Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Powder Mountain carved from heavenly inspiration (video)

-- Tribune: Snowbird at 40: Founders recall a remarkable ride (video)

-- Tribune: Wharton: The greatest gifts for kids: Let them use their imaginations

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- The Adventures of Tintin: Tribune review 

-- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Tribune review 

-- War Horse: Tribune review 

-- We Bought a Zoo: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- Lark & Spur Christmas Concert, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Friday, 7:30 p.m., The Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, free

-- Mannheim Steamroller, Friday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $50-$75

-- Christmas Carol Service, Saturday, 4 p.m., Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 East South Temple, Salt Lake City

-- Kurt Bestor – One Silent Night, Saturday and Sunday, 6 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City, $15-$35

-- “Christmas on Temple Square,” through December 24, variety of free events performed at the Assembly Hall, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Conference Center, Family History Library, Church Office Building lobby, North Visitor's Center and Tabernacle

-- “The Nutcracker,” Ballet West, through December 28, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, $18-$74

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

Theater

-- “Annie” through December 23, Pioneer Theatre Company

-- “A Christmas Carol” through December 23, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “A Christmas Carol 2011” through December 23, Hale Centre Theatre

-- “Toyland” through December 24, The Children’s Theatre

-- “The Grouch Who Stole Christmas” through December 26, Off Broadway Theatre

-- “It's a Wonderful Life: Winging In the Holidays” through December 31, Deseret Star Playhouse

-- “Jesus Christ Superstar” through December 31, Egyptian Theatre, Park City

-- “Savior of the World,” through Jan. 1, Conference Center Theater

Museum Exhibits

-- 26th Annual Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah Exhibition through December 27; J.T. Harwood: The Lone Years 1927-1940 Exhibition through March 15, Springville Museum of Art

-- Holiday Invitational Exhibition through December 30, Eccles Community Art Center

-- Doublespeak Exhibition through January 7; Mirko Martin: Noir Exhibition through January 21; The Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting: Kim Schoenstadt Exhibition through February 18, Salt Lake Art Center

-- Color; Final Light: V. Douglas Snow in Retrospect Exhibitions through January 8; David Burnett – Too Close Exhibition through January 29; salt 4: Xaviera Simmons Exhibition through February 26, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Park City Collects Exhibition through January 8; Curtis Olson: New Works; Kent Budge: In Plain Sight, Exhibitions through January 11, Kimball Art Center

-- Wide-Open Spaces: Capturing the Grandeur of the American Southwest Exhibition through March 10, Brigham Young University Museum of Art