Our Community Calendar is a volunteer-run resource offered to all qualified nonprofits. Community Calendar events are highlighted live, on-air throughout the day on KCPW. Featured events are chosen at random. You will also find all current Community Calendar events listed here at kcpw.org.
The Community Calendar also has a physical home. Following the criteria listed below, mail or bring professional materials (no handwritten signs please) promoting your event to the KCPW studios at 210 East 400 South, Suite 10, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. We’ll happily hang them in our window for all Library Square traffic to see.
To submit an event to the Community Calendar, the event must meet the following criteria:
- The event must take place in Utah.
- The organization promoting the event must be a qualified 501(c)(3) charity or political subdivision.
- The event cannot promote a religious organization or individual.
If your event meets these criteria, click “Post Your Event” below. Include your contact information in case we have any questions. Otherwise, your event may not get published.
We encourage you to make the most of your post by adding a featured image and links to your organization. Utilize the provided field boxes (i.e. location, ticket information) to display information as accurately and quickly as possible.
Please do not submit duplicate postings for the same event. If you are posting a class or workshop that requires registration, list just the first instance in the date and time, and include the details for subsequent classes in the description.
NOTE: approved events are typically posted to the Community Calendar within seven days of your submission.
Please submit requests at least 14 days before your event – listings read on-air are chosen at random, the week of the event.
Technical issues? Please email comments@kcpw.org.
The Utah Arts Alliance Bizarre Bazaar is our newest gallery located at The Shops at South Town in Sandy!
Support your favorite local emerging artists and explore our boutique of unique gifts, bits, bobs, odds and ends!
SOS Improv is returning, as a 6-week course starting on January 11. The series is mostly aimed at beginners but open for everyone!
General focus is creativity, adaptability, spontaneity, and character, and how these improv skills can affect other aspects of life and work: Improv for the rest of us. We will be using short and long-form, developing over the course of the 6 weeks.
The course will be co-taught by SLC locals Scix Maddix, Nathan Sears and Karren Shamo
Classes will be Tuesday evenings starting Jan 11 at Alliance Theater in Trolley Square. Registration is $10 per class, or $50 for the full series. Inquire about scholarship opportunities at scix@scixxysgreatershows.com
Ticketing link: https://www.showclix.com/…/sos-improv-at-alliance-theater
West Valley Arts kicks off its 2022 season with their production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast from Jan. 20 to Feb. 12 at the West Valley Performing Arts Center.
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
This fun family-friendly musical brings the classic French fairytale to life in a “tale as old as time.” The original Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast earned nine Tony Award® nominations, including Best Musical. Featuring the timeless songs of Alan Menkin, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is an enchanting theatrical experience. Brimming with all the iconic characters, soaring melodies, and infectious dance numbers audiences adore, seats will sell fast for this dose of fantasy. Get your tickets now for this timeless tale of hope, forgiveness, and ultimately- love.
West Valley Arts Production of Disney’s Beauty & the Beast is rated appropriate for audiences 5 & up.
Tickets: Adults $25, Youth (5-12) $18
Dates & Times: Thurs – Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Additional Matinee on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets available at www.wvcarts.org or (801) 965-5140
Box Office Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
JOIN US FOR ROYAL FAMILY DAYS
Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday February 5, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Bring the littles, dress up in your favorite royal attire and join us at our matinee show on Saturday 01/29/22 or 02/05/22 for Royal Family Day at the West Valley Performing Arts Center. All youth tickets will have the opportunity to take home one (1) cloth flower and one (1) rose cookie at the end of the show with purchase of royal family day package. We encourage all attendees to dress up for Royal Family Day!
The Youth Royal Family Day Package is only valid for youth (ages 5-12) tickets during the following Beauty and The Beast productions: 3:00 p.m. on Sat., Jan 29, 2022 OR 3:00 p.m. Sat. Feb. 5, 2022 for an additional charge.
APPLY TODAY to be part of the 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons! The Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival is Utah’s largest local-centric art, music, science and technology festival. The DIY Fest features hundreds of local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors over three days the second weekend of August at the Utah State Fairpark in SLC. At the DIY Fest exhibitors can display and sell their handcrafted wares and connect with an incredibly talented group of other local makers—all while building their business & befriending thousands of local dedicated DIY Fest patrons! Applications are open to Utah residents until Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. MST. Learn more and apply today at: https://craftlakecity.com/diy-festival-2022/
“The Beat of Our Blood” Is a collection of works by Black, Indigenous, and POC artists. This collection of art centers around the theme of cultural reclamation, and seeks to highlight the traditions, customs, spiritual practices and beliefs of our ancestors that influences our culture and behaviors today. This exhibit seeks to provide support and recognition for local POC artists and their diverse styles.
This exhibit will hang from February 1 to 28, with a gallery stroll reception on Friday, February 18, from 6-9pm. Admission is free and open to the public.
