Many venues throughout Utah have shut down to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Though some venues are beginning to reopen, there are still many events that you can participate in from home. Here are some of the virtual events going on in the community this week.
MUSIC/DANCE
Ballet West Virtual Academy, June 5-13, dates and times vary, Ballet West Academy, $12 per class (balletwest.punchpass.com/classes)
Online Dance Classes, June 5-11, dates and times vary, Repertory Dance Theatre’s Dance Center on Broadway, pay what you are able, registration required (rdtutah.org/danceclasses)
Lounge 40, June 6, 8 p.m., Excellence in the Community, free (facebook.com/events)
Virtual Music and Movement, June 10, 11 a.m., Park City Library, free, for toddlers and preschoolers (facebook.com/events)
GETTING OUT
Festival Vibes Friday, June 5, all day, Utah Arts Festival, free (uaf.org)
Museum of Ancient Life Virtual Tour, June 5-11, on demand, Thanksgiving Point Museum of Ancient Life, free (thanksgivingpoint.org)
Birthday Celebration for Koshi the Clouded Leopard, June 6, 9 a.m., Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, free (facebook.com/events)
Summerfest Conversations in Culture: India, June 8, 6 p.m., Bountiful Davis Art Center, free (bdac.org/summerfest)
Successful Living with Hearing Loss, June 9, 6 p.m., Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, free (jobs.utah.gov)
“Prehistoric Road Trip,” June 9, 7 p.m., Natural History Museum of Utah, free (facebook.com/events)
THEATER
“The Man with the Pointed Toes,” June 5-7, available from 5 p.m.-midnight, Hale Center Theater Orem, $5 per viewer (tickets.haletheater.org)
ReConnect Concert, June 6, 7:30 p.m., CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, free (centerpointtheatre.org)
SPECIAL MOVIE SCREENINGS
NEW SCREENINGS
“Constructing Albert,” June 5-11, on demand, Park City Film, $12 (parkcityfilm.org)
“Exhibition On Screen: Painting the Modern Garden—Monet to Matisse,” June 5-11, 5 p.m. or 7 p.m. or on demand, Salt Lake City Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“Fourteen,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $12 (utahfilmcenter.org)
“The Grey Fox,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $10 (utahfilmcenter.org)
“Hail Satan?,” June 5-11, on demand, Park City Film, $5; Q&A with director Penny Lane, June 10, 6 p.m., $5 (parkcityfilm.org)
“The Hottest August,” June 5-18, on demand, Park City Film, ticket price not yet available (parkcityfilm.org)
“Shirley,” June 5-11, 3 p.m. or 7 p.m. or on demand, Salt Lake City Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“Tommaso,” June 5-11, 12 p.m. or 7:15 p.m. or on demand, Salt Lake City Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael,” June 9, 7 p.m., Utah Film Center, free (utahfilmcenter.org)
CONTINUING SCREENINGS
“And Then We Danced,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $12 (utahfilmcenter.org/ondemand)
“Best of CatVideoFest: Creature Comforts Edition,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $0.99 or pay what you want (utahfilmcenter.org)
“Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint,” June 5-11, Utah Film Center, $12 (utahfilmcenter.org)
“Blackfish,” June 5-14, on demand, Park City Film, $5 (parkcityfilm.org)
“The Booksellers,” June 5-11, on demand, Salt Lake Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $12 (utahfilmcenter.org/ondemand)
“Clementine,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $12 (utahfilmcenter.org)
“Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy,” June 5-11, on demand, Salt Lake Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“Driveways,” June 5-11, on demand, Salt Lake Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“The Infiltrators,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $12 (utahfilmcenter.org/ondemand)
“Lucky Grandma,” June 5-11, on demand, Salt Lake Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
Made In Utah: Filmmaker Spotlight, June 5-8, on demand, Park City Film, free (parkcityfilm.org)
“On a Magical Night,” June 5-11, on demand, Salt Lake Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
“The Painter and the Thief,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $3.99 (utahfilmcenter.org)
“Spaceship Earth,” June 5-11, on demand, Utah Film Center, $3.99 (utahfilmcenter.org/ondemand)
“Up From the Streets,” June 5-11, on demand, Salt Lake Film Society, $10 (slfsathome.org)
BOOK SIGNINGS AND EVENTS
Facebook Live Story-time, June 5 and 8-11, 10:30 a.m., Salt Lake County Library, free (facebook.com/TheCountyLibrary)
Picture Book Story-time, June 5-11, 11 a.m., The King’s English Bookshop, free (facebook.com/KingsEnglishBookshop or instagram.com/kingsenglishbookshop)
Chapter Book Reading, June 5-11, 2 p.m., The King’s English Bookshop, free (facebook.com/KingsEnglishBookshop or instagram.com/kingsenglishbookshop)
Nature Tales: Hummingbirds!, June 5, 11 a.m., Stokes Nature Center, free (facebook.com/events)
Virtual Bilingual Storytime, June 9, 11 a.m., Park City Library, free (facebook.com/events)
Story-time with Ken Sanders, June 11, 6 p.m., Ken Sanders Rare Books, free (facebook.com/kensandersrarebooks or youtube.com)
ART CLASSES AND EVENTS
Watercolor: Basic Watercolor Technique, June 5, 7 p.m., SCERA Center for the Arts, $7, registration closes 2 hours before class time (scera.org/events/quarantine-art-club)
Watercolor: Tape Resist Painting, June 8, 6 p.m., SCERA Center for the Arts, $7, registration closes 2 hours before class time (scera.org/events/quarantine-art-club)
ART GALLERIES
OPENING EXHIBITIONS
