Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
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Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Capitol Reef rangers look to protect rare cacti

-- Tribune: Five don’t-miss Capitol Reef attractions

-- Tribune: Wharton: What about that ski Interconnect idea?

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- Dark Horse: Tribune review 

-- The Queen of Versailles: Tribune review 

-- Total Recall: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- Hidden Hollow Conservation in Concert Series, The North Valley, Friday, 7 p.m., Hidden Hollow Natural Area, 2100 South and 1100 East, Salt Lake City, free

-- Mercy River, Friday, 8 p.m., Brigham Young Historic Park, State Street and 2nd Avenue (North Temple), free

-- Midvale Arts Council, Joshua Creek, Friday, 7 p.m., Midvale Performing Arts Center, 695 West Center (7720 South), Midvale, free

-- Flautissimo, flute choir, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free

-- “Jazz Under the Stars,” Murray Symphony Jazz/Swing Band, Saturday, 8 p.m., Murray park Amphitheatre, 495 East 5300 South, Salt Lake City, $6 general admission, children 10 and under free

-- Cool Air Concert Series, Saturdays, 6 p.m., through August 11, Snowbird Resort, free

-- Deer Valley Music Festival, through August 11, times and venues vary

-- Park City Music Festival, through August 20, times and venues vary

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

Theater

-- “All Shook Up” through August 4, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

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

-- “Rent” through August 4, Midvale Main Street Theatre

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

-- “Big River” through August 8, Caine Lyric Repertory Theatre

-- “Kiss Me Kate” through August 10, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

-- “The Odd Couple” through August 10, Neil Simon Festival

-- “Tosca” through August 10, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

-- “Driving Miss Daisy” through August 11, Neil Simon Festival

-- “The Fantasticks” through August 11, Covey Center for the Arts

-- “The Goodbye Girl” through August 11, Neil Simon Festival

-- “Faust” through August 11, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

-- “Lend Me a Tenor” through August 11, Caine Lyric Repertory Theatre

-- “My Fair Lady” through August 11, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

-- “Proposals” through August 11, Neil Simon Festival

-- “Charlotte’s Web” through August 16, Caine Lyric Repertory Theatre

-- “Greater Tuna” through August 16, Caine Lyric Repertory Theatre

-- “Private Lives” through August 17, Caine Lyric Repertory Theatre

-- “Fiddler on the Roof” through August 1, SCERA Center for the Arts

-- “School House Rock Live! Jr.” through August 18, Draper Historic Theatre

-- “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” through August 18, Sundance Summer Theatre

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

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

-- “Wicked” through August 26, Capitol Theatre

-- “Mary Stuart” through August 31, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Scapin” through August 31, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Forever Plaid” through September 1, Pickleville Playhouse

-- “The Merry Wives of Windsor” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Titus Andronicus” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “To Kill a Mockingbird” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Saturday’s Voyeur’ 2012: ‘The Mormon Moment” through September 2, Salt Lake Acting Company 

-- “The Hanging of El Bandito, Reimagined” through September 8, Pickleville Playhouse

-- “Aladdin” through October19, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Hairspray” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Les Misérables” through October 20, Utah Shakespearean Festival

Museum Exhibits

-- The Invincibility Fable Exhibition through August 18; Cantastoria Exhibition through September 15; Mr. Winkle: Object of Projection Photographs by Lara Jo Regan Exhibition through October 20, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

--  39th Annual Quilt Show; 150 Years of Cyrus Dallin; Explorations: 50-Year Retrospective of Painting by Anton (Tony) Rasmussen, Exhibitions through August 29; Exploring Animals Exhibition through November 10, Springville Museum of Art 

--  Photo Finish Exhibition through September 2; Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile Exhibition through September 16, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- One of a Kind: New Monotypes by Kathryn Stedham & Jeff Juhlin; Past Presence: Select Works by Photographers in the B.Y.U. Fine Art Department Exhibitions through September 16, Kimball Art Center

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

Et cetra

-- First Friday Art Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Historic 25th Street, Ogden

-- Springville World Folkfest, Friday and Saturday, Spring Acres Arts Park, 620 South 1350 East, Springville

-- Park City Kimball Arts Festival, through Sunday, Main Street, Park City

Park 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 | 6944 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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