The Salt Lake Quaker meeting is hosting an art market and concert. All are welcome. The event will raise funds for, and celebrate the completion of an ADA elevator installation. This is an exciting step towards making the meetinghouse a more useful part of the greater community. For information and concert tickets visit: https://www.saltlakequakers.org/
SCHEDULE 3pm-9pm 3-7pm
Art Market - Free 6pm Social and food, included with concert ticket purchase
7pm-9pm Concert - $30, Featuring Americana music by Melissa Chilinski, Kate MacLeod, and members of the Quaker community.

The Salt Lake Quaker meeting is hosting an art market and concert. All are welcome. The event will raise funds for, and celebrate the completion of an ADA elevator installation. This is an exciting step towards making the meetinghouse a more useful part of the greater community. For information and concert tickets visit: https://www.saltlakequakers.org/
SCHEDULE 3pm-9pm 3-7pm
Art Market - Free 6pm Social and food, included with concert ticket purchase
7pm-9pm Concert - $30, Featuring Americana music by Melissa Chilinski, Kate MacLeod, and members of the Quaker community.

This workshop for parents and caregivers will cover building cultures of consent starting in the family unit. Caregivers and children can practice consent in any interpersonal context, laying the foundation for healthy relationships in the teenage years and adulthood. Facilitators: Sam, Prevention Specialist Who can attend: Parents and Caregivers of Youth, and Youth are welcome!

This workshop for parents and caregivers will cover building cultures of consent starting in the family unit. Caregivers and children can practice consent in any interpersonal context, laying the foundation for healthy relationships in the teenage years and adulthood. Facilitators: Sam, Prevention Specialist Who can attend: Parents and Caregivers of Youth, and Youth are welcome!

Garbage Bag Girl: an unforgettable story of hope and resiliency. A book reading, signing, & interactive community event with Celeste L. Edmunds, Author and International Executive Director of The Christmas Box. Garbage Bag Girl is Celeste Edmund's story of being raised by addicted parents and, at a young age, learning to survive and protect her siblings from rapists and drug dealers. Eventually, the state separated their family, and Celeste was adopted alone into a dysfunctional, fractured home where a sadistic and manipulating mother treated her as an unwanted outsider. Contemplating taking her abuser's life, Celeste eventually ran away, finding shelter wherever she could, until a compassionate woman stepped in to give her home and love. About Celeste L. Edmunds: Christmas Box House Executive Director Celeste Edmunds understands what the children she serves at The Christmas Box Houses are going through. She went through it herself. Her biological parents were addicts, and her childhood was an ongoing cycle of police calls, fighting, and physical, sexual, and mental abuse. At age 7, Celeste was taken from her home and placed into a child welfare system, where moving every few months to a new environment became normal. By age sixteen, she had lived in more than 30 cities. Celeste views her childhood as a difficult but essential growing experience. There were terrible things, but there were also caring people along the way who did what they could to protect and nurture her. She was author Richard Paul Evans’ assistant when he founded The Christmas Box International. She quickly became an integral part of its creation, helping to build and refine the original shelters for a decade before taking a new position in Corporate America. Working in the corporate world gave her valuable knowledge of a different kind, with experience in marketing (receiving Marketer of the Year by Utah Business Magazine), public relations, community giving, and team management. Combining her nonprofit and corporate experience, Celeste is uniquely fit to guide The Christmas Box International. Celeste is passionate about making a difference in the lives of youth and the child welfare system so that others may not have to go through the same experiences she had. The Christmas Box International celebrates 28 years of defending more than 155,000 children. That is enough to fill Madison Square Garden more than seven and a half times. Celeste believes that The Christmas Box International is more than a place–it is a concept where community, government, and nonprofits come together to bring the resources to children that they need. As a child who grew up in the system, Celeste understands the importance of providing these youth the opportunity for a better life by providing them with safety, dignity, and hope. Her goal is to give these beautiful children everything she wished for as a child, including hope for a better future. Celeste released her book this fall titled Garbage Bag Girl. She hopes to bring more awareness to the issues that face children in the child welfare system and help them know that they deserve a childhood and are worthy of safety and love. https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/garbage-bag-girl-an-author-event-with-celeste-l-edmunds

About Jay Barnson's The Vanished series: As a teen, Aiden Holt studied stories of unexplained disappearances throughout history. He never dreamed he would become one of those disappearances. Now trapped in an alien world, hunted for his non-functional “special abilities,” Aiden fights to survive against horrific creatures and determined enemies. Somewhere between certain death and servitude, Aiden seeks an escape—if he can find other “vanished” who beat the odds and survived in this harsh magical world. About Cambria Williams's The Befallen: Sloane, sheltered yet persistent, believes she's capable, and longs for everyone to see past her disabled leg. Selling at Market Day unaccompanied is the chance to prove herself. But when she returns home to her village, she's shattered to discover the Befallen have killed everyone. Having nothing but her faith in the goddesses of the moon, she's forced to test her strength in the outside world. Sloane realizes the kingdom is dangerous even without the Befallen: full of thieves, thugs, and, worse, heretics. Sir Tolvar, a banished, famed knight, wrestling with the demons of his past, is skeptical. He's reluctant to let Sloane join their cause until she convinces him that faith carries its own power. As the two uncover the mysteries surrounding the Befallen-growing steadily stronger-an impossible task is thrust upon Sloane that makes her question everything. About Jana Brown's Fallen Stone: Misery died so she could save the world. That’s what they told her. Turns out they lied. She was once a holy warrior with a noble cause. Now she’s using her earth magic to scrape by, meal to meal, motel to motel, city to city, one step ahead of those who call her traitor. Her jobs aren’t glamorous, but in the end, beggars can't be choosers and work pays the bills. Denver was supposed to be just one more stop over. But between an overly enthusiastic roommate, a gorgeous healer, and a challenging – not to mention lucrative – job for the Chimera Lord of Denver, Misery isn’t finding it easy to leave. When she discovers the lesser fae are going missing, Misery finds a new cause, a paycheck and many reasons to stay. She just hopes pursuing them won’t get her killed…again. ​Please help us welcome authors Jay Barnson, Jana Brown, and Cambria Williams to The Printed Garden to read from and sign copies of their books. This event will begin at 7:00 p.m.

