• The Utah Symphony performs Dvorák and Brahms, tonight and Saturday at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Violinist Augustin Hadelich solos on Dvorák’s Violin Concerto; Vladimir Kulenovic conducts the symphony through that, as well as Dvorák’s “Slavonic Dances” and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. Show starts at 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets available at ArtTix.

• Meat & Potato Theatre’s production of “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth” debuts tonight at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. The show begins at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday, with a Sunday ma...

“This is where I get kind of intense,” says Salt Lake City artist Teresa Flowers, as she describes the three-dimensional art installation she wants to build.

“Echoes” centers on a “spiritual journey of your soul,” Flowers, 36, said at a fund-raising event Thursday night. It will, when completed, be a fully immersive artwork — ten translucent panels, each 4 feet wide and 6 feet high and containing layers of film on which her photographs and drawings will be printed.

When the piece is assembled, art patrons will be able to walk between the panels, and looking through them see a kaleidoscopic ar...

Fans of independent film in Salt Lake City will have to find somewhere else to park their cars this weekend.

The parking garage that serves the Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South, Salt Lake City, will be closed for maintenance Saturday through Monday.

Theatergoers can find free parking a block west, at the Wells Fargo parking garage at 17 E. 300 South, according to Broadway officials. Also, parking on the street is free on Sunday and Monday.

Memorial Day weekend brings mediocrity to the multiplexes.

The likely box-office winner will be “Fast & Furious 6,” the latest of the car-racing action franchise. This time the outlaw racers (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot) team up with Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), the Fed who tried to catch them in the last movie, to go after a nasty Eurotrash villain (Luke Evans). The motivation? Hobbs has evidence that Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), the girlfriend of Diesel's character who died in the fourth movie, is really alive and working for the villain. Director Justin Lin, on his fourth...

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• Director Alexander Payne's “Nebraska” received a standing ovation after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival – one of the few films at the festival to be so universally lauded. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Actress Amanda Bynes, lately known more for her personal problems than her onscreen talents, was arrested in Manhattan on Thursday night. She was charged with marijuana possession after allegedly throwing a bong out of her 36th-floor window. [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Amanda-Bynes-Arrested-Throws-Bong-Out-Window-Midtown-Manhattan-Apartment-208758721.html" target="_blank">NBC New York]

• A&E is cancelling its documentary series “Interve...

Jon McNaughton, who has become arguably Utah’s best-selling painter because of his forcefully right-wing content, is back with a new canvas that aims at liberals in the media and government.

The title — “Liberalism Is a Disease” — is as subtle as the work, which he calls “a satire that may appear humorous on the outside, but the underlying message is very serious.”

The liberals McNaughton lambastes are (in alphabetical order): Alec Baldwin, James Carville, George Clooney, Stephen Colbert, Katie Couric, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Matt Lauer, David Letterman, Rachel...

How to sum up “The Hangover Part III” (which opens today) in three words?

Just. Bloody Awful.

The third installment of the raunchy comedy series isn’t as blatantly offensive as its predecessors, but it’s more violent and less funny. (Here’s the review.)

It also doesn’t have the sexually explicit content that got Brewvies Cinema Pub in trouble with the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control two years ago. Brewvies was found in violation of state law involving nudity at liquor licence-holders, and had to pay a hefty fine.

• Metal band Lamb of God performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Decapitated, The Stranger Beside Me. Show starts at 6. Tickets are $28, at Smith’s Tix.

• L.A. rapper Kendrick Lamar performs at Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna. Opening acts: Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $40, at Smith’s Tix and 24Tix.

• Dance-party electronica band Afrolicious performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $17, at the venue’s website.

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• One of the writers of “Star Trek Into Darkness” is sort-of apologizing for the gratuitous shot of Alice Eve in her underwear. He also noted that Chris Pine was shown in his underwear, too, and nobody complained about that. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Actor Steve Forrest — whose 60-year career was capped by playing Lt. Dan “Hondo” Harrelson, commander of the police unit in the ‘70s TV series “S.W.A.T.” — has died at the age of 87. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Taylor Swift and the final “Twilight” movie lead the n...

Robert Redford has arrived at the Cannes Film Festival — and he’s getting some of the best reviews of his career.

Redford stars in “All Is Lost,” a survival drama directed and written by J.C. Chandor (“Margin Call”). Redford plays an unnamed yachtsman whose tiny boat barely survives a crash with an oceangoing container, leaving him to navigate without instruments toward a deadly storm.

