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OUT AND ABOUT
8th annual Live Green Festival • 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Salt Lake City Library Plaza, 400 S. 200 East. This festival showcases sustainable green products, services and ideas. The event is to include interactive and educational exhibits, local and organic foods and goods, live auctions, a children's area, eco-carnival games, music, entertainment and more. In conjunction with the festival, the iMatter March (www.imattermarchutah.org ) begins 9:30 a.m. at the Federal Building, 125 S. State St., and ends at the festival. For more festival information, livegreenslc.com/event-info/.
Tour de Brewtah • A fundraiser bike ride Saturday through the Salt Lake Valley, stopping at local breweries and ending at the Live Green Festival. Proceeds this year will go to Splore, Utah Clean Energy and Cottonwood Canyons Foundation. The $40 registration fee includes four pints, a meal and commemorative pint glass. For more information, www.tourdebrewtah.org.
Empty Bowls • Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall, 437 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City. Clay Arts, Utah, is teaming up with Catholic Community Services to help feed the hungry. Enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread, then have the opportunity to pick out a handmade bowl to take home as a reminder of all the empty bowls you are helping fill in the community. Bowls are a suggested donation of $15 and all proceeds benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall. For more information, www.emptybowlsutah.org or 801-977-9119.
24th Annual Midvale Cinco De Mayo • 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Midvale City Park, 7500 S. 450 West. Utah's only Cinco De Mayo Parade which begins at 7500 S. Historic Main St. in Midvale and travels through downtown Midvale ending at Midvale City Park. National Anthem performed by Midvale's own Sonia Lopez. Enjoy authentic Mexican/Latin food, crafts, all-day entertainment closing with a Mexican Style Dance. Admission free. For more information, cincodemayomidvale.net or 801-867-8006.
Mammoth Rummage Sale • 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Christ United Methodist Church, 2375 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City. A fundraiser for The Wesley Bell Ringers featuring gently used items from nearly 500 families connected to the bell choir, church and neighborhood. For more information, www.wesleybells.org or 801-944-9717.
Jane's Walk and Parley's Trail Survey • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, starting at Hidden Hollow in Sugar House (by PetCo), 1255 E. 2160 South, Salt Lake City. Participants will walk the proposed route for the Parley's Trail and provide input on the trail's design and features. For more information, www.parleystrail.org. For a list of other Jane's Walks in Utah, go to www.janeswalkusa.org.
Urban Bird Festival • 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Tracy Aviary, 589 E. 1300 South, Salt Lake City. The Urban Bird Fest will be packed full of demonstrations and activities appropriate for both adults interested in increasing their knowledge of birds, families eager to expose their children to nature through hands-on activities and bird lovers of all ages. Admission: adults $7, students/seniors $6, children 3-12 $5, children 2 and under free. For more information, www.urbanbirdfest.com or 801-596-8500.
Wasatch Community Gardens' annual plant sale • 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, 720 Guardsman Way, Salt Lake City. Choose from wide range of unique, flavorful, heirloom vegetable and herb seedlings.
8th annual Home Machine Quilting Show • 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, South Towne Exposition Center, 9575 S. State St., Sandy. Features classes on a variety of quilting, embroidery and sewing topics, a judged quilt competition with nearly $27,000 in cash awards and prizes, a vendor mall of 200-plus booths, special exhibits, free demonstrations and hundreds of quilts on display. Admission: adults $10 per day, ages 13-17 $5. For more information, www.hmqs.org or call 801-205-4701.
Utah Archaeology Week Open House • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Utah State History, 300 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City. Visitors will be able to throw a spear with an atlatl, grind corn using stone tools, make crafts, see how spearheads and baskets were made, buy Navajo tacos, and much more. Admission free. For a complete listing of Archaeology Week statewide events, go to www.history.utah.gov or call 801-533-3564.
Mother's Day Garden Fair • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Conservation Garden Park, 8215 S. 1300 West, West Jordan. There will be plant and garden-ware vendors, experts, workshops and mini-classes throughout the day. Admission and parking are free. For more information, www.conservationgardenpark.org/event_detail.aspx?eid=336 or 801-565-4300.
Free Comic Book Day • Starting 11 a.m. Saturday at Night-Flight comics stores, Library Square and 6222 S. State. Annual one-day giveaway of a free comic book, one per person. For more information, www.night-flight.com/wordpress/?p=431 or phone 801-263-1940.
Herriman Pedal Palooza • 10 a.m. Saturday, Butterfield Park, 6212 W. 14200 South, Herriman. Pedal Palooza is a family bike event held in Herriman each year to promote health, fitness, fun, and cycling safety. Planned activities include a family bike parade, kids' bike races, a raffle for bikes and scooters, a 1,000-rider women's only bike ride, helmet safety checks (and free replacements as needed, while supplies last), and more. For more information, pedalpalooza.infinitecycles.com/ and GoldilocksRide.com.
National Train Day • 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden. Full-size and model train exhibits, vendors, presentations and more. Admission: adults $12, children 12 and under free. For more information, theunionstation.org.
LIVE
Fue and Taiko • This show features the Japanese flute and drum, featuring Miwako Mori and Takahito Nishino. Visiting Utah for the first time from Kyoto, Miwako and Takahito will offer a performance sponsored by Nihon Matsuri, Salt Lake City's Japan Festival.
When • Tonight at 7
Where • City Library auditorium, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $15 at 24Tix
Red Desert Ramblers and Wild Coyotes • In celebration of Bluegrass Month, the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association presents the bluegrass-county-swing stylings of Utah's Red Desert Ramblings and Pocatello's Wild Coyotes, an old-time band. Some refreshments will provided at a small