Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report

Outdoor Notes

Tribune: Recreation: Ten ideas for outdoor holiday adventure

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

Weekend Events

New Films

— By the Sea: Tribune review 

— The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2: Tribune review 

— The Night Before: Tribune review 

— Room: Tribune review 

— Secret in Their Eyes: Tribune review

— Spotlight: Tribune review 

Concerts

— Pizzetti’s Messa di Requiem, Utah Valley University, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Orem Public Library, 58 North State Street, Orem, free

— “Rooted: Celebrating 25 Years of Samba Fogo,” Friday, 8 p.m., Pierpont Place, 163 West Pierpont Avenue, Salt Lake City, $35

— String Ensembles, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Utah State University, 1400 Old Main Hill, Logan, $5-$10

— “Ignite,”Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Ragan Theatre, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, $8-$12

— Mahler’s Tragic Symphony, Utah SymphonyFriday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South TempleSalt Lake City, $18-$63

— Modern Graduate Concert, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Alice Sheets Marriot Center for Dance, University of Utah, 330 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, $8-$12

— “Orchesis Dance Theatre: Dancing Free,” Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, 1901 University Circle, Ogden, $10-$12

— “Revel,” Repertory Dance Theatre, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, $15-$30

— “Giving Thanks Cabaret,” Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Caine Lyric Theatre, Utah State University28 West Center, Logan, $5 suggested donation

St. George Chamber Singers, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Dolores Dore Eccles Fine Arts Center, 255 South 700 East, Saint George, free

Symphonic Sampler: Opening Concert, Saturday, 3 p.m., Bear River High School, 1450 South Main, Garland, free

— Symphony Sampler with Wasatch Chorale, Utah Philharmonic Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., South Hills Middle School, 13508 South 4000 West, Riverton, $5-$10

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

Theatre

— “9 Circles” through November 21, Weber State University

— “Buyer and Cellar” through November 21, Pygmalion Theatre Company

— “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” through November 21, Sandbox Theatre Company 

— “Don Juan Comes Back From the War” through November 21, Westminster College Theater 

— “Trail of Dreams” through November 21, SCERA Center

— “The Flick” through November 22, Good Company Theatre

— “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical” through November 22, Capitol Theatre

— “The Addams Family” through November 28, Hale Center Theater Orem

— “Big Fish” through November 28, Hale Centre Theatre

— “Young Frankenstein” through November 29, Egyptian Theatre

— “Snow White” through December 5Utah Children’s Theatre

— “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” through Dece,mber 10, Brigham Young University

— “Babes in Toyland” through December 17, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre

— “A Seussified Christmas Carol” through December 19, Empress Theatre, Magna

— “The Grouch Who Stole Christmas” through December 26, Off Broadway Theatre

— “It’s a Wonderful Life” through January 2, Brigham’s Playhouse

Museum Exhibits

The British Passion for Landscape: Masterpieces from National Museum Wales Exhibition through December 13; Brian Bress: Make Your Own Friends Exhibition through January 10; Constructing the Utah Landscape Exhibition through January 17;Tony Feher: They arrived yesterday, dusty and weary from the journey, but in good spirits, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

— Grandma’s Cupboard: Kate Ericson & Mel ZieglerStefan Lesueur: Obscura Exhibitions through December 19; Ben Gaulon: Corrupt. Yourself; Firelei Báez: Patterns of Resistance; Jean Richardson: Every Now and Then I Fall Apart Exhibitions through January 16, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

— Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition on view through 2016; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March 2018;In Word and Deed: Five Centuries of Religious Art  Exhibition ongoing, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

— Family Vacation; Parables: Liz Lemon Swindle Exhibitions through January 3; Voices: People, Places and Ideas in Utah Art  Exhibition through June 1, 2016; Soviet Impressionist Paintings  Exhibition ongoing, Springville Museum of Art

Picturing the Iconic: Andy Warhol to Kara WalkerExhibition through January 3, Kimball Art Center, Park City

Et cetra

Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., venues vary

— Third Saturday for Families: Printmaking, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts