Outdoors Report
— Salt Lake Tribune: Brighton Resort changes parking policy to promote carpooling
— Salt Lake Tribune: To get to Alta and Snowbird, Utah transport officials take a look at aerial transit
— KSL.com: Have the post-Christmas blues? Try a hike to this living Christmas tree
— KSL.com: Utah visitors will need a permit to ride personal ATVs, snowmobiles in state parks
— KSL.com: Avalanche experts caution of ‘problematic’ conditions in Utah’s backcountry slopes
New Films
— Little Women: Deseret News review
Concerts
— Outdoor Alphorn Concert, Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m., Solitude Mountain Resort, 12000 Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City
— The Greatest Showman Sing-along, Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m., Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd, Ogden, $6
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
Theater
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 28, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “It’s a Wondrous Life” through December 28, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Savior of the World” through December 28, Temple Square
— “Pete the Cat” through December 30, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “A Christmas Carol: Part II – Scrooged Again” through January 4, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through January 11, Utah Children’s Theatre
— “Seussical” through January 11, Hale Centre Theatre
Museum Exhibits
— Abstraction is Just a Word, But I Use It. Exhibition through January 4; Rachel Henriksen: Knew/New, Justin Watson: A Farewell to Images, Exhibitions through January 18; Kelsey Harrison: Never an hour for thought Exhibition through January 28, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Annual Christmas Lamb Art Show Exhibition through January 4; Ars Moriendi: The Art of Death and Dying, 34th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah Exhibitions through January 15; Sketchy: Drawings and Studies from the Permanent Collection Exhibition through April 25; SELF: Explorations of Identity Exhibition through May 16; 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
— Creative Journeys, 1401, Exhibitions through January 5, Kimball Art Center
— DE | MARCATION: A Survey of Contemporary Photography in Utah Exhibition through January 12; Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition through October 4, 2020; 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
— Rend the Heavens: Intersections of the Human and Divine Exhibition through January; Supermarket: Pop Art and 1960s America Exhibition through March 28; Becoming America Exhibition through summer 2021, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Et cetra
— Chanukah Party, Saturday, 6 p.m., Temple Har Shalom, 3700 North Brookside Court, Park City
— Kid’s Torchlight Parade, Saturday, 6 p.m., Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Highway 210, Snowbird
— Kwanzaa Celebration, Saturday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, 444 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
— Noon Year’s Eve, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., Daybreak Community Center, 4544 Harvest Moon Drive, South Jordan
— Last Hurrah 2019, Tuesday, 8 p.m., The Gateway, 18 North Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City
— Magic Show and Torchlight Parade, Tuesday, 5 p.m., Solitude Mountain Resort, 12000 Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City
— New Year’s Celebration, Tuesday, 3 – 6 p.m., University Place Orem, 575 East University Parkway, Orem
— New Year’s Eve Fireworks Extravaganza, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Brian Head Resort, 329 South Highway 143, Brian Head
— New Year’s Eve on Temple Square, Tuesday, 6 – 9 p.m., Temple Square, 50 North Temple, Salt Lake City
— New Year’s Eve Powwow, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Mountain America Expo Center, South State Street, Sandy
— New Year’s Eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Highway 210, Snowbird
— New Year’s Eve Torchlight Parade, Fireworks & Bonfire, Tuesday, 5 p.m., Alta Ski Resort, East State Highway 210/Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta
— Night Bright: A New Year’s Eve Party, Tuesday, 8 p.m., Museum of Natural Curiosity, 3605 Garden Drive, Lehi
— Noon Year’s Eve, Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, 444 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
— Noon Year’s Eve, Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City
— Provo Countdown 2020: New Years Eve Party, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Provo Recreation Center, 320 West 500 North, Provo
