Community Calendar

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.

Nov
25
Fri
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Nov 25 @ 10:00 am
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium | Draper | Utah | United States

As the air chills and snowflakes fall, discover warmth within our walls. Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s workshop helpers, plus enjoy fun holiday crafts and photo ops throughout the Aquarium.
Seaside Santa: Meet Santa Claus before he starts his deliveries around the world.
Santa’s Workshop: See if you have what it takes to work for Santa with some special holiday crafts.
Mrs. Claus Storytime: Cozy up by the fire for storytime with Mrs. Claus.
Photo Ops: Take home your memories with photo ops from the Gingerbread Village and North Pole!

Lightwalk at Tracy Aviary @ Tracy Aviary
Nov 25 @ 5:00 pm
Lightwalk at Tracy Aviary @ Tracy Aviary

Tracy Aviary has partnered with Lightwalk SLC this holiday season to bring a spectacular light display to our Liberty Park campus!

Take a stroll and experience Tracy Aviary’s natural nighttime beauty, enhanced with thousands of twinkling lights, including a giant Christmas Light Maze and a selfie-worthy lighted tunnel. Enjoy nightly musical performances and delicious food and beverages from local food trucks, and dive into the holiday season each weekend with a festive Christmas Market featuring local arts, crafts, and seasonal treats. Cap your night off with a visit to Santa daily from 6-8 p.m.

This family-friendly holiday event runs from November 25 to January 1, 5-9 p.m.

Save $5, Monday-Thursday when you bring a canned food donation for the Utah Food Bank. Valid for in-person ticket purchases only.

After you attend Lightwalk, enjoy a complimentary return visit to Tracy Aviary during the day from December through February!

Dec
2
Fri
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Dec 2 @ 10:00 am
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium | Draper | Utah | United States

As the air chills and snowflakes fall, discover warmth within our walls. Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s workshop helpers, plus enjoy fun holiday crafts and photo ops throughout the Aquarium.
Seaside Santa: Meet Santa Claus before he starts his deliveries around the world.
Santa’s Workshop: See if you have what it takes to work for Santa with some special holiday crafts.
Mrs. Claus Storytime: Cozy up by the fire for storytime with Mrs. Claus.
Photo Ops: Take home your memories with photo ops from the Gingerbread Village and North Pole!

Dec
3
Sat
Depth Workshop: Gratitude, Grief & Going Forth @ Full Circle Yoga
Dec 3 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Depth Workshop: Gratitude, Grief & Going Forth @ Full Circle Yoga |  |  |

Facilitated by Erin Geesaman Rabke, Somatic Naturalist and Embodiment Mentor

5 CEUs included for Utah Mental Health Professionals

The day will include guided embodiment, writing practice, a communal ritual, an opportunity to connect in small groups, a community circle, and of course, there will be gorgeous poetry woven throughout.

I deeply believe in the power of an intentional community coming together to practice movement and stillness, quiet and connection, inviting our love and gratitude, inviting the difficult guest of grief, and, having been tenderized by those wise guests, freshly visioning how we might bring our unique gifts to co-create the more beautiful world we wish to see manifest. As Francis Weller says, “This is the solitary work that we cannot do alone.”

What I won’t do in this gathering is stand in front of you and talk and talk and feed you a bunch of information as if I’m the expert on what you need.

What I will do is invite your fully embodied presence, the wisdom and the concerns, the blessings and the aches, the gratitudes and burdens, the hopes, dreads, visions, creative inspirations, and unique gifts to come more clearly into awareness so they can offer their wise guidance. You’ll have an opportunity to share in a supportive community where it will all be met with respect, care and encouragement.

We’ll take enlivening, fresh perspectives on what’s unfolding in our lives by seeing with new eyes, and we’ll invite clarity to emerge to guide us as we return to our life, renewed, embodied, and inspired to begin again, going forth at least half a shade braver.

Interested in becoming a member and helping us tend to the soul of our community?
Supporting Members attend most evening presentations for free and get a discounted ticket to special events.
Professional Members receive all the same benefits, plus free CEUs, discounted workshops and a listing in our professional registry.

Dec
7
Wed
Craft Lake City Workshop: Handbuilt Pottery Candle Holders @ Valley Fair
Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm
Craft Lake City Workshop: Handbuilt Pottery Candle Holders @ Valley Fair |  |  |

Join local potter Neena Plant for this handbuilt pottery workshop! Using air-dry clay and optional holiday-themed elements like candy canes, we’ll create a custom handbuilt candle holder perfect for gifting to a loved one or setting a cozy vibe all winter long. Learn how to cut, roll, score, shape, and more in this beginner-friendly pottery class! Attendees will have the opportunity to customize their own take-home paint kits working with a variety of colors to paint their finished candle holder once dried. All supplies provided for this hands-on workshop.

