Movies under the stars

Aug. 5 - Salt Lake City - tonight!

Movie Under The Stars: The World's Fastest Indian - Sunset's over the Great Salt Lake, warm dry evenings, the twinkle of the first stars as dusk falls, and the gentle glow of the silver screen. The Utah State Capitol announces their 3rd annual summer film series, featuring four "Made in Utah" movies:

August 5 -The World Fastest Indian (2005) Made in Utah (Jon and Aubrey both said this was a good one)

Upcoming movies:
August 12 -The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
August 19 - Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
August 26 - The Blindside (2009)

Films will be shown at dusk on the southeast corner lawn of the Utah State Capitol and are Free to the public. So bring your picnics, blankets, and friends, and enjoy this years Movie Under the Stars!

Admission: Free (Includes popcorn)
Hours: 8.00 - 11:00 pm
Phone: 801-538-3074
Email: jstenquist@utah.gov
Location: 120 State Capitol, 350 N. State Street, SLC, UT 84114, Salt Lake City
Web Address: utahstatecapitol.utah.gov/index.html

Deal of the month

$2.00 Tuesdays at Thanksgiving Point!

Starting this Tuesday, and throughout the rest of August, you can go to any Thanksgiving Point Attraction for only $2.00! It's the Two-Buck Tuesday Promotion. Normally admission is $10 per person. So this is a killer deal!

Head over to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens, the Dinosaur Museum, Farm Country or the Museum of Ancient Life. They are all participating!

And... Memory foam pillow for $19.99 (free ship from Amazon if you purchase $25 in merchandise) I love mine - velour cover is nice too.

Today's Deal from Freebies2Deals

2 for 1 Admission to Discovery Gateway!

Grab a 2 for 1 Discount Coupon for Discover Gateway Children's Museum! The museum is located in Downtown Salt Lake.

The coupon expires on 8/31. But, it is a great way to try out the museum, if you have never been! I'm happy to see this because the price is a bit high for families.

Memories of Girl Scout Camp

Banana Boat: You will need a banana for each person and about 2 to 3 T. each of milk, chocolate chips, and miniature marshmallows. Take a knife and place it at the top of the curved part of the banana. Cut an opening down the center and open up the banana as if it were a canoe. Now place the milk chocolate chips and miniature marshmallows down the center. Wrap it in a piece of heavy duty foil and place on the hot coals for about 5 minutes or until the chocolate and marshmallows melt down the center. If you leave it too long the banana will become runny.

Enjoy your cannon ball meat loaf in and onion, your fresh garden salad and a piece of whole wheat bread or roll. After your main meal, show everyone how to make their banana boat.

If you are in an area where you can build a fire after dinner, do and sit around the fire and talk. (Source: Dian Thomas, Meridian Magazine)

Free Utah events

The Brigham Young Historic park offers free concerts through the summer.  Click here for the June, 2010 schedule.  The concerts are at 8:00 on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Peter Breinholt kicks the season off this Tuesday, June 8.

Add the free movies at the Capital lawn starting in July and there's just plenty of free fun here in SLC.

Go south a bit and you can see the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti.  I thoroughly enjoyed it last year, even camping out in the city park with hundreds of other pageant attendees and eating the turkey dinner provided by the stake (Manti is famous for their turkeys) and the breakfast in the park.  I'd love to be able to swing a family trip there but this year may not be an option with so much going on in everyone's lives.  And, I can't depend on my health at the moment...

Lehi also does a Handcart pageant in July.

Utah for less

Thanks Freebies2Deals

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