Outdoors Report
— Salt Lake Tribune: Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert
— Salt Lake Tribune: Open-space advocates come up with $3 million to save parcel at Little Cottonwood Canyon mouth
— KSL.com: Is a cog railway or gondola in the future for Little Cottonwood Canyon?
— KSL.com: All aboard! Canadian company opening luxury train route from Moab to Denver
Concerts
— “The Rat Pack is Back! Christmas Concert,” through December 22, Tuacahn Amphitheater, 1100 Tuacahn Drive, Ivins, $19-$37
Theater
— “Muffets Christmas Carol” through November 28, Off Broadway Theatre
— “A Christmas Story, the Musical” through December 19, SCERA Center
— “Oliver!” through December 19, St. George Musical Theater
— “A Christmas Carol” through December 23, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “Les Mis-Tletoes!” through December 23, Rattlin’ D Playhouse
— “NutCracker – Men in Tights” through January 2, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Tarzan” through January 16, Hale Centre Theatre
Museum Exhibits
— 50 Years of Spiral Jetty | Smithson and Gorgoni, Nancy Holt’s Utah Sequences (1970), Exhibitions through November 20; Utah Women Working for Better Days! Exhibition through December 4; Robert Smithson’s Nonsite, Site Uncertain (1968) Exhibition through February 1; Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem Exhibition through April 11; Spencer Finch Exhibition ongoing, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
— Contemplations: Highlights from the Spiritual and Religious Permanent Collection Exhibition through December 12; Annual Spiritual & Religious Youth Art Competition Exhibition through January 2; 96th Annual Spring Salon [Fall Edition] Exhibition through January 13; Up Close and Far Away Exhibition through April 1, Grand Ambitions Exhibition through Summer 2023; Art Renewal Center: Featured Artist, Favorite Ladies: Patterns, People, and Play, New Acquisitions & Collection Highlights, SMA Milestones and Memories, Soviet Stories: Layers of Reality, Exhibitions ongoing, Springville Museum of Art
— Brad Evan Taylor: Growing Rocks Exhibition through January 9; Zachary Norman: This Storm is What We Call Progress Exhibition through January 23, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Et cetra
— Last Friday Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Park City
— Pond Town Christmas Lighting 2020, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Knoll Park, 150 West 300 South, Salem
— Vernal Parade of Lights, Friday, 6 p.m., Downtown Vernal,100 West Main Street, Vernal
— Cedar City Downtown Lighting Ceremony & Holiday Tree Jubilee, Saturday, 5 – 9 p.m., Downtown Cedar City, 200 North Main Street, Cedar City
— Heber Valley Tree Lighting Celebration, Saturday, 6 – 8 p.m., Midway Town Hall, 130 West Main Street, Midway
— Kanab Christmas Light Parade and Festival, Saturday, 6:30 p.m., 76 North Main, Kanab
— Parowan’s Hometown Holiday 2020, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Parowan Main Street, Main Street, Parowan
— Christmas at the Ranch, through December 19, Cross E Ranch, 3500 North 2200 West, Salt Lake City
— Zootah Zoo Lights, through December 19, Zootah at Willow Park, 419 West 700 South, Logan
— Christmas in the Canyon and Live Nativity, through December 23, Tuacahn Amphitheater, 1100 Tuacahn Drive, Ivins
— Fantasy at the Bay Christmas Lights, through December 30, Willard Bay State Park, 900 West 650 North, Willard
— 29th Annual Festival of Lights, through January 1, Canyon View Park, 3300 East Powerhouse Road, Spanish Fork
— Ogden’s Christmas Village, through January 1, Ogden Municipal Gardens, 2549 Washington Blvd, Ogden
— Christmas in Color, through January 2, Salt Lake County Equestrian Park & Event Center, 11400 South 2200 West, South Jordan
— Luminaria 2020: Experience the Light, through January 2, Thanksgiving Point
— Lumaze, through January 2, The Salt Palace, 100 South West Temple, Salt Lake City
— Historic Park City Snow Globe Stroll, through January 3, Park City Historic Main Street, 700 Main Street, Park City
— Downtown Winter Farmers Market, Saturdays, through April 17, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., The Gateway,12 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City
