Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report

Outdoor Notes

— Tribune: Recreation: Want to see the swans? Get there early

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

Weekend Events

New Films

— Chappie: Tribune review 

— The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Tribune review

— Timbuktu: Tribune review 

Concerts

— “A Joyful Noise,” Oquirrh Mountain Symphony, Friday, 7 p.m., Elk Ridge Middle School, 3659 West 9800 South, South Jordan, $5

— “André Watts performs Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City $18-$55

— “Carmen,” Odyssey Dance Theatre, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. University Circle, Salt Lake City, $20-$40

— “HEARTSONGS: MELODIES OF LOVE,” Brigham Young University, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, Campus Drive & Heritage Drive, Provo, $8-$12

— “A European Journey,”  American West Symphony, Saturday, 8 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 8575 South 700 East, Sandy, $5-$10

— Utah Spring Ring 2015, Saturday, 5 p.m., Riverton High School, 12476 South 2700 West, Riverton, free

— Spring Concert, Wasatch Community Symphony Orchestra, Sunday, 7 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, free

— Sundays @7 Faculty Spotlight:, Sunday, 7 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, free

— Performing Dance Company, through March 14, Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, University of Utah, 330 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, $5

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

Theater  

— “The 39 Steps” through March 7, Sandy Arts

— “Alice in Wonderland” through March 7, Cache Valley Center for the Arts

— “Children of a Lesser God” through March 7, Westminster College

— “Fiddler on the Roof” through March 7, The Ziegfeld Theater 

— “Madama Butterfly” through March 7, Weber State University

— “Man of La Mancha” through March 7, Dixie State University

— “Noises Off” through March 7, Midvale Arts Council

— “African Tales” through March 14, Utah Children’s Theatre 

— “Barefoot in the Park” through March 14, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

— “Hellman v. McCarthy” through March 14, Pygmalion Theatre Company

— “A/Version of Events “ through March 15, Plan-B Theatre Company

— “Mary Mary” through March 20, Covey Center for the Arts

— “The Milk Dragon” through March 21, Utah Valley University

— “Pirates of the Scaribbean: Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Fun!” through March 21, Deseret Star Playhouse

— “Ghost the Musical” through April 11, Hale Centre Theatre         

— “Indianapolis Jones” through April 11, Off Broadway Theatre

— “Les Miserables” through April 25, Hale Center Theater Orem

Museum Exhibits

— Jonathan Frioux: Polarities Exhibition through March 7; .gif Shop Exhibition through March 14; Pam Bowman: Aggregation Exhibition through March 28; Church vs. State: Contemporary Collecting Praxis Exhibition through April 11; Sophie Call: Unfinished Exhibition through April 18; Panopticon through July 25, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

— Loving Devotion: Visions of Vishnu Exhibition through March 21; Kim Schoenstadt: Block Plan Series: Provo Exhibition through April 18; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March 2018; Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Lost in Translation…, Out of Sight / In the Mind Exhibitions through April 12; Susan Cofer: Drawings from 1977-2006 Exhibition through April 19, Kimball Art Center

 Memory: The Daydreams of Corinne GeertsenPortraits of Childhood: Artwork from the Permanent Collection of the LDS Church, Exhibitions through April 26; Voices: People, Places and Ideas in Utah Art Exhibition through June 1, 2016; Soviet Impressionist Paintings Exhibition ongoing, Springville Museum of Art 

 Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art Exhibition through May 17; [con]text Exhibition through July 26;Tony Feher: They arrived yesterday, dusty and weary from the journey, but in good spirits, Utah Museum of Fine Arts 

Et cetra

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

Belly Dance Spring Fest, Saturday, 10 a.m., Utah State Fair Grounds, 155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City