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.
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/
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.” -Alan Watts
Psychedelic art developed in the 1960’s and 70’s as a result of the psycadel-led counterculture movement against civil unrest. This developed in tandem with the “hippy” movement, which focused on sexual freedom, feminism and new ideas about spirituality. Additional influence arose from the 1969 Woodstock music festival and the subsequent musical movement that resulted in thousands moving to San Francisco for the “hippy” counterculture. The style of Psychedelic art stems from the earlier Art Nouveau movement with intense colors and flowing forms. Emerging from these historical contexts, “Blooming Euphoria” features a new wave of Psychedelic and abstract art from contemporary Utah artists.
This show features work by Scott Tuckfield, Emma Goldgar, Paige Bedwell, Chase Henson, Stephanie Bain, Isabella Ronda, and many more.
“Blooming Euphoria” hangs from March 1st to April 3rd, with a gallery stroll on March 18th, from 6-9pm. Admission is free and open to the public.
(April 5 – May 1)
Apricity (noun): the warmth of the sun in winter.
The precarity of the modern environmental condition is inherently dissonant. Temperature changes, extreme weather patterns, and extinction levels are on the rise, while simultaneously, the awesomeness and splendor of the natural world remains. “Apricity” brings into conversation the unease of the modern climate observer with the calming beauty of organic forms, the glimpses of life in urban landscapes, the optimism of change against a still uncertain future– the hope of sunlight in winter.
Featured artists include Trish Melander, Natalie Garza, Leonard Starbeck, Maria Pitta-Perez, Vincent Mattina, Tamara Buck, Raynola Dominguez, Alexander Hofstetter, Colin Gentry, and many more.
“Apricity” will hang April 5 to May 1 2022, with an artist reception during gallery stroll on Friday April 15 from 6-9pm. Admission is free and open to the public.
3-part workshop
Tuesdays April 5, 12, & 19, 6-8 pm
April is National Poetry Month! Join the CWC for a workshop series that celebrates poetry in all its glory! We’ll explore various genres of poetry, learn to compose poems, and practice revising and sharing our work. We also encourage you to submit to our 30 Poems in 30 Days contest – winners will have a chapbook of their original work published by the CWC.
Cost: $45. Registration is required.
Location: Zoom. Access details will be sent before workshop starting date.
https://epay.slcc.edu/C20011_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=2212
Utah Film Center is excited to kick off our line-up of films celebrating the Earth and our unique connection to it, starting April 5th.
Our selections not only focus on our planetary environment for Earth Day, but also the social environment of family and community. These awe-inspiring films include stories of Indigenous land reclamation, the Black food justice movement, humans caught up in the powerful forces of nature, and more. Join us every Tuesday in April for a new perspective of our planet on screen.
Below is an overview of our monthly offerings with links to find out more information on each.
We appreciate your support!
THE RESCUE
Tuesday, April 5th, 7pm, Free
In person at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
The Rescue chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. Using a wealth of never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (directors of Meru, Free Solo) keep viewers on the edge of their seats as they bring alive one of the most perilous and extraordinary rescues in modern times, shining a light on the high-risk world of cave diving, the astounding courage and compassion of the rescuers, and the shared humanity of the international community that united to save the boys.
Registration Link:
DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD
Tuesday, April 12, 7pm, Free
Online
Daughter of a Lost Bird explores the ethics surrounding Native American adoption, via a singular story as an entry point into a more complicated national issue. The film documents Kendra on her journey to reconnect with her birth mother April, also a Native adoptee and returns to her Native homelands. April’s childhood was marked by physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her adopted father, causing her to leave home at 15. After years spent lost in addiction, on and off the streets of Portland, OR, and three years trapped in sex trafficking, she found the strength to escape and seek a better life. We watch both women navigate what it means to be Native and to belong to a tribe from the outside looking in.
Registration Link:
Daughter of a Lost Bird
FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD
Tuesday, April 19th, 7pm, Free
Online
Follow the Drinking Gourd is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny, and moving, this 60-minute film connects the legacy of slavery, capitalism, and climate change to our fight for food security. The film is followed by a roundtable discussion with local farmers of color.
Registration Link:
MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
Tuesday, April 26th, 7pm, Free
Online
A poetic story that travels from the snow-capped Sierras to the parched valley of Payahuunadü (“the land of flowing water”), weaving together memories of an intergenerational group of women from three communities who hold in common an ancestral connection to the water that trickles through deep fissures in the land. Native Americans, former Japanese-American WWII prisoners and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to defend their water, their history, and their culture, from Los Angeles.
