Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
06/14/2012 | 258 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Hike of the week: Hidden Valley — Ogden

-- Tribune: 5 Utahns remember their dads — the outdoorsmen

-- Tribune: Salt Lake County residents love their trails

-- Tribune: ‘127 Hours’ subject Aron Ralston urges support for monument in Canyon Country

-- Tribune: Wharton: Giving up a cup of coffee so the kids have a place to play

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- Hysteria: Tribune review 

-- Moonrise Kingdom: Tribune review

-- Rock of Ages: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- Club Manhattan, Friday, 8 p.m., Sandy Amphitheater, 1245 East 9400 South, Sandy, $8-$12

-- Paul Cardall and the Lyceum Philharmonic, Sandy Amphitheater, 1245 East 9400 South, Sandy, $11-$17

-- Young Sax Quartet, Saturday, 7 p.m., Orem City Center Park, 400 East State Street, Orem, free

-- “Of Meat and Morrow,” SB Dance, through June 17, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City

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

Theater

-- “Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo” through June 16, The Hive Theatre Company

-- “Greece Is the Word” through June 16, Off Broadway Theatre

-- “Hedwig and the Angry Itch” through June 17, Plan-B Theatre Company

-- “Brigadoon!” through June 23, Draper Historic Theatre

-- “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through June 23, Murray Park Amphitheater

-- “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through June 25, LaForge Encore Theatre Company, Tooele

-- “Seussical” through June 25, Sugar Factory Playhouse

-- “Hello Dolly” through June 30, Heritage Theatre

-- “Little Women” through July 2, Springville Playhouse

-- “Fiddler on the Roof” through July 28, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, Ogden

-- “Crazy for You” through August 4, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “Hairspray” through August 4, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “The Sound of Music” through August 4, Hale Centre Theatre

-- “Steel Magnolias” through August 18, Caine Lyric Repertory Theatre

-- “The Addams Family Home Evening” through August 25, Deseret Star Playhouse

Museum Exhibits

-- Fax Exhibition through June 23; Christian Jankowski: Casting Jesus Exhibition through July 28; The Invincibility Fable Exhibition through August 18; Cantastoria Exhibition through September 15, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- 88th Annual Spring Salon Exhibition through July 1; J.T. Harwood: The Ione Years (1927-1940) Exhibition through July 30; Exploring Animals Exhibition through November 10, Springville Museum of Art

-- Corrine Geertsen: FREUDIAN HIP; Justin Pok: MESH, Exhibitions through July 22; Color/Fast: An Art Installation by R. Nelson Parrish Exhibition through July 29, Kimball Art Center

-- salt 5: Daniel Everett Exhibition through July 29; Photo Finish Exhibition through September 2; Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile Exhibition through September 16, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture Exhibition through September 29, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Et cetra

-- Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., downtown

-- Chalk Art Festival, Friday and Saturday, The Gateway, 18 North Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City

-- Foursite Film Festival, Friday and Saturday, venues vary, Ogden

-- Heritage Arts Festival, Saturday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Bill of Rights Plaza, 20 North Main Street, Brigham City

-- Kirtan Yoga Dance Fest, Saturday, 5 – 9 p.m., Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, 965 East 3370 South, Salt Lake City

-- Summerfest Arts Faire, Friday and Saturday, Tabernacle Square, 69 E 100 N, Logan

-- Third Saturday Art Activity for Families: Ancient Jewelry, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Venture Outdoors Festival, Saturday, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m., Canyon Rim Park, 3100 South 2900 East, Salt Lake City

-- World Refugee Day Festival, Saturday, 12 – 6 p.m., Granite High School 3305 South 500 East, Salt Lake City

-- Downtown Farmers Market, through October 27, Pioneer Park, Salt Lake City

 

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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 22923 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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