Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
11/01/2012 | 411 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: American icon or horse meat: What to do with mustangs

-- TribuneHundreds of fish die after Scofield outflow stopped for 3 days

-- TribuneA duck in trouble leads Scouts to help wildlife 

-- Tribune: Utah governor's master plan for recreation praised, scrutinized 

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- The Bay: Tribune review 

-- The Big Picture: Tribune review 

-- Flight: Tribune review 

-- Wreck-It Ralph: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- Ailey II, Friday 7:30 p.m., Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Boulevard, Park City, $29-$59

-- BYU Wind Symphony, Friday, 7:30 p.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, free

-- Camerata Awards Gala Concert, Friday, 8 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $10

-- “Rhapsody in Blue: An Evening of Jazz Favorites,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, $18-$67

-- Murray Concert Band, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Hillcrest Junior High School, 126 East 5300 South, Murray, free

-- Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo

-- Moab Folk Festival, through Sunday, Star Hall, 159 East Center Street, Moab, $31.50-$35

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

-- “Past, Present, & Future,” Utah State University, Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Swaner Eco Center, 1258 Center Drive, Park City

-- Sundays@7 Spotlight: Ning and Jie Lu, Sunday, 7 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, free

-- “The Lottery,” Ballet West, through November 10, Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, $19-$75

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

Theater

-- “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” through November 2, SCERA Center for the Arts

-- “Dracula” through November 3, Heritage Theatre, Perry

-- “Of Mice and Men” through November 3, Pioneer Theatre Company

-- “The Scarlet Pimpernel” through November 3, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson” through November 4, Salt Lake Acting Company 

-- “Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill” through November 10, Pygmalion Theatre Company

--“Legally Blonde” through November 10, Utah State University

-- “Lucky Stiff” through November 10, Weber State University

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

-- “Androcles and the Lion” through November 17, Utah Valley University

-- “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” through November 18, University of Utah Theater

-- “South Pacific” through November 24, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “Oliver!” through December 1, Hale Centre Theatre

Museum Exhibits

-- 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 

-- Jonathan Horowitz: Your Land/My Land: Election ’12 Exhibition through November 24; Jason Metcalf: ABRACADABRA Exhibition through December 21, Battleground States Exhibition through January 4, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- Horizon: Selections from the Guild of Book Workers Exhibition through December 30; Nancy Holt: Sightlines Exhibition through January 20; Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism Exhibition through March 18; 5 Blocks Exhibition through April 21, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Chihuly Venetians The George R. Stroemple Collection A Stroemple/Stirek Collaboration Exhibition through January 6, Kimball Art Center

-- Think Flat: The Art of Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami Exhibition through February 18, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Et cetra

-- Day of the Dead Celebration, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City

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

-- Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering & Buckaroo Fair, through Sunday, Wasatch High School & Wasatch Co. Event Center, 600 S. Main & 450 S. 1200 W., Heber 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 | 19184 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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