Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
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Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Hike of the week: Jewel Tibbetts Arch — Moab

-- Tribune: Federal Duck Stamp Contest alights in Utah this week 

-- Tribune: Fight erupts over ownership of land above Brighton

-- Tribune: ‘Best Idea’ grant taking Utah students to nature’s classrooms

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- Compliance: Tribune review 

-- Hotel Transylvania: Tribune review 

-- Liberal Arts: Tribune review 

-- Looper: Tribune review 

-- Pitch Perfect: Tribune review 

-- Won’t Back Down: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- Bodyvox - Reverie, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 South Main, Logan, $24-$35

-- Elenyi, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Covey Center for the Arts, 425 West Center Street, Provo, $6-$8

-- Guest Artist: Julia Heinen, clarinet, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East, Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City

-- Paul Cardall, piano, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, 50 West North Temple, free, but must be age eight and older

-- Bach and Mendelssohn, Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City

-- Virtuoso Series: Dmitry Rachmonov, Piano, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah,1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $8-$18

-- Lost Persichetti World Premier, Sunday, 7 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, free

-- “Thriller!” Odyssey Dance Company, through October 7, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City, $25-$35

-- Eccles Organ Festival, Sundays, 8 p.m., through November 4, Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 East South Temple, Salt Lake City

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

Theater

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

-- “An Ideal Husband” through September 29, The Echo Theatre

-- “In the Heights” through September 29, Pioneer Theatre Company

-- “You Can’t Take it With You” through September 29, Springville Playhouse

-- “Love, Loss, & What I Wore” through September 30, Salt Lake Acting Company 

-- “Vernon God Little” through September 30, University of Utah Theater

-- “Charley’s Aunt” through October 1, Sugar Factory Playhouse

-- “Little Shop of Horrors” through October 6, SCERA Center for the Arts

-- “Moon Over Buffalo” through October 6, Dixie State College

-- “Aladdin” through October19, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Hairspray” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

-- “Stones in His Pockets” through October 26, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Hamlet” through October 27, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Les Misérables” through October 27, Utah Shakespearean Festival

-- “Y-light” through October 29, Off Broadway Theatre

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

Museum Exhibits

-- Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture Exhibition through September 29; Think Flat: The Art of Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami Exhibition through February 18, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

-- Mr. Winkle: Object of Projection Photographs by Lara Jo Regan Exhibition through October 20; Jason Metcalf: ABRACADABRA Exhibition through December 21, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- Past Presence: Select Works by Photographers in the B.Y.U. Fine Art Department Exhibitions through October 28, Kimball Art Center

-- Ex Corde Lux - A Retrospective of Wulf Barsch Exhibition through November 2; The Great Organ: Paintings of the Tabernacle Organ by Fred Howard Exhibition through November 3; Exploring Animals Exhibition through November 10; Milne & Swanson Collections Exhibition through April 30, 2013, Springville Museum of Art 

-- 5 Blocks Exhibition through April 21, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Et cetra

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

-- Escalante Canyons Art Festival/Everett Ruess Days, Friday and Saturday, Escalante City Center, 100 West and Highway 12, Escalante

-- Swiss Days, Friday and Saturday, 2603 Santa Clara Drive, Santa Clara

-- Chinese Heritage Friendship Gate Celebration, Saturday, 6 p.m., Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley 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

-- Fall Silent Movie Series, through November 16, The Organ Loft, 3331 Edison Street, Salt Lake City

 

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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 22700 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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