Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
09/20/2012 | 357 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Hike of the week: Holmes Creek — Webb Canyon

-- Tribune: Disabled veterans climb iconic Teton on 9/11 anniversary

-- Tribune: Bows are popular, and Salt Lake City’s Hoyt Archery fills demand

-- Tribune: Wharton: Paying a visit to an old friend — Farmington Bay

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- Bachelorette: Tribune review 

-- The Imposter: Tribune review 

-- The Master: Tribune review 

-- Trouble With the Curve: Tribune review

Concerts

-- American Festival Chorus, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Kent Concert Hall, Utah State University, 1400 Old Main Hill, Logan, $18

-- Michelle Sundwall, soprano, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, 50 West North Temple, free, but must be age eight and older

-- Fall Choir Showcase, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University, Harris Fine Arts Center Corner of North Campus and Heritage Drives, Provo, $6

-- Four, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West Broadway, Salt Lake City, $30

-- Pictures at an Exhibition, Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City

-- Saltaires, barbershop chorus, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, 50 West North Temple, free, but must be age eight and older.

-- Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Timberline Middle School, 500 West Canyon Crest Road, Alpine, $8-$10

-- Eccles Organ Festival, Sundays, 8 p.m., through November 4, Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 East South Temple, Salt Lake City

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

Theater

-- “Arsenic and Old Lace” through September 22, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “Avenue Q” through September 22, Wasatch Theatre Company

-- “Little Women: the Musical” through September 22, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “Wait Until Dark” through September 22, Covey Center for the Arts

-- “9 to 5” through September 29, Hale Centre Theatre

-- “An Ideal Husband” through September 29, The Echo Theatre

-- “In the Heights” through September 29, Pioneer Theatre Company

-- “You Can’t Take it With You” through September 29, Springville Playhouse

-- “Love, Loss, & What I Wore” through September 30, Salt Lake Acting Company 

-- “Vernon God Little” through September 30, University of Utah Theater

-- “Little Shop of Horrors” through October 6, SCERA Center for the Arts

-- “Aladdin” through October19, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Hairspray” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Stones in His Pockets” through October 26, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Hamlet” through October 27, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Les Misérables” through October 27, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Wicked-er!” through November 10, Deseret Star Playhouse

Museum Exhibits

-- Mr. Winkle: Object of Projection Photographs by Lara Jo Regan Exhibition through October 20; Jason Metcalf: ABRACADABRA Exhibition through December 21, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- Past Presence: Select Works by Photographers in the B.Y.U. Fine Art Department Exhibitions through October 28, Kimball Art Center

-- 5 Blocks Exhibition through April 21, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture Exhibition through September 29; Think Flat: The Art of Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami Exhibition through February 18, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

-- Ex Corde Lux - A Retrospective of Wulf Barsch Exhibition through November 2; The Great Organ: Paintings of the Tabernacle Organ by Fred Howard Exhibition through November 3; Exploring Animals Exhibition through November 10; Milne & Swanson Collections Exhibition through April 30, 2013, Springville Museum of Art 

Et cetra

-- Utah Valley Renaissance Faire, Friday and Saturday, Mt. Timpanogos Park, Provo Canyon

-- Celebrate the City, Saturday, 1 – 5 p.m., The Leonardo and Library Plaza, 209 East 500 South, Salt Lake City

-- Harvest Moon Celebration, Saturday, 12 p.m., Ogden's Historic 25th Street

-- India Fest, Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, Saturday, 8628 South Main Street, Spanish Fork and Sunday, 965 E. 3370 S.,Salt lake City

-- Oktoberfest, Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day through October 7, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

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

-- Fall Silent Movie Series, through November 16, The Organ Loft, 3331 Edison Street, Salt Lake City

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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 9583 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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