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.
Join Wasatch Community Gardens and Camp K for a week of adventure! Spend the mornings at Camp Kostopulos where campers will participate in camp activities such as ropes courses, games, swimming, and hiking while exploring the fascinating Utah foothills and Emigration Canyon ecosystem. Afternoons will be at WCG’s Campus learning about the science of growing, preparing, and eating healthy foods as a member of the garden ecosystem. Drop off at Camp Kostopulos in the morning (4180 Emigration Canyon Rd) and pick up at WCG’s Campus in the afternoon (629 E 800 S). Transportation between sites is provided by Camp Kostopulos.
What can we learn from the plants and animals around us?? Spend mornings at Wasatch Community Gardens exploring the world of bugs, bees, and other garden-dwelling critters. Afternoons will be at Camp Kostopulos where they’ll explore the Utah foothills and the beautiful Emigration Canyon, participate in exciting outdoor experiences, along with hiking, fishing, swimming, and bird and plant observation. Drop off at WCG’s Campus in the morning (629 E 800 S) and pick up at Camp Kostopulos in the afternoon (4180 Emigration Canyon Rd). Transportation between sites is provided by Camp Kostopulos.
Summer is a special time of year, and Utah Film Center invites you to join us under the stars for a film series every bit as magical! We’re ready to take you on a journey that digs into the fertile soil of the imagination, takes your breath away with tales of the extraordinary, and explores the bonds of the human connections between us all. Whether you’re at home roaming our public lands, jamming at your local roller rink, or marching for equality, our soulful summer films will give you something to howl about! RSVP now to the summer lineup!
Below is a sneak peek of the films offered at the park!
CAN YOU DIG THIS?
Friday, June 17 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
When one thinks of South Los Angeles, what comes to mind is gangs, drugs, liquor stores, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. The last thing that you would expect to find is a beautiful garden sprouting up through the concrete, coloring the urban landscape. As part of an urban gardening movement taking root in South LA, people are planting to transform their neighborhoods and are changing their own lives in the process. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up their shovels, these “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in the middle of one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America.
Reserve Tickets:
CAN YOU DIG THIS? (Rescheduled from weather cancellation on 6/17)
TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART
Friday, June 24 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
Troublemakers unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s. The film features a cadre of renegade New York artists that sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest. Today these works remain impressive not only for the sheer audacity of their makers but also for their out-sized ambitions to break free from traditional norms. As the film makes clear, in making works that can never be possessed as an object in a gallery, these troublemakers stand in marked contrast to the hyper-speculative contemporary art world of today.
Reserve Tickets:
TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART
THE GROUND BETWEEN US
Friday, July 1 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
New eye-opening feature documentary The Ground Between Us explores the public lands debate in a unique way; presenting the reality of the people who live and work on public lands, but hold vastly different connections and perspectives. Through these stories, co-directors Zeppelin Zeerip and Galen Knowles ask: “Can public lands help to unite a divided America?”
Reserve Tickets:
MAMA BEARS
Friday, July 8 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
Mama Bears is an intimate, thought-provoking exploration of the journeys taken by Sara Cunningham and Kimberly Shappley, two “mama bears” —whose profound love for their LGBTQ children has turned them into fierce advocates for the entire queer community — and Tammi Terrell Morris, a young African American lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears are so vitally important.
Reserve Tickets:
MAMA BEARS
UNITED SKATES
Friday, July 15 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
When America’s last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture–one that has remained undiscovered by the mainstream for generations, yet has given rise to some of the world’s greatest musical talent. The documentary highlights the dynamic world of roller skating, showcasing African-American rinks and skaters across the country as they fight to keep the culture alive and skate their hearts out.
Reserve Tickets:
WOLFWALKERS
Friday, July 22 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves by night. As they search for Mebh’s missing mother, Robyn uncovers a secret that draws her further into the enchanted world of the WolfWalkers and risks turning into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
Reserve Tickets:
SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Friday, July 29 @ 8:00 PM
In Person | Liberty Park
A documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Filmed over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, the footage was largely forgotten–until now. Summer of Soul shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.
