Theater

"April Ann," Hale Center Theater, Orem, 8 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays through Oct. 4; matinee, Oct. 4, 3:30 p.m. (226-8600)."Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: Won't You Be My/Our Neighbor," Desert Star Playhouse, Murray, 7 p.m. Mondays & Thursdays; 7 & 9:30 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays; also 3 p.m. Saturdays (266-7600).

"Hello, Dolly!" Draper Arts Council, Draper City Hall auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays & Monday, Sept. 19-27 (576-8585).

"Lend Me a Tenor," Provo Theatre Co., Mondays & Thursdays-Saturdays, through Oct. 13, 8 p.m. (379-0600).

"A Man of the Mountains," Social Hall at Old Deseret Village, 2601 Sunnyside Ave., 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 & 27 and Oct. 3 & 4 (tickets at the door).

"Nunsense," Hale Centre Theatre, South S.L., Mondays-Saturdays, through Oct. 13, 8 p.m.; matinees 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20 & 27; also noon & 3:30 p.m., Oct. 4 & 11. (848-9257).

"Nunsense," Park City Elks Lodge, Thursdays-Saturdays through Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. (649-9371).

"The Pirates of Penzance," Rodgers Memorial Theatre, Centerville, Mondays & Thursdays-Saturdays, through Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.; matinee, Sept. 27, 3 p.m. (298-1302).

"The Pirates of Penzance," Terrace Plaza Playhouse, Ogden, Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays, through Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. (393-0070).

"The Pumpkin Giant," City Rep, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 22 & 29; Oct. 3, 13, 17, 18, 24 & 31 and Nov. 1, 7 & 8; matinees 2 p.m. Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, 11, 18 & 25 (532-6000).

"Quick Wits," Off Broadway Theatre, Fridays & Saturdays, 10 p.m., open-ended run (355-4628).

"The Raid," Alice Sheets Marriott Center for Dance, U. of U., 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through Oct. 4 (no evening performance on Sept. 20); matinees 2 p.m. Sept. 20 & 27 and Oct. 4 (581-6961); also Oct. 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m., Peery's Egyptian Theater, Ogden (626-8500 or 1-800-978-8457).

"A Rip-Roarin' Revue," Sherwood Hills Resort, Wellsville (Sardine Canyon), 8 p.m., Sept. 19 & 20 (chuckwagon dinner 6:30 p.m.) (245-5054).

"Saturday's Voyeur," S.L. Acting Company, Sundays, 2 & 7 p.m. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., through Oct. 5 (355-2787).

"Snow White or Where Is a Prince When You Need One?" Lighthouse Theatre, Cottonwood Mall, Sept. 20 & 22, 7 p.m. (278-5313).

"Space Wars: A 2002 Space Oddity of Olympic Proportions," Desert Star Playhouse, Murray, & 9:30 p.m., Sept. 19 & 20; also 3 p.m. Sept. 20. (266-7600).

"Star Child," Hafen Theatre, Tuacahn, Ivins (west of St. George), 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 20, 22, 25-27 & 29 (652-3200).

"The Storm Testament," Villa Playhouse, Springville, 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays (489-3088).

"Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Pioneer Theatre Company, Lees Main Stage of Pioneer Memorial Theatre, U. of U., 7:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 2 & 8 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 4 (581-6961).

"The Trail of Dreams," Valentine Theater, Utah State Developmental Center, American Fork, 7:30 p.m. Mondays & Thursdays-Fridays through Nov. 22 (492-1847).

"The Twelve Dancing Princesses," Off Broadway Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 & 20 (355-4628).

Theater festivals

CASTLE THEATER FESTIVAL, Castle Amphitheater, 1300 E. Center, Provo; all performances 8 p.m. (377-2783):

"Love's Labour's Lost," Sept. 19.

"The Importance of Being Earnest," Sept. 20.

CLASSICAL GREEK THEATRE FESTIVAL TOUR, Euripides' "Hippolytus," 9 a.m. Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 4-5, Red Butte Gardens (581-6961); 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, Peery's Egyptian Theatre, Ogden (626-8500 or 1-800-978-8457), and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Nelke Theatre, Brigham Young University, Provo (378-4322).

Lectures

Utah State Democratic Party's Eleanor Roosevelt Luncheon, with guest speaker Denise Taylor, head coach of Utah Starzz, Sept. 23, $35, call 328-1212.

Kenneth Gray, author of "Silk and Cactus: The Story of the Builder of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ" and great-great-grandson of the builder Joseph Bridges, will lecture at the Sandy Library, Sept. 22, Holladay Library, Sept. 24, Park Library Sept. 25; all at 7 p.m.

