— Salt Lake Tribune: Feds stack Bears Ears advisory group with critics of southern Utah monument
— Salt Lake Tribune: Dinosaur National Monument is named a ‘Dark Sky Park,’ where visitors can see the Milky Way at night
— Salt Lake Tribune: Moab is drowning in tourists, and Utah is making Grand County spend millions a year to invite more
New Films
— Avengers: Endgame: Tribune review
Concerts
— “Awkward Family Opera Scenes,” Friday, 7:30 p.m., Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, $10-$15
— Lark & Spur, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Price City Auditorium, 185 East Main Street, Price, free
— “A Trip to Italy,” Southwest Symphony, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Cox Performing Arts Center, Dixie State University, 225 South 700 East, Saint George, $12-$25
— The Ballroom Company, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, $8-$12
— “Fogo Vivo,” Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, $20-$28
— “The Secret Garden,” Imagine Ballet Theatre, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; also Saturday, 2 p.m., Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd, Ogden, $12-$30
— “Villegas Plays Concierto de Aranjuez,” Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $15-$84
— 15th Annual Concerto Competition Showcase, Utah Philharmonic Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Waterford School, 1480 East 9400 South, Sandy, $5-$10
— Celtic Harps, Rare Instruments & Wondrous Stories with Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter, Saturday, 7 p.m., Trinity Presbyterian Church, 140 North Tyler Avenue, Ogden, $15
— Elijah: An Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, Salt Lake Choral Artists, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $10-$20
— “Murray’s Own,” Murray Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, 7 p.m., Hillcrest Junior High School, 178 East 5300 South, Murray, $6
— “Operatizers,” Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, $15-$20
— “Parallel Worlds: Music by Prokofiev, Copland, and More,” NOVA Chamber Music Series, Sunday, 3 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $18-$20
— Madeleine Festival, Sundays, 8 p.m., through May 26, The Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
— Organ concerts, every Saturday, noon, and every Sunday, 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, free
Theater
— “Mary Poppins Jr.” through April 27, Sandy Arts Guild
— “Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” through April 27, On Pitch Performing Arts
— “My Son Pinocchio Jr.” through April 27, Covey Center for the Arts
— “Little Shop of Horrors” through April 29, Draper Historic Theatre
— “Aida” through May 4, SCERA Center
— “The Taffetas” through May 4, Hurricane Valley Theatrical Company
— “Park City Follies” through May 5, Egyptian Theatre Company
— “The Music Man” through May 11, Timpanogos Valley Theatre
— “Aladdin” through May 12, Eccles Theater
— “Silent Dancer” through May 12, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Singin’ in the Rain” through May 18, Ziegfeld Theater
— “James and the Giant Peach the Musical” through May 25, Utah Children’s Theatre
— “The Pajama Game” through May 25, St. George Musical Theater
— “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” through June 1, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “A Lad ‘n’ His Magic Lamp” through June 1, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Steel Magnolias” through June 1, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Matilda” through June 15, Hale Centre Theatre
Museum Exhibits
— Jensen: Sit Comfortably In a Darkened Room and Think of Nothing Exhibition through May 4; Lenka Clayton: Under These Conditions, Mike Simi: Getting’ By Exhibitions through May 11; Shady Acres Exhibition through May 25; See Me: Primary Children’s Hospital Art Therapy Department Exhibition through June 1, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— salt 14: Yang Yongliang Exhibition through June 2; 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
— Magic and Machine: Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Utah Art Exhibition through August 3; Sanctuaries of Mind Exhibition through summer 2019; All Aboard! Exhibition through September 21; 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
— To Magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion Exhibition on view through summer 2019; After Promontory Exhibition through October 5; Danae Mattes: Where the River Widens, Patrick Dougherty: Windswept Exhibitions through October 19, 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Et cetra
— Arbor Day Celebration, Friday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City
— Last Friday Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., Park City
— Star Party, Salt Lake Astronomical Society, Wheeler Historic Farm, 6351 South 900 East, Salt Lake City
— Kids Fiesta, Saturday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Viridian Center, 8030 South 1825 West, West Jordan
— Nihon Matsuri, Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Japanese Church of Christ, 268 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
— Tulip Festival, through May 4, Thanksgiving Point, 3900 North, Garden Drive, Lehi
