COMMUNITY

JULY/AUGUST EVENTS

Pioneer Days Activites July 11-24 JULY

July 11 - 24: Pioneer Days Activities/ Rodeo–Please plan to join us at Utah's biggest and best statehood celebration, starting with the Friday, July 2 First Friday Art Stroll. This year's art theme is "Traces of the West" art show at the Eccles Community Arts Center, 2580 Jefferson Ave. Go to ogdenpioneerdays.com to see more activities available to our community June 5 - Aug 21: Ramp Free Saturdays July 11: LDS Devotional @ Ogden Tabernacle 6 p.m. Monday Night Movies @ MWC Park July 13: Special Kids Rodeo @ Lorin Farr Park July 15: All about Succulents @ Ogden Botanical Gardens 6 - 8 p.m. Call USU Extension for questions (801) 399-8200 July 17: Untamed Pops Concert 7:30 p.m. @ Ogden Amphitheater July 19: Ogden Pioneer Days Horse and Hitch Parade 7 p.m. Ogden's Horse & Hitch parade is one of the finest in the state. Come see every kind, color, breed, and size of horse imaginable. July 24: Ogden Pioneer Day Parade–9 a.m. The Ogden Pioneer Days Grand Parade is a magnificent site to behold. The parade route begins on 31st Street, continues northbound on Washington Boulevard, and ends on 20th Street. July 18: Lindquist Pops Concert & Fireworks @ WSU Duck Pond Dusk

AUGUST

Aug 2 - 6: The Great Ogden Art Hunt @ Eccles Art Center 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m Aug 4: Wasatch Audubon Bird Walk @ Antelope Island Aug 6: Open Studio Night @ The Monarch 6 - 9 p.m. Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll @ Downtown Ogden 6 - 9 p.m. Gallery Stroll @ Union Station 6 - 9 p.m. August 7: The Gourmet Market @ The Monarch 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Aug 11 - 14: Weber County Fair @ Golden Spike Event Center 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Aug. 13 - 14: NUMOA Mustang Car Show at The Junction - All Ford Stampede. Go to mustang.org/event/ intermountain-mustang-and-all-fordstampede-imafs/ for more details. Aug. 13, 20, 21, & 28: Ogden Twilight Concert Series @Ogden Ampitheater. For artist line-up go to www. ogdencity.com/709/Amphitheater Aug 25: Country Dance @ Union Station 8:30 p.m - 10 p.m.

Farmers Market in Ogden is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. through September 11th, 2021.

There is something for everyone at Ogden's Farmers Market. Garden fresh veggies and fruits, crafts, yoga in the park at 9 a.m., live music from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., and more. June 7 - July 30: Weber School district Summer Lunch Program Mon. - Fri., 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sack lunches will be distributed from inside any of the following Elementary school cafeterias. •Burch Creek - 4300 S. Madison Ave. •Green Acres - 640 E. 1900 N. •Lakeview - 2025 W. 5000 S. •North Park - 4046 S. 2175 W. •Washington Terrace - 20 E. 4600 S. Children must be present to receive the meal. Adults eat for $3.50 cash only, no large bills. Restrooms are not available.

LIBRARY EVENTS

WEEKLY

Gentle Movements

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Ages 18 and older. This vibrant, low-impact class combines gentle yoga, strength and stretch, guided dance, and meditation.

Discovery Time

Wednesdays, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Summer Sessions run June 1 - July 15 & July 26 - Aug 9. Ages 0-2 and 3-5. Help your child get ready to read with stories, music, and art activities. Program sessions for each age group are held simultaneously at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Game Club

Wednesdays, 4 p.m. Ages 8-18. Learn and play a variety of board and video games.

Tai Chi

Saturdays, 10 a.m. Ages 18 and older. A form of martial arts, Tai Chi uses slow, controlled movements to regulate breathing and build stamina.