About the Instructor: I create wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery in my garage studio and fire my work in my outdoor propane gas kiln. I love making pottery bottles, honey pots, and ceramic jewelry. My pieces are often unusual, and some of my favorite glazes have a metallic finish, particularly on sculptural work. My aim is to use a different approach from the work of other potters, to use my overall skills as an artist who is also a painter to bring my own perspective to my sculptural and functional pieces. neenaplant.com

Dec
9
Fri
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Dec 9 @ 10:00 am
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium | Draper | Utah | United States

As the air chills and snowflakes fall, discover warmth within our walls. Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s workshop helpers, plus enjoy fun holiday crafts and photo ops throughout the Aquarium.
Seaside Santa: Meet Santa Claus before he starts his deliveries around the world.
Santa’s Workshop: See if you have what it takes to work for Santa with some special holiday crafts.
Mrs. Claus Storytime: Cozy up by the fire for storytime with Mrs. Claus.
Photo Ops: Take home your memories with photo ops from the Gingerbread Village and North Pole!

Dec
10
Sat
Ring Around the Rose – Samba Fogo @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Dec 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ring Around the Rose - Samba Fogo @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center |  |  |

Experience the rhythms and movements of this Brazilian dance & music troupe.
Drawing on rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and mythology, Samba Fogo presents high-energy music and dance performances that bring the fire, joy, and intensity of Brazilian Carnaval to audiences young and old.

Flamenco Show: Suben y Bajan @ Regent Street Black Box at the Eccles Theater
Dec 10 @ 7:30 pm
Flamenco Show: Suben y Bajan @ Regent Street Black Box at the Eccles Theater |  |  |

Join Flamenco del Lago for their holiday show: Suben y Bajan, where we explore the highs and lows of everyday life through Flamenco dance and music. It’s a great event for the entire family!

Dec
12
Mon
Craft Lake City Workshop: Handmade Holiday Gifts: Botanical Sugar Scrubs (21+) @ Alibi
Dec 12 @ 6:00 pm
Craft Lake City Workshop: Handmade Holiday Gifts: Botanical Sugar Scrubs (21+) @ Alibi |  |  |

Indulge in an evening of D.I.Y. bodycare crafting & herbalism 101 with Kora Goodman, the owner of Kore Herbals! Learn folk herbalism practices as you are guided to create customized holiday themed sugar scrubs using seasonal ingredients. After learning about the healing principles of different botanical ingredients and oils, each student will customize two 2oz sugar scrubs for self-care or gifting this holiday season. We’ll discuss the power of using simple ingredients to create luxurious self-care products & rituals. Participants will each receive a worksheet with resources & recipes for continued crafting at home so you feel empowered to continue your exploration of herbalism all holiday season long (and beyond). Included in the purchase price of the workshop ticket, attendees will enjoy a signature cocktail (or non-alcoholic mocktail!) at Alibi Bar & Place, handcrafted with care by Alibi’s talented bartenders. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to purchase additional beverages during the class if they so choose. This workshop is a 21+ event. No experience necessary and all supplies provided.

About the Instructor: Kora Goodman, Herbalist & Owner of Kore Herbals, offers D.I.Y. herbal workshops and handmade apothecary goods with a focus on plant-based recipes and rituals for self care. Her mission is to reconnect humanity to nature through folk herbalism and seasonal living practices.

Instagram: @kore.herbal
Website: www.kore-herbals.com

Dec
14
Wed
Craft Lake City Workshop: Mini Botanical Wreaths & Wall Bouquets @ Valley Fair
Dec 14 @ 6:00 pm
Craft Lake City Workshop: Mini Botanical Wreaths & Wall Bouquets @ Valley Fair |  |  |

Learn how to create a beautiful custom wreath or wall bouquet with local artisan Mandy Roberson of All The Colors Floristry at this hands-on workshop! In this class, you will have the opportunity to create either a small botanical wreath or wall bouquet using a combination of dried and fresh botanicals. These beautiful pieces can brighten your living space during the holiday season while also being perfect as year-round decor. All supplies provided for this hands-on workshop.

About the Instructor: As a botanical artist, I have found a passion in creating art with the intent to bring nature into peoples homes.