Redford is the only person in the cast, and the movie contains almost no dialogue.

The reviews aren’t 100 percent glowing for the film, but Redford is receiving a lot of p...

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• Kellie Pickler couldn’t win on “American Idol,” but the country singer is the champ on this season’s “Dancing With the Stars.” Her pro partner, Utah’s own Derek Hough, wins for the fourth time. [Washington Post]

• Country star and “The Voice” judge Blake Shelton says he and NBC will organize a telethon to raise money to help victims of Monday’s tornado in Oklahoma. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Speaking of Oklahoma, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer put his foot in his mouth while covering the tornado — saying to a survivor “y...

• Up-and-coming indie-rock band Vampire Weekend performs at Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City. Opening act: High Highs. Show starts at 7. The show is sold out.

• Artists from Turquoise Jeep Records perform at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening acts: New Truth, Kosha Dillz. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $15, at 24Tix.

• Seattle indie-rocker Michael Benjamin Lerner, a k a Telekinesis, performs at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Deep Sea Diver. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $8, at 24Tix....

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• Ray Manzarek, founding keyboardist for the seminal ‘60s band The Doors, died Monday of cancer. He was 74. [Washington Post]

• CBS yanked last night’s season finale of “Mike & Molly” in sensitivity to victims of the Oklahoma tornado, because the episode’s plot involved a tornado hitting Chicago. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• John Barrowman, who plays the omnisexual Capt. Jack Harkness on BBC’s “Doctor Who” spinoff “Torchwood” (and has made notable guest appearances this season on “Scandal” and “Arrow”), will ...

• Pop-rock band Imagine Dragons returns to Utah for a show at the UCCU Center, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem. Show starts at 7:30. The show is sold out.

• Indie-rock band Yo La Tengo performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $25, at the venue’s website.

• Hip-hop group Rehab performs at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: BNMC, Angels Cut. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $15, at Smith’s Tix and 24Tix.

The crowd-funding drive for Richard Dutcher’s “The Boys at the Bar” met its goal over the weekend — only now there’s another twist.

Dutcher proclaimed victory Saturday on his Facebook page, after donations to fund post-production on his new comedy went over the $30,000 goal.

On Sunday, though, Kickstarter temporarily suspended the campaign, citing a dispute over intellectual property.

Apparently, one of the student filmmakers who signed up as a producer on the film is claiming copyright over some of the behind-the-scenes footage he shot of the film’s pro...

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• “Star Trek: Into Darkness” topped the box-office chart this weekend, with $84 million for the first four days of release. That’s considered a bit soft, compared to projections. [The Huffington Post — but only if you don’t mind some spoilers.]

• Looks like Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are breaking up again — so be sure to have the fainting couch ready for the “Twilight” fan in your life. [People]

• “Saturday Night Live” said goodbye to cast members Bill Hader and Fred Armisen quite sweetly this weeke...

• The 2013 Living Traditions Festival runs all weekend at Washington Square, 400 South and State Street, Salt Lake City. Events run tonight from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday from noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. Free.

• British singer-songwriter Kate Nash performs tonight at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Dresses. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $17, at Smith’s Tix.

• Ballet West unveils “Innovations 2013,” its annual showcase of up-and-coming choreography (including some by Ballet West artists), tonight and Saturday at the Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 Sou...

The big studios are steering clear of the U.S.S. Enterprise this weekend. (You can read The Cricket’s review of “Star Trek: Into Darkness” here.)

So the arthouse slate is picking up the slack, with some intriguing Friday openings.

Best of the lot is “In the House,” a seductive and twisty French thriller about a high-school student (Ernst Umhauer) who tries to insinuate himself into the middle-class home of a classmate — with an eye toward the kid’s hot mom (Emmanuelle Seigner). The student relates his progress through his writing assignments, handed into his French teacher (Fabrice Lucchin...

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• After creating a tarted-up version of Merida, the arrow-shooting Scotswoman from the movie “Brave,” Disney has apparently backed down in the face of a massive online protest. [The Daily Beast]

• Candice Glover is your new “American Idol.” Do you care? [The Huffington Post]

• A painting by John Currin, “Bea Arthur Naked” (which shows exactly what you think it does), has sold at auction for $1.9 million. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Spy Hop Productions conducts its annual benefit, this year with the theme “Be Bold,” at The Gateway, 116 S. Rio Grande St. (in the former Anthropologie store site). The event starts at 6. Tickets are $50, available at the Spy Hop website.

