Outdoors Report
— Salt Lake Tribune: Utah wants more people to hunt cougars, but some say losing big cats will pose big problems
— Salt Lake Tribune: Xina, Utah’s oldest ever black bear, has died at 31
— KSL.com: A beginner’s guide to pack rafting
— KSL.com: ‘We know hardly anything’: Why state, federal biologists are banding hummingbirds for data
— KSL.com: A Utah company wants to pay someone to go to Joshua Tree — if they can give up tech
— KSL.com: Minimalist fly-fishing: How to simplify your pursuit of trout
New Films
— Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw: Tribune review
Concerts
— Changing Lanes Experience, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, free
— Ran Duan Chamber Music Ensemble, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
— Ogden Concert Band, Davis Arts Council, Sunday, 7 p.m., Kenley Amphitheater, 403 North Wasatch Drive, Layton, 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
— “Clybourne Park” through August 2, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Disney’s Peter Pan Jr.” through August 2, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “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
— “Les Misérables: School Edition” through August 3, On Pitch Performing Arts
— “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
— “Newsies” through August 3, Bluffdale Arts
— “A Raisin in the Sun” through August 3, Lyric Repertory Company
— “West Side Story” through August 3, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Barefoot in the Park” through August 4, Kayenta Arts
— “The Little Mermaid” through August 10, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Mamma Mia!” through August 10, Sandy Arts Guild
— “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” through August 10, Old Barn Community Theatre
— “Cold Storage” through August 11, Wasatch Theatre Company
— “Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle” through August 11, Good Company Theatre
— “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” through August 23, Pickleville Playhouse
— “All Shook Up” through August 24, Hopebox Theatre
— “Freaky Friday” through August 24, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Sunday School Musical – The Greatest Roadshow” through August 24, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Oliver!” through August 26, Draper Historic Theatre
— “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” through August 31, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “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
— “Hamleton, To Be Or Not To Be” through September 7, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Shootout at Shadow Mountain” through September 7, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Twelfth Night” through September 7, Utah Shakespeare Festival
— “Every Brilliant Thing” through October 12, 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
— “The Sound of Music” through October 26, 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; 46th Annual Utah Quilt Show, All Aboard! Exhibitions 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
— Block Party, Friday, 7 p.m., Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City
— Superhero Smash, Friday, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park, West Jordan, 1985 West 7800 South, West Jordan
— Venture Out! Art and Wonders in the Wild, Friday, 6 p.m., Evergreen Park, 2266 East Evergreen Avenue, Salt Lake City
— Bear Lake Raspberry Days, Friday and Saturday, Garden City Park, 400 South Bear Lake Boulevard, Garden City
— Highland Fling, Friday and Saturday, Highland Heritage Park, 5300 West 10400 North, American Fork
— Ogden Pride Festival, Friday and Saturday, Ogden
— Spring City Bluegrass & Folk Festival, Friday and Saturday, Spring City Park, 100 East Center, Spring City
— St. Patrick Church Centennial Year Carnival, Friday and Saturday, St. Patrick’s Church, 1058 West 400 South, Salt Lake City
— World Folkfest, Friday and Saturday, Arts Park, 760 South 1350 East, Springville
— Kimball Arts Festival, through Sunday, Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Boulevard, Park City
— Antelope Island Spider Fest, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Antelope Island State Park, 4528 West 1700 South, Syracuse
— Tacofest, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Utah State Fair Park, 155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City