🌙✨YOU ARE INVITED! 🎶🎨 Please join us on May 4th at Visual Art Institute for our ART GOES LIVE Fundraising Gala! This is going to be a gorgeous event with incredible art demos by local guest artists, plus musical performances by Emmy Award-winning composer Kurt Bestor and students from @giftedmusicschool! A silent auction will also take place during this evening. *ART GOES LIVE is for ages 18+ Tickets are $50, and ALL PROCEEDS will support nonprofit art education here in Utah! That means, when you buy your ticket, that money goes directly toward: 1) Local creative outreach programs, including high quality art workshops for kids in local public schools, children undergoing medical treatment, seniors with disabilities, and individuals in need of wellness therapy. 2) VAI tuition assistance for children and teens in need, who are passionate about art and would benefit greatly from high quality, weekly classes. This would be a PERFECT date night or night out with friends, in a really cool space! And it is for an amazing cause! Visit our website https://www.visualartinstitute.org/upcoming-events to reserve your tickets for this very special evening! #visualartinstitute #utahnonprofit #utahfundraiser #artgoeslive #utahartclasses #kurtbestor #saltlake #datenight #utahartist #arteducation

🌙✨YOU ARE INVITED! 🎶🎨 Please join us on May 4th at Visual Art Institute for our ART GOES LIVE Fundraising Gala! This is going to be a gorgeous event with incredible art demos by local guest artists, plus musical performances by Emmy Award-winning composer Kurt Bestor and students from @giftedmusicschool! A silent auction will also take place during this evening. *ART GOES LIVE is for ages 18+ Tickets are $50, and ALL PROCEEDS will support nonprofit art education here in Utah! That means, when you buy your ticket, that money goes directly toward: 1) Local creative outreach programs, including high quality art workshops for kids in local public schools, children undergoing medical treatment, seniors with disabilities, and individuals in need of wellness therapy. 2) VAI tuition assistance for children and teens in need, who are passionate about art and would benefit greatly from high quality, weekly classes. This would be a PERFECT date night or night out with friends, in a really cool space! And it is for an amazing cause! Visit our website https://www.visualartinstitute.org/upcoming-events to reserve your tickets for this very special evening! #visualartinstitute #utahnonprofit #utahfundraiser #artgoeslive #utahartclasses #kurtbestor #saltlake #datenight #utahartist #arteducation

🌙✨YOU ARE INVITED! 🎶🎨 Please join us on May 4th at Visual Art Institute for our ART GOES LIVE Fundraising Gala! This is going to be a gorgeous event with incredible art demos by local guest artists, plus musical performances by Emmy Award-winning composer Kurt Bestor and students from @giftedmusicschool! A silent auction will also take place during this evening. *ART GOES LIVE is for ages 18+ Tickets are $50, and ALL PROCEEDS will support nonprofit art education here in Utah! That means, when you buy your ticket, that money goes directly toward: 1) Local creative outreach programs, including high quality art workshops for kids in local public schools, children undergoing medical treatment, seniors with disabilities, and individuals in need of wellness therapy. 2) VAI tuition assistance for children and teens in need, who are passionate about art and would benefit greatly from high quality, weekly classes. This would be a PERFECT date night or night out with friends, in a really cool space! And it is for an amazing cause! Visit our website https://www.visualartinstitute.org/upcoming-events to reserve your tickets for this very special evening! #visualartinstitute #utahnonprofit #utahfundraiser #artgoeslive #utahartclasses #kurtbestor #saltlake #datenight #utahartist #arteducation

🌙✨YOU ARE INVITED! 🎶🎨 Please join us on May 4th at Visual Art Institute for our ART GOES LIVE Fundraising Gala! This is going to be a gorgeous event with incredible art demos by local guest artists, plus musical performances by Emmy Award-winning composer Kurt Bestor and students from @giftedmusicschool! A silent auction will also take place during this evening. *ART GOES LIVE is for ages 18+ Tickets are $50, and ALL PROCEEDS will support nonprofit art education here in Utah! That means, when you buy your ticket, that money goes directly toward: 1) Local creative outreach programs, including high quality art workshops for kids in local public schools, children undergoing medical treatment, seniors with disabilities, and individuals in need of wellness therapy. 2) VAI tuition assistance for children and teens in need, who are passionate about art and would benefit greatly from high quality, weekly classes. This would be a PERFECT date night or night out with friends, in a really cool space! And it is for an amazing cause! Visit our website https://www.visualartinstitute.org/upcoming-events to reserve your tickets for this very special evening! #visualartinstitute #utahnonprofit #utahfundraiser #artgoeslive #utahartclasses #kurtbestor #saltlake #datenight #utahartist #arteducation