What's Happening in Provo | October 11th, 2024

What’s Up Provo! Happy Friday and Happy National Sausage Pizza Day! 🍕 

According to a survey in 2013, sausage is the third most popular pizza topping. The most popular: Pepperoni. Second place: Mushrooms. 🍄 

A few highlights of today’s newsletter:

• 🏈 BYU vs Arizona + Big Noon Kickoff Show, also Mapleton Scarecrow Spectacular, and farmers markets

• Friday’s To-do list: Emergency Prepareness 🌪️

• Local Business Highlight: Wandering Wheat 🥖

Local Business Highlight:
Wandering Wheat 🥖 

If you love bread, especially sourdough, then Wandering Wheat is a must-try. They specialize in hand-crafted artisan bread and they do it on wheels! We love the classic sourdough (the texture is perfect) and the cinnamon chip. Here’s a list of all their flavors. Each week they choose different flavors “based on the season, the trends they are seeing, and the whims of the baker.”

Matt Clyde is the man behind the bread: “I started baking a soon as I could climb up on a stool and help my mom make cookies.

I started my first baking job at Thanksgiving Point on the day I turned 18. I studied Patisserie and Baking at Western Culinary Institute while working part time at a local bakery. Following that education, I moved back to Utah and studied Food Science at BYU and have been working in bakeries around the valley ever since.”

You can find Matt and his loaves “wandering to farmers markets, fairs, and roadside locations.” We found them at the Provo Farmers Market, but stay up on their schedule and menu rotation on Instagram and their website.

Nothing in this section is sponsored. We liked it and thought you’d enjoy it too.
We’ll always let you know if something is sponsored.

Big Noon Kickoff: BYU vs. Arizona 🏈 

Fox Sports Big Noon Kickoff Show, with Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, and former Ute coach Urban Meyer, is coming to Provo this Saturday for the game against Arizona.

Also, it’s homecoming, so in short: there’s a lot happening! Here’s our summary of events.

First, it should be noted that homecoming events technically started on Wednesday with the Men’s Basketball Blue and White game. And they’ve continued all week long. (There was the lighting the Y, the opening ceremony, etc.)

But as for the upcoming events, there is the FAM JAM tonight featuring Kaskade on Helaman Field (students only though).

And then, tomorrow morning, there’s the Cougar Run 5K plus the kids races. The races will start at 8:45 (show up 30 minutes early if you are racing), and after the race (or before, to carb load, or whatever) BYU will be serving blue, Kodiak Cake pancakes! 🥞🐻 Register

And then in preparation for the game, all the pregame events and activities will be in full-force (just west of the stadium) including “The Cougar Canyon”. Those activities kickoff at 10:30am. As for the Big Noon Kickoff show, pregame tailgate starts at 8:30am EASTERN TIME! Be there if you want to give yourself the best chance to be front and center on live TV. Also, best sign gets $500 🤑, and there’s free food (first come first serve)! Big Noon Kickoff Details

And we almost forgot, the game starts at 2pm Mountain Time. Watch | Listen
We’re all hoping for the return of some key players on offense (unfortunately Connor Pay will not play), for the ROC to show up loud and strong, and for BYU to somehow summon their supernatural-nighttime-powers even though kickoff is well before 8pm. 🔮✨ 
Go Cougars!

Homecoming info

Today
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🍂🛍️ The Autumn Shop Hop
Visit 6 shops in downtown Provo (no purchase necessary) for a chance to win $300 in gift cards! This event/promo is being put on by Downtown Provo (a nonprofit organization) and the 6 shops you would need to visit include Thrifthood, Thread Wallets, 3Hive, The Find Lab, Pioneer Book, and Harmony. Get a passport at any of the participating shops and then take that passport around to each of the 6 to get them stamped in order to give yourself a chance to win.
Downtown Provo | Oct. 11 - Oct. 19 | More info

🐎💰️ Horse Sale
We enjoyed looking through the pictures and descriptions for the horses (and ponies, and baby cows) for sale last time, so we added a few more below.
Heber | Oct 11th and 12th | More info

👻 Scary Movie Night : Casper
Free face painting and free showing of Casper. Bring your own blankets or chairs, and if you need some cider to keep you warm while you watch, then Quench It! has you covered.
The Orchard at University Place | 6:30pm | More info