Utah Film Center is proud to announce our 2022 edition of Black History Month programming beginning Tuesday, February 1st!
This year’s selection offers free films and a special event at the University of Utah that delve deep into the artistry, inspiration, and activism of our country’s Black luminaries, past and present. Each Tuesday in February, we’ll take you on a journey to uncover the stories you thought you knew and on Thursday, the 17th, we’re partnering with Utah Presents for a unique in-person performance by DJ Spooky as part of our Through The Lens series with KUER and RadioWest at Kingsbury Hall.
Tuesday, February 1st, 7pm, Free
CITIZEN ASHE
Citizen Ashe is the story of sports legend and social activist Arthur Ashe. Known to most by his stellar sports career – Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open winner and the first black player to be selected for the US Davis Cup Team – this film uncovers Ashe’s personal evolution; how his activism grew and embraced not only the Civil Right movement and African-Americans but all oppressed peoples throughout the world. Ashe died of AIDS-related complications in 1993 and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom the same year.
Registration Link:
Citizen Ashe
Tuesday, February 8th, 7pm, Free
ATTICA
On Sept. 9, 1971, over 1,200 inmates at the Attica correctional facility in Attica, NY, seized the yard at the maximum-security prison, took more than three dozen guards and civilian employees hostage, and demanded more humane treatment and better conditions. For five days, the world watched as TV news cameras covered the story from both outside and inside the prison, as journalists and a team of negotiators converged at the scene. But when law enforcement was ordered by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to retake Attica, the resulting massacre by state police left 29 inmates and 10 hostages dead — the deadliest violence Americans had inflicted on each other in a single day since the Civil War. Before the smoke from the tear gas cleared, police tortured inmates behind the walls. No charges were ever brought against authorities for the killings of inmates and guards. It was the largest prison rebellion in U.S. history.
Now, on the 50th anniversary of the Attica uprising, Emmy-winning director Stanley Nelson and producer and co-director Traci A. Curry examine one of the most shocking incidents in the nation’s history in the extraordinary, in-depth documentary Attica.
Registration Link:
Tuesday, February 15th, 7pm, Free
BLACK, BOLD & BRILLIANT: HEARTS AND MINDS EDITION
Black, Bold & Brilliant presents the next episode in our series of conversations about Black-centric films and media by diving into the legendary interview between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni. In 1971, Baldwin, renowned author and intellectual, sat down with poet, writer, and activist, Nikki Giovanni, for a bold and breathtaking dialogue about race, love, and artistic inspiration. Our roundtable discussion will feature a collection of local writers and other literary figures to help us unpack this historic meeting of the minds.
Registration Link:
BLACK, BOLD, & BRILLIANT: HEARTS AND MINDS EDITION
Thursday, February 17th, 7pm, Admission: $10 – $38
DJ SPOOKY’S REBIRTH OF A NATION
KUER’s RadioWest will interview DJ Spooky as part of their weekly show prior to the event, please visit radiowest.kuer.org for upcoming showtimes and details.
Join Utah Film Center, KUER 90.1, and Radiowest for a special evening as we partner with UtahPresents on this special event.
Conceived as a reimagining of director D.W. Griffith’s infamously racist 1915 silent film The Birth of a Nation, DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation is a controversial and culturally significant project that examines how “…exploitation and political corruption still haunt the world to this day, but in radically different forms.” Originally commissioned in 2004 by the Lincoln Center Festival, the work has played throughout the world and continues to engage audiences in themes of civil rights and freedom, seen through the lens of DJ Spooky’s unique art of remixing.
Registration Link:
Tuesday, February 22nd, 7pm, Free
DIONNE WARWICK: DON’T MAKE ME OVER
Dionne Warwick is a living legend. With that singular voice, both delicate and impassioned, her interpretations of many Burt Bacharach–Hal David compositions — “Walk On By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” — are regarded as definitive. Her activist work for the Black and LGBTQ communities has had a profound impact, yielding her 1985 version of “That’s What Friends Are For,” sung with Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John, which raised over $3 million for AIDS research. Warwick’s life and work, encompassing the Black American experience over the past six decades, is the subject of Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner’s inspiring documentary portrait.
Registration Link:
Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over
Craft your own gorgeous hand-marbled greeting cards (or valentines!) with local artisan Allison Claire Cards in this hands-on DIY workshop! Using accessible and beginner-friendly tools as well as a variety of stamps and other materials, you will learn how to create unique stationery that you can use to share X’s and O’s with the loved ones in your life! Before the dawn of our current tech era, handwritten letters were the dominant form of correspondence. Love letters, birthday cards, sympathy notes… there was the perfect type of letter for each occasion and it was made that much more personal by being penned by its sender. Join the snail mail revolution as we celebrate the lost art of heartfelt analog communications, all while learning new skills and having fun! All supplies are provided, and beginners are welcome. Attendees will also receive a bonus $10 gift card to one of the restaurants at Valley Fair for their next visit!
