for the Arts | February 6-8 | More info

Also:
👉️ Make your own bouncy balls at the Provo Library (ages 9-12) at 4:15pm (registration required)
👉️ UVU men’s basketball vs UT Arlington at 6pm MST (home) (also it’s a White Out)

Friday
51° | 🌧️ | 90%

Mindy Gledhill Concert 🎤 

Mindy’s best known songs are probably "I Do Adore" and "Anchor". And according to Mindy, she almost threw away “I Do Adore” after she wrote it, but now it has over 60 million streams!

This Friday, 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 for this are almost sold out!

Orem Library | 7:30pm-9:00pm | More info

🌷 Bloem Market
The annual Bloem Market is back at Sun River Gardens in Orem! Come see, smell, and taste the creativity of our local artisans and crafters — and be inspired in time for Valentine’s Day! Food trucks will be there as well.
Sun River Gardens (1248 N. State Street, Orem) | Feb 7th & 8th | More info

🗿 Night at the Museum 2025
The exhibits are coming to life at the Hutchings Museum! So enjoy the live animals and historical figures Friday and Saturday night, and don’t forget your gum-gum dum-dum.
Hutchings Museum | 6pm-8pm | More info

💃🕺 Latin Dance Night at the Provo Library
Give a man a Latin dance and you spice up his day. Teach a man to Latin dance and you spice up his life! 🌶️ So come and be taught at the library tonight! No prior dance experience is necessary, and all ages are welcome. ¡Ven y aprende algunos movimientos básicos de baile latino en la biblioteca!
Provo Library | 7pm - 8pm | More info

Also:
👉 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

Live Music 🎸

@ The Velour
TODAY - Open Mic
Thursday - Kenya, Bellagrace, Love Kenna, Kayla Egbert
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

Wellness Wednesday: Service Opportunities 💝

Stitching Hearts Service Center Grand Opening 🎉 

This one could have been in the event section! 👇️ 

“Join us February 7th 4:30pm - 7:30pm for the Grand Opening of the Stitching Hearts NEW Service Center! 90 South Main in Pleasant Grove. Stop by, take a tour, enjoy treats & learn how you can make a difference!

Love to create hand made items that meet humanitarian needs? Have a youth group, friends, church groups you would like to get involved in a project? Is your company looking for unique ways to serve? This is the place to come! Here you can have a worldwide impact!”

Stitching Hearts Service Center (90 S Main Street, Pleasant Grove) | Feb 7th 4:30pm - 7:30pm | More info

📚️ Boost your Resume & Eat Some Treats
“Come gain valuable experience for job resumes and college applications while helping your library and eating treats!

The Teen Volunteer board meets monthly on the 1st Thursday and works on a variety of library projects and service opportunities. Pick up a Teen Volunteer Board application from the 1st Floor Reference Desk and bring it to your first meeting.”
Provo Library | More info

🧷 Diapers are needed at Tabitha’s Way in Spanish Fork
“Tabitha’s Way Local Food Pantry serves families with small children. We often get smaller diaper sizes donated but need larger diaper sizes; 4, 5, and 6.
Please donate them at our pantry location during receiving hours.
Receiving Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 8 am - 2 pm | Tuesday Evenings: 5 pm - 8 pm | 2nd & 4th Saturdays: 9 am - 12 pm
More info

🎹 Piano Teacher volunteers for Dixon Community Resource Center
“The Dixon Community Resource Center is offering free piano lessons to families living in the Dixon neighborhood as a part of the MyHometown Provo initiative. The Community Resource Center is located at 1066 W 200 N, Provo, and provides piano lessons along with classes in English, Computer Literacy, Finance, etc. Each weekly piano lesson lasts for 30 minutes and is given on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4 and 6pm. To volunteer as a piano teacher you must be at least 18 years old. Lesson materials will be provided.” More info

Thanks!

Thanks for reading! Hope you can make it to one or more of these events/volunteer activities this week! 😉 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

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