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.
Global Joy: Festivals, Holidays & Celebrations Around the World is a Wasatch Camera Club photographic exhibit. This show will feature images from around the world (including here at home!) focused on holidays, festivals and celebrations. Examples include the obvious such as Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Hanukkah but every culture, country, ethnicity, and religion have their own. These holidays, festivals and celebrations may be unique to peoples, but they are also universal expressions of awe, love, devotion, and happiness . . . Global Joy!
On View: April 6 – June 29, 2023
Location: Crescent Gallery, Utah Cultural Celebration Center
Free Admission, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional hours during Community First Fridays
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 The Sacrifice Zone. Join us Thursday, April 6 from 7-9 pm at The City Library in Downtown Salt Lake City and watch this compelling story of the one-mile stretch in Newark, New Jersey known as Chemical Corridor – Doremus Avenue.
This toxic stretch of land borders the Ironbound neighborhood, where Portuguese, Brazilian, Central American, and African American residents are separated from toxic substances by no more than a railroad. The Sacrifice Zone follows Maria as she leads a group of environmental justice fighters determined to break the cycle of poor communities of color serving as dumping grounds for our consumer society with one of the most effective environmental organizations in the country.
We invite you to stay after the screening for a Black, Bold & Brilliant team post-film Q&A featuring film subjects.
Get your Free tickets at:
https://utahfilmcenter.org/event/the-sacrifice-zone/
Watch trailer at:
Free online event: Maria Lopez-Nuñez, a Honduran American is waging a war for environmental justice against one of the most toxic neighborhoods in the country.
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 The Sacrifice Zone. Join us for this virtual screening available online from April 7th through May 7th and watch this compelling story of the one-mile stretch in Newark, New Jersey known as Chemical Corridor – Doremus Avenue.
This toxic stretch of land borders the Ironbound neighborhood, where Portuguese, Brazilian, Central American, and African American residents are separated from toxic substances by no more than a railroad. The Sacrifice Zone follows Maria as she leads a group of environmental justice fighters determined to break the cycle of poor communities of color serving as dumping grounds for our consumer society with one of the most effective environmental organizations in the country.
Reserve your spot at:
Watch movie trailer at:
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
South Jordan, Utah: The Wasatch Gem Society (WGS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, will hold their 2023 Annual Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show, an affordable event for the whole family to explore and learn about geology and our earth from dinosaur diggers (paleontologists), miners, jewelry makers, gold prospectors and more. “It’s a family friendly day of adventures, interacting with the treasures of our earth!” says Roberta Chase, Show Chairman.
Features and benefits of the WGS 2023 Annual Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show include:
– 84 vendors from the US (and around the world)
– Speak with and learn from dinosaur diggers, gold prospectors, miners, jewelry designers and lapidaries, rock hounds, crystal healers, artists, silversmiths, flintknappers and faceters
– Demonstrations on gem faceting, flint knapping, wire wrapping and gold panning
– Look for fine minerals, fossils, gemstones and slabs for lapidary. This year we welcome vendors of Colombian emeralds, Lapis lazuli, from Afghanistan, Ethiopian opals, red beryl and gold
– Find out how to cut and polish cabochons, and crack your own geodes
– Kids have three tables of items $1 and under for shopping, including rock bags. Wheel of fortune (.50 cents) and a Show and Tell table where George Ream will tell them everything they want to know about rocks
– Great door prizes (every hour, every day)
The 2023 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show opens at the Bastian Agricultural Center (formerly Salt Lake County Equestrian Center) at 2100 West 11400 South in South Jordan, Utah on April 14th and runs through April 16th, at $2.00 for adults and kids under 12 get in free. Save the date! For more information on the 2023 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show please visit www.wasatchgemsociety.com, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WasatchGemSociety, Instagram: @wasatchgemsociety
About The Wasatch Gem Society: Our goal is to stimulate interest in collecting gem material, minerals and fossils, participating in arts and crafts, lapidary arts, classification of minerals and fossils; both educational and scientific. We actively protect gemstone, mineral, and fossil deposits. WGS is a member of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies, and the Utah Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Our meetings are on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00pm at the Sandy Bicentennial Hall at 530 East 8680 South in Sandy, Utah. The public are welcome.
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
“The glorious strains of gospel music wash over the West Bank in Field’s potent film. As the Palestinian National Theater and an African-American choir mount a touring play about Martin Luther King Jr., written by Stanford Professor and King scholar Clayborne Carson, an impassioned cultural exchange ensues, new friendships are forged and attitudes are altered.” –Clarity Films
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
Join us for a final immersive evening of story, art, poetry and live music at UMOCA as we conclude Season 14.
As we conclude our season of rebirth, for our 13th and final event, we invite you to experience a unique and immersive evening as a community. Three local photographers will dialogue pivotal moments of individuation, moments that stop time and create a before and after, moments captured on film.
Opening Poet: Chelsea Guevara
Live Music: Christine Baird
Featured Photographers & Presenters:
Christian West
Brett Colvin
Kelley Hannah
Schedule:
6:30-7:00 pm Live Music & Mingle
7:00-8:30 pm Presentation
8:30-9:00 pm Community Social
Journey with us as Utah Film Center explores “Our Magical World” at its 12th annual Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Kids — April 22nd & 23rd at the Viridian Event Center in West Jordan.
In this two-day, family-friendly event, kids are encouraged to be curious and take charge of their creative learning. Tumbleweeds welcome kids ages 4 and up to experience storytelling through cutting-edge animation, short and feature-length films, enriching workshops taught by industry professionals, and interactive activities that provide hands-on experience for all creators.
Whether you have a budding filmmaker or an energetic content creator, come and discover all that is magical and charming in the imagination of adventurous minds!
— Watch kid-friendly films from all around the world
— Join one of the many workshops that teach camera use, drone filming, green screen,
editing, animation, video game design and much more!
— Step into the festival clubhouse where kids of all ages can stay busy
Check out the scheduled films and workshops at: https://tumbleweedskids.org/
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
The “Very Grimm” exhibition has artwork celebrating the classic Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and others.
We hope you enjoy the exhibit as a prelude to your “Into The Woods” theatre experience.
This one-day intensive screenwriting workshop is led by ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch and Sundance award-winning screenwriter Skye Emerson.
Whether you’re new to screenwriting or have several completed scripts under your belt, Utah Film Center Screenwriting Workshop is the perfect place to hone the foundational skills and processes necessary to seamlessly craft your next feature or television screenplay.
This one-day intensive workshop is led by ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch and Sundance award-winning screenwriter Skye Emerson. The educational screenwriting series consists of presentations, scene analysis, writing assignments, lectures, discussions, and script workshopping, all designed to advance your story and skillsets to the next level.
This workshop series takes place Monday, May 1st from 6-10 PM at the Utah Artist Foundry located in the Broadway Media Building at 50 W Broadway #1125 Downtown Salt Lake.
$120 FOR NONMEMBERS AND $80 FOR MEMBERS
Sign up HERE for the Screenwriting Workshop
About the instructor:
Skye Emerson is an award-winning screenwriter who was most recently named to the International Screenwriter’s Association’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch list. She received the Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Fellowship at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019 and is the grand prize winner of ISA’s Emerging Screenwriters Competition. Skye holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television.