Tickets available here: https://form.jotform.com/213627822245152
About the Instructor: Hi! My name is Allison and I work full time as a pediatric physical therapist. I have been an avid lover of writing letters for years; my mom and grandmas instilled the importance of thank you notes and sending snail mail to loved ones from an early age. I started making hand-marbled stationery as a hobby during the COVID pandemic which eventually turned into opening my own Etsy shop. I’ve loved experimenting with different color schemes and look forward to sharing my passion for this beginner-friendly craft with each of you! (@allisonclairecards on Instagram)
About Craft Lake City: Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City offers year-round community craft workshops taught by Utah’s top artisans. More info is at craftlakecity.com.
4-part workshop
Fridays February 4, 11, 18, & 25, 11-1 pm
Join the SLCC Community Writing Center for an interactive workshop on the basics of grant writing. We’ll cover the basics of grant proposals and explore strategies of persuasive storytelling to make a strong case for your projects and organization.
Cost: $75 (fee can be waived on request; contact kati.lewis@slcc.edu). Registration is required.
Location: Zoom. Access details will be sent before workshop starting date.
Register:
https://epay.slcc.edu/C20011_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=2206
Join Animal Care of Davis County at the Layton PetSmart for their Pet Adoption Event. A number of dogs and cats will be available for adoption from 9AM-1PM at the Layton PetSmart on February 5th. All adoptable animals are neutered or spayed and up on their vaccines.
Dog Adoptions $100
Cat Adoptions $35
Delight the whole family as the world-famous Peking Acrobats push the limits of human ability — defying gravity with amazing displays of strength, flexibility, and power.
About the Workshop:
In this NHMU Craft Workshop presented by Craft Lake City, local artisan Heather Leeflang of H Works Jewelry will introduce attendees to the art of metal scribing. Attendees will inscribe constellations onto copper and brass discs, and then hand score the patterns to create personalized charms. After the constellation designs are complete, the charms will be attached to a silver chain to create a necklace to wear or share. Materials will be provided and no experience is necessary.
Tickets available here: https://12368a.blackbaudhosting.com/12368a/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=66fdddb7-2c3a-424d-abbb-cf05b48a5307&_ga=2.220187548.480815861.1642611570-1540009726.1628630218
About H Works Jewelry:
Heather Leeflang’s jewelry is designed to present complex ideas reduced to their most minimal forms – jewelry that is unadorned in its aesthetic. Throughout her life she has used jewelry as a way of communicating things about herself to the world, and she enjoys offering her work to others who connect to jewelry in the same way.
Stop by to see our newest art installation hanging in restaurant row throughout the month of February. You’ll fall in love!
Snap a picture and tag @atthegateway on Instagram to win dinner for two from one of our restaurants.
Contest open now until February 27th. Winner will be announced February 28th. Must be 18 years old to enter.
Come down to Urban Lounge for SLUG‘s 33rd Anniversary Party and the release of Volume VI of our Death By Salt local music compilation. Catch performances from four Death By Salt Vol. VI artists—The Pho3nix Child, Jacob T. Skeen, Bobo and LAST—and pick up your copy of the brand-new cassette compilation featuring exclusive tracks from local musicians. More details to come.
About Death By Salt: SLUG Magazine‘s Death By Salt is an ongoing series of compilations documenting some of the most vital voices in the Utah music scene. First released in 2004 and continuing through five volumes, Death By Salt highlights and preserves the wild, weird and wondrous musical tendrils the state offers. Now, Death By Salt Vol. VI takes a catch-all approach to curation and showcase the breadth of the state’s current musical landscape—from punk to R&B to electronic and more.
Check out the event on Facebook and LinkedIn!
Chicago and Salt Lake City hip hop and rap will dominate the night for the Salt Lake Gritty Tour
Salt Lake City – Feb 11th, 2022
The Funk n Dive
2550 Washington Blvd, Ogden, UT 84401
http://funkanddive.com/
21+ Event
Headliners
L.H., Wes Burke, Burnell Washburn and TikiMane
Opening acts
LuminousOn3, Roadkill, Hotboy2x (Acts might change or become added closer to the event)
Parking
Available in the back of the building
Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-salt-lake-gritty-tour-tickets-222008251657
1-part workshop
Saturday February 12, 1-3 pm
Waking up as a cockroach, existing in a century of solitude, experiencing flying elephants, living in the world of dreams and the unconscious. These are all realities for characters in surrealist fiction. Come learn about writing surrealist fiction and how you, too, can use a bizarre mix of fact and fantasy for storytelling in this workshop!
Cost: $15. Registration is required.
Location: CWC, 210 East 400 South #8
https://epay.slcc.edu/C20011_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=2207
