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.
![“Hidden Letters” free film screening and discussion presented by Utah Film Center @ Salt Lake City Downtown Public Library | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Spring-Series-2023-Hidden-Letters-300x169.png)
Utah Film Center is excited to announce our upcoming free film screening of Hidden Letters Wednesday, February 8 at 7 pm at the Salt Lake Downtown Public Library.
Presented as part of the Utah Film Center’s Through the Lens Series and in partnership with KUER’s Radiowest, Hidden Letters is a story of two Chinese women trying to balance their lives as independent women in modern China while confronting the traditional identity that defines but also oppresses them.
For thousands of years women who were often forced into oppressive marriages and forbidden to read or write, shared a secret language among themselves called Nushu. Written with delicate strokes made from sharpened bamboo sticks dipped in ink, Nushu bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood and survival.
Join us afterward as KUER’s Radiowest host, Doug Fabrizio, hosts a lively discussion with film director, Violet Du Feng via zoom cinematically exploring China’s gender issues as portrayed by this sensitive and stirring documentary.
Register for this FREE event at:
Film Trailer:
![The Two Red Books: Jung, Tolkien & The Imaginal Realm @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_1418-300x157.jpg)
Join us for a fascinating exploration of the many synchronistic parallels between Jung’s and Tolkien’s Red Books!
We are excited to bring Becca Tarnas to Salt Lake City for this timely talk, so well paired with the new Tolkien series!
Featured musician: To be announced!
Featured artist: Lizzie Wenger
Featured poet: To be announced!
Schedule:
6:30-7:00 pm Live Music & Mingle
7:00-8:30 pm Immersive Talk with Becca
8:30-9:00 pm Community Social
1.5 CEUs available (Additional $5 / Free for Professional Members)
Companion Depth Workshop on Saturday, February 11th
Beginning in the years leading up to the Great War, both C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien independently began to undergo profound imaginal experiences. Jung recorded these fantasies in a large red manuscript that he named Liber Novus, referred to simply as The Red Book. For Tolkien, this imaginal journey revealed to him the world of Middle-earth, whose stories and myths eventually led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings, a book he named within its own imaginal history The Red Book of Westmarch. This lecture explores the many synchronistic parallels between Jung’s and Tolkien’s Red Books: the style and content of their works of art, the narrative descriptions and scenes in their texts, the nature of their visions and dreams, and an underlying similarity in world view that emerged from their experiences. The two men seem to have been simultaneously treading parallel paths through the imaginal realm.
About Becca Tarnas, Ph.D.:
Becca is a scholar, artist, and editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. She received her doctorate in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), with her dissertation titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien. Her research interests include depth psychology, archetypal studies, literature, philosophy, and the ecological imagination. She teaches at both Pacifica Graduate Institute and CIIS, and is the author of the book Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
![Craft Lake City STEM Labs Workshop: ValenSlime @ Utah STEM Action Center Innovation Hub | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/valenslimeimg-300x150.jpg)
At STEM labs, we use scientific principles in creative new ways, and our special guest scientist Beth Drees will explain not just HOW to make slime, but WHY the whole thing works! Using this new chemical knowledge, kids are encouraged to create test batches of slime to explore their favorite textures by experimenting with different combinations of ingredients until they find the perfect recipe. Once their slime is just right, we’ll use ratios to create a mega-batch, add their favorite custom mix-ins, and package individual portions to hand out as special DIY valentine gifts for the whole class. Even grown ups will have fun engineering fascinating new goops with their kids, and at the end, everyone will walk away feeling like a chemical engineer.
This workshop will be held at the STEM Action Center’s Innovation Hub in Millcreek, where you can have all the fun of slime and leave the mess behind!
Please note: a parent or guardian must be in attendance with their child/children. The $29 ticket allows entry for one child and one parent. An additional $10 for entry of another child with that ticket.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/craft-lake-city-stem-labs-workshop-valenslime-with-chemist-beth-drees-tickets-515269082697
![Call for Entries: Be Part of the Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival! @ Craft Lake City](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Call-For-DIY-Instagram-Square-2023-smaller-300x300.jpg)
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/
![Naomi Oresekes | The Big Myth @ S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Courtroom | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Naomi-Oresekes_social_final-01-300x300.jpg)
The King’s English Bookshop is proud to partner with Tanner Humanities Center to present Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University and author, Naomi Oreskes, for a discussion and book signing of her new book, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market. Oreskes will be in conversation with the Executive Director of Tanner Humanities Center, Erika George, author of author of Incorporating Rights: Strategies to Advance Corporate Accountability.
![Measuring Water Use: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly @ University of Utah | | |](https://kcpw-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com/files/2014/05/globe3.png)
A Wallace Stegner Center Event:
Effectively measuring water use is essential for water supply planning and water conservation efforts. Gallons Per Capita Per Day (GPCD) is a common metric for measuring water sue but under the surface there are some shortcomings that if not understood can lead to bad comparisons and even worse decisions. Find out some of the strengths and weaknesses of using GPCD and best practices on using it to compare multiple agencies.
