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What's Happening in Provo | October 7th, 2024

What's Happening in Provo | October 7th, 2024

Whats Up Provo
October 07, 2024

What’s Up Provo! And happy birthday Simon Cowell and Yo-Yo Ma! 🥳

We hope the weekend was a great one for you, and hopefully, this email can help you plan another fun and fulfilling week.

A few highlights of today’s newsletter:

Events coming up this week including multiple Fire Safety fairs 🔥, Autumn Festivals 🍃, and BYU games 🏈⚽️🏀
Library Corner (including Space Academy and Brandon Mull) 🚀📚️ 🐉
Reminders (last call for auditions) 🎭️

Hunchback of Notre Dame + Festival of Fools 🔔

“Step into the heart of Paris with Timpanogos Community Theater’s spectacular production of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame!”

And stay afterwards (this Monday and next, October 14th) for a costume party and trick or treating with the cast!

So come witness “the powerful story of love, courage, and acceptance as Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and the unforgettable characters of Victor Hugo’s timeless tale come to life on stage.”

Timpanogos Art Foundation | Runs through Oct 19th | More info

Today
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🧑‍🚒 Provo Fire and Rescue Fair
The Provo Rec Center will be home to the Fire Prevention Week Safety Fair today. Celebrate with our first responders and check out their firetrucks and ambulances, get some goodies, and try your hand at using the fire hose! Also, keep an eye out for Smokey Bear…
Provo Rec Center | 4pm - 7pm | More info

💃 Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl
This will be mentioned in our library section, but we’ll highlight it here as well. “Ballet Folklorico QUETZALCÓATL, established in early 2014, with the mission to promote and preserve the Mexican cultural traditions expressed in music and dance, recreating in its choreographies the elements that are present in the lives of the different regions of Mexico in order to share with the public the natural essence of our roots.” This is a free, one hour event. ¡Nos vemos allí!
Provo City Library | 7pm | More info

🧹 Free showing of Hocus Pocus (PG)
Some ‘90s Halloween magic is coming to you courtesy of the Orem Library. Watch some kids (and a talking cat) try to stop three witches from causing chaos. It's spooky, it’s goofy, and it’s free at the Orem Library.
Orem Library | 6:30pm | More info

Tuesday

🚒 Fire Prevention Night
Never ones to be outdone, the Orem City Fire Department is also doing an event this week. So stop, drop, and roll on over to the Orem City Center Park for some food, drinks, games, and “fire demos”. 🔥
Orem City Center Park (Friendship Center) | 5pm - 7:30pm | More info

Also:
👉️ The Weekly Cyclocross Series will be at Rock Canyon Park this week.
👉️ The BYU Softball team will be having their blue and white game at 1pm.
👉️ And All That Jazz will be playing at the BYU Concert Hall starting at 7:30pm.

Wednesday

🏀 BYU Basketball Blue and White Game
Check out the most hyped BYU Men’s team (and for good reason) play for the public for the first time on Wednesday night. It’s free! Go BYU! Beat BYU!
Marriot Center | 7pm | More info

Thursday

🦅🐍🍩 Autumn Lantern Festival
This free festival has a TON to offer! @angelasreptile will be there, along with Bower the Redfooted tortoise, Snickerdoodle the Ball Python, and Draco the bearded dragon (just to name a few). But also, free horse rides! Great Basin Wildlife Rescue will bring their birds to show, and the Bean Museum will be showcasing some of their creatures. There will be live music, apple cider donuts and hot cocoa… As the kids say, this event is going to be 🔥 (and not just because of the lanterns).
4150 W Center Street (right by Utah Lake) | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | More info

Friday

💀🎊 Día De Los Muertos @ The Riverwoods
Join the Shops at the Riverwoods for a family-friendly event full of color and tradition (and music, food, and dancing)! “Día de los Muertos is a traditional fiesta in honor of the deceased that is celebrated in Mexico and other parts of Latin America”. There will be Mariachi music, delicious food, artisan vendors, community giveaways, Catrina and Catrin costume contest, live performances from Utah's best folkloric groups.
Riverwoods | 2pm - 8pm | More info

Saturday

🏈 BYU Football vs Arizona (Home)
Another big game ahead (every game is big now, especially when you’re undefeated). Arizona (3-2) was predicted to win this game but after their home loss to Texas Tech over the weekend the Cougars are now slightly favored. We’ll see how that changes throughout the week. Fun facts: according to the Deseret News “The Cougars were once given a 1% chance of getting a 5-0 record and oddsmakers predicted that BYU would have 4.7 wins this season”), and yet here we are…
We’ll outline the events surrounding the game at LES in the next email. Go Cougs!
BYU LES | 2pm MT | Preview

🏛️ Library Corner

There are some big events at the library this week. The Folk Dance Performance kicks it all off on Monday, Brandon Mull comes Friday to discuss his new book (if you’ve got a fan, come early to be a party of the early signing group), and Space Academy tops it all off Saturday. Whew 😅 that’s almost too much fun.

Don’t forget that throughout the week library card holders can pick up a Take and Make Craft (this week a spooky spider) and teens can get a prize by writing a poem using only book titles.

Kids

Tweens & Teens

Adults

⚠️ Reminders & Notices

🏫 Utah Single Mother Scholarship Opportunity
The scholarship application deadline for the winter/spring semester is approaching on November 1, 2024. Don’t miss this chance to pursue your dreams through college, university, technical school, boot camp, etc., with the support of Live Your Dream.
Application Deadline is November 1st | More info

🟡 The Night Before...Nutcracker Dodgeball Tournament
This is a 4+ dodgeball game tournament put on by the Provo Rec Center. The games start in December. For Ages: 16+. Remember…”Nobody makes me bleed my own blood. Nobody…”
Registration open from October 1st until November 30th | More info

🗑️ Fall Cleanup
Today the dumpsters are going to be at 2620 N Foothill Dr. They will stay there until Oct. 19th when they move to the Seven Peaks area.
More info

⛸️ Learn to skate registration
The last day to register is tomorrow, October 8th. There are multiple skating lesson levels: Introductory, FUNdamental, Figure Skating, Hockey. These are 30-minute classes, once per week, for seven weeks (starting October 8th).
Register

Sports Registrations
*Double check the details by going to the links, the deadlines might change
🏀 Jr Jazz 3rd to High School - Registration closes October 31st | More info
🏀 Adult League Basketball Winter 2024/25 - Registration closes October 31st | More info

Audition for Frozen Jr. ❄️ FINAL CALL!
The Hale Center theater will be performing Disney’s Frozen Jr. Performances for Frozen Jr. have been scheduled for January 27th, 2025 – February 8th, 2025 (4:30pm weekdays & 9:00am Saturday mornings).

Auditions for this play are for youth ages 8 to 18. The audition videos are due TONIGHT (October 7th).

More info