Instagram: @all.thecolors
www.allthecolorsfloristry.com/

Dec
15
Thu
Craft Lake City New Americans Workshop: Intro to Henna Body Art @ Craft Lake City
Dec 15 @ 6:00 pm
Craft Lake City New Americans Workshop: Intro to Henna Body Art @ Craft Lake City |  |  |

Learn the fundamentals of henna body art in this hands-on, beginner friendly workshop with Jawaher Designs! In this class you will first learn how to mix fresh henna to achieve the perfect natural orange to red brownish color. You will then learn the right way of holding the henna cones to achieve fine detail work as you pipe your designs. Once your materials are prepped, Jawaher will then teach you how to make simple, eye catching flower designs as you create beautiful artwork on your non-dominant hand/arm that will last a few days. Beginners welcome and all supplies provided.

We’re thrilled to present an introduction to this incredibly customizable art form as part of our New Americans Workshop Series in partnership with the International Rescue Committee, with funding from the Salt Lake Arts Council.

About the Instructor: My name is Jawaher, which means jewelry in Arabic, and I am a henna and jewelry artist located in Salt Lake County, Utah since 2012. I was born in Sudan and raised in Libya. As a child, my mother noticed my love for handcrafts and designs and allowed me to practice with her. Growing up in African and Middle Eastern cultures, I began to channel my creativity into henna, a 100% natural dye that is derived from plants before it is dried and sifted into a fine powder. I have been doing henna for 25 years.

Website: https://jawaherdesigns.square.site/about
Instagram: @jawaher_designs_
Facebook: @jawaherdesigns

Dec
16
Fri
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Dec 16 @ 10:00 am
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium | Draper | Utah | United States

As the air chills and snowflakes fall, discover warmth within our walls. Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s workshop helpers, plus enjoy fun holiday crafts and photo ops throughout the Aquarium.
Seaside Santa: Meet Santa Claus before he starts his deliveries around the world.
Santa’s Workshop: See if you have what it takes to work for Santa with some special holiday crafts.
Mrs. Claus Storytime: Cozy up by the fire for storytime with Mrs. Claus.
Photo Ops: Take home your memories with photo ops from the Gingerbread Village and North Pole!

Dec
23
Fri
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Dec 23 @ 10:00 am
Festival of the Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium | Draper | Utah | United States

As the air chills and snowflakes fall, discover warmth within our walls. Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s workshop helpers, plus enjoy fun holiday crafts and photo ops throughout the Aquarium.
Seaside Santa: Meet Santa Claus before he starts his deliveries around the world.
Santa’s Workshop: See if you have what it takes to work for Santa with some special holiday crafts.
Mrs. Claus Storytime: Cozy up by the fire for storytime with Mrs. Claus.
Photo Ops: Take home your memories with photo ops from the Gingerbread Village and North Pole!

Dec
28
Wed
Craft Lake City Workshop: Color Theory: Temperature Phenomena Workshop @ Valley Fair Mall
Dec 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Craft Lake City Workshop: Color Theory: Temperature Phenomena Workshop @ Valley Fair Mall |  |  |

Learn the fundamentals of color theory in this dynamic, bilingual (English/Spanish) painting workshop with local artist Inez Garcia! Explore how color temperature shifts depending on neighboring hues. You will not be able to believe your eyes as you move back and forth between warm and cool and colors seem to shift in spectrum. In this workshop, we will be borrowing from Josef Albers’ body of work to demonstrate temperature shifts. This color exercise gives an elegant end product that can stand alone as a contemporary art piece. You can even expand this exercise into a larger body of work and display it as a series. This class is beginner friendly & all materials are provided.

¡Aprende los principios fundamentales de la teoría de colores en nuestro taller de pintura bilingüe con Inez Garcia, la artista local! Explora el cambio de la temperatura del color dependiendo de los colores vecinos. En este taller de artesanía Inez muestra ejemplos de las obras del artista Josef Albers para demostrar el cambio de temperatura. Este ejercicio resulta en un producto elegante que sirve como una obra linda de arte contemporáneo. Se pueden crear más obras así para expandir a una colección y exhibir las obras juntas como una serie. Este taller es perfecto para principiantes y todos los materiales están provistos.

Tickets: $39
Buy here: https://form.jotform.com/223215058760149

Jan
1
Sun
Call for Entries: Be Part of the Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival! @ Craft Lake City
Jan 1 all-day
Call for Entries: Be Part of the Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival! @ Craft Lake City

APPLY TODAY to be part of the 15th 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. By being part of DIY Fest, you can display and sell your handcrafted wares, connect with an incredibly talented group of other local makers, artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, youth entrepreneurs, performers, & STEM exhibitors — all while building your business & befriending thousands of local dedicated DIY Fest patrons! Applications are open to Utah residents until Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. MST.

Learn more & apply here: https://craftlakecity.com/diy-festival-2023/
Learn more about DIY Fest Scholarships here: https://craftlakecity.com/diy-fest-inclusion/

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