Reserve Tickets:
SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
DEAR MR. BRODY
Friday, August 19 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
In January 1970, hippie-millionaire Michael Brody Jr. announces to the world that he’s giving away $25 million to usher in a new era of peace and love, igniting a psychedelic spiral of events. In a frenzied few weeks, Brody and his young wife are mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the media, and overwhelmed by the crush of personal letters responding to his extraordinary offer. Fifty years later, it’s the discovery of twelve large boxes of unopened letters in an LA storage unit that inspires Dear Mr. Brody. Neither Michael Brody Jr.’s story, nor the thousands of stories in the letters have ever been told — until now.
Reserve Tickets:
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
Friday, August 26 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
The Biggest Little Farm chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature’s conflicts, the Chester’s unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.
Reserve Tickets:
Saturdays June 4 – Oct 22, 2022 | 8 am – 2 pm
The Downtown Farmers Market is proud to enter its 31st year as Salt Lake City’s most beloved summer tradition for residents and visitors.
The Downtown Farmers Market exists to strengthen and support small local farms and businesses as they bring their products directly to the public. Our farmers and producers offer the freshest local fruits and vegetables as well as a wide variety of grass-fed meats, eggs, dairy, honey, and flora, along with the region’s best locally made sauces, spreads, baked goods and culinary accoutrements.
https://slcfarmersmarket.org/
Thursdays June 16 – Sept 29, 2022 | 4 pm – Dusk
The Downtown Farmers Market is proud to be hosting the Liberty Park Market at beautiful Liberty Park.
The Liberty Park Market exists to strengthen and support small local farms and businesses as they bring their products directly to the public. Our farmers and producers offer the freshest local fruits and vegetables as well as a wide variety of grass-fed meats, eggs, dairy, honey, and flora, along with the region’s best locally made sauces, spreads, baked goods and culinary accoutrements.
https://www.slcfarmersmarket.org/liberty-market
Nights Under Lights is back this month with Music through the Ages. Enjoy a journey of music evolution with a dance party under the EECO light show! We’ll have food trucks, interactive education tables, hula hoops, and a DJ playing the hottest hits. Bring the kiddos, hop in your DeLorean, and let’s go back in time.
Scenic Utah is a nonprofit focused on protecting our state’s scenic beauty and protecting against visual pollution, especially the proliferation of billboards.
In celebration of Utah’s landscapes and communities, Scenic Utah is holding its first annual Photo Competition. Entries are free and submissions are open now through September 1st. More information can be found at www.scenicutah.org.
Liver Life Walk is a signature event of the American Liver Foundation (ALF). It allows people affected by liver disease to come together to raise awareness and funds. It also gives them the opportunity to support each other in a festive and inspiring environment.
Funds raised through the Liver Life Walk allow ALF to provide valuable resources to liver patients and their families. Together, we are moving closer to a world without liver disease.
Saturdays June 4 – Oct 22, 2022 | 8 am – 2 pm
The Downtown Farmers Market is proud to enter its 31st year as Salt Lake City’s most beloved summer tradition for residents and visitors.
The Downtown Farmers Market exists to strengthen and support small local farms and businesses as they bring their products directly to the public. Our farmers and producers offer the freshest local fruits and vegetables as well as a wide variety of grass-fed meats, eggs, dairy, honey, and flora, along with the region’s best locally made sauces, spreads, baked goods and culinary accoutrements.
https://slcfarmersmarket.org/
Thursdays June 16 – Sept 29, 2022 | 4 pm – Dusk
The Downtown Farmers Market is proud to be hosting the Liberty Park Market at beautiful Liberty Park.
