Outdoor Notes
— Tribune: Utah Hike of the Week: Lofty Lake in the Uinta Mountains
— Tribune: 40 things we learned touring Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southern Utah
— Tribune: Contest aims to lure anglers to Panguitch Lake after recent wildfire closure
Weekend Events
New Films
— Atomic Blonde: Tribune review
— City of Ghosts: Tribune review
— A Ghost Story: Tribune review
— Lady Macbeth: Tribune review
Concerts
— Michael Chipman & Melinda Kirigin Voss: Night on Broadway, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Saturday, 8 p.m., Holladay City Hall, 4580 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City, free
— Salt Lake City Jazz Festival, Friday and Saturday, 6 – 11 p.m., The Gallivan Center, 239 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, $10
— Deer Valley Music Festival, through August 5, Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater and St. Mary’s Church, Park City, $15-$36
— Park City Beethoven Festival, through August 14, venues vary
— Concerts in the Park, Tuesdays and Fridays through August, 7:30 p.m., Brigham Young Historic Park, North Temple and State Street, Salt Lake City, free
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Temple Square Assembly Hall, free
Theater
— “Disney’s The Lion King Jr.” through July 28, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “A Night at The Imperial” through July 29, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Blackbird” through July 30, Utah Repertory Theatre
— “The Little Mermaid” through July 31, Spanish Fork Community Theater
— “The Foreigner” through August 1, Lyric Repertory Company
— “The Music Man” through August 2, Murray Arts in the Park
— “The Three Musketeers” through August 4, Titus Productions Theatre Co.
— “Annie” through August 5, Cottonwood Heights Arts Council
— “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” through August 5, Lyric Repertory Company
— “High School Musical Jr.” through August 5, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Wait Until Dark” through August 5, Lyric Repertory Company
— “Disney’s Tarzan” through August 6, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “REX” through August 7, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Seussical” through August 7, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” through August 8, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “Madame Butterfly” through August 8, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “The Music Man” through August 9, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “The Pirates of Penzance” through August 9, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre
— “The Dinner Party” through August 11, Neil Simon Festival
— “Noises Off!” through August 11, Neil Simon Festival
— “Broadway Bound” through August 12, Neil Simon Festival
— “Honk Jr.” through August 12, Empress Theatre
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through August 12, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through August 12, Sundance Resort
— “Under Construction” through August 12, Neil Simon Festival
— “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare…Abridged” through August 17, Lyric Repertory Company
— “The 3 Amigos” through August 19, Desert Star Playhouse
— “An Inspector Calls” through August 19, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “Murder by the Book” through August 19, Covey Center for the Arts
— “Saturday’s Voyeur” through August 28, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Guys and Dolls” through September 1, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Shrek the Musical” through September 1, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Treasure Island” through September 2, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “As You Like It” through September 7, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Shakespeare in Love” through September 8, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “LOVE & DEATH vs EL BANDITO” through September 9, Pickleville Playhouse
— “Romeo and Juliet” through September 9, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Disney’s Newsies” through October 18, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Shrek the Musical” through October 20, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
— “Long Lost First Play” through October 21, Utah Shakespearean Festival
— “Mama Mia!” through October 21, Tuacahn Amphitheatre
Museum Exhibits
— Céline Downen: Beehive Works Exhibition through August 5; Willow Skye-Biggs: Tastes Like Mandy Exhibition through August 12; Michael Ryan Handley: Sublimation Exhibition through September 9; Spy Hop: Safe and Sound Exhibition through September 23; Al Ahad: The Hijab Project Exhibition through November 18, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— The Classical Tradition: Serenity, Simplicity and Harmony Exhibition through August 5; 44th Annual Quilt Show Exhibition through September 23; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through September 2018; Round Up: Icons of the West Exhibition through June 19, 2021, Springville Museum of Art
— Ink for Alaska Exhibition through August 13; Richard Serra: Prints Exhibition through August 20, Kimball Art Center
— e.g. Annie Poon: Split House Exhibition through summer 2017; Work in Progress Exhibition through September 9; Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art Exhibition through March 2018; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Et cetra
— Last Friday Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Park City
— Peruvan Festival, Friday and Saturday, Library Square, 200 East 400 South, Salt Lake City
— Wasatch Wildflower Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Little Cottonwood Canyon
— Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, through August 6, various venues, Sugar House