Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: Utah Hike of the Week: Private Arch — Arches National Park
— Tribune: Equipment-maker Black Diamond launches apparel line
— Tribune: Enjoy Utah’s brightest fall foliage on these 5 drives
— For the latest wildlife news and information and the fishing report visit the DWR website
Weekend Events
New Films
— Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2: Tribune review
— Don Jon: Tribune review
— Enough Said: Tribune review
— Hannah Arendt: Tribune review
— Rush: Tribune review
Concerts
— Choir Showcase, Friday, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, $6
— “The Damnation of Faust,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $18-$69
— “The Start of Something Big,” Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, $35
— Paradigm Chamber Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $6-$10
— “Thriller,” Odyssey Dance Theatre http://odysseydance.com/, through October 6, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City, $25-$43
— “A Soldier’s Tale,” NOVA Chamber Music Series, Sunday, 3 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $5-$20
— Eccles Organ Festival, Sundays, 8 p.m., through November 3, Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer” through September 28, Weber State University
— “Closer” through September 28, Wasatch Theatre Company
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through September 28, The Ziegfeld Theater
— “The Learned Ladies” through September 28, Utah State University
— “Tarzan” through September 28, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Metamorphoses” through September 29, University of Utah Theater
— “Oedipus the King” through September 29, Red Butte Garden
— “The Mikado” through October 5, Draper Historic Theatre
— “Shrek: The Musical” through October 5, SCERA Center for the Arts
— “Something’s Afoot” through October 5, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” through October 6, University of Utah Theater
— “Peter and the Starcatcher” through October 18, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Marvelous Wonderettes” through October 19, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Richard II” through October 19, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Starlight Express” through October 24, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Mary Poppins” through October 25, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Venus in Fur” through October 27, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “The Hungry Games” through November 9, Deseret Star Playhouse
Museum Exhibits
— Members’ Pin Up Show Exhibition through October 13; Painters of the Wasatch Mountains Exhibition through November 3, Kimball Art Center
— Martha Wilson: Staging the Self Exhibition through November 10; salt 8: Shigeyuki Kihara; Under Pressure: Contemporary Prints From the Collections of Jordan D. Schitzer and His Family Foundation, Exhibitions through January 5; Exploring Sustainability Exhibition through July 28, 2014; Lawrence Weiner: BENT TO A STRAIGHT AND NARROW AT A POINT OF PASSAGE Exhibition, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
— 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
— O-Town Arts: Creating Absence Exhibition through November 23; Biennial: Mondo Utah Exhibition through December 14, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— 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
— Escalante Canyons Art Festival/Everett Ruess Days, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Escalante City Center, 100 West and Highway 12, Escalante
— Utah Valley Renaissance Faire, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Thanksgiving Point, 3003 North, Thanksgiving Way, Lehi
— Salt Lake City Film Festival, through Sunday, venues vary
— Provo River Watershed Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Wasatch Mountain State Park, U.S. Route 40, Midway
— India Fest, Saturday, 5 p.m., Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, 8628 South Main Street, Spanish Fork, also Sunday, 5 p.m., 965 East 3370 South, 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