The Liberty Park Market exists to strengthen and support small local farms and businesses as they bring their products directly to the public. Our farmers and producers offer the freshest local fruits and vegetables as well as a wide variety of grass-fed meats, eggs, dairy, honey, and flora, along with the region’s best locally made sauces, spreads, baked goods and culinary accoutrements.
https://www.slcfarmersmarket.org/liberty-market
Join us in celebrating the best of Utah’s creative community on August 12-14 at the 14th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons! This year’s DIY Fest will be our biggest yet with over 350 local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors over three days the second weekend of August at the Utah State Fairpark!
On Friday, August 12, the DIY Fest is proud to present a headlining performance from singer/songwriter Joshua James. There’s no better way to watch the headlining performance than from the Harmons VIP Lounge! The Harmons VIP Lounge offers attendees access to an autograph session with the headliner, Joshua James from 7-8 p.m., two complimentary cocktail tickets, shaded seat access with priority view of the stage for Joshua James’ performance and craft food bites from 10 different local craft food purveyors hand-selected by Harmons.
August 2, 2022
Camille Schubert
Salt Lake City Public Library
801-322-8156 cschubert@slcpl.org
Salt Lake City Public Library to Exhibit Artwork by Layne Meacham
Salt Lake City Public Library presents, Mindfulness Highway: Paintings by Layne Meacham. Opening August 13, 2022 at The Salt Lake City Public Library, Gallery at Library Square, Level 4, the exhibit features recent work by local artist Layne Meacham.
Meacham explains, “Mindfulness Highway 2022” is not a body of work as Edwin Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg suggested that “need not express anything at all, except itself”. On the contrary, Mindfulness Highway is intended to trigger the thousand experiences we have all had driving endlessly down the highways to arrive at an odd or beautiful place; however, I try to stress shape, color and most of all texture. Once we arrive at the destinations of wonder we seem to forget the highway, how it hypnotized us by staring forever at the lines on the highway as we sailed along, and all of the odds and ends we viewed on the way to the destinations, and the gas stations, quicky marts where we bought soda, coffee, chips, etc.; where we had our kids say over and over “are we there yet.” We now solely focus on the national geographic destination we were expected to go to so we could tell our friends we were there.
On another level, we never really see asphalt up close, even inches away. I find that the asphalt is very interesting and even beautiful. Here I have placed the road on a white wall in contrast to the black asphalt, which likely has never been seen in a gallery before in this fashion. Here the viewer is welcome to touch or even rub the road and the stripes. I also was thinking of Bogota, Colombia with a population of over 9,000,000 people, which I am fond of, and have visited quite frequently. Approximately 1,000,000 a day ride their bicycles every day in Bogota to their jobs or schools. You can rub the bicyclists painted on the asphalt and closely examine and contemplate the many times the long distances some cyclists travel every day in Utah.
Mindfulness Highway will be shown at The Salt Lake City Public Library, Gallery at Library Square, Level 4, 210 East 400 South, from August 14, 2022 to September 23, 2022. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 4pm-5:30pm.
The Salt Lake City Public Library is open Mon–Thu 10am–8pm, Fri–Sat 10am–6pm and Sun 11am–5pm. For more information on viewing the exhibition, please call 801-524-8200 or go to https://events.slcpl.org/artexhibits.
Saturdays June 4 – Oct 22, 2022 | 8 am – 2 pm
The Downtown Farmers Market is proud to enter its 31st year as Salt Lake City’s most beloved summer tradition for residents and visitors.
The Downtown Farmers Market exists to strengthen and support small local farms and businesses as they bring their products directly to the public. Our farmers and producers offer the freshest local fruits and vegetables as well as a wide variety of grass-fed meats, eggs, dairy, honey, and flora, along with the region’s best locally made sauces, spreads, baked goods and culinary accoutrements.
https://slcfarmersmarket.org/
Thursdays June 16 – Sept 29, 2022 | 4 pm – Dusk
The Downtown Farmers Market is proud to be hosting the Liberty Park Market at beautiful Liberty Park.
