Category: Events

Each year Utah State University Eastern, located in the middle of Castle Country puts on wonder plays and shows at its theater complex.

In the next two weeks the theater department at the school will be putting on the well known musical “Guys and Dolls.”

With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows it is a great story filled with fun, delight and joy. It’s about all the hot gamblers that are in town, and they’re all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week’s incarnation of “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York”.

The play runs April 12-14, 16, 19-21, & 26-28, 2018 and starts at 7:30 p.m. each of those days. It will be held at the Peterson Theatre in the Central Instruction Building. The campus address is 400 East 451 North in Price, Utah.

Tickets can be secured at www.eventbrite.com or the department can be contacted at (435) 613-5228.

Castle Country has a lot of good things going for it, and not all of those things are always apparent to outsiders.

Recently the Deseret News, one of the two largest media outlets in the state of Utah, published an article about what a great place the area is for those looking for the right places to retire and live their lives out in a quiet and convenient way. deseretnews.com

Castle Country is truly a unique place with a small town feel and yet loaded with cultural and ground breaking events.

One of the major events that is coming up in the next week includes a Womens Conference at Utah State University Eastern on April 14 This affair is an annual event which features many speakers and some powerful keynote addresses including one by Michelle Johansen Gifford called “Beauty Revived” & “Women With Fire.” Living in Riverside, California her latest campaign is challenging the way the world sees beauty through photography. Her “Women With Fire” community of female entrepreneurs helps grow online businesses including blogs, social media, marketing and photography.

The other keynote will be by Sarah Starkey. She will bring a mix of must have tips and treats to live a productive, less stressful professional/personal lifestyle. She will present a lighthearted look at the opportunities and challenges of growing up as a young, intelligent and career minded professional woman who grew up in Washington and now practices law with Larry H. Miller Group and brings perspective to why its great to be a Utah Woman.

Workshops will include sessions called What’s on the MeNU, Protection from Scammers, Stop Being Afraid of What Can Go Wrong-Focus on What Can Go Right, Movement Pound Class, Best Apps for Smart Phones, Running for Political Office, Training to Get in the Workforce, Flourish: Helping Kids in Troubled Times, Asian Cooking, Primping and Frosting Makeovers along with a booths where many kinds of items and services are offered for women.

The event begins runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center located at 451 East 400 North in Price, Utah. Interested parties can pre register through the web site or register that morning. usueastern.edu