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.
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.
League of Women Voters Salt Lake April General Meeting will host Dr. Angela Dunn, Executive Director of Salt Lake County Health Department and Prof. Phillip Singer of U of Utah Department of Public Science. They will discuss Is Public Health Broken? What did we learn from COVID? Has politics destroyed our public health system? Will we be ready for the next pandemic? or earthquake?
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
The Salt Lake City Corp Program and amazing partner organizations are thrilled to invite you to join the Jordan River Cleanup on April 22nd, launching at 8AM from Jordan park. The city will provide breakfast for volunteers. The Mayor and other guest speakers will share remarks before the projects start at 9AM.
The volunteer sign up page is live and open to individuals, local businesses, and community organizations that are interested in volunteering. Everyone is welcome to join our projects, which include trail maintenance and trash removal, canoe in-river trash cleanup, art projects, and more. We have opportunities to volunteer for both English and Spanish speaking projects. Everyone is welcome, and we encourage you to bring friends and family too.
Rain, snow, or shine we will be there, and we hope to see you there too! Registration is required. For more information and to sign up follow the link here. https://www.slc.gov/events/2023/02/08/earthday/
Join us at the Rocky Mountain Parkinson’s Symposium for the educational program Parkinson’s, Sleep, and Me. Getting adequate rest and sleep is an important component of overall health and quality of life. Parkinson’s disease (PD) creates many challenges to getting a good night’s sleep, both for the person with Parkinson’s and the caregiver. This program provides information on how Parkinson’s disease affects sleep, and ways you can get a better night’s sleep while living with PD.
Speakers
Kathleen McKee, MD, MPH, Intermountain Neuroscience Institute
Melissa Mauchley, LCSW, MSW, University of Utah
Create beautiful, head-turning jewelry with us at our beginner-friendly workshop with New American instructor Rosette Bahadi of African Roots! Working with a variety of fun, colorful African fabrics, you will learn how to create eye-catching bangle bracelets to take your wardrobe to the next level. Rosette will demonstrate her tried & true methods for wrapping & stitching your bracelets by hand as you create a pair (one thick, one thin) of custom pieces to take home with you. As part of our New Americans Workshop Series, you will also learn about our instructor’s cultural background & her evolution as a maker through the lens of her experiences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Beginners are welcome and all supplies are provided.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/craft-lake-city-workshop-african-roots-bracelets-tickets-619165830667