Art at the Main, “Abstracting Utah,” by Barbara Kidd, through June 30 (artatthemain.com)
Bountiful Davis Art Center, “Adam & Eden: 6th Annual BDAC Plein Air Competition,” by various artists; “followed fires,” by Ron Linn; “Because I Am Still In Love With You,” by Nancy Andruk Olson; “The Toxic Earth,” by Amy Ungricht, live-streamed reception and awards ceremony, June 5, 6-8 p.m. (facebook.com/BDAC1)
Finch Lane Gallery, “The Risk of Representation,” organized by Queer Spectra, exhibition opening June 11, 2 p.m. (saltlakearts.org)
Utah Museum of Fine Art, “Beyond the Divide: Merchant, Artist, Samurai in Edo Japan,” by various artists; “Seven Masters: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints,” by various artists, virtual tour of both exhibits June 5, 7 a.m., link available for 24 hours, RSVP required (ulink.utah.edu or facebook.com/events)
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
Anthony’s Fine Art, “The First Vision,” by various artists; “New Works,” by Walter Rane (anthonysfineart.com)
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, “A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in the Collection,” by various artists, through Sept. 12; “John Henri Moser: Painting Utah Modern,” by John Henri Moser, through Oct. 10 (moa.byu.edu/virtual-exhibitions-at-the-moa)
Chase Home Museum of Folk Arts, “The Grand Beehive: Utah’s Iconic Symbol,” by various artists; “Traditional Textiles: Ties That Bind,” by various artists; “Work, Refined,” by various artists (utahfolkarts.omeka.net/exhibits)
David Dee Fine Arts, “The Exquisite Art of the Woodblock Print,” by various artists (daviddeefinearts.com/exhibitions)
Julie Nester Gallery, “New Arrivals Group Show,” by various artists (julienestergallery.com)
Modern West Fine Arts, “Roots: A tribute to the original artists of Modern West,” by various artists, through July 10 (modernwestfineart.com)
Southern Utah Museum of Art, “Our Natural World,” by various artists; “2020 Senior BFA Show,” by various artists, through June 27 (suu.edu/pva/suma/at-home)
Springville Museum of Art, “Up Close and Far Away,” by various artists, through April 1, 2021; “SELF: Explorations of Identity,” by various artists (smofa.org/current-exhibitions)
University of Utah College of Fine Arts, “2020 Juried Student Exhibition,” by various artists (art.utah.edu/2020-juried-student-exhibition)
Utah Division of Arts & Museums, “Scribbling Outside the Margins,” Kylie Millward; “Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism,” by various artists (artsandmuseums.utah.gov)
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, “Boundaries,” by Devin Harclerode; “Guerrilla Girls,” by various artists; “Mapping It Out,” by Jane Christensen; “Utah Collects: Contemporary Collecting Practices,” by various artists (utahmoca.org/exhibitions)
Woodbury Art Museum, “UVU Student Art Show,” by various artists (2020uvustudentshow.myportfolio.com/photo-gallery)
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
The Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah ReStore, 835. S Bluff St., St. George, is holding a Fill the Truck Food Drive on June 6 from 9 a.m.-noon. They are requesting items that meet the following requirements: all-natural ingredients, low sodium, low sugar and no high fructose corn syrup. The most needed items are: peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, canned meats (tuna, chicken or beef), chili, SpaghettiOs or canned ravioli, canned fruits and other boxed meals. More information can be found at facebook.com/events.
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is looking for vocalists to join its ensemble. The Choir will post a link to a digital application and application guide on June 1, and applications must be submitted electronically by Aug. 15. Applicants must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in good standing, be between 25 and 55 years old as of April 30, 2021, and currently live within 100 miles of the Salt Lake Tabernacle. The application process to the choir consists of four phases. For more information on the application process, visit thetabernaclechoir.org
Salt Lake Acting Company has announced a call for submissions for short scripts for a comedic digital short series, “We Got the Laughs.” The series will be 10 parts released weekly on SLAC’s blog and social channels starting June 26. SLAC is inviting the public to submit scripts for comedic shorts that are 1-31⁄2 minutes in length that are intended to uplift, entertain and provide laughter. Authors of entries that are chosen to be produced by SLAC will receive a stipend of $500. The submission deadline is June 12 at 11:59 p.m. Questions and finalized script submissions can be sent to SLAC’s literary manager, Cassie Stokes-Wylie, at cassie@saltlakeactingcompany.org, and more information can be found at SLAC’s website at saltlakeactingcompany.org.
Craft Lake City is extending the application deadline for exhibitors and performers wanting to participate in the Craft Lake City DIY Festival. The festival will be moving to an online format but will still take place Aug. 7-9 as originally scheduled. The application deadline is now June 15. Utah-based artisans, craft foodies, vintage vendors, STEM exhibitors, DIY engineers, performers and entertainers, multicultural organizations and Kid Row artisans are encouraged to apply. Accepted exhibitors will be announced on July 1. Those interested can apply at the Craft Lake City website, craftlakecity.com.
Note: This list is not all-inclusive, and events and prices are subject to change. To submit an event listing, email features@deseretnews.com.