Free lunch for attendees who RSVP for in-person attendance.
![What’s Ya Crown? A Youth Art Workshop for Basquiat @ Workshop SLC | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DFBE676D-0F8D-4C60-AF90-09BB1DB77CEC-300x295.jpeg)
Youth Art Workshop Celebrating Basquiat
In honor of Black History month we celebrate the historical figures, ancestors and legendary creators of our joined history.
Of the greats in art you cannot forget the iconic crowns of Jean Michel Basquait, the self portraits and the colors that charge your mind with wonder. In this family workshop we ask you to think who in your life needs to be reminded of their crown? All of us!
So in this workshop you will work as a family to create a scene of crowns for each family member.
Take your family portrait on site, print it out and create those images using the language of Basquait. Is your dad your superhero? Is your dog your favorite creature? How can you incorporate the artistic expressions of Basquait in your family portrait? Decide together who and what you want to honor and create.
When you’re all done look at how you’ve come together to create a piece expressing what unity and creativity can produce.
![Alchemy | Transmutations @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center | West Valley City | Utah | United States](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/alchemy-1080x1080-1-300x300.png)
Alchemy | Transmutations
On View: January 12 – February 23, 2023
Location: Celebration Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Extended hours during “Community First Fridays,” Friday, Feb. 3, Closing Reception with artists is Thursday, February 23, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The selection of artworks in this exhibition share artist’s observations of the material world through the rarified and varied symbolism of Transmutation; they explore the states of matter, the planes of existence, the process of early scientific exploration, and other paths of Transformation.
![Call for Entries: Be Part of the Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival! @ Craft Lake City](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Call-For-DIY-Instagram-Square-2023-smaller-300x300.jpg)
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/
![Black, Bold & Brilliant "BEBA" Free Film Screening & Discussion @ The City Library | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BEBA-300x169.jpeg)
As part of our Black, Bold & Brilliant series, Utah Film Center, in partnership with KRCL is excited to announce our upcoming film screening and post-discussion of BEBA. Join us Wednesday, March 1st from 7-9 pm at The City Library in Downtown Salt Lake City in watching first-time feature filmmaker Rebecca “Beba” Huntt undertake an unflinching exploration of her own identity in the remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir BEBA.
Reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother, Huntt investigates the historical, societal, and generational trauma she’s inherited and ponders how those ancient wounds have shaped her, while simultaneously considering the universal truths that connect us all as humans. Throughout BEBA, Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest. Poetic, powerful and profound, BEBA is a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection.
We invite you to stay after the screening for a Black, Bold & Brilliant team post-film Q&A featuring film director Rebecca Huntt via zoom.
Get your Free tickets here:
Watch the trailer here:
![Britt Wray | Author Meets Readers @ UMFA Dumke Auditorium | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Britt-Wray_insta_draft-01-300x300.jpg)
Britt Wray is a Human and Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on the mental health impacts of climate change on young people and frontline community members. Dr. Wray has a PhD in Science Communication from the University of Copenhagen and is a journalist, speaker, and author of two books: Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in the Climate Crisis and Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics and Risks of De-Extinction.
Launched in Fall 2020, the Author Meets Readers series connects humanities scholars or writers and their research with lifelong readers and learners. Individual sessions run for one hour, are facilitated by the Tanner Humanities Center Director or campus and community experts, and feature insights into the research and writing process, the impact of humanities scholarship on culture and society, and an audience discussion.
![Walking Backward Into Our Future @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center | West Valley City | Utah | United States](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/walkingbackward-1080x1080-1-300x300.png)
Oceanic languages describe the progression of life as a journey into the future that we undertake while facing the past. As modern Pacific Islanders, the achievements and lessons of ancestors remain clearly in front of us – guiding, inspiring, and provoking – as we walk into the future. This community exhibition juxtaposes “traditional” cultural items and themes with “modern” expressions and interpretations by Utah Pacific Islanders that show how the past informs and inspires the present and future.
Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Extended hours during Community First Fridays.
Gallery opening reception March 3 from 6-9 p.m. with artists.
![Celebrate Utah Wildlife All-Ages Cash Prize Contest @ | | |](https://149597169.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CUW_Logo_No-State-300x300.png)
The 501c3 Utah Wildlife Federation announces the Celebrate Utah Wildlife Contest, for Utahns ages 4 and up, to enter Utah-wildlife inspired art, writing, photography, video, digital art, digital storytelling and music/sound. $10,500 in cash prizes including 21 $250 first place prizes for kids, teens, and adults in each media category. Five entries per person, Deadline May 10th, 2023. More info and enter the contest @ www.celebrateutahwildlife.org