Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: Utah Hike of the Week: Fantasy Canyon — Uintah County
— Tribune: New study ranks Utah as one of the best states for a fun and frugal road trip
— Tribune: Roots run deep for researcher battling invasive grass in Glen Canyon
— Tribune: Tips for dealing with extreme heat and preparing for summer hiking
Weekend Events
New Films
— The Bad Batch: Tribune review
— Band Aid: Tribune review
— Beatriz at Dinner: Tribune review
— Citizen Jane: Battle for the City: Tribune review
Concerts
— Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival, Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, $5-$20
— Summer Solstice Flute Festival, Friday and Saturday, Homestead Resort, 700 North Homestead Drive, Midway, free
— “La La Land in Concert,” Utah Symphony, Saturday, 9 p.m., USANA Amphitheatre, 5150 South 6055 West, Salt Lake City, $30-$70
— Singing Sergeants Reunion Grand Gala Concert, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall, Utah State University, 600 North 1150 East, Logan, $10
— Utah Uke Fest, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Highland Community Center, 5378 West 10400 North, Alpine
— Concerts in the Park, Tuesdays and Fridays through August, 7:30 p.m., Brigham Young Historic Park, North Temple and State Street, Salt Lake City, free
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “Cabaret” through June 24, Ziegfeld Theater
— “Hairspray” through June 24, SCERA Center
— “The Little Mermaid” through June 24, LaForge Encore Theatre Company
— “The Rainmaker” through June 24, Draper Historic Theatre
— “The Tempest” through June 24, Creekside Theatre Fest
— “Dirty Dancing” through June 25, Eccles Theater
— “Fiddler on the Roof” through June 26, Riverton Arts Council
— “OZ” through June 26, Creekside Theatre Fest
— “Tarzan: The State Musical” through June 26, Four Seasons Theatre Company
— “Fiddler on the Roof” through June 28, Murray Arts Council
— “The Old Maid, the Thief, and the Telephone” through June 28, Saint George Opera
— “Showtime on the Showboat” through June 28, Outlaw Trail Theater, Vernal
— “The Three Musketeers” through June 30, Cobb & Co Theater Productions
— “Curtains” through July 1, Sugar Factory Playhouse
— “The Importance of Being Earnest” through July 1, Pinnacle Acting Company
— “Singin’ In the Rain” through July 1, Outlaw Trail Theater, Vernal
— “Steel Magnolias” through July 1, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “The Whale” through July 1, The Hive Theatre Company
— “Høüses” through July 2, Riot Act Theatre
— “Peter and the Starcatcher” through July 8, Empress Theatre
— “1776” through July 15, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “A Night At The Imperial” through July 29, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” through August 5, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Disney’s Tarzan” through August 6, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “Seussical” through August 7, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through August 12, Hale Centre Theatre
— “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…Abridged” through August 17, Lyric Repertory Company
— “The 3 Amigos” through August 19, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Saturday’s Voyeur” through August 28, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Shrek the Musical” through September 1, Pickleville Playhouse
— “LOVE & DEATH vs EL BANDITO” through September 9, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Disney’s Newsies” through October 18, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Shrek the Musical” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
Museum Exhibits
— 93rd Annual Spring Salon Exhibition through July 8; The Classical Tradition: Serenity, Simplicity and Harmony Exhibition through August 5; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through September 2018, Springville Museum of Art
— Out Loud: Identities, Symbolism, and the Self Exhibition through July 8; Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying; Scott Horsley: I Learned it from Watching You Exhibitions through July 15; Céline Downen: Beehive Works Exhibition through August 5; Willow Skye-Biggs: Tastes Like Mandy Exhibition through August 12; Michael Ryan Handley: Sublimation Exhibition through September 9; Spy Hop: Safe and Sound Exhibition through September 23, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Playground Exhibition through July 8; e.g. Annie Poon: Split House Exhibition through summer 2017; Work in Progress Exhibition through September 9; Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March 2018; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Ink for Alaska Exhibition through August 13; Richard Serra: Prints Exhibition through August 20, Kimball Art Center
Et cetra
— Taylorsville Dayzz, Friday and Saturday, Taylorsville Valley Regional Park, 5100 South 2700 West, Taylorsville
— Wasatch Mountain Film Festival, Friday and Saturday, various venues in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sandy, and Snowbird Mountain Resort
— Utah Arts Festival, through Sunday, Library Square and Washington Square, 200 West and 400 South, Salt Lake City
