Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report

Outdoor Notes

— Tribune: Utah and Forest Service split on La Sals goat plan

— Tribune:  High mercury prompts new Utah fish consumption warnings

— Tribune:  Utah rivers will soon turn red as kokanee salmon begin their arduous journey 

— For the latest wildlife news and information and the fishing report visit the DWR website

Weekend Events

New Films

— Prince Avalanche: Tribune review 

— Riddick: Tribune review 

— The Ultimate Life: Tribune review 

Concerts

— Audra McDonald, Friday, 7:30 p.m., De Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, $30-$40; also, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University,  3750 Harrison Boulevard, Ogden, $25-$30

— Eccles Organ Festival, Sundays, 8 p.m., through November 3, Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, free

— Moab Music Festival, through September 9, venues vary

— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free

Theater

— “Eric Jensen’s Charlie’s Aunt” through September 13, Off Broadway Theatre

— “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” through September 14, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

— “Aida” through September 21, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, Ogden

— “Deseret the Musical” through September 23, Covey Center for the Arts

— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through September 28, The Ziegfeld Theater 

— “Tarzan” through September 28, Hale Centre Theatre

— “Peter and the Starcatcher” through October 18, Utah Shakespearean Festival

— “Starlight Express” through October 24, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

— “Mary Poppins” through October 25, Tuacahn Amphitheatre

— “The Hungry Games” through November 9, Deseret Star Playhouse

Museum Exhibits

— michael whiting: 8-bit modern Exhibition through September 6; Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime Exhibition through November 16; People in a Hard Land: Iconic Images of Life in the Southwest Exhibition through December 28,  Brigham Young University Museum of Art

— Raivo Puusemp: Dissolution Exhibition through September 7; Gianni Pettena: Forgiven By Nature Exhibition through September 21; Biennial: Mondo Utah Exhibition through December 14, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

— The Simple Life Photographs by James Winegar Exhibition through September 8, Kimball Art Center

— Martha Wilson: Staging the Self Exhibition through November 10; LAWRENCE WEINER:BENT TO A STRAIGHT AND NARROW AT A POINT OF PASSAGE Exhibition, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

— Expressions: A Walter Rane Retrospective Exhibition through December 1; Exploring Play Exhibition through January 11, 2014; Voices: People, Places and Ideas in Utah Art Exhibition through June 1, 2014, Springville Museum of Art 

 Et cetra

— First Friday Art Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Historic 25th Street, Ogden

— Brigham City Peach Days, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., Six North Main, Brigham City

— Old Capitol Arts & Living History Festival, Friday and Saturday, Territorial Statehouse State Park, 50 West Capitol, Fillmore

— Salt Lake Greek Festival, through Sunday, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 279 S. 300 W., Salt Lake City

— State History Conference, through Sunday, Rio Grande Depot, 300 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City

— Avenues Street Fair, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., First Avenue, between P and U streets, Salt Lake City

— Utah Brazilian Festival, Saturday, 1 – 7 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

— Utah State Fair, through September 15, Utah State Fairpark, 155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City

— Oktoberfest, Fridays and Saturdays through October 13, Snowbird Resort

— Downtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., through October 19, Pioneer Park, 300 S. 300 W., Salt Lake City