What's Happening - May 5, 2025

¡Qué pasa Provo! If you’re like us, you love Cinco de Mayo but you struggle to remember the official reason for it.

Here it is: Cinco de Mayo is a celebration is in the state of Puebla. Puebla is where the Battle of Puebla occurred on May 5, 1862, when the Mexicans defeated the French. 🇲🇽

So Happy Cinco de Mayo and let’s get into it! A few highlights:

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🧱 Lego Store Opening
The Lego Store in the mall is opening up on May 9th. Lots of activities to be announced! (We’ll get more specifics for you on Wednesday)

⚾ From missionary, to BYU walk-on, to major leaguer: The Justin Sterner story
“Even as a little kid in Little League, there were a couple times where I was left off an all-star team or in high school… Honestly, from the second I fell in love with baseball I had to work hard. Yeah, just that work ethic of nothing’s given, you got to work for every little thing that you get, especially at this level.”

A great lineup of events, especially for the beginning of the week!

Today
60° | ⛅ | 45%

Gear up for Vineyard City's 8th Annual Bike Rodeo! Bring your kids to meet the local sheriffs, and participate in the events.

We don’t know exactly what the events will be — but that won’t stop us from speculating! So here we go: Bareback bike riding seems like a logical option, an event where people on bikes try to rope people on trikes would also make sense, and if Vineyard was really daring they’d have a bike jump through a ring of fire! Well, anyway, whatever the events will be we’re sure it will be a fun event.

Grove Park | 5:30pm | More info

🍡 Anime and Treats
Senbei is apparently one of the most popular Japanese treats/snacks. It’s a cracker that comes in many flavors including “delicious black sugar milk”. Sounds good… also, didn’t know black sugar was a thing. Anyway, they’re eating Japanese treats (hopefully black sugar milk Senbei) and watching The Apothecary Diaries, at the Springville Library tonight.
Springville Library | 4pm - 5pm

🧘‍♀️ Sound Bath: Relaxation & Connection
You’ve always wanted to try it, and now you can for free! So let soothing vibrations and sound melt away life's tensions at this one-hour session. Spots are limited so reserve your spot.
Palisades Counseling | 6:30pm - 7:30pm

🎶 Latin Fiesta: Nebo Philharmonic
Get ready for a vibrant evening as the Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra presents Latin Fiesta! Seats fill quickly, so they said to arrive early to secure your spot. (Looks like no registration is required)
Springville Library | 7pm - 8pm

👉 Also:
Film: The Prince of Egypt (PG, 1998) at 6:30pm - 8:30pm Orem Library
Utah COPA - Dancing Through the Decades! from 7pm - 8pm at The Covey Center

The ones that didn’t fit in the email:

Cinco De Mayo 2025 at the Owl Bar at Sundance from 4pm to 11pm
Mothers Day Workshop from 4:30pm - 6pm at the Hillcrest Park Center
Mood Marks with artist KA (emotions through music and abstract art workshop) at the Springville Museum of Art from 6pm to 8pm

Tuesday
63° | ⛅ | 30%

May the sauce be with you! Because you’re going to need it if you hope to win this trivia contest at Fat Daddy’s Pizzeria.

You know we love trivia, so here’s some trivia for you to get you ready:

Costumes are encouraged! Go and eat pizza, compete, and hopefully win a prize!

Fat Daddy's Pizzeria in Provo | 6:30pm - 8:30pm | More info

🎨 Paint Night
The instructors will guide the class through a painting session, teaching painting techniques, and they claim you’ll “leave with your own masterpiece” — or your money back!

We added that last part, (it’s a free event). But registration is required. It’s full right now, (hopefully you saw it in our Reminders and Notices section in previous emails), but hopefully if you contact the library they can put you on a waitlist.​
Provo Library, Room #201 | 7pm - 8:30pm

🛍️ Spring 2025 Beehive Bazaar
It’s a fresh batch of vendors this week! (Also, it’s the last week of the Spring Bazaar.)
The Boulevard,(1555 N Freedom Blvd, Provo) | Tuesday through Saturday, 10am - 8pm

🇺🇸 Hope of America 2025
The Marriott Center will be overflowing with fifth and sixth graders again.
Marriott Center | 6:30pm

The ones that didn’t fit in the email:

KidFit (age 3-4) from 10am - 10:45am at the Provo Recreation Stage on the east side of the facility

Wednesday
69° | ⛅ | 50%

Earthwings will be bringing owls, a hawk, and a crow to Orem Library for this show! It’s free and open to the public, and no registration required.