Summer Reading

Need a good summer reading list? Weber Book Links is an organization that helps facilitate the Utah Humanities Book Festival in Weber County and promotes all things literary in Northern Utah. Summer is a terrific time to catch up on reading! Here are a few suggestions to get you ready for some of our fantastic fall events:

CHILDREN:

Brian Floca (Saturday, Oct. 9, 6:30-7:30 pm) Locomotive; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11; Lightship; The Racer Alphabet; Keeping the City Going Treehouse Museum welcomes back Brian Floca for a webinar for families as part of the Book Festival. Brian is an author and illustrator and winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal for his beautiful Locomotive. Brian will be talking with families about his latest book, Keeping the City Going, published just this spring. It’s a tribute to healthcare and other essential workers who stayed on the job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brian lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Registration opens in August on the Treehouse website (www.treehousemuseum.org) and the Utah Humanities Book Festival site. To celebrate Brian’s participation in the Festival and his new book, Treehouse is hosting families of essential workers during the afternoon on October 9 for a Keeping the City Going Open House prior to the webinar, and these children and parents will be invited to participate in the webinar in the Treehouse Theater. Treehouse will be giving away copies of Brian’s books to lucky participants in the webinar who are watching at Treehouse or at home.

YOUTH/YA:

Alix Harrow (Oct. 25, 7 p.m., Weber County Library, Southwest Branch) The Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Once and Future Witches. Sci-fi/fantasy Harrow is the winner of a Hugo Award for her short fiction, and her two novels have been received with wide acclaim. She combines history with science fiction and fantasy, and her newest book The Once and Future Witches, reimagines witches and the women’s suffrage movement in the early twentieth century. Harrow lives with her husband and two children in Kentucky.

ADULT:

Self-Publishing Panel of local writers (Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Weber County Library, Main Branch) Ben Behunin: Authentically Ruby: The Illustrious Matchmaker of Niederbipp. Fiction Margaret Pettis: In the Temple of the Stars. Poetry Felice Austin: Awake As In Ancient Days: The Christ-Centered Kundalini Yoga Experience. Non-fiction Kaylee Nipko: Growing the Alphabet. Children’s/picture book

Check out our reading list for all ages!!

Vince Font: founder and editor of Glass Spider Publishing. For a list of their self-published writers, visit: www.glassspiderpublishing.com.

Other events:

Spoken Word Sessions (first Friday of every month, 7:45 – 8 p.m., The Monarch) Weber Book Links has partnered with The Banyan Collective to start a new reading series called Spoken Word Sessions. Each First Friday Art Stroll between van sessions at the Monarch, a local poet will read from their original work. Come out and support our local poets!

FUN & LEARNING Origami Animals

July 1 -31 All Locations Ages 12 and under. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Get everything you need to create your own origami animal.

Book Discussion: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

Wednesday, July 14, 7 p.m. Ages 18 and older. Limited free copies of the book will be available. Register at: 801-337-2670

The 5 Ws of Cooking: When did it all start?

Thursday, July 15, 7 p.m. Ages 18 and older. Explore cookbooks from every continent. Attend the program and receive 20% off one item at Kitchen Kneads! Register at: 801-337-2670

Art Class: Scratchboard Etching

Wednesday, July 21, 7:30 p.m. Ages 16 and older. Scratchboard art offers a unique style of mark-making and image creation that is perfect for exploring the use of positive and negative space. To register call: 801 337-2670

cowboy REFLECTIONS OF A

Rodeo season, to me, means the smell of concession stand hamburgers and a freshly watered arena. It sounds like a crowd singing along to “Sweet Caroline,” the buzzer after an eight-second ride.

MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR

BY THATCH ELMER

My favorite time of the year is finally here. It’s summer time, which means rodeo season. We’ve waited all year for this moment, from freezing our tails off feeding horses all winter and spending all spring getting them back into shape to practicing whenever we can to prepare ourselves. It’s time to finally shine. Rodeo season, to me, means the smell of concession stand hamburgers and a freshly watered arena. It sounds like a crowd singing along to “Sweet Caroline,” the buzzer after an eightsecond ride, and young cowboys and cowgirls sitting on the top rail of a fence watching their mother and father live their dreams. It means young competitors getting their first taste of rodeo, and veteran competitors just trying to get enough money to get to the next rodeo. So, here are my words of advice for all you cowboys and cowgirls who are trying to make your most out of your July run. For all you veteran ropers, barrel racers, bull riders, and bronc riders, do what you know how to do and capitalize on every chance you get to win. Stay safe; you’re not as young as you once were. For you young men and women trying your hand and dipping your toes into the world of professional and amateur rodeo, take your best shot, do what you do in the practice pen, and let your hard work speak louder than someone’s luck. Ladies and gentlemen, support your local small-town rodeo, whether entering and trying to win or paying your ticket to watch, because if you do, there will be another rodeo next year. We’ve been waiting all winter long for this moment. Make the most of it and don’t forget to be proud to live in the great country we do. With that being said, God bless rodeo, and God bless America.