Outdoors Report
— Salt Lake Tribune: Interior to shift 44 jobs to Utah, move BLM headquarters to Colorado
— Salt Lake Tribune: To protect forests from wildfires, Utah and feds launch $20 million effort
— KSL.com: Hike of the Week: Double O Arch in Arches National Park
— KSL.com: Utah man breaks state spearfishing record
— KSL.com: Stewardship agreement will funnel $20 million to improve Utah’s forests
— KSL.com: Oh my! Bear rummaging incidents in Utah double that of last July
New Films
— Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable: Deseret News review
— The Lion King: Tribune review
Concerts
— Pioneer Day Concert, Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., LDS Conference Center, 60 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, free but tickets required
— LeBaron Singers, Holladay Arts, Saturday, 8 p.m., City of Holladay Outdoor Pavilion, 4580 South 2300 East, Holladay, free
— Deer Valley Music Festival, through August 10, Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City
— Beethoven Festival, through August 16, venues vary
— Concerts in the Park, Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m., through August, Brigham Young Historic Park, 50 West North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, free
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, free
Theater
— “Beauty and the Beast” through July 20, Syracuse City Arts Council
— “Downton Dead Parody” through July 20, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through July 20, Herriman Arts Council
— “The Little Mermaid” through July 20, Cottonwood Heights Arts Council
— “Shrek TYA” through July 20, Ziegfeld Theater
— “The Sound of Music” through July 20, South Jordan Arts Council
— “A Chorus Line” through July 21, Egyptian Theatre
— “Crazy for You” through July 22, Sugar Factory Playhouse
— “I Hate Hamlet” through July 26, Neil Simon Festival
— “As You Like It” through July 27, Renaissance Now
— “Newsies” through July 29, Alpine Community Theater
— “Bravo, Caruso!” through July 30, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Mamma Mia!” through July 31, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Master Class” through August 1, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Clybourne Park” through August 2, Lyric Repertory Company
— “I Left My Dignity in My Other Purse” through August 2, Neil Simon Festival
— “The Marriage of Figaro” through August 2, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Newsies” through August 2, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Little Shop of Horrors” through August 3, Neil Simon Festival
— “Mary Poppins” through August 3, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Mr. Burns – A Post-electric Play” through August 3, An Other Theater Company
— “Million Dollar Quartet” through August 3, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “A Raisin in the Sun” through August 3, Lyric Repertory Company
— “West Side Story” through August 3, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” through August 10, Old Barn Community Theatre
— “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” through August 23, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Freaky Friday” through August 24, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Sunday School Musical – The Greatest Roadshow” through August 24, Desert Star Playhouse
— “The Conclusion of Henry VI: Parts Two and Three” through August 31, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Saturday’s Voyeur 2019” through September 1, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “The Book of Will” through September 5, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Macbeth” through September 6, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Cinderella” through September 7, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Shootout at Shadow Mountain” through September 7, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Twelfth Night” through September 7, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Hamlet” through October 12, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through October 12, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Disney’s When You Wish” through October 24, Tuacahn Amphitheater
— “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” through October 25, Tuacahn Amphitheater
Museum Exhibits
— Magic and Machine: Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Utah Art Exhibition through August 3; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through summer 2019; All Aboard! Exhibition through September 21; 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
— Lenka Konopasek: Mimicry – Instance Failure Exhibition through August 4; Andrew Alba: Gas Station Honeydew Exhibition through August 24; Andrew Dadson: Roof Gap; Deanna & Ed Templeton: Contemporary Suburbium Exhibition through September 7, The League of Reluctant Bicyclists, Ryan Lauderdale: Glazed Atrium, Exhibitions through Novemeber 2; Abstraction is Just a Word, But I Use It. Exhibition through January 4, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— John Hess: Permutations Exhibition through August 18; Pam Bowman and Jacqui Larsen: Things My Mother Taught Me Exhibition through September 8, Kimball Art Center
— To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019; In the Arena: The Art of Mahonri Young Exhibition through September 21; After Promontory Exhibition through October 5; Danae Mattes: Where the River Widens, Patrick Dougherty: Windswept Exhibitions through October 19, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity; Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art Exhibition through December 8; DE | MARCATION:A Survey of Contemporary Photography in Utah Exhibition through January 12; 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
— Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., venues vary
— Venture Out! Game on Soccer Fans! Friday, 6 p.m., Sunnyvale Park, 4013 South 700 West, Salt Lake City
— American Fork Steel Days, Friday and Saturday, 51 East Main Street, American Fork
— Bountiful Handcart Days, Friday and Saturday, 790 South 100 East, Bountiful
— Draper Days, Friday and Saturday, 1020 East Pioneer Road, Draper
— Third Saturday for Families: Duo Paintings, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City
— Wasatch Wildflower Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Little Cottonwood Canyon
— Days of ’47, through July 24, various venues, Salt Lake City
— Ogden Pioneer Days, through July 24, various venues in Ogden
— Spanish Fork Fiesta Days, through July 24, Spanish Fork Fairgrounds, 465 South Main Street, Spanish Fork