The Liberty Park Market exists to strengthen and support small local farms and businesses as they bring their products directly to the public. Our farmers and producers offer the freshest local fruits and vegetables as well as a wide variety of grass-fed meats, eggs, dairy, honey, and flora, along with the region’s best locally made sauces, spreads, baked goods and culinary accoutrements.
https://www.slcfarmersmarket.org/liberty-market
Summer is a special time of year, and Utah Film Center invites you to join us under the stars for a film series every bit as magical! We’re ready to take you on a journey that digs into the fertile soil of the imagination, takes your breath away with tales of the extraordinary, and explores the bonds of the human connections between us all. Whether you’re at home roaming our public lands, jamming at your local roller rink, or marching for equality, our soulful summer films will give you something to howl about! RSVP now to the summer lineup!
Below is a sneak peek of the films offered at the park!
CAN YOU DIG THIS?
Friday, June 17 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
When one thinks of South Los Angeles, what comes to mind is gangs, drugs, liquor stores, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. The last thing that you would expect to find is a beautiful garden sprouting up through the concrete, coloring the urban landscape. As part of an urban gardening movement taking root in South LA, people are planting to transform their neighborhoods and are changing their own lives in the process. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up their shovels, these “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in the middle of one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America.
Reserve Tickets:
CAN YOU DIG THIS? (Rescheduled from weather cancellation on 6/17)
TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART
Friday, June 24 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
Troublemakers unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s. The film features a cadre of renegade New York artists that sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest. Today these works remain impressive not only for the sheer audacity of their makers but also for their out-sized ambitions to break free from traditional norms. As the film makes clear, in making works that can never be possessed as an object in a gallery, these troublemakers stand in marked contrast to the hyper-speculative contemporary art world of today.
Reserve Tickets:
TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART
THE GROUND BETWEEN US
Friday, July 1 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
New eye-opening feature documentary The Ground Between Us explores the public lands debate in a unique way; presenting the reality of the people who live and work on public lands, but hold vastly different connections and perspectives. Through these stories, co-directors Zeppelin Zeerip and Galen Knowles ask: “Can public lands help to unite a divided America?”
Reserve Tickets:
MAMA BEARS
Friday, July 8 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
Mama Bears is an intimate, thought-provoking exploration of the journeys taken by Sara Cunningham and Kimberly Shappley, two “mama bears” —whose profound love for their LGBTQ children has turned them into fierce advocates for the entire queer community — and Tammi Terrell Morris, a young African American lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears are so vitally important.
Reserve Tickets:
MAMA BEARS
UNITED SKATES
Friday, July 15 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
When America’s last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture–one that has remained undiscovered by the mainstream for generations, yet has given rise to some of the world’s greatest musical talent. The documentary highlights the dynamic world of roller skating, showcasing African-American rinks and skaters across the country as they fight to keep the culture alive and skate their hearts out.
Reserve Tickets:
WOLFWALKERS
Friday, July 22 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves by night. As they search for Mebh’s missing mother, Robyn uncovers a secret that draws her further into the enchanted world of the WolfWalkers and risks turning into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
Reserve Tickets:
SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Friday, July 29 @ 8:00 PM
In Person | Liberty Park
A documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Filmed over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, the footage was largely forgotten–until now. Summer of Soul shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.
Reserve Tickets:
SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
DEAR MR. BRODY
Friday, August 19 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
In January 1970, hippie-millionaire Michael Brody Jr. announces to the world that he’s giving away $25 million to usher in a new era of peace and love, igniting a psychedelic spiral of events. In a frenzied few weeks, Brody and his young wife are mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the media, and overwhelmed by the crush of personal letters responding to his extraordinary offer. Fifty years later, it’s the discovery of twelve large boxes of unopened letters in an LA storage unit that inspires Dear Mr. Brody. Neither Michael Brody Jr.’s story, nor the thousands of stories in the letters have ever been told — until now.
Reserve Tickets:
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
Friday, August 26 @ 8:00 PM
In Person @ Liberty Park
The Biggest Little Farm chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature’s conflicts, the Chester’s unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.
Reserve Tickets:
