Outdoors Report
— Salt Lake Tribune: Arches National Park overcrowding demands new options, says park service
— Salt Lake Tribune: Grand County, Moab unite against plan to allow ORVs in Utah’s national parks
— Salt Lake Tribune: Butch Cassidy’s boyhood home misses the cut for Utah’s first state monuments; Danger Cave, Old Iron Town top list
— KSL.com: Why legendary Mount Timpanogos is Utah’s ‘Everest’
New Films
— Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Tribune review
Concerts
— Fall Showcase Concert, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, 1375 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, $8-$12
— Red Feather Acoustic Trio, Excellence in the Community Concert Series, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Brigham City Fine Arts Center, 58 South 100 West, Brigham City, free
— “Viaggio: A Musical Journey Through Europe,” Friday, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
— Antonio D’Abramo: “The piano between Classicism and Romanticism: reason and feeling,” Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, 50 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
— Fall Concert, American West Symphony and Chorus, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Sandy, 8575 South 700 East, Sandy
— “Witches, Wands, and Wizards,” West Valley Symphony, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, free, $5-$10
— “Thriller,” Odyssey Dance Theatre, through November 2, venues vary
— Eccles Organ Festival, Sundays, 8 p.m., through November 3, 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 South Temple, Salt Lake City, free
Theater
— “Honeymoon at Graveside Manor” through October 18, Sugar Factory Playhouse
— “Deep Love: A Ghostly Rock Opera” through October 19, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
— “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” through October 19, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “Disaster! The Musical” through October 19, Empress Theatre
— “Girl in the Red Corner” through October 19, Westminster College
— “Into the Woods” through October 19, On Pitch Performing Arts
— “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” through October 19, Sandy Arts Guild
— “Sense and Sensibility” through October 19, Weber State University
— “With Two Wings” through October 19, Brigham Young University
— “Death of a Driver” through October 20, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” through October 20, Midvale Main Street Theatre
— “La Traviata” through October 20, Utah Opera
— “Miss Saigon” through October 20, Eccles Theater
— “Clue: The Musical” through October 21, American Fork Community Theater
— “Disney’s When You Wish” through October 24, Tuacahn Amphitheater
— “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” through October 25, Tuacahn Amphitheater
— “Annie Get Your Gun” through October 26, Old Barn Community Theatre
— “Curtains” through October 26, Grand Theatre
— “Dracula vs. The Adamns Family” through October 26, Off Broadway Theatre
— “Freaky Friday” through October 26, Hopebox Theatre
— “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” through October 26, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “The Sound of Music” through October 26, Tuacahn Amphitheater
— “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” through October 28, Draper Historic Theatre
— “Junie B. Jones: The Musical” through November 1, SCERA Center
— “Into the Woods” through November 2, Hurricane Valley Theatrical Company
— “Adams Family Reunion – A Series of FUNfortunate Events” through November 9, Desert Star Playhouse
— “Mamma Mia: The Musical” through November 16, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “Wait Until Dark” through November 16, Brigham’s Playhouse
— “Form of a Girl Unknown” through November 17, Salt Lake Acting Company
— “Thoroughly Modern Millie” through November 23, Hale Center Theater Orem
Museum Exhibits
— Danae Mattes: Where the River Widens, Patrick Dougherty: Windswept Exhibitions through October 19; Becoming America Exhibition through summer 2021, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Madison Donnelly: Bath House Exhibition through October 26; The League of Reluctant Bicyclists, Ryan Lauderdale: Glazed Atrium, Exhibitions through November 2; Abstraction is Just a Word, But I Use It. Exhibition through January 4, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Jim Jacobs: The Imperfections That Render Us Visible, Van Chu: Photographic Brushstroke Exhibitions through November 3, Kimball Art Center
— Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity, Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art Exhibitions through December 8; DE | MARCATION:A Survey of Contemporary Photography in Utah Exhibition through January 12; 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
–– Ars Moriendi: The Art of Death and Dying, 34th Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah Exhibitions through January 15; SELF: Explorations of Identity Exhibition through May 16; 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
Et cetra
— Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Friday, 6 – 9 p.m., venues vary
— Final Cut Film Festival, Friday and Saturday, Pardoe Drama Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive & Heritage Drive, Provo
— Family Art Saturday: Contrast Memories, Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Millfreaks, Saturday, 3 – 6:30 p.m., Canyon Rim Park, 3100 South 2900 East, Salt Lake City
— Third Saturday for Families: Masks, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts
— West Jordan Pumpkin Walk, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., West Jordan Historical Society, 2053 West 7800 South, West Jordan