• Brit Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute act with note-for-note re-enactments of album sides, performs at Maverik Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City. Show starts at 8. Tickets, from $25 to $64.20, available at TicketMaster.

• Musician Bill Payne, founding member of Little Feat, will perform and talk about his photography, at The State Room, 6...

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• David Beckham is retiring from soccer, leaving more time for his careers as underwear model and Posh Spice’s arm candy. [NPR]

• Looks like Nicki Minaj won’t be returning to “American Idol” next season, prompting the question, “Does anybody really care about “American Idol” anymore?” [Vulture]

• The rumor mill around “Saturday Night Live” is churning, with reports that regulars Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis are probably leaving at the end of the season (which is this Saturday). [Entertainment Weekly]

• Rock/hip-hop act Flobots performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening act: Wheelchair Sports Camp, Burnell Washburn. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $20, at Smith’s Tix or 24Tix.

• Guitar legend Junior Brown performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: The Hollering Pines. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $23, at the venue’s website.

Who’s excited for “Star Trek: Into Darkness”?

If you’re not, you should be. Director J.J. Abrams’ second mission with the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew is full of action, smart plotting, and enough references to the original canon to make an old-like Trekkie squeal with delight.

The movie opens tonight on IMAX screens, and Thursday in wide release.

For more information, check out The Cricket’s review of the film here.

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• After the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch said he didn’t want larger women and “not so cool” kids wearing his company’s clothes, an L.A. filmmaker found a hilarious way to strike back: Giving A&F-logoed clothes to the homeless. [Upworthy]

• Chris Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal are reportedly in talks to play the Princes Charming in the movie version of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Into the Woods.” [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Being a celebrity doesn’t always mean a guaranteed success on Kickstarter: Actress Melissa Joan ...

• UK trio The Virginmarys performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 6. Tickets are $10, at Smith’s Tix.

• Indie-folk band Daughter performs at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Jeremy Messersmith. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $14, at 24Tix.

To artist Kent Christensen, sugar in all its many forms is “Mormon heroin.”

It’s also the basis for his art, which satirizes Mormons’ obsession with sweets by using candy, cakes, Jell-O and other sugary treats to recreate personal, religious and cultural symbols.

For example, Christensen has created a canvas depicting Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson’s famous earthwork in the Great Salt Lake, out of salt-water taffy. And he’s created a gold-spired LDS temple out of Coca-Cola bottles. (Presumably caffeine-free Coke.)

More than 60 of Christensen’s works are n...

A string quartet from the University of Utah is going to New York next week — but it’s not a vacation.

The University of Utah School of Music Graduate String Quartet will be taking part in the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, a prestigious and intensive weeklong workshop that runs from May 20 to May 24.

“This quartet is a symbiosis of four highly talented and accomplished string students, who has hit a very successful combination of ambition and ability,” Hasse Borup, the group’s director and an associate professor at the U., said in a statement. “I am very proud of their achievements and...

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• Angelina Jolie disclosed in a New York Times op-ed that last month doctors completed a double mastectomy — a preventive measure because the actress carries a gene that increases the odds that she would contract breast cancer. [The New York Times]

• Stefon is hopping to another club, as Bill Hader is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after eight seasons. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Dr. Joyce Brothers, who became a pop psychologist on TV in the 1960s and paved the path for the likes of Phil or Dr. Drew, died Monday ...

• Electro-pop act Marina and The Diamonds performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Charli XCX. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $18, at Smith’s Tix or 24Tix.

• Folk-rock musician Laura Stevenson performs at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Field Mouse, Cody Taylor. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $10, at 24Tix.

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• “The Great Gatsby” made an impressive opening, old sport, taking in $51.1 million this weekend. But it still only rated a second-place showing, behind “Iron Man 3,” which took in $72.5 million in its second weekend. [Box Office Mojo]

• “Saturday Night Live” head writer and “Weekend Update” anchor Seth Meyers will take over NBC’s “Late Night” when Jimmy Fallon moves up to hosting “The Tonight Show.” [CNN]

• It’s official: Barbara Walters will announce her retirement, after a half-century in news, today on “T...

