Weekend Event
Outdoors Report
— Tribune: Removal of old tires from Utah ponds counted as an environmental success
— Tribune: Along Utah’s Jordan River, birders of a feather count together at yuletide
— Tribune: Critter cams have produced thousands of images of wildlife roaming northern Utah’s mountain trails
Concerts
— Ran Duan, Davis Arts Council, Friday, 7 p.m., Alpine Church, 254 West 2675 North, Layton, free
— “A New Year’s Celebration,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $15-$84
— John Pizzarelli Quartet, JazzSLC, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, $29.50
Theater
— “How the Grouch Stole Christmas” through January 5, Desert Star Playhouse
— “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” through January 5, Utah Children’s Theatre
— “Aladdin Jr.” through January 11, Alpine Community Theatre
— “The Lion in Winter” through January 19, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “The Wizard of Oz” through February 2, Hale Centre Theatre
— “I Do! I Do!” through February 9, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “The Odd Couple” through February 9, Hale Center Theater Orem
Museum Exhibits
— Lasting Impressions: Etchings and Drawings by Carl Bloch Exhibition through January 5; For Home and Country: Posters and Propaganda from the Great War Exhibition through January 12; Pulitzer Prize Photographs Exhibition through March 3; Electronic Gallery: 4.1 Miles Exhibition through March 23; Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 29 Exhibition through 2018; To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019; Danae Mattes: Where the River Widens, Patrick Dougherty: Windswept Exhibitions through October 19, 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Dreamscapes, Park City Collects III Exhibitions through January 6, Kimball Art Center
— Daniel Everett: Security Questions, Molly Morin: Information Density Exhibitions through January 12; Whoop Dee Doo: Matt Roche and Jaimie Warren Exhibition through March 3, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— 33rd Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Journeys: Monomyth and Transformation Exhibitions through January 16; Beginnings: The Mormon Art & Belief Movement Exhibition through February 16; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through summer 2019; Round Up: Icons of the West Exhibition through June 19, 2021, Favorite Ladies: Patterns, People, and Play, SMA: Milestones and Memories Exhibitions ongoing, Springville Museum of Art
— salt 14: Yang Yongliang Exhibition through June 2, 2019; Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity; ongoing exhibitions: Arts of Africa; American and Regional Art: Mythmaking and Truth-Telling; Chinese Art: Emulation and Innovation; European Art; Ancient Mediterranean Art: Res Mortis; Ancient Mesoamerica; Modern and Contemporary Art: A Fuller Picture; Arts of the Pacific; Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Et cetra
— First Friday Art Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Historic 25th Street, Ogden