Orem Library, Library Hall - Ashton Auditorium | 6:30pm - 7:30pm | More info

🌽 Orem's Farmers Market & Feed Fest Wednesday Opening Day
It’s the 5th year of the farmer’s market and this year there will be free yoga every week in addition to the 200 vendors. The first 100 people at the market on Wednesday get a strawberry plant, and they announced that SNAP & Double Up Food Bucks will be accepted, and you can get free local fresh produce when you use your EBT/SNAP Horizon Card! Also, when you spend $1 they’ll match it with $2. (For more details, here’s the instagram announcement.)
Orem City Center Park | 5pm - 9pm

Discounts & Giveaways 🤑

🍅 Heirloom Plant Sale 🍅
Don’t buy from a big box store, these are half the price and twice as 😊
non GMO, heirloom varieties, most of which you can’t buy from a store. Come and take a look:
Purple Cherokee
Black Strawberry
Black from Tula
Orange Hat Micro
Roma
Pineapple
Mr Stripey
Beefsteak
Paul Robson
Brown Sugar
Also sweet and hot peppers, cucumbers, melons, squash and greenbeans

Doña Mary Mexican Grill
15% off the whole month of May in honor of Mother’s Day! Mothers will also have a chance to enter to win a FREE Molcajete! (1462 N State Street)

Blue Rock Medical Center Health Fair
Blue Rock Medical (May 6 & 7) — Free health screenings (blood pressure, varicose veins, bone density, vision, plantar fasciitis, etc.

Provo Rec Center
Win a free membership. To celebrate their 12th birthday they are giving away a 12-month membership to our facility
Current Membership holders are also eligible for the giveaway
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Giveaway closes Wednesday, May 14 at 2:00pm MST. Winner announced later that day!

Salsa Queen
Over $1,000 worth of prizes
$120 spa bundle from Pink Bubble Nail Salon, a $100 shopping certificate from I Got It at Namedroppers, and (5) $50 gift cards to Rancho Markets — plus tons more.
To enter: follow @salsa.queen and all tagged businesses, share this post to your stories, like it, and tag your foodie friends in the comments. Winner announced today.

Splash Summit Passes
Get season passes for only $49.99 (for a limited time)

Upcoming Events Sneak Peak 👀

🐿 Zippy Hunt May 12th - May 16th (plus a bunch of other activities at the Provo Rec to celebrate it’s 12th Birthday, including a cake eating contest on May 13th, pickleball tournaments, and health and wellness fair on the 12th, and more!)
🚲 Golden Spoke Ride (check out the Ride Details tab) on May 10th
🚶‍♀ Mother's Day Walk-a-Thon from 11am-2pm at Orem City Center Park

We tried tons of tacos from some of the top restaurants from last week’s poll. (In honor of Cinco de Mayo, of course.) Here is what stood out:

Don Joaquin - Took 1st in our poll. We tried their most popular tacos, but we also cheated and tried the California Burrito — and that burrito is hard to beat.

El Gallo Giro - Your second place finisher. Maybe the best Asada and best El Pastor. The Birria was also really good.

El Tio- a lot of people wrote El Tio into the ballet and we are so glad! They’ve been open for 8 months, and they’re located near Burger Supreme and Great Harvest.

The Birria was the winner here - it was our favorite taco of all the tacos we tried. If we had to rank the tacos at El Tio’s we’d probably say, #1 Birria, #2 Shrimp, and #3 was a tie (Fish, Asada, and Chile Verde).

Upcoming events you need to either register for or get tickets for. Also, we sprinkled in some public notices we felt were relevant as well.

Also, consider checking last Monday’s email for even more events to sign up for 👇
Last week’s email subject line was: Star Wars Party | Holy Cow Mother's Day Boutique | Spring Bazaar | Shingo Conference | Brian Kershisnik's last visit at the MOA

Shows

📽 Hits of Hollywood with Caleb Chapman & Crescent Super Band
Scera — “Grammy-nominated founder and director Caleb Chapman and his Best of State award-winning Crescent Super Band present a thrilling night of music from Hollywood movies!” May 12 & May 13

🍫 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Auditions
Today is the last day!
The Ruth — “Please complete the audition form no later than Monday, May 5, 2025 at 11:59pm”
“Rehearsals will begin on or around August 25th, 2025” The show will run from Nov 7 to Dec 31.

