Outdoor Notes

-- Tribune: Arches trying to cure 50 years of growing pains 

-- Tribune: High mercury lands Lake Powell fish on food alert list

-- Tribune: Utah Office of Tourism's 2013 scenic calendar has more than 75 images

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

Weekend Events

New Films

-- Chasing Mavericks: Tribune review 

-- Cloud Atlas: Tribune review 

-- The Paperboy: Tribune review 

Concerts

-- “Gypsy Tapestry,” Friday, 7:30 p.m., Covey Center for the Arts, 425 West Center Street, Provo, $3-$5

-- “Dracula,” Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 South Main, Logan, $10-$21

-- “A Night in Vienna: Music of Haydn, Strauss, and Strauss,” Orchestra at Temple Square, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Temple Square Tabernacle, free but tickets required

-- “Russian Masters,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, $18-$67

-- Fall Concert, Dixie State Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Cox Performing Arts Center, Dixie State College, 325 South 700 East, Saint George, $1-$5

-- Fall Concert, West Jordan Symphony, Saturday, 7 p.m., West Jordan Senior Center, 8025 South 2200 West, West Jordan, free

-- “Fall Classics,” Wasatch Community Symphony Orchestra, Sunday, 7 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 S Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, free

-- “Virtuosic Masterpieces from Vienna and Salt Lake City,” NOVA Chamber Music Series, Sunday, 3 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle Salt Lake City, $5-$15

-- “Thriller!” Odyssey Dance Company, through October 31,  Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, 1395 East President's Circle, Salt Lake City, $25-$45

-- 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

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

-- “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” through October 27, Midvale Main Street Theatre

-- “Blithe Spirit” through October 27, Covey Center for the Arts

-- “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” through October 27, Wasatch Theatre Company

-- “Cosi Fan Tutte” through October 27, Brigham Young University

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

-- “Hunchback of Notre Dame” through October 27, The Children’s Theatre

-- “Into the Woods” through October 27, Grand Theatre

-- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” through October 27, Brigham Young University

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

-- “Nightfall with Edgar Allen Poe” through October 27, Dixie State College

-- “The Spitfire Grill” through October 29, Pleasant Grove Players

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

-- “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” through November 2, SCERA Center for the Arts

-- “Dracula” through November 3, Heritage Theatre, Perry

-- “Of Mice and Men” through November 3, Pioneer Theatre Company

-- “The Scarlet Pimpernel” through November 3, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

-- “Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson” through November 4, Salt Lake Acting Company 

-- “Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill” through November 10, Pygmalion Theatre Company

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

-- “South Pacific” through November 24, Hale Center Theater Orem

Museum Exhibits

-- Past Presence: Select Works by Photographers in the B.Y.U. Fine Art Department Exhibition through October 28; Chihuly Venetians The George R. Stroemple Collection A Stroemple/Stirek Collaboration Exhibition through January 6, 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 

-- Jonathan Horowitz: Your Land/My Land: Election ’12 Exhibition through November 24; Jason Metcalf: ABRACADABRA Exhibition through December 21, Battleground States Exhibition through January 4, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

-- Horizon: Selections from the Guild of Book Workers Exhibition through December 30; Nancy Holt: Sightlines Exhibition through January 20; Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism Exhibition through March 18; 5 Blocks Exhibition through April 21, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

-- Think Flat: The Art of Andy Warhol and Takashi Murakami Exhibition through February 18, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Et cetra

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

-- Monster Block Party, Saturday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., The Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

-- Downtown Farmers Market, Saturday, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Pioneer Park, Salt Lake City

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