Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report

Weekend Event

Outdoors Report

— Salt Lake TribuneA wet winter has made ‘very impressive’ waterfalls at this Utah state park for first time in years

New Films 

– Five Feet Apart: Tribune review 

Concerts

— “Exquisite Debussy and Dynamic Beethoven,” Beethoven Festival, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Park City Community Church, 4501 Highway 224, Park City, $20-$25

— “Classical Tides,” Salt Lake Symphony, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $5-$10

— “Choirs of Angels: Youth Honor Choir Festival,” Salt Lake Choral Artists, Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $10-$15

— “Peter and the Wolf with Ballet West II,” Utah Symphony, Saturday, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $11-$28

— “Sea Melodies: Douglas Morton Live,” Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, 12033 South Lone Peak Parkway, Draper, $14.95-$19.95

— Shen Yun Performing Arts, through Sunday, Eccles Theater, 131 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, $80-$180

— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, free

Theater  

— “Mary Poppins Jr.” through March 15, Hale Center Theater Orem

— “Blithe Spirit” through March 16, Covey Center for the Arts 

— “Concert Production: La Cage aux Folles” through March 16, Pioneer Theatre Company

— “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” through March 16, Hale Centre Theatre

— “The Importance of Being Earnest” through March 16, Midvale Arts Council

— “Mamma Mia!” through March 16, Empress Theatre 

— “Mamma Mia!” through March 16, Ziegfeld Theater

— “Tomato Plant Girl” through March 16, Utah Valley University

— “The Magic Flute” through March 17, Utah Opera

— “Sylvia” through March 17, Kayenta Arts

— “The Drowsy Chaperone” through March 18, Four Seasons Theatre Company

— “Camelot” through March 23, Brigham’s Playhouse

— “The Fantasticks” through March 23, Kensington Theatre

— “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” through March 23, An Other Theater Company

— “My Big Fat Utah Wedding: Bigger! Fatter! Utah-ier!” through March 23, Desert Star Playhouse

— “Once Upon a Mattress” through March 23, Heritage Theatre

— “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” through March 23, Brigham Young University

— “Gloria” through March 24, Good Company Theatre 

— “Charley’s Aunt” through March 25, Draper Historic Theatre

— “Urinetown: The Musical” through March 25, Riverton Arts Council 

— “The Little Mermaid” through March 30, SCERA Center

— “An American in Paris” through April 6, Hale Centre Theatre

— “Charley’s Aunt” through April 6, St. George Musical Theater

— “Urinetown: The Musical” through April 6, Terrace Plaza Playhouse

— “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” through April 13, Utah Children’s Theatre

— “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” through March 15, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

— “Little Shop of Horrors” through April 13, Off Broadway Theatre

— “Disney’s Newsies” through April 20, Hale Center Theater Orem

Museum Exhibits

 Greg Caldwell: Neighborhood Exhibition through March 16; Claire Taylor: Transcendence by Observation Exhibition through April 20; Lenka Clayton: Under These ConditionsMike Simi: Getting’ By Exhibitions through May 11; Shady Acres Exhibition through May 25, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

— 47th Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show Exhibition through March 22; Magic and Machine: Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Utah Art Exhibition through August 3; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through summer 2019; All Aboard! Exhibition through September 21; Round Up: Icons of the West Exhibition through June 19, 2021, Favorite Ladies: Patterns, People, and Play, SMA: Milestones and Memories Exhibitions ongoing, Springville Museum of Art

— Gallery: 4.1 Miles Exhibition through March 23; Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019; Danae Mattes: Where the River WidensPatrick Dougherty: Windswept Exhibitions through October 19, 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

— Cold Places: Photographs by Sue FloodPaul Crow: On Ice Exhibitions through April 7, Kimball Art Center

 salt 14: Yang Yongliang Exhibition through June 2, 2019; Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity; ongoing exhibitions: Arts of AfricaAmerican and Regional Art: Mythmaking and Truth-Telling; Chinese Art: Emulation and Innovation; European Art; Ancient Mediterranean Art: Res Mortis; Ancient Mesoamerica; Modern and Contemporary Art: A Fuller Picture; Arts of the Pacific; Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Et cetra

— Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., venues vary

St. Patrick’s Day Siamsa, Saturday, 10 a.m., The Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

— Third Saturday for Families: Design Your Own Poster, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m.Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City