Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: As days grow short, look to Ensign Peak for a primo sunset hike
— Tribune: When hiking with small children turns to tribulation, seek ye the Trail Troll
— Tribune: How Pokémon Go encourages players to get outside and meet other people
— Tribune: Utah releasing 10,000 pheasants across state as part of monthlong hunt starting Saturday
Weekend Events
New Films
— A Bad Moms Christmas: Tribune review
— Blade of the Immortal: Tribune review
— Dina: Tribune review
— The Killing of a Sacred Deer: Tribune review
— LBJ: Tribune review
— Thor: Ragnarok: Tribune review
Concerts
— Ballet Folklorico Newára, Friday, 1 and 6:30 p.m., Wildcat Theater, Weber State University, 3910 West Campus Drive, Ogden, free
— Cerulean Trio, Davis Arts Council, Friday, 7 p.m., Alpine Church, 254 West 2675 North, Layton, free
— Lara Lambert Allen, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Covey Center for the Arts, 425 West Center Street, Provo, free
— “Music From the Land Down Under,” BYU Wind Symphony, Friday, 7:30 p.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, $7-$11
— Fall Concert, Salt Contemporary Dance, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Gateway Grand Hall, 18 North Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, $25
— Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $15-$66
— BYU Ballroom Dance, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, 1901 University Circle, Ogden, $10-$35
— “Evening of Percussion,” Saturday, 7:30 p.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, $7-$11
— Faculty Recital Scott Holden, Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, free
— Fall Concert, Murray Concert Band, Saturday, 7 p.m., Hillcrest Junior High School, 178 East 5300 South, Murray, free
— Guest Artist Cerulean Trio, Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, free
— “Jazz Makes Me Happy,” Saturday, 11 a.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, free
— “Let Freedom Ring,” Mountain Jubilee Chorus and Beehive Statesmen, Saturday, 4 p.m., Brighton High School, 2220 Bengal Boulevard, Salt Lake City, $5
— “Muses,” Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Caine Performance Hall, Utah State University, 600 North 1150 East, Logan, suggested donation $5
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “Captain Louie” through November 3, SCERA Center
— “And Then There Were None” through November 4, On Pitch Performing Arts
— “A Comedy of Tenors” through November 4, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “Forever Dead” through November 4, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Guys and Dolls” through November 4, Ziegfeld Theater
— “Jekyll and Hyde” through November 4, Cache Valley Center for the Arts
— “Wicked-er!” through November 4, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical Thriller” through November 11, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “She Loves Me” through November 11, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Mercury” through November 12, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Forever Plaid” through November 15, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Hello Dolly!” through November 18, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “The Mill on the Floss” through November 18, Brigham Young University
— “The Weyward Sisters” through November 18, Pygmalion Productions
— “A Year with Frog and Toad” through November 18, Utah Valley University
— “A Bundle of Trouble” through December 1, Hale Centre Theatre
— “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” through December 2, Utah Presents
Museum Exhibits
— Al Ahad: The Hijab Project Exhibition through November 18; Jaime Salvador Castillo & Michael Anthony García: whereABOUTS Exhibition through December 9; Cities of Conviction Exhibition through January 6; Anna Betbeze: Dark Sun, Carol Sogard: Artifacts for the 23rd Century Exhibitions through January 14, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography Exhibition through December 2; Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March; The Interpretation Thereof: Contemporary LDS Art and Scripture Exhibition through March 31; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Ilse Bing Exhibition through December 31; Las Hermanas Iglesias: HERE, HERE Exhibition through January 28; salt 13: Katie Paterson Exhibition through May 20; Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity ongoing exhibitions: Arts of Africa; American and Regional Art: Mythmaking and Truth-Telling; Chinese Art: Emulation and Innovation; European Art; Ancient Mediterranean Art: Res Mortis; Ancient Mesoamerica; Modern and Contemporary Art: A Fuller Picture; Arts of the Pacific; Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
— 32nd Annual Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah, Sacred Spaces: Archetypes and Symbols Exhibitions through January 10; Wit & Whimsy: off the deep end Exhibition through May 19; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through September 2018; Round Up: Icons of the West Exhibition through June 19, 2021, Springville Museum of Art
Et cetra
— First Friday Art Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Historic 25th Street, Ogden
— Jewish Arts Festival, Saturday and Sunday, I.J. and Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, Two North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City
— Moab Celtic Festival, through Sunday, Old Spanish Trail Arena, 3641 South Highway 191, Moab