🧚 Grassroots Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Provo Library — “Join us for an engaging performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bring blankets to sit on.” Registration required. May 19

Races

🏃‍♀ 5k Family Fun Color Run
Springville City — “Participants of all ages and abilities will run-walk-stroll through powdered paint color stations along the route and become their own “work of art” (runners will have the option to run the race without getting painted). A color celebration will be held at the finish line.” Jun 7

🌊 Splash Summit Triathlon 2025
“This unique reverse-order triathlon kicks off at 7:00 a.m. with an exhilarating 5K run, followed by an 8-mile bike ride, a refreshing 300-yard swim, and a thrilling finish that includes a ride down a 300-foot waterslide!” Aug 23

🚲 Payson Orchards Triathlon 2025
“Regular Sprint Triathlon with a 5K run, 18K bike ride, and a 300-yard swim, as well as a special 12 and Under Super Sprint Triathlon with a 1.25-mile run, 2-mile bike, and 100-yard swim. For those who prefer a non-triathlon option, there’s also a 5K walk/run to enjoy” June 14

Other

🚧 Orem Family Fitness Center
Track modifications at the Orem Family Fitness Center should be completed by Saturday.

🍪 Author Event: Ann Dee Ellis
Provo Library — “Come join author Ann Dee Ellis for a celebration of friendship, cookies, writing and books!” Registration required. May 12

🥕 Learn It: Affordable and Healthy Food Preparation
Only a few seats left!
Provo Library — “Learn how to make delicious meals on a budget!” May 8

🎹 Chapter Closing Social
American Guild of Organists Utah Valley Chapter — The chapter will celebrate the end of a fantastic year of activities with a Closing Social on Friday, May 16… Please RSVP by Friday, May 9.”

The rest of the Reminders and Notices…

Art

🖨 Makerspace Workshop: Sublimation Printing for Beginners
One of these days we’re going to make it to one of these, registration is only $5!
Orem Library — “Discover a new world of fabric printing by learning how to sublimate custom print jobs to fabric and other materials. In this class, we will teach you how to design an element in Canva, print on sublimation paper and use a heat press to make your own canvas tote bag.” May 12

🦆 Healing Waters: Restoring Our Relationship with Utah Lake
UVU MOA — “As part of the upcoming exhibition, “Healing Waters: Restoring Our Relationship with Utah Lake,” the UVU Museum of Art at Lakemount is gathering individual and collective memories about the lake to display as a historical component of the exhibition. We would like to highlight folks’ personal connections to place.” (artwork, pictures, memorabilia, written memories, etc.) Deadline: May 14

Races

🏔 Runtastic Timp
“This vibrant event invites runners of all ages and skill levels to participate in a variety of race distances, including the Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, and a special Kids Half Mile” American Fork Canyon. Jun 21

💪 Steel Days Run
“10K, a fun 5K, and a family-friendly 1/2 Mile run” July 19

🎽 Provo Canyon Half Marathon
“this half marathon offers a stunning course that winds along the Provo River Trail in Provo Canyon” Aug 16

Art

🖌 Art Camps
Neighborhood Art Center — Registration is now open for a bunch of summer art camps in June.

🖼 2025 Call for Youth Art
Springville City — Open call for youth artwork to be featured in the Art Loops: Downtown. Artists should be under 18. Deadline May 16

Other

🛍 Vendor Call
Indigo Flea Market on May 18th from 1pm to 5pm.

🤠 Art City Hometown Rodeo
Tickets go on sale today ($11 per person)

⛳ Oremfest Golf Tournament
4 person scramble on June 4th at Sleepy Ridge

🐴 Youth Riding Club
Lindon City — “Come improve your riding abilities through training in various events, such as barrel, racing, roping, reign, western pleasure, trail, keyhole, poles, carrying flags, and rodeo queening. Club will meet at the Lindon horse arena on Tuesdays from 9:00-10:30 AM.” Session 1 goes from May 27 to Jun 24

👶 Baby Contest
Orem City — “Oremfest and America’s Freedom Festival are teaming up again for the annual Baby Contest… Lots of fun prizes and categories to compete in!” June 7

🗑 Orem Spring Cleanup
Last week! They’ll be at Palisade Park until Saturday and then that’s it.

Thanks for reading! Send this to someone who knows how many parsecs it took the Millenium Falcon to do the Kessel Run. 😉

If you want us to highlight your event or talk about your business just drop us a line 👉 [email protected]

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

🤓 It took the Millenium Falcon “less than twelve parsecs” according to Han.
Also, about the trivia question, both C3PO and R2D2 appear in every Star Wars movie to date, but only the actor for C3PO, Anthony Daniels, has been in every movie. (R2D2 has had different “actors” playing that part.)