Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Hike of the week: Big Water/Little Water loop in Mill Creek Canyon 

-- Tribune: Unique initiative puts Utah out front on wildfire recovery

-- Tribune: HawkWatch offers hands-on experience with wild raptors 

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- The Awakening: Tribune review 

-- Celeste & Jesse Forever: Tribune review 

-- Killer Joe: Tribune review 

-- Robot and Frank: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- The Lower Lights, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Brigham Young Historic Park, State and 2nd Ave., free

-- Julie Gaisford Keyes, harp; Daniel Gaisford, cello, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, N. West Temple, free, but must be age eight and older.

-- Salt Lake City Jazz Festival, Sunday, 1 p.m. – 11 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, $16

-- Moab Music Festival, through September 10, venues and times vary

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

Theater

-- “Mary Stuart” through August 31, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Play Desdemona” through August 31, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Scapin” through August 31, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Forever Plaid” through September 1, Pickleville Playhouse

-- “The Merry Wives of Windsor” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “See How They Run” through September 1, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “Titus Andronicus” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “To Kill a Mockingbird” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Saturday’s Voyeur’ 2012: ‘The Mormon Moment” through September 2, Salt Lake Acting Company 

-- “The Hanging of El Bandito, Reimagined” through September 8, Pickleville Playhouse

-- “Swallow the Sun” through September 8, Zion Theatre Company

-- “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” through September 15, Empress Theatre

-- “Arsenic and Old Lace” through September 22, Hale Center Theater Orem

-- “9 to 5” through September 29, Hale Centre Theatre

-- “Aladdin” through October19, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Hairspray” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Les Misérables” through October 20, Utah Shakespearean Festival

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

Museum Exhibits

-- Photo Finish Exhibition through September 2; Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile Exhibition through September 16, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Cantastoria Exhibition through September 15; Mr. Winkle: Object of Projection Photographs by Lara Jo Regan Exhibition through October 20, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- One of a Kind: New Monotypes by Kathryn Stedham & Jeff Juhlin; Past Presence: Select Works by Photographers in the B.Y.U. Fine Art Department Exhibitions through September 16, Kimball Art Center

-- Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture Exhibition through September 29, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

-- Exploring Animals Exhibition through November 10, Springville Museum of Art 

Et cetra

-- Blue Moon Festival, Holladay Arts, Friday, 5 – 10 p.m., Village Center Plaza, 2300 East and Murray Holladay Road, Salt Lake City

-- Last Friday Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Park City

-- Midway Swiss Days, Friday and Saturday, Town Square, 100 E. Main, Midway

-- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Friday and Saturday, Mt. Timpanogos Park, Orem

-- Antelope Island Stampede Festival, through Sunday, Antelope Island State Park

-- Festival Latinoamericano, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, Historic Utah County Courthouse, 51 South University Ave, Provo

-- Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship and Festival, through Monday, Soldier Hollow

-- The Rose Exposed, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City

-- Great Salt Lake Yoga Fest, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., 965 E. 3370 South, Salt Lake City

-- Oktoberfest, Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day through October 7, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

-- Downtown Farmers Market, through October 27, Pioneer Park, Salt Lake City