What's Happening in Provo & Orem | Nov. 8th, 2024

What’s Up Provo! If you know someone named Leon, make sure you reach out and wish them a Happy Leon Day! 🦁 

A few highlights of today’s newsletter:

• BYU Basketball + the Bean Museum is serving dinner and a murder + Cougstival + 🏈 BYU vs Utah

• Brian Head is open ⛷️, Llamas escaped 🦙

• Battle of the Bands at the Boardwalk 🎸 

• Friday To-do’s: Indoor-energy-burning-tools 🔥 

Local Business
Pfeifferhorn Dental

We love spotlighting local businesses and business owners. (If you know a local business we should spotlight tell us here.)

Pfeifferhorn Dental, “The peak of Dental Care”, is located on University Ave. right by Magleby’s.

Get to know Dr. Mark Jardine and his team! Dr. Jardine was born here, he’s a BYU grad, he went off to Columbia for dental school—but we’re happy he came back to Utah!

(Pfeifferhorn Dental is named after Pfeifferhorn, the fifth-highest peak 🏔️ in the Wasatch Range.)

Currently offering free Implant Consults! More info

Nothing in this section is sponsored. We’ll always let you know if something is sponsored.

The Bulletin 📌 

Llama’s loose on the tracks 🦙 

Five llamas escaped yesterday in Provo. Apparently, they were trying to hitch a ride on a Union Pacific, but then they were spotted. Article 

Sports 🏒🥅 🏐 

⚽️ BYU women’s soccer was eliminated from the Big 12 tournament by TCU. Recap
⚽️ Top seeded UVU women’s soccer was eliminated from the WAC tournament. Recap
🏀 BYU women’s basketball gets the win against Idaho. Recap
🏈 Connor Pay and Cody Epps will not be playing in tomorrow’s game against Utah. Article

Brian Head for the win 🏂️ 

Because of some recent storms, Brian Head resort can open a number of trails and is the first ski resort to open up for 2024/25 Ski Season. In fact, this will “mark the resort's second-earliest start in its 60-year history.” Tickets are currently $19 (for select days in November) and kids 12 and under are free. Article | Tickets

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🏀 BYU men’s basketball vs. UC Riverside

The UC Riverside Highlanders are in town to take on BYU. A highlander is a “person who lives high above sea level”. (Riverside is about 800 feet above sea level.) So head to the Marriott Center (if you can get a ticket), welcome the Highlanders to the real highland, and watch BYU win a basketball game!
Marriott Center | 7pm | Watch | Tickets

🇺🇸 BYU Wind Symphony + Gentri
“The BYU Wind Symphony honors and celebrates our nation’s veterans in this fun and patriotic concert including a special appearance by Utah favorite GENTRI. Join us to celebrate our nation and those who have given so much to preserve and defend it.”
Concert Hall BYU | 7:30pm | More info

🐠🏮 Aquarium Lantern Festival: Opening Day
The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper will have a lantern festival most nights from now until January! The aquarium plaza will be filled with activities and nature-inspired lanterns, and most days your ticket to the lantern festival will also get you entrance into the aquarium!
Loveland Living Planet Aquarium | November 8th through Jan 6th, 5:30pm to 10pm (the aquarium closes at 9pm) | More info

🏹 Windwalker (1980)
November is Native American Heritage Month, so for the Archive Classic for Fall 2024, BYU is showing Windwalker. Great ready to read, the movie is in Crow and Cheyenne, with English subtitles.
1160 HBLL Reynolds Auditorium | 7pm - 10pm | More info

Also:
👉️ Noteworthy & Vocal Point at the Covey Center (today and tomorrow)
👉️ BYU women's Volleyball vs Utah
👉️ Attend a lecture, the Wonder of Scripture Lecture: Joseph Spencer at 11am
👉️ Free showing of The Village (2004, PG-13) at the Orem Library
👉️ Don’t forget about the Author Event (with Tiana Smith) at the Provo Library

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Dinner and a murder 🔍️🐻

The Bean Museum will be hosting their popular Mystery Game Night! Dinner will be served while teams compete to solve the murder mystery. It was Colonel Mustard, in the bird room, with the jawbone of a gorilla! The price is $25 per person ($15 for BYU students). Costumes are encouraged but not required.
Bean Museum | 6pm - 9 pm | More info

🤝 Cougstival
Students and alumni (and kids of alumni) are invited to join forces in a service-scavenger-hunt this Saturday. You will need to download an app, look at the different “service quests” available (we believe these will be available throughout the week, from the 9th to the 16th), and as you serve you get points. Winners will get a prize! Unfortunately winners can only be current BYU students, but don’t let that discourage you. Plus, there will also be music, free food, and activities for kids if you bring them!
BYU (various locations?) | Nov 9th to Nov 16th | More info

🛩️ Veterans Celebration
Oh say can you sing! The Scera is putting on this patriotic, inspiring, and free event to celebrate and honor our veterans and our great country! The keynote speaker will be Colonel Gary Keith Spencer and there will be many musical guests and performances.
Scera | 10am | More info

🏈 BYU vs Utah
We could mention how this game should be played on the week of Thanksgiving. We are tempted to emphasize how no one expected BYU would be playing for a chance at the playoffs (and Utah would not). But what we really want to say is: GO BYU!
Rice Eccles Stadium | 8:15pm | Watch | Preview

Also:
👉️ Fantasy Facts and Fare at the Provo Library
👉️ Christmas Kick Off at Highland Gardens
👉️ BYU women’s basketball vs Wyoming at 2pm at the Marriott Center

Upcoming

💬 Petra Lecture Series | Free event | Nov. 14 | Reserve a spot
💡Luminaria at Thanksgiving Point | Opening day is Nov 14th | Pre-sale/More info
🎿 Utah Ski Swap | Show Barn at Thanksgiving Point | Nov. 22nd | More info
🎸 Cowboys & Indies | Velour Live Music Gallery | Nov 15th Tickets | Nov 16th Tickets

🎸 Live Music

@ The Velour
Friday - Lantern By Sea, Avintaquin, Cactus Tree
Saturday - No 1’s Home (EP release show), Viridian, Bleacher Babe, Madfish

@ The Boardwalk

Battle of the Bands Fall 2024 info

@ The Rise
Friday - Ideal Horizon, Down River, AURHE
Saturday - KTHKNG, TROOP AND JAY, BERRY, YTNAE, RIVER THE KID, SPLIFFIRE

Friday To-do’s 🗒️✏️

Many of us will be staying inside a little more often during the next few months. So here are the to-do’s on our minds:

✅ Help the kids burn energy indoors 🧒 Yes, we know… “there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes”. But you know what? Sometimes helping kids put on snow gear is just the worst. So here are some indoor-energy-burning-ideas:
👉️ Indoor gymnastics bar
👉️ Foam, indoor, pogo stick, very highly rated
👉️ Of course, there’s the Jumparoo 🦘
👉️ A doorway gym? looks interesting…
(A lot of these can be find used on Facebook Marketplace and KSL)

✅ Improving surfing skills 🌊 These indoor balancing-tool-things will be fun for everyone—adults and kids. (Also, one of us at What’s Up Provo is a little over zealous when it comes to “maintaining balance and mobility” so we feel obligated to refer this book ➡️ Built to Move.)
Gibbon Board (seen in the picture above) | Rocker board standing desk accessory | Spinning balance board | Revolution Balance Board

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Thanks!

Have a great weekend, enjoy the slightly warmer weather and hopefully a BYU win! 😉 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

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