Weekend Event
Outdoors Report
— Tribune: Utah copes with drying streams, dying animals as drought tightens its grip — with no relief in sight
— Tribune: Why is the Great Salt Lake half red and half blue?
— KSL.com: Looking for a SLC hike that will make you tired, but not too tired? Try Dog Lake
— KSL.com: Davis County man hopes to rally others to clean up trails
New Films
— The Predator: Deseret News review
Concerts
— “Bernstein on Broadway,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $15-$68
— Chick Corea Trio, JazzSLC, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, $39.50
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “Carmen Inside Out” through September 14, Utah Presents
— “Hello, Dolly!” through September 15, St. George Musical Theater
— “Singing in the Rain” through September 15, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “Urinetown” through September 15, Empress Theatre
— “Oliver” through September 16, Egyptian Theatre, Park City
— “Daddy Long Legs” through September 22, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “Disney’s My Son Pinocchio” through September 22, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Flowers for Algernon” though September 22, Kayenta Arts Foundation
— “Chess the Musical” through September 23, University of Utah Theatre
— “Women of Trachis” through September 24, Classical Greek Theatre Festival
— “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” through September 29, An Other Theater Company
— “Oslo” through September 29, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “South Pacific” through September 29, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Twelfth Night” through September 29, Utah Children’s Theatre
— “You Got Older” through September 29, Wasatch Theatre Company
— “The Wizard of Oz” through October 6, SCERA Center
— “An Iliad” through October 9, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “The Liar” through October 13, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “The Foreigner” through October 13, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Othello” through October 13, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Matilda: The Musical” through October 18, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Cinderella” through October 19, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “The Prince of Egypt” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Beauty and the Fantastic Beast – And Where to Find Him” through November 3, Desert Star Playhouse
Museum Exhibits
— Niki de Saint Phalle: Freedom Would Be Mine, Reclaimed: Mixed-media Paintings by Erin Westenskow Berrett Exhibitions through September 16, Kimball Art Center
— 45th Annual Utah Quilt Show Exhibition through September 22; Roots and Branches Exhibition through November 30; Beginnings: The Mormon Art & Belief Movement Exhibition through February 16; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through summer 2019; Round Up: Icons of the West Exhibition through June 19, 2021, Favorite Ladies: Patterns, People, and Play, SMA: Milestones and Memories Exhibitions ongoing, Springville Museum of Art
— Adrien Paci: Albanian Stories, Dana Gluckstein—DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition, Rick Shaefer: Refugee Trilogy, Exhibitions through September 29; Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Samson: The Identity Project Exhibition through October 13; SLUG Retrospective: 30 Years Under the Influence Exhibition through October 20; Ryan Ruehlen: Georhythmic Drift Music Exhibition through Novemberr 3; Working Hard to be Useless Exhibition through December 29; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Marisa Morán Jahn: MIRROR | MASK Exhibition through December 9; 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
Et cetra
— Sugar House Art Walk, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., 1100 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City
— Melon Days, Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m., 460 East Main Street, Green River
— 9th and 9th Street Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., 900 East 900 South, Salt Lake City
— Festival of India, Saturday, Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, 5 – 8:30 p.m., 8628 South Main Street, Spanish Fork
— HollowFest, Saturday, 3 – 7 p.m., Wasatch Hollow Park, 1700 South 1650 East, Salt Lake City
— Mini Maker Fair, Saturday, 10 a.m., Thanksgiving Point, 3003 North Thanksgiving Way, Lehi
— Riverfest, Saturday, 3 – 7 p.m., International Peace Gardens, 1000 South 900 West, Salt Lake City
— Utah Brazilian Festival, Saturday, 1 – 7 p.m., University Place, 575 East University Parkway, Orem
— Autumn Aloft, Saturday and Sunday, Treasure Mountain Middle School, 2530 Kearns Blvd, Park City
— Festa Italiana, Saturday and Sunday, The Gateway, 18 North Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City
— Urban Arts Festival, Saturday and Sunday, The Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City