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Show (Bqpnimg (Dim I Looking for something different to do this weekend? Here are a few I suggestions, compiled by Park Record entertainment critic Rick Brough. I Unless otherwise noted, events listed below will take place in Salt Lake I . iiH ' ll , MOVIES -j I The Alain Resnais Festival concludes at the Salt Lake Library with I "Mon Oncle D'Amerique." Two men and a woman are talented but un- I fulfilled. They dream of a proverbial French uncle who has made his I fortune in America and returns to solve their problems. The film plays I Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. for $2.50 admission. The library is at 209 E. Fifth South. I The library also will begin a June Allyson series for its Friday films in I December. It opens with "Good News," the quintessential college L musical set in the '20s. This 1947 film pairs Allyson with Peter Lawford. I It plays on Friday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. for 25 cents and 7 p.m. for 50 cents, r At the Blue Mouse: "El Norte" is the story of a brother and a sister I who leave the violence of their native Guatemala to travel to the United ' . I States. The film has color and power, though the plot too closely follows I the "peasant-gets-exploited" film. v I If you're not a Talking Heads fan, you may become one if you see their I concert film, "Stop Making Sense," directed by Jonathan Demme T C'Melvin and Howard"). The Mouse is at 260 E. 100 South, 364-3471. ' I ; The Utah Media Center will present a film in its Contemporary I Cinema Series this weekend. "The Ploughman's Lunch" examined con- I temporary London life in its story of an opportunistic newsman I (Jonathan Pryce) from the working class and his romance with a I privileged young woman. Admission is $4 for the film, which plays Dec. I 6at7:30p.m.,Dec.7at5:30and9:30p.m.andDec.8at7:30.p.m. ' I Another feature this weekend is the second part of the 1985 Whitney I Biennial Video Exhibition. This includes work by noted video artists Bill I Viola and Ed Emshwiller. The program plays Dec. 6 at 9:30 p.m., Dec, 7 ) I at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $3. ' I The programs will be shown in the auditorium of the Salt Lake Art I Center, 20 South West Temple. For more information, call 534-1158. MUSIC , I The Utah Symphony will perform Dec. 6 and 7 at Symphony Hall . I (123 South Temple) in a program with contralto Lili Chookasian and the I Utah Symphony Chorus. The 8 p.m. program includes music by Brahms I and Prokofiev. Ticket prices are $10 to $25. ' DANCE , ., I , "Christmas Around the World" js presented by ie BYTJ Interna- . " : Hhional ToUt Dancers Dec! 5 arid6 at P"r'ovo's Marriott Center at 8 p.m. ?l THEATRE , I Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" will be presented by Park City Perfor- I mances at the Egyptian Theatre on Main Street. The production will ' I play Dec. 6-7 and 12-14 at 8 p.m. For tickets, call the Kimball Art Center I (649-8882) or the Egyptian Theatre (649-9371). Group rates are I available. I Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" will be presented at Pioneer .1 Memorial Theatre at the University of Utah nightly, except Sunday, I through Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. A Dec. 21 matinee is at 2 p.m. I Look out, brothers and sisters! "Saturday's Voyeur: Christmas I '85" will be presented by the Salt Lake Acting Company at 168 W. 500 I North in Salt Lake City on various dates through Jan. 4. Call the com- I pany at 363-0525 for exact dates, times and prices. I "The Other Wise Man" and "The Littlest Angel" will play at Plum I Alley in Promised Valley Playhouse, 132 So. State in Salt Lake City, I Wednesday-Saturday through Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees I are 2 and 4 p.m. I The playhouse also will present "The Snow Queen" Wednesday- I Saturday through Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Matinees Dec 7 and 14 are at 2 I p.m. I "Amahl and the Night Visitors" will be presented at the playhouse I Wednesday-Saturday through Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Bowery. I A Dec. 21 matinee is at 2 p.m. I Rhe musical, "Scrooge," will be presented in the Triad Center's I Dickens Building (50 So. 300 West, Salt Lake City) Tuesday-Saturday I through Dec. 21 at 7 :30 p.m. Saturday matinees are at 4 :30 p.m. I --m ETCETERA I An exhibit of the work of landscape artist Richard Murray will be I featured at the Kimball Art Center through Jan. 2. The Lower Gallery I features the Christmas Boutique. For more information, call 649-8882. I The Hansen Planetarium ( 15 So. State, Salt Lake City) presents "A I Comet Called Halley" and "The Last Time I Saw the Comet" Monday- I Saturday at 4: 30 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 4 :30 p.m. I a new star show, "Star of Wonder" plays Monday-Friday at 8: 15 p.m. I .and Saturday-Sunday at 3:15 and 8:15 p.m. On Saturday, the I planetarium presents the children's star program "The Secret of the I Cardboard,Rocket" at 11 a.m. "Laser Vision" plays Top 40 Rock at 10:30, I p.m. on Friday and Saturday. I The 15th Annual Festival of Trees will be held Dec. 5-7 at the Salt I palace II. Advance tickets are $2 adults $1 children or $2.50 (adults) . I and $1.50 (children) at the door. I GENERAL INFORMATION I DATATIX outlets are at all ZCMI stores, the Salt Palace, the BYU I Marriott Center, the University of Utah Special Events Center, the I Triad Center, Disc Jockey Records and Tapes in Salt Lake and at I Budget Records in Logan. |