Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: Utah Hike of the Week: Bourbon Lake in the Uinta Mountains
— Tribune: While speed trials resume, enthusiasts worry about condition of salt
Weekend Events
New Films
— Ben-Hur: Tribune review
— Don’t Think Twice: Tribune review
— Hell or High Water: Tribune review
— Kubo and the Two Strings: Tribune review
— Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World: Tribune review
— War Dogs: Tribune review
Concerts
— Bluegrass Festival, Intermountain Accoustic Music Association, Saturday, 5 – 10 p.m., The Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, free
— Sunday Music Series: Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, Davis Arts Council, Sunday, 7 p.m., Kenley Amphitheater, 405 North Wasatch Drive, Layton, free
— 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
— “South Pacific” through August 19, Brigham Young University
— “Beauty and the Beast” through August 20, Lehi City Arts
— “Li’l Abner” through August 20, Empress Theatre
— “Perfect Pitch: Despicable Glee” through August 20, Desert Star Playhouse
— “West Side Story” through August 20, Murray Arts in the Park
— “Pirated!” through August 22, Good Company Theatre
— “Saturday’s Voyeur 2016” through August 30, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Hairspray” through September 2, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Shrek: The Musical” through September 2, Draper Historic Theatre
— “Hello, Dolly!” through September 3, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “La Cage aux Folles” through September 3, Ziegfeld Theater
— “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
— “110 in the Shade” through September 17, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Arsenic and Old Lace” through September 17, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “See How They Run” through September 24, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “Beauty and the Beast” through October 1, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Henry V” through October 1, Utah Children’s Theatre
— “The Taming of the Shrew” through October 1, Utah Children’s 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
— “Murder for Two” through October 22, Utah Shakespearean Festival
Museum Exhibits
— 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
— Jennifer Seely: Supporting Elements; Jim Williams: 265 I… Home as Self-Portrait Exhibitions through September 24, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Summer Rainfall: Sibylle Szaggars Redford Exhibition through September 25; Take Flight: Alaska from Above Exhibition, Kimball Art Center
Et cetra
— Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Salt Lake City
— Wasatch International Food Festival, Friday and Saturday, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City
— Magna Main Street Arts Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., W. Main St, Magna
— Party in the Park, Saturday, 4 – 7 p.m., Conservation Garden Park, 8275 South 1300 West, West Jordan
— Helper Arts and Music Festival, through Sunday, 131 South Main Street, Helper
— Ogden Valley Balloon & Artist Festival, through Sunday, Eden Park Community Center, 2100 North 5600 East, Eden
