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This heart-centered evening invites us to explore the enduring nature of love through stories, reflection, and meaningful conversation. Together, we'll discover how love continues beyond life's changes, the wisdom that can emerge through grief, and the ways those who have touched our hearts continue to shape our lives. What began years ago as an evening honoring my daughter, Kiva, has naturally evolved into a gathering that offers hope, connection, and gentle support for anyone navigating life's transitions. Whether you're experiencing loss, change, or simply longing for a deeper connection with yourself and those you love, this evening is an invitation to remember that love never truly leaves. About LaVonne Wells Sandberg LaVonne Wells Sandberg is the founder of Love On Awareness, a heart-centered movement dedicated to supporting people through life, grief, and personal transformation. She is an intuitive Life & Grief Guide, speaker, and presenter whose work encourages others to reconnect with love, hope, and the wisdom already within them. LaVonne has been featured on Good Things Utah, spoken for organizations including Helping Parents Heal and the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), and has spent more than two decades creating spaces where people feel seen, supported, and empowered to move forward with greater compassion and purpose. 
https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/love-on-the-love-that-never-leaves

Join the Swaner Preserve and TreeUtah to plant trees along East Canyon Creek on the Swaner Preserve! These trees provide wildlife habitat, forage for elk, moose, and deer, nesting habitat for birds, and food and building material for beavers. They also help stabilize stream banks and cool streams to support trout that need cold water to survive. 
Details here: https://swanerecocenter.volunteermatters.org/project-catalog/243

Join the Wasatch Backcountry Alliance community for our third annual winter kickoff event! This celebration unites the passionate Wasatch backcountry community to support our mission: protecting terrain and access for human-powered recreation. We’re at a critical crossroads. This event is more than a party—it's our biggest fundraiser of the year and essential to sustaining our advocacy work. We're thrilled to welcome Mike Libecki as this year’s keynote speaker! A National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Mike has completed more than 90 major expeditions across 100+ countries, using adventure to support science, conservation, and humanitarian efforts. Tickets include: two alcoholic beverages, appetizers, an opportunity drawing ticket, and a keynote speaker presentation.
Let’s come together, build momentum, and support our local backcountry!
For more information, go to: https://wasatchbackcountryalliance.org/events/

PSA for Vote411 website from League of Women Voters Your voice, your vote. In our democracy, they matter and make our community and our country stronger. The election is November 3 and ballots go out October 13.
Get registered, learn the issues, know the candidates, and vote.
Visit VOTE411.org for registration and election information.
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Join Sageland Collaborative and Trout Unlimited to build beaver dam analogs (BDAs) and other low-tech restoration structures in Lodgepole Creek to improve stream habitat! These volunteer events are a fun opportunity to cool off in the late summer heat while making an positive impact on Utah’s waterways. Multiple dates: October 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 
Learn more & register here: https://sagelandcollaborative.org/riverscape-restoration

🪧 About the Event: On 23 October 1966—exactly sixty years ago—Spence Mendenhall was found shot to death in his Salt Lake City home in the Avenues. His murder remains unsolved. Spence was a Gay man who was secretly out to some people but largely lived a closeted life, and his death has since been recognized as a hate crime. Julian Hendrix will be reading excerpts from a work in progress exploring queer communities and relationships through the connections and disjunctions shared between his great-uncle and himself. Between his unsolved murder in 1966 and the present day, a political project based in LGBT visibility - Harvey Milk's "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" - has transformed queer experiences, both our relationships with each other and with our broader communities. Julian’s project focuses on the different ways LGBT people are known or not known among our queer community and our families as well as the ways in which visibility has and has not transformed the kinds of violence we face. 🎙️ About the Speaker: Julian Hendrix is a writer and historian based in Chicago. Spence Mendenhall is his great-uncle. 
Remote Attendance Zoom link: https://utah.zoom.us/j/82528976167 Meeting ID: 825 2897 6167 Passcode: 185309 
Special thanks to Signature Books for allowing us to host this event in their space! 
Past lectures can be accessed on our YouTube channel or on the Berryman Lecture Series page.

Get ready for a delicious culinary showdown! Join Cache Valley Creamery for the third annual Cache Valley Creamery Showdown: A Culinary Battle Royale on Thursday, October 15th, 2026, at Salt Lake Culinary Education. Watch four talented Utah chefs go head-to-head as they compete to create the ultimate cheese-filled holiday dish. Guests will get to taste each creation, vote for their favorite, and help crown the audience choice winner! Your ticket includes a cheese and charcuterie board, delicious appetizers, tastings of the competing dishes, music, a photo station, and more! Event Details: Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Location: Salt Lake Culinary Education, 2233 S 300 E, South Salt Lake, UT 84115
Tickets: $40 per person
Age Requirement: 18+ only
Tickets are limited, so reserve your spot today!
Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cache-valley-creamery-showdown-a-culinary-battle-royale-tickets-2002096581771

Join radical hopepunk author, Becky Chambers, for a powerful lecture on thriving in daunting, fascist times through the audacity of joy, community, and imagined futures.

Four of Utah's incredible queer organizations have teamed up to celebrate the release of her new book, AS YOU WAKE, BREAK THE SHELL - a sci-fi novel about surviving through found family and tenacious hope amidst environmental collapse. Two-time Hugo Award-winning author, Becky Chambers is one of the most prominent and impactful science fiction authors of our time.

The event is hosted in collaboration with The Legendarium, Under the Umbrella, the Queer Student Union of Utah, and the University of Utah Gender Studies Program. Legendarium and Under the Umbrella are sponsoring $5 admission for students, with any school ID (code: hopepunk).

Thursday, October 15 starting at 7:00 PM

Kingsbury Hall (University of Utah)

Purchase tickets through this link, or through Kingsbury Hall Box Office

Join Sageland Collaborative and Trout Unlimited to build beaver dam analogs (BDAs) and other low-tech restoration structures in Lodgepole Creek to improve stream habitat! These volunteer events are a fun opportunity to cool off in the late summer heat while making an positive impact on Utah’s waterways. Multiple dates: October 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 
Learn more & register here: https://sagelandcollaborative.org/riverscape-restoration