Outdoors Report
— Salt Lake Tribune: Sutherland Institute’s campaign against Bears Ears was relentless, effective and mostly funded by a tight circle of activists
— Salt Lake Tribune: Utah cities and counties looking to restrict hunting
— Salt Lake Tribune: Having lived through avalanches, female pro backcountry skiers imbue fear, education through clinics
— KSL.com: Featured hike: Jenni’s Trail offers soaring views from Park City Mountain
— KSL.com: Public input sought for campground, trails in San Juan County; bike use on Arches pathway
New Films
— Dolittle: Deseret News review
Concerts
— Black Violin, Cache Arts, Friday, 7:30 p.m., The Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 South Main, Logan, $20-$40
— Body Logic Dance Company 10th Anniversary Concert, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, $12-$18
— Faculty Composers Recital, Friday, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, free
— Salt Lake City Junior and Young Artists Preliminary Round Competition, Friday and Saturday, 12:30 – 9:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, free
— “Sphere: In Between,” Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Good Company Theatre, 2404 Wall Ave., Ogden, $20
— Utah Crosstalk, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Campus Drive and Heritage Drive, Provo, 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
— “Contemporary Voices: Play Readings from Award-Winning Scripts” through January 18, Brigham Young University
— “The Little Mermaid Jr.” through January 18, American Fork Youth Theater
— “Mauritius” through January 18, Pinnacle Acting Company
— “Seussical” through January 18, Hale Centre Theatre
— “Twelfth Night” through January 18, Grassroots Shakespeare Company
— “Coriolanus” through January 19, New World Shakespeare Company
— “She Kills Monsters” through January 19, Utah Presents
— “Mary Stuart” through January 25, Pioneer Theatre Company
— “Matilda” through January 25, Cedar Valley Community Theatre
— “The Odd Couple” through January 25, Vernal Theatre
— “Silent Night” through January 26, Utah Opera
— “Lucky Stiff” through January 27, Draper Historic Theatre
— “Man With the Pointed Toes” through February 8, Hale Center Theater Orem
— “Nunsense!” through February 8, Terrace Plaza Playhouse
— “Peter and the Starcatcher” through February 15, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre
— “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” through February 22, St. George Musical Theater
— “James Blonde: Agent 7-11 in License to Thrill” through March 21, Desert Star Playhouse
Museum Exhibits
— Rachel Henriksen: Knew/New, Justin Watson: A Farewell to Images, Exhibitions through January 18; Kelsey Harrison: Never an hour for thought Exhibition through January 28, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
— Rend the Heavens: Intersections of the Human and Divine Exhibition through January; Supermarket: Pop Art and 1960s America Exhibition through March 28; Becoming America Exhibition through summer 2021, Brigham Young University Museum of Art
— Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition through October 4, 2020; 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
— Sketchy: Drawings and Studies from the Permanent Collection Exhibition through April 25; 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, Soviet Stories: Layers of Reality Exhibitions ongoing, Springville Museum of Art
Et cetra
— 30th Anniversary OT&W Model Train Show, Friday and Saturday, Thanksgiving Point, 3003 North Thanksgiving Way, Lehi
— HOF Germanfest, Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Golden Spike Event Center, 1000 North 1200 West, Ogden
— Third Saturday for Families: Cloud Sculptures, Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Marcia and John Price Museum Building, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City
— Ice Castles, through February 29, Homestead Resort, 700 North Homestead Drive, Midway