• Indie-rock band The Thermals perform tonight at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $14, at 24Tix.

• Electronic-dance duo The Egg and singer-songwriter Sophie Barker (of Zero 7) share the bill tonight at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 9. Tickets are free, available at Smith’s Tix outlets (not online) or at The Depot box office.

• Singer-songwriter Joshua Radin performs tonight at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: My Name Is You. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $40, at the venu...

Yes, it's great.

Baz Luhrmann's “The Great Gatsby” is an eye-popping visual feast of Jazz Age excess, with Luhrmann's over-the-top visuals neatly matching the appearance-is-everything mindset of its title character (played with charm and intensity by Leonardo DiCaprio). The cast, which includes Carey Mulligan as the waiflike Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as the ever-observant Nick Carraway, is perfect in this feverish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel.

Another fascinating take at an obsessed character is Matteo Garrone's biting satire “Reality.” It centers on a Neapolitan f...

• Singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening act: Daniel Romano. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $10, at 24Tix.

• Rapper Big Boi, half of the hip-hop duo Outkast, performs at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Killer Mike. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $31, at Smith’s Tix.

• Experimental indie-rock band The Appleseed Cast performs at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Hospital Ships, Huldra. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $14, at 24Tix.

• Metalcore band Attack Attack! performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: The Plot in You, Get Scared, Dangerkids, Closer to Closure. Show starts at 6. Tickets are $14, at Smith’s Tix.

• Singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening act: Rebecca Pidgeon. Show starts at 6:30. Tickets are $18, at 24Tix.

• Rock duo Middle Class Rut performs at Bar Deluxe, 666 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: Starmy. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $12, at Smith’s Tix or 24Tix.

The first trailer for “Ender’s Game,” the long-awaited movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s 1985 science-fiction novel, is available online — and it certainly boasts action and brooding youth.

Asa Butterfield, who played the title role in “Hugo,” plays Ender Wiggin, a young man sent to Battle School to train ahead of an impending alien invasion. The movie stars Harrison Ford as the school’s commander, Col. Graff, and Ben Kingsley as Ender’s trainer, Mazer Rackham. Also in the cast are Viola Davis (“The Help”), Hailie Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Abigail Breslin (“The Call”).

The movie, di...

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• Hot off the success of “Iron Man 3,” director Shane Black has lined up his next project: A reboot of the ‘30s pulp hero Doc Savage, “The Man of Bronze.” [The Hollywood Reporter]

• When a new Miss America is crowned in September, she won’t be hearing the familiar words, “There she is, Miss America,” as pageant organizers have nixed the song for this year’s ceremony. All of this raises the question: We still have a Miss America pageant? In 2013? [Entertainment Weekly]

• Google is celebrating the 93rd birthday...

How far would you go to satisfy your love of music?

Utah music fan David Sullivan was scheduled to go to New York Tuesday night — the second of two trips to the Empire State — because the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is performing a rarity, Russian composer Reinhold Gliere’s Third Symphony.

According to The Buffalo News, Sullilvan flew to Buffalo last weekend to hear the work performed there, and tonight will hop a red-eye to New York, where the BPO is playing the work at Carnegie Hall tonight.

Sullivan, who works in the tech industry, did some sightse...

• Comedian and “Parks & Recreation” co-star Aziz Ansari performs his stand-up act at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $35, at Smith’s Tix or ArtTix.

• Belgian folk-rock trio K’s Choice performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: Super Water Sympathy. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $20, at the venue’s website.

• Alt-punk/metal band Taproot performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Boy Hits Car. Show starts at 8:30. Tickets are $16, at Smith’s Tix.

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• Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion genius who made movie monsters move in the days before computer animation and inspired generations of filmmakers (as well as the restaurant in “Monsters, Inc.”), has died at the age of 92. Among his movies were “Mighty Joe Young” (1949), “Twenty Million Miles to Earth” (1957), “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) and the original “Clash of the Titans” (1980). [ComingSoon.net]

• Singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in a federal prison, for failure to pay taxes on $1.5 million she earned from 2005 to...

• Pop-rock band Paramore has canceled tonight’s show at Saltair, due to singer Hayley Williams’ illness. Refunds available at point of purchase.

• Indie-rock band Maps & Atlases performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening act: Young Man. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $12, at 24Tix.

• SoCal folk-rock duo Milk Carton Kids performs at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening act: The Barefoot Movement. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $15, at the venue’s website.

• Canadian noise trio Metz performs at The Ur...

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• “Iron Man 3” opened with a massive $175.3 million at the box office this weekend. That’s the second biggest opening of all time. (No. 1 was “The Avengers” last year.) [Box Office Mojo]

• In a rule change that could expand the voting bloc for short and foreign-language Oscar contenders, Academy voters will be able to watch DVD screeners instead of having to attend official theater screenings. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Thank God that awful [redacted; team I hated] didn’t win “The Amazing Race.” [Entertainmen...

• Rapper Andre Nickatina performs tonight at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Roach Gigz, MUMBLS. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $25, at Smith’s Tix.

• The Utah Symphony performs the music of John Williams — best known for his movie scores for “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” “Indiana Jones” and more — tonight and Saturday at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets available at ArtTix.

• The 10th annual Live Green Festival happens Saturday at Library Square, at 200 East and 400 South, Salt Lake City. Sustainability demos...

The summer blockbuster season begins for real today, with Robert Downey Jr. and a red-and-gold suit leading the charge.

“Iron Man 3” returns both Downey’s Tony Stark and his armor-clad superhero persona, and it turns out it’s the first one we missed the most. Stark finds himself reeling after a nasty terrorist, The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), attacks Stark’s Malibu house. Stark must rebuild, regroup, and track down the truth behind his shadowy new nemesis. Director/co-writer Shane Black knows Downey’s rhythms well (Black’s first directorial effort was “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”), and only falters as the demands of a mega-sized actio...

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• “Tired of taking the heat” after five cast members’ deaths, TV therapist Dr. Drew Pinsky says he’s done with “Celebrity Rehab.” [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Speaking of rehab, Lindsay Lohan has checked into the Betty Ford Center, but not without some last-minute drama. [New York Daily News]

• A biopic of Fred Rogers, the beloved children’s-show host, is in the works. [Vulture]

• ‘90s metal band Powerman 5000 performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 6. Tickets are $21, at Smith’s Tix.

• Indie hip-hop artist Aesop Rock performs at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz, Busdriver. Show starts at 6. Tickets are $20, at 24Tix.

• Soja headlines a reggae night at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Los Rakas, Rootz Underground. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $26 (for 21 and over) and $28 (for under 21), available at Smith’s Tix.

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ newest major acquisition is now on the walls — and it’s different than what museumgoers might be used to seeing.

The work is a piece of language sculpture by Lawrence Weiner, who’s considered one of the founders of the Conceptual art movement.

The 1976 sculpture, “BENT TO A STRAIGHT AND NARROW AT A POINT OF PASSAGE,” consists of that enigmatic title rendered in large blue cut-vinyl capital letters over three walls of UMFA’s otherwise empty main first-floor gallery, the G.W. Anderson Family Great Hall. It will be on display there now through mid-2014.

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• The Internet has blown up a little bit at the rumor that Michael B. Jordan (“Chronicle,” “Fruitvale Station”) might be cast as Johnny Storm, a k a “The Human Torch,” in a “Fantastic Four” reboot. Why does this matter to comic-book nerds? Because Jordan is African-American. [IndieWire]

• Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, one half of the ‘90s kid rap duo Kris Kross, has died at the age of 34. [Los Angeles Times]

• A child star of an entirely different era, Deanna Durbin, has died at the age of 91. Durbin was a teen ...

• Singer-songwriter Alex Clare, known for his dubstep song “Too Close” (used in a Microsoft ad), performs at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Opening act: The Knocks. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $21 (for 21 and over) and $23 (for under 21), available at Smith’s Tix.

• Norwegian punk-metal band Kvelertak performs at In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, Salt Lake City. Opening acts: Cancer Bats, Black Tusk. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $14, at Smith’s Tix.

• Producer/DJ Quantic spins his mix of soul, electronic and Latin music at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City....

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• “The Young and the Restless” topped the Daytime Emmy nominations this morning, with 23. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman will star in a new movie version of “Macbeth.” [The Hollywood Reporter]

• It looks like John Williams will be writing the music for the next “Star Wars” movie. [Vulture]

• Pop-rock duo Touche performs at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening act: Koala Temple. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $8, at 24Tix.

• R&B performer Har Mar Superstar plays The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening act: Custom Model. Show starts at 9. Tickets are $10, at 24Tix.