Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: Popular sites have been removed from monument protection at former Grand Staircase-Escalante
— Tribune: Alberty: These one-star reviews of Utah’s natural wonders are hilarious
— Tribune: Keep — not release — new mantra for fishing lake trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Weekend Events
New Films
— Ferdinand: Tribune review
— The Shape of Water: Tribune review
— Star Wars: the Last Jedi: Tribune review
Concerts
— Wasatch Classical Guitar, Friday, 7 p.m., Orem Public Library, 58 North State Street, Orem, free
— “A Broadway Christmas with Brian Stokes Mitchell,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $23-$66
— “Holiday Follies,” On Pitch Performing Arts, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Pitched Perfectly Studios, 1558 West 700 North #8, Layton, $12-$15
— “A Kurt Bestor Christmas,” Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Eccles Theater, 131 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, $32.50-$57.50
— “Let Us Adore Him – A Christmas Celebration,” Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Timberline Middle School, 500 West Canyon Crest Road, Alpine, $6-$10
— “Long Ago in Bethlehem,” Southern Utah Heritage Choir, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Cox Performing Arts Center, Dixie State University, 325 South 700 East, Saint George, $15
— Mormon Tabernacle Choir 2017 Christmas Concert, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Conference Center, Temple Square, 60 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, free, but tickets required
— “The Nutcracker,” Imagine Ballet Theatre, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 1 and 6 p.m., Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd, Ogden, $15-$29
— “Peace on Earth – Carols for the World,” Salt Lake Choral Artists, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Saint Ambrose Catholic Church, 2315 East, Redondo, Salt Lake City, $10-$20
— Wasatch Master Chorale Christmas Concert, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Ogden Tabernacle, 350 22nd Street, Ogden, free
— Bar J Wranglers Christmas, Saturday, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 South Main, Logan, $17-$30
— Brass Holiday Celebration, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Dolores Dore Eccles Fine Arts Center, Dixie State University, 255 South 700 East, Saint George, free
— “Here Comes Santa Claus!” Utah Symphony, Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $8-$17
— Kamas Valley Christmas Concert, Saturday, 7 p.m., DeJoria Center, 970 North State Road 32, Kamas, free
— Lark and Spur Christmas Concert, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Saturday, 7 p.m., Viridian Event Center, 8030 South 1825 West, West Jordan, free
— Messiah Sing, Murray Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Hillcrest Junior High School, 178 East 5300 South, Murray, free with a donation of food or clothing for the Road Home Shelter
— Momix, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Boulevard, Park City, $29-$79
— “Tales of Snow and Wonder,” Salt Lake Symphony, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $5-$10
— “The Nutcracker,” Mountain West Ballet, through December 20, Mount Jordan Middle School, 9360 South 300 East, Sandy, $10-$15
— “Park City Holiday Spectacular and Sing-A-Long!” through Sunday, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City, $12-$34
— “An English Country Christmas,” Utopia Early Music, Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 5 p.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 231 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, $10-$15
— Christmas Concert, Salt Lake Children’s Choir, Sunday, 7 p.m., LDS Chapel, 8350 South, Jackson Street, Midvale, free
— John Rutter’s “Gloria,” Salt Lake Symphonic Choir, Sunday, 7 p.m., St Thomas More Catholic Parish, 3015 Creek Road, Sandy, donations appreciated
— “The Nutcracker,” through December 20, Covey Center for the Arts, 425 West Center Street, Provo, $16-$35
— Christmas on Temple Square, through December 23, Temple Square, 50 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, free
— “ReduxNut-Cracker,” Odyssey Dance Theatre, through December 23, venues vary
— “The Nutcracker,” Ballet West, through December 30, Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, $20-$88
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” through December 16, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 16, Heritage Theatre
— “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” through December 16, The Stage Door Theater
— “Miracle on 34th Street” through December 16, SCERA Center
— “Newsies” through December 16, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “This Bird of Dawning” through December 16, The Sting and Honey Company
— “Five Carols for Christmas” through December 18, Sugar Factory Playhouse
— “The Christmas Stranger” through December 20, Draper Historic Theatre
— “Annie” through December 23, Empress Theatre
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 23, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 23, Draper Historic Theatre
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 23, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 23, Hale Centre Theatre
— A Fairly Potter Christmas Carol” through December 23, Ziegfeld Theater
— “The Forgotten Carols” through December 23, venues vary
— “Juanito Bandito’s Christmas Carol 2017” through December 23, Grand Theatre
— “The Little Prince” through December 23, Sackerson
— “Odettes for The Holidays by Camille Washington” through December 23, Good Company Theatre
— “Plaid Tidings” through December 23, Covey Center for the Arts
— “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” through December 23, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “Star Ward Christmas” through December 23, Off Broadway Theatre
— “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs” through December 29, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “A Fairy Tale Christmas” through December 30, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Desert Star’s Christmas Vacation” through December 30, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Plaid Tidings” through December 30, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Savior of the World” through December 30, Conference Center Theater, Temple Square
— “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” through January 6, Utah Children’s Theatre
— “Aida” through January 20, Hale Centre Theatre
Museum Exhibits
— Ilse Bing Exhibition through December 31; Las Hermanas Iglesias: HERE, HERE Exhibition through January 28; salt 13: Katie Paterson Exhibition through May 20; Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity ongoing exhibitions: Arts of Africa; American 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
— Casey Parkinson: Ascension, Cities of Conviction Exhibitions through January 6; Anna Betbeze: Dark Sun, Carol Sogard: Artifacts for the 23rd Century Exhibitions through January 14, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Spiritual and Religious Youth Arts Competition Exhibition through January 6; 32nd Annual Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah, Sacred Spaces: Archetypes and Symbols Exhibitions through January 10; Wit & Whimsy: off the deep end Exhibition through May 19; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through September 2018; 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
— Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March; The Interpretation Thereof: Contemporary LDS Art and Scripture Exhibition through March 31; Aundrea Frahm: We Revolve Ceaseless Exhibition through April 14; M.C. Escher: Other Worlds Exhibition through May 19; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Et cetra
— Third Saturday for Families: Waterscapes, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Marcia and John Price Museum Building, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City
— Winter Solstice Celebration, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City
