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Utah Pride Center cancels ‘Re-Imagined’ Open House

Leaders of the Utah Pride Center canceled its “Re-Imagined” open house celebration, which was scheduled on February 5, because of the current rise in Covid-19 cases.

The Center will continue providing mental health services online, saying the pandemic has allowed them to reach people in more remote parts of the state that they wouldn’t have otherwise been able to.

They have also organized a planning committee who is working toward pulling off “a successful and safe 2022 Pride Festival in June, much like the Pride Festivals we experienced pre-pandemic.”

They will be following guidelines from the Utah Department of Health as the dates gets closer.

Utah Gay Ski Week returns in February 2022

Utah’s gay ski week, Elevation: Utah, will return to Park City for its 12th annual season, and the 20th season at Mammoth Lakes, Calif., says founder Tom Whitman. “Last year’s cancellation of the formal events was devastating, but in 2022, we are back — bigger and better than ever!” Whitman wrote in a statement. “Elevation has a special place in my heart, not only because it is the longest-running event I have produced, but because each year I meet amazing people from around the world who share at least one of my passions — skiing/ snowboarding and gathering with my LGBTQ community.”

The event is planned for Feb. 23–27.

More information is available at utahgayskiweek.com

Temple Squares offers free dance classes

LGBTQ+ Square dancing club Temple Squares is offering free dance classes on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sacred Light of Christ Church, 823 S 600 East. Square dancing is a fun, low impact, aerobic activity, the group says.

The group is on Facebook and at TempleSquares.org