Miscellaneous

Brian Head fall color festival/Oktoberfest Sept. 20-21, 677-2810.

Hispanic Fiesta Days, music, dance, pinata contests, talent shows etc., Gallivan Utah Center, Sept. 19-20, noon-10 p.m.

Green River Melon Days, Sept. 19-20, 564-3526.

Mime Bill Higley, Treehouse, Ogden City Mall, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.

Oktoberfest, activities, music, food etc., Snowbird, Saturdays-Sundays through Oct. 5, noon-6 p.m.

Park City Days "Step Back in Time," Sept. 27, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

People with AIDS Coalition of Utah community awards banquet, Sept. 26, 5:30 p.m. Guest speaker: Cleve Jones, founder of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Info: 484-2205.

Pioneer Social, This Is the Place State Park, Sept. 20, 584-8391.

Providence Sauerkraut Days, Providence, Sept. 20, 752-9441.

Red Butte Gardens, Garden Get-Together: Peter Lassig, head gardener, Temple Square, Sept. 25, 581-8485.

Salt Lake Community College fall convocation, public invited, guest performer Kurt Bestor, 10 a.m. Alder Ampitheater.

Spencer, hypnotism, Avalon Theater, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m.

Utah Quilt Guild Meeting, quilt exhibits, classes etc., Eccles Conference Center, Ogden, Sept. 19, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sept. 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Utah State Coin & Collectible Show, Sept. 26-27, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Utah National Guard Armory, free.

Vandermeide, comic hypnotism, Murray Theater, Saturdays, 9:15 p.m.

Wasatch Gem & Lapidary Show, Murray Armory, Sept. 19-20, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Weber State University Marching Band Review with 20 high school bands, Stewart Stadium, noon Sept. 27.

Getting Out

Big band ballroom dancing, Murray Arts Centre, Tuesdays & Saturdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m. (instruction 7:30 p.m.).

Dancing, 10th East Senior Center (237 S. 1000 E.), Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

International folk dancing, Union Bldg., U. of U., Mondays, 7-9 p.m.

Israeli Folk Dance Group, Jewish Community Center, Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m.

"Slaughter on the Strip," Snowbird Center (mystery dinner), 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 (742-2222, Ext. 4080).

Singles Dance, Saltair, Sept. 20, 8 p.m.-midnight, $6.

Singles Square Dance classes, Horizon Elementary School, 5180 S. 700 West, Murray, Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. (571-2340 or 484-9934).

Swingin' Singles Square/Line Dance Club, Pioneer Hall (1140 W. 7800 S.), Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sept. 24-28, call 467-TIXX for times and ticket information. (See box on W3 for details.)

Western dance, Discovery Bldg., Fairpark, Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Western dance, Murray Arts Centre, Fridays, 9:30 p.m. (instruction 8:30 p.m.).

Music/dance

Organ recitals, S.L. Tabernacle, Sundays, 2 p.m.; Mondays-Saturdays, noon. Free.

Ivory Piano Quartet, Temple Square Assembly Hall, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Jeff Manookian, Temple Square Assembly Hall, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Wasatch Baroque Players, Madsen Recital Hall, BYU, Provo, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Ballet West, "Jonas Kage: Curtain Up," Capitol Theatre, Sept. 19, 20, 24-27, 7:30 p.m.

Utah Symphony, Graeme Jenkins conducting, with mezzo Marilyn Horne, Abravanel Hall, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

Randy Travis & Kathy Mattea, E Center, Sept. 20.

Mt. Peale Resort Country Inn (southeast of Moab) Celeste Krenz, 686-2284.

Benihana's 20th anniversary celebration: Koto string players with Kimiko Ostoro, Sept. 19; Tiachi music with Yasuko Arata, Sept. 22; dance and music with Taka and Bernice Nakida, Sept. 24, Taiko drum players Denise Nakashima and Laura Olson, Sept. 26, all 6 p.m. and at 165 S. West Temple.

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BYU World of Dance, Sept. 24-27, 378-4322.

Singing group "Reunion" Jim Pike, Ric Azevedo & Bob Engemann, Sept. 20 Grand High School auditorium, Moab. 259-667 or 260-1871.

Brown-bagging

Gallivan Utah Center, noon: Rick Schwemmer (Sept. 23); Melissa Anderson (Sept. 24); Paul Boruff (Sept. 25); Crimson Blue, (Sept. 26). Free.

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