Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: Utah Hike of the Week: Singing Canyon — Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
— Tribune: Utah companies well represented at Outdoor Retailer
— Tribune: Outdoor Retailers team with boy scout camp
— Tribune: New gear reveals outdoor trends
— Tribune: Outdoor Retailer: More than just a trade show
Weekend Events
New Films
— Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words: Tribune review
— The Innocents: Tribune review
— Suicide Squad: Tribune review
Concerts
— The Five Strings and Alex Boye, Midvale Arts Council, Friday, 6 p.m., Midvale City Park, 455 West 7500 South, Midvale, free
— Sunday Concert Series: Jelena Cigara, Davis Arts Council, Sunday, 7 p.m., Kenley Amphitheater, 405 North Wasatch Drive, Layton, free
— “An Evening of Jazz,” Sunday, 7 p.m., Morgan Theatre Utah State University, 1400 Old Main Hill, free
— Deer Valley Music Festival, through August 9, Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, $35-$92 ($15 youth)
— Park City Beethoven Festival, through August 15, venues and times vary
— Concerts in the Park, Tuesday and Friday evenings through August 26, 7:30 p.m., Brigham Young Historic Park, State Street and 2nd Avenue, Salt Lake City, free
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “Shrek the Musical” through July 30, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “Arsenic and Old Lace” through August 5, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Puccini’s Trilogy” through August 5, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Show Boat” through August 5, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” through August 6, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Peter Pan” through August 6, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “Porgy and Bess” through August 6, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Ragtime” through August 6, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Seussical” through August 6, Draper Arts Council
— ”Singin’ in the Rain” through August 6, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Waiting for the World to End” through August 7, The Hive Theatre Company
— “An Ideal Husband” through August 8, Next Stage Productions
— “Oliver!” through August 8, Alpine Community Theatre
— “The Three Musketeers” through August 8, Cobb & Co Theater Productions
— “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” through August 12, Neil Simon Festival
— “London Suite” through August 12, Neil Simon Festival
— “Brighton Beach Memoirs” through August 13, Neil Simon Festival
— “Bye Bye Birdie” through August 13, Timpanogos Arts Foundation
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through August 13, Old Barn Community Theatre
— “The Music Man” through August 13, Ziegfeld Theater
— “On Golden Pond” through August 13, Neil Simon Festival
— “Ramona Quimby” through August 13, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “South Pacific” through August 13, SCERA Center
— “Joseph Smith: Praise to the Man” through August 16, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Li’l Abner” through August 20, Empress Theatre
— “Perfect Pitch: Despicable Glee” through August 20, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Saturday’s Voyeur 2016” through August 30, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Hairspray” through September 2, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Mary Poppins” through September 3, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Much Ado About Nothing” through September 8, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “The Three Musketeers” through September 9, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Henry V” through September 10, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Ready, Fire, Aim starring Juanito Bandito” through September 10, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Transmorfers” through September 10, The Off Broadway Theatre
— “Beauty and the Beast” through October 1, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Tarzan” through October 12, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Peter Pan” through October 14, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “The Cocoanuts” through October 15, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” through October 15, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Julius Caesar” through October 22, Utah Shakespearean Festival
Museum Exhibits
— Whitney Bushman: The Greatest Joy You’ll Ever Know Is To Love And Be Loved In Return Exhibition through August 6; Jennifer Seely: Supporting Elements; Jim Williams: 265 I… Home as Self-Portrait Exhibitions through September 24, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Branding the American West: Paintings and Films 1900-1950 Exhibition through August 13; Capturing the Canyons: Artists in the National Parks Exhibition through August 20; Reality Reorganized: Walter Askin and Wayne Kimball’s Mysterious Discursions Exhibition through August 27; e.g.: “The Way Things Go” Exhibition through August 31; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2016;Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition on view through 2016; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March 2018, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Don’t Read This, Too Exhibition through September 24; Three-Mile Radius Exhibition through October 22; Glimpses of Springville Exhibition through October 29; Lost + Found: In Search of Georgian Art Exhibition through November 19; Soviet Impressionist Paintings Exhibition ongoing, Springville Museum of Art
— Summer Rainfall: Sibylle Szaggars Redford Exhibition through September 25; Take Flight: Alaska from Above Exhibition, Kimball Art Center
Et cetra
— First Friday Art Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Historic 25th Street, Ogden
— Spring City Bluegrass Festival and Gallery Stroll, Friday and Saturday, Telegraph Springs Stage, 35 West 100 North, Spring City
— Summerfest Art and Folk Festival, Friday and Saturday, Bountiful City Park, 200 West 400 North, Bountiful
— Blue Moon Arts Festival, Saturday, 3 – 10 p.m., Holladay City Hall, 4580 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City
— Fire, Water, and Ice Festival, Saturday, 12 – 10 p.m., Utah Olympic Oval, 5662 South 4800 West (Cougar Lane), Salt Lake City
— Ogden Pride Festival, Saturday, 2 – 8 p.m., Ogden City Amphitheater, 343 25th Street, Ogden
— Utah Ukulele Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Willow Park, 450 W 700 S, Logan
