Weekly Public Planetarium Shows Planetarium shows given by the BYU Astronomical Society are held most Friday nights.
The shows start promptly at 7 and 8 PM. There is no late admittance. Because it gets very dark in the planetarium, the shows may not be appropriate for some young children. Please keep in mind that it is difficult to leave once the show has begun.
After the shows, the observation deck on the roof will be open, weather permitting, with telescopes set up for the public to look through.
The Planetarium is located in room N465 on the 4th floor of the Eyring Science Center on the BYU Campus in Provo, Utah.
Friday Nights Star Parties, 8 pm Weather Permitting
Get your Pop Idol on here during Weekend Klub Karaoke. Sing the night away and drink happily! The flavor of the week generally runs to Alternative, Rock, Metal, Pop and a bit of super Campy fun. Smoke some hookah or get some cheap & tasty drinks this tonight.
The Downtown Farmers Market is a local growers’ market featuring fresh produce from over 80 Utah farmers.
In addition to the produce, the Market also offers a variety of fresh-baked bread and pastries, cheeses, meat and seafood, jams and honey, house and garden plants, arranged planters, and numerous handmade arts and crafts.
Unique food vendors are also part of the Market, offering prepared foods and beverages.
The Downtown Art and Craft Market are held on the south end of the park during the Farmers Market. Over 90 local artisans display their wares, crafted in Utah by Utahns.
Are you a performing artist looking to display your talents? Come to High Point Coffee every Saturday night! Good friends, great music, and great coffee!
Utah’s longest-running and most successful improv comedy troupe. The Off-Broadway Theatre (OBT) opened its doors in 1994, bringing family-friendly parodies, traditional plays, musicals, and live improv comedy shows to the people of Salt Lake.
First held in 1966 at the request of Srila Prabhupada (founder of the Hare Krishna Movement), the Sunday Love Feast has evolved as an integrated celebration of Lord Krishna’s pastimes: chanting, hearing spiritual knowledge, dancing, eating, fellowship, and generally sharing the bliss of God’s presence.
A Sunday Love Feast is now held in nearly 400 temples worldwide. Anyone can come regardless of beliefs; all are welcome into an experience of Love.
No one leaves hungry for a taste of the Divine! The dress is casual but nice. A $3 donation is suggested.
The organ staff and guest organists perform 30-minute recitals in the Tabernacle from 12:00 noon to 12:30 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Sunday recitals will be performed from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle.
The impressive pipe organ symbolizes the importance Latter-day Saints place on worshipping God through music. The Tabernacle organ has an interesting history. President Brigham Young asked Joseph Harris Ridges, who was born and raised near an organ factory in England, to build the first Tabernacle organ. Suitable timber was located and brought by volunteers from the Parowan and Pine Valley mountains, 300 miles south of Salt Lake City. In the beginning, the organ was powered by hand-pumped bellows, later by water power, and today by electricity. With improved techniques in organ construction, the instrument has been renovated and enlarged several times. Now comprising 11,623 pipes, the organ has 206 sets of pipes (ranks) of voices, and the console has 5 manuals or keyboards. The Tabernacle organ is considered to be one of the finest organs in the world.
The organ in the Conference Center was built in 2000-2003 by Schoenstein & Co. of San Francisco. This organ of the American Romantic style employs a symphonic tonal approach with the richness and warmth characteristic of English instruments. Although designed primarily to provide colorful and varied accompaniment, the organ also renders the solo repertoire beautifully. A five-manual console controls the 7,708 pipes of its 130 ranks, which are spread across seven divisions.