Registration Link:
MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
Good Film Makes Better Humans
Join us at beautiful Crosby Family Confluence Park to celebrate Eye, Organ, Tissue and Living Donors as well as Donor Families and supporters. We will have a 5K fun run and 1 mile walk. Individuals, teams and strollers are all welcome.
NOVA artists engage with song traditions ranging from 19th-century New England to 21st-century Peru and Brazil.
Gabriela Lena Frank: Four Folk Songs
Claude Halter violin | Anne Lee cello| Mitchell Giambalvo piano
Charles Ives: Selected Songs
Aubrey Adams-McMillan mezzo| Kimi Kawashima piano|
Anthony R. Green: Gettysburg Address
Jin-Xiang Yu soprano | Katie Porter clarinet/bass clarinet | Nori Kishi cello | Kimi Kawashima piano | Devin Maxwell conductor | Keith Carrick percussion
Jessie Montgomery: Loisaida, My Love
Aubrey Adams-McMillan mezzo| Nori Kishi cello
Clarice Assad: Canções da America (Songs of America)
Fry Street Quartet
Robert Waters violin | Rebecca McFaul violin | Bradley Ottesen viola | Anne Francis Bayless cello
For ticket information visit https://www.novaslc.org/tickets
Currently based in New Orleans, Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki has traveled the world learning new regional instruments and collaborating with international musicians.
Join the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy in learning about how these musical collaborations lead to better understanding and cooperation across cultures and borders, and enjoy some international music while you’re at it!
This is a free event, but with limited seats available, so RSVP today!
Open house tours and information about STEM, music, art, and other educational programs at City Academy.
In this live webinar, we go beyond the basics to address soils, planting dates, pruning, fertilizing, and proper staking/caging/trellising, and we learn to identify and troubleshoot some common tomato pests and diseases.
The presentation will last about 2 to 2.25 hours and will be followed by a live chat Q&A (i.e., students can type in their questions).
South Jordan, Utah: The Wasatch Gem Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, today announced their 2022 Annual Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show. The 2022 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show is an affordable event for the whole family to explore and learn about geology and our earth from dinosaur diggers (paleontologists), miners, jewelry makers and more.
“It’s a family friendly day of adventures, interacting with the treasures of our earth!” says Roberta Chase, Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show Chairman at the Wasatch Gem Society
Features and benefits of the 2022 Annual Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show include:
– 77 vendors from the US (and around the world)
– Talk to dinosaur diggers, gold prospectors, miners, jewelry designers and lapidaries
– Learn about gem faceting, flint knapping, and how to wire wrap
– Find out how to cut and polish cabochons
– Kids can explore small specimens, $1 rock bags, and wheel of fortune (.50 cents)
– Kids can see and hold rocks at the Show and Tell table
– Kids interactive and educational fun with Bryce Hixson from “Loose in the Lab”
– Great door prizes (every hour, every day)
The 2022 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show opens at the Bastian Agricultural Center (was Salt Lake County Equestrian) at 2100 West 11400 South in South Jordan, Utah on April 15th and runs through April 17th, at $2.00 for adults and kids under 12 get in free. Save the date! For more information on the 2022 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show please visit www.wasatchgemsociety.com or follow the Wasatch Gem Society on Facebook or Instagram @wasatchgemsociety for more details.
April’s Localized Showcase promises to be a metalcore beatdown to remember, with Co-headliners In Your Grave and Anonymous alongside opener Mummy offering distinct, hard-hitting takes on mosh-ready riffing. See it for yourself for just $5 at Urban Lounge on April 15 (doors at 7 p.m., music at 8 p.m.). SLUG Localized is sponsored by Riso Geist and Uinta Brewing Co.
On April 15 & 16, we present Nora Lang and Jordan Danielle. Nora is presenting a new work they describe as a catalogue of “fairy tales infused with a cast of trans and non-binary dancers,” reclaiming the queerness written out of these tales by Christian and puritan values. Jordan is reprising their work I’m usually finding myself somewhere around 3 am which they first started developing last fall at Sunday Series. This evening will be presented live at Sunset Studios, 1400 South Main Street. Check back here for a virtual presentation the following weekend, April 22 & 23.
Join Ken Sanders Rare Books and Torrey House Press for an evening of storytelling and music with author Craig Childs and singer-songwriter Kate MacLeod. Craig Childs will read from and discuss his latest book Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau.
Reception at 6 PM
Reading and Music at 7 PM
Book Signing and Reception at 8 PM
We’ve got winners on the way and we need YOUR help supporting them! Join us for our annual Baby Shower fundraiser at the Adoption Center to drop off kitten and puppy “scholarships”, sanctuary and long-stay animal sponsorships, supply donations, and of course, have a little fun with us! Now is your chance to see our lifesaving operation in action and participate in an Easter egg hunt!
