Articles tagged with: things to do in Salt Lake City
The Deer Valley® Music Festival (DVMF) is Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s (USUO’s) summer home in the mountain resort town of Park City, Utah.
The 2009 Festival is its sixth season of providing chamber music, classical, opera, and pops offerings in four venues: the Deer Valley Snow Park Amphitheater, St. Mary’s Church, Temple Har Shalom, and salons in private homes in the Park City area.
And now the cultural traditions of Utah’s first people are now being shared at This Is the Place Heritage Park. At the Native American Village are re-creations of traditional dwellings used by Navajo and Shoshone Indians so visitors can see how those tribes lived prior to the arrival of Utah’s pioneers.
The Living Planet Aquarium has now hosted more than 1 million visitors since opening its doors in 2004.
The Living Planet Aquarium had a terrific March and April after unveiling the Journey to South America Exhibit with over 84,000 people coming to visit, which is more than 72 percent higher than last year,” said Angie Hyde, director of public relations and marketing.
Looking closely at 7,900-pound Christie, one of Hogle Zoo’s two elephants, you’d never know she was 18 months pregnant. But sometime during July or August, Christie will deliver her first baby, probably weighing 180 pounds to 250 pounds — the first elephant to be born at Hogle Zoo in more than 80 years.
The Salt Lake Acting Company began in 1970 in the First Unitarian Church’s Eliot Hall near the University of Utah campus, then presented one production, PIPPIN, in the Shire West Theater. When the ‘80’s began, it was struggling along as the Human Ensemble Company in the tiny Glass Factory Theatre space at Arrow Press Square for a couple of seasons.
Red Butte Garden and Arboretum is a botanical garden and arboretum operated by the University of Utah, in the foothills of the Wasatch Range in Salt Lake City. It is open year-round to the public. Red Butte Garden contains 18 acres of botanical gardens and several miles of hiking trails.
The Gateway—Salt Lake City’s only open-air contemporary destination that delivers the ultimate in shopping, dining, and entertainment. With over 125 stores and restaurants, there is something for everyone!
