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.
Free virtual screening — available from February 2nd through February 7th.
Little Satchmo is an intimate exploration of the iconic Louis Armstrong’s life and legacy through his relationship with the daughter that the public never knew existed. Based on a revealing memoir written by Armstrong’s silent daughter, the film seeks to correct a historical narrative relying on caricature for too long.
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed “Satchmo”, had an illustrious career that spanned five decades. Due to his unique music styling, charisma, and gritty vocals, he is credited with changing the focus of jazz music from “collective improvisation” to solo performance. With an eye for the ladies, Armstrong had several failed marriages but remained with his fourth wife Lucille Wilson until his death in 1971. During his marriage to Wilson, Armstrong had a long time affair with Lucille Preston. Together they had a daughter, Sharon, who Louis lovingly called “Little Satchmo”. To protect them and his career, Lucille and Sharon lived in the shadows of his limelight.
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**Limited screenings are available so register while you can.
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.
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It’s time again for our favorite party of the year in support of the Utah Arts Festival! Dust off your cocktail attire, find your favorite mask and let’s get this party started. From dancing and dining to casino-style games, contests, and live entertainment, the Masquerade Party promises to be an evening of fun and festivities all in support of the Utah Arts Festival. Attendance will be limited so don’t delay in making your ticket purchase.
This year, there will be all new party vibes including new music, face painting, cheese and wine tastings, and brand new merch.
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.
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Utah Arts Alliance invites you to the 23rd annual SLC WHITE PARTY! (21+ only event; valid ID required)
This year’s theme: Candy Rococo! We’re partying in pastels and all things boujee and baroque! Grab your cotton candy wigs, and sharpen those sweet tooths for an 18th Century sugary-sweet shindig you won’t want to miss.
WHAT IS A WHITE PARTY?
White Parties are themed parties at which the standard clothing is all or almost all white and were started in the 1970’s as large dance events closely associated with LGBTQIA+ culture.
The SLC WHITE PARTY is the longest running WHITE PARTY in SLC and inclusive to all who wish to experience a magical night of art, music, performance, dance and joy. The SLC WHITE PARTY is welcoming to all regardless of race, gender, sexuality, or ability.
ATTIRE: A WHITE PARTY is a themed costume party with a special dress code that asks all guests attending to wear white outfits. You can wear colorful accents to a white party in the form of accessories. But generally speaking, except for accessories and accents, your outfit is encouraged to be head-to-toe white!
The SLC White Party is a fundraiser for the Utah Arts Alliance, a Utah 501(c)3 organization.
Join the Utah Film Center on Wednesday, March 15 at 7 pm at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center for a screening of the newly premiered film, The Right to Read, featuring local Utah filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie.
Presented as part of the Utah Film Center’s Through the Lens Spring Series and in partnership with KUER’s Radiowest, The Right to Read highlights the challenges of improving literacy rates in the US among children, particularly, those from Black and Brown communities.
The Right to Read follows Oakland NAACP activist, Kareem Weaver, who believes literacy is our most important civil right. With a focus on Black and brown children, Kareem demands Oakland schools bring in science-based reading instruction. First-grade teacher Sabrina Causey becomes one of his most critical allies. Despite heated debates on reading instruction, parents and advocates work to increase literacy rates throughout the country. In Virginia Beach, Teresa trains parents in oral language skills to prepare their children for kindergarten. In rural Mississippi, where only 21% of children can read, Melinda looks at educational technology to help her child receive vital reading skills.
Join us afterward as KUER’s Radiowest host, Doug Fabrizio, hosts a lively discussion with film director, Jenny Mackenzie talking about the challenges of improving literacy rates in the US among children, particularly, those from Black and Brown communities.
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Join the Utah Film Center on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 pm at The City Library in downtown Salt Lake for a free film screening of the award-winning documentary, All That Breathes.
Presented as part of the Utah Film Center’s Through the Lens Spring Series and in partnership with KUER’s Radiowest, All That Breathes documents the story of two brothers who fall in love with the black kite bird in one of the world’s most populated cities, New Dehli.
This mesmerizing story follows the “kite brothers” as they care for thousands of creatures sick from smog-choked skies in their makeshift bird hospital inside the tiny basement of their home. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.
We invite you to stay after the screening as KUER’s Radiowest host, Doug Fabrizio, hosts an engaging conversation with film director, Shaunak Sen about the restorative efforts despite dealing with some of the world’s poorest air quality.
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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.
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https://utahfilmcenter.org/event/the-sacrifice-zone/
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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.
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“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
Are you a fan of The Beatles? Do your toes start tapping at the thought of “Let it be”, “Hey Jude”, “Yellow Submarine” or “I want to hold your hand”? On April 17th, Salt Lake’s own BeatALS will bring their songs back to fight against ALS. Listen to live Beatles music performed by BeatALS and support families that are dealing with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Bring your friends, grab your family, and load up the kids for a fun evening to support a good cause and hear the most iconic band come back to life.
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/
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/
Join us for our popular quarterly Water Trivia at Squatters Brewing! This event combines water-themed education with fun, friendly competition for a watershed cause. Teams test their Wasatch water knowledge in ten trivia questions and a final wager on topics ranging from global water systems to local hydrology.
If you plan to play, please register prior to the event and arrive early to get settled. Trivia will begin at 7P. Registration is not required if you do not plan to play. Everyone is welcome! A signature cocktail and brews will be available for purchase courtesy of Squatters. All participants will be entered into an opportunity drawing to win awesome prizes!
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.
