Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
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Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Hike of the week: Antelope Island’s White Rock Loop

-- Tribune: What keeps stargazers coming back to Bryce Canyon?

-- TribuneReport: Green River is No. 2 most endangered river in U.S.

-- TribuneSouthern Utah will have best view of rare ‘Ring of fire’ eclipse

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- The Dictator: Tribune review 

-- First Position: Tribune review 

-- Sound of My Voice: Tribune review 

-- What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- “Let There Be Music,” Young Choral Artists, Friday, 7 p.m., Murray High School, 5440 S. State, $5

-- “Light of Hope Celebration,” featuring Alex Boye, Friday, 7 p.m., Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, $25-$100

-- Zion String Quartet, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free, must be at least eight years old (801-240-3323).

--“Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, $17-$65

-- “Innovations,” Ballet West, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, $45

-- “Once Upon a Time: Swan Lake,” Utah Regional Ballet, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State, Orem, $10 for adults, $8 for children and students

-- Alexander Woods, violin, Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Brigham Young University, Provo, free

-- Choral Arts Society of Utah, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main, free

-- Intermountain Children Strings, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free, must be at least eight years old

-- Salt Lake Symphony, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, U., $10 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens

-- “Singing to the Max,” The Saltaires Chorus, Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Mount Jordan Middle School, 9360 S. 300 East, Sandy, $10-$30

-- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Mountain West Ballet, through May 21, Sandy City Amphitheater, 1245 East 9400 South, Sandy, $8

-- Madeleine Festival, Sundays through June 3, Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, free

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

Theater

-- “Chapter Two” through May 19, Wasatch Theatre Company

-- “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)” through May 19, Pygmalion Theatre Company

-- “Man of La Mancha” through May 19, Pioneer Theatre Company

-- “South Pacific” through May 19, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “On Golden Pond” through May 21, Little Brown Theatre

-- “Blithe Spirit” through May 26, Empress Theatre

-- “Cinderella” through May 26, The Children’s Theatre

-- “Father of the Bride” through May 26, Hale Centre Theatre

-- “Xanadu” through May 26, Grand Theatre

-- “The Secret Garden” through June 2, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “Thoroughly Modern Millie” through June 2, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, Ogden

-- “The Princess Bridesmaid” through June 9, Deseret Star Playhouse

-- “Greece Is the Word” through June 16, Off Broadway Theatre

Museum Exhibits

-- Karl Haendel & Petter Ringbom: Questions for My Father; 2012 Sundance Film Festival: New Frontier, Exhibitions through May 19; Fax Exhibition through June 23; The Invincibility Fable Exhibition through August 18, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- The Weir Family, 1820-1920: Expanding the Traditions of American Art Exhibition through May 19; Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture Exhibition through September 29, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

-- Faces: Osral Allred, Heather Barron, Robin L. Farr, Jerry Hancock, Irene Rampton and Paul Trentelman; Paintings of Dianne Paskett, Exhibitions through May 26, Eccles Community Art Center

-- Everyday Art: Wasatch Back Student Art Show Exhibition through May 27, Kimball Art Center

-- 88th Annual Spring Salon Exhibition through July 1; J.T. Harwood: The Ione Years (1927-1940) Exhibition through July 30; Exploring Animals Exhibition through November 10, Springville Museum of Art

-- salt 5: Daniel Everett Exhibition through July 29, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Et cetra

-- Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Downtown

-- Spring Silent Movie Series, Friday, 7:30 p.m., The Organ Loft, 3331 South Edison Street, Salt Lake City

-- Zion Flute Festival, Friday and Saturday, 118 Lion Blvd., Springdale

-- Armed Forces Day, Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

-- Amazing Earthfest, through Sunday, Kanab

-- Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival, through Sunday, Bryce Canyon National Park

-- Living Traditions Festival, through Sunday, Salt Lake City and County Building

-- Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire, through Sunday, 3105 W Pioneer Road, Marriott-Slaterville

-- Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, through Monday, Davis County Legacy Events Center, 151 South 1100 West, Farmington

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