Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
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Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Hike of the week: Bowman Fork to Baker Pass in Millcreek Canyon 

-- Tribune: From flab to fabulous: Utah cyclist racing across the country 

-- Tribune: New boss vows to keep Utah’s state parks open

-- Tribune: Rockin’ Utah a family affair 

-- Tribune: ‘Frog Lady’ keeps an eye out for Utah’s native amphibians 

-- For the latest wildlife news and information and the fishing report visit the DWR website

Weekend Events

New Films

-- Coriolanus: Tribune review 

-- Falling: Tribune review 

-- Five-Year Engagement: Tribune review

-- The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- “Cinderella,” Children’s Ballet Theatre, Friday, 7 p.m., Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $7

-- Schubert Singers, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free

-- “Striking a Balance,” Ballet graduate show, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U., $10 for general, $5 for students

-- “Iridescence,” Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, $30 for general, $15 for students and senior citizens

-- “Requiem,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, $20-$70

-- American Piano Duo, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, free

-- Murray Concert Band, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free

-- Ricci Martin “An Evening of Dean Martin Music and More,” Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College , 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, $45-$75

-- “Sacred Service,” Salt Lake Choral Artists, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U., $20 for general, $8 for students

-- Utah Flute Association World Music Competition winners, Saturday, 7 p.m., Peter Prier Recital Hall, 320 E. 200 South, $12 for general, $7 for students and senior citizens

-- West Jordan Symphony, Saturday 7:30 p.m., West Jordan Senior Center, 8025 S. 2200 West, free (801-520-4590)

-- Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free

Theater

-- “The Adventures of Sheer-Luck Homes & Snotson” through April 28, Off Broadway Theatre

-- “The Importance of Being Earnest” through April 28, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “A Roof Overhead” through April 28, Little Brown Theatre

-- “Course 86B in the Catalogue” through May 6, Salt Lake Acting Company

-- “Crossing Delancey” through May 12, Covey Center for the Arts

-- “Lucky Stiff” through May 12, Heritage Theatre

-- “My Son Pinocchio” through May 12, SCERA Center for the Arts

-- “South Pacific” through May 19, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “Father of the Bride” through May 26, Hale Centre Theatre

-- “The Secret Garden” through June 2, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “Thoroughly Modern Millie” through June 2, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, Ogden

-- “The Princess Bridesmaid” through June 9, Deseret Star Playhouse

Museum Exhibits

-- Weber County School District Secondary Student Competition; Terrece Beesley's paintings Exhibitions through April 28, Eccles Community Art Center

-- At Work: Prints from the Great Depression; The Faculty Show: Recent Work by The University of Utah Art Faculty, Exhibitions through May 6; George Rouault: Circus of the Shooting Star / Cirque De L'Etoile Filante Exhibition through May 13; salt 5: Daniel Everett Exhibition through July29, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Constant Dullaart: Onomatopoeia Exhibition through May 15; Karl Haendel & Petter Ringbom: Questions for My Father; 2012 Sundance Film Festival: New Frontier, Exhibitions through May 19; Fax Exhibition through June 23, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- The Weir Family, 1820-1920: Expanding the Traditions of American Art Exhibition through May 19; Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture Exhibition through September 29, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

-- Everyday Art: Wasatch Back Student Art Show Exhibition through May 27, Kimball Art Center

-- 88th Annual Spring Salon Exhibition through July 1; J.T. Harwood: The Ione Years (1927-1940) Exhibition through July 30, Springville Museum of Art

Et cetra

-- Last Friday Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Park City

-- Tulip Festival, Friday and Saturday, Thanksgiving Point, 3003 North Thanksgiving Way, Lehi

-- Nihon Matsuri, Japanese Spring Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., 100 South (Japantown Street), between 200 West and 300 West, Salt Lake City

-- Earth Jam, Saturday and Sunday, 12 – 9 p.m., Liberty Park, Salt Lake City

-- Spring Silent Movie Series, through May 18, The Organ Loft, 3331 South Edison Street, Salt Lake City

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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 7782 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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