⚽️ BYU Men’s Soccer vs. Utah State
The BYU Men’s Soccer team has been doing amazing, as usual. So far this season they have scored 27 goals, and they’ve only been scored on once. Attendance to this game is FREE. “There is no charge for awesomeness.”
South Field | 7 pm | More info

Also:
👉️ Enjoy some Baseball + Fireworks at BYU Baseball Blue and White game (free event).
👉️ Don’t forget about the Brandon Mull Author Event at the Provo Library tonight.
👉️ Sundance is has their Mexican Street Food & Mezcal 2024 in the afternoon.
👉️ 27 year old, virtuoso, double bassist Dominik Wagner will be playing at the BYU Concert Hall.
👉️ Steel Tomb is playing live at Glen Ray’s Corn Maze tonight.
👉️ And, Classic Skating will be having an Outdoor Movie Night: Hocus Pocus.

Saturday
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The main event is obviously the BYU game and homecoming and all that’s coming with it. See all those details above. Or check them out here and here.

But there’s more to life than football. Here are some other things happening:

👻 Ghouls Night Out
Ghouls just want to have fun.🎵 They also want some charms and custom trucker hats… Which is why West Studios is hosting this open house in Spanish Fork from 12 to 3. There’s going to be shopping, a hat bar, refreshments, and more.
140 N Main St, Spanish Fork | Noon to 3pm | More info

🏃‍♀️🏴‍☠️ Treasure Your Chest 5k Fun Run
Blue Rock Medical is putting on this fun run for breast cancer awareness month. Come out for a beautiful trail run, win some prizes, and make a difference!
Blue Rock Medical Parking Lot | 9am | Tickets

🌽👑 Mapleton Scarecrow Spectacular
Which of Mapleton’s scarecrows is the best scarecrow? It’s so hard to say…Thankfully, that question will be put to rest once and for all after the votes are cast tomorrow at Mapleton’s Scarecrow Spectacular! But that’s not all, we’ll also finally determine which delicious baked good sells for the most money at the silent auction Harvest Bake-Off! And which cornhole player will be crowned king cornholer! Mapleton is settling all the scores tomorrow. Also, country line dancing, Mapleton school auction, and pumpkins for sale.
Mapleton City Park | 3pm - 5pm | More info

Also:
👉️ Indy Clover Grand Opening (2255 N University Pkwy, Ste 7)
👉️ BYU Women’s Volleybally plays TCU at home at 7pm.
👉️ Head to the Bean Museum after the game for Sketching Dead Things: Drawing Night at the Bean.
👉️ The Big Jack Gives Back fall charity event will be going on from 10am to 4pm at the Outlets at Traverse Mountain.
👉️ And don’t forget about the Provo Farmers Market and Midway Farmers Market, look for Parami!

🎸 Live Music

@ The Velour
TODAY - Allred 20th Anniversary show
Saturday - All-star Weezer Tribute

📰 Updates

🏀 BYU Basketball Blue & White Game
From the Deseret News: “Young said the 5 guys who started for White team in second half aren’t locked in, but it sure looked like it” Article | Highlights

🚧 Groundbreaking for 20,000 sqft Boys & Girls Club Facility
The new facility will be located at 1060 E 150 N. Article

💯 Friday To-do’s

With the destruction caused by Helene and Milton we have emergency preparedness on our minds:

✅ Have a cash stash 💰️ 
We won't tell you how much to keep handy, (here’s what KeyBank thinks), all we know is that many people report being unable to access their money or even use their credit cards after a natural disaster.

✅ Have some way to generate electricity ⚡️ 
Generators are what most people think of first. Generators are great, but they can be dangerous as well. Unfortunately, some of the survivors of the initial Helene disaster later died due to improper use of their generator. If you have one, or you are planning to get one, make sure you know best practices. Red Cross: How to choose a generator and how to prevent CO poisoning

✅ Get a radio 📻️ 
Internet and cellular were knocked out in many places after Helene. But the local radio stations were able to pass the news and give updates—and many people found this to be invaluable in the aftermath of a disaster. Crank radios are good, and battery powered radios work as well. Also, having a ham radio would be great. German community surviving by ham radio | Ham radio & Helene

Thanks!

Thanks for reading! Have a great time today/tomorrow—we hope one of you wins that $500! 😉 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

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