Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report

Outdoors Report

— Salt Lake TribuneStudents work to document rock art at a preserve near Utah Lake to help it win national recognition even as new threats emerge

— Salt Lake TribuneGehrke: If we do it right, we can have both birds and bike trails in this Salt Lake foothills park

Salt Lake Tribune: The federal Forest Service strikes a stewardship deal with Utah. Here’s what it will do. 

— KSL.comSki tourism in Utah hit an all-time high this season

— KSL.com: New wave of tariffs on outdoor gear might hit recreation industry hard

— KSL.comCool weather keeps mountain roads, scenic byways closed longer than usual

New Films

— Aladdin: Tribune review 

Concerts

— Spring Concert, West Jordan Symphony, Friday, 7 p.m., Viridian Event Center, 8030 South 1825 West, West Jordan

— The Dance Conservatory, Friday and Saturday, 5 and 7:30 p.m., Covey Center for the Arts, 425 West Center Street, Provo, $8

— Season Finale: Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Utah Symphony, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, $15-$90

— “Celtic Woman Ancient Land,” Utah Presents, Saturday, 7 p.m., Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, 1395 East President’s Circle, Salt Lake City, $39-$150

— 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  

— “Into the Woods Jr.” through May 24, Hale Center Theater Orem

— “Glorious!” through May 25, Covey Center for the Arts

— “Grease” through May 25, Pioneer Theatre Company

— “James and the Giant Peach the Musical” through May 25, Utah Children’s Theatre

— “The Pajama Game” through May 25, St. George Musical Theater

— “She Loves Me” through May 25, Empress Theatre 

— “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

— “Singin’ in the Rain” through June 2, Egyptian Theatre

— “Freezin’ – Let It Go Already” through June 8, Desert Star Playhouse

— “West Side Story” through June 8, Grand Theatre 

— “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” through June 15, Brigham’s Playhouse

— “Matilda” through June 15, Hale Centre Theatre

— “Tuck Everlasting” through June 15, Hale Center Theater Orem

Museum Exhibits

 Shady Acres Exhibition through May 25; See Me: Primary Children’s Hospital Art Therapy Department Exhibition through June 1; Andrew Dadson: Roof Gap; Deanna & Ed Templeton: Contemporary Suburbium Exhibition through September 7, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

 salt 14: Yang Yongliang Exhibition through June 2; Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity; ongoing exhibitions: Arts of AfricaAmerican 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

— Zhi Lin: “Chinaman’s Chance” on Promontory Summit, Parker Jones: From My Seat in the Dirt, Exhibitions through June 2, Kimball Art Center 

— 95th Annual Spring Salon Exhibition through July 6; 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 WidensPatrick Dougherty: Windswept Exhibitions through October 19, 2019, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Et cetra

Holi Festival of Colors, Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., West Stadium Park, 1650 South Jefferson, Ogden

Spring City Heritage Day, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 150 East Center, Spring City

Moab Arts Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Swanny City Park, 100 West 400 North, Moab

Scandinavian Heritage Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Downtown Ephraim

Antelope Islands Cowboy Legends, through Sunday, Fielding Garr Ranch, 4528 West 1700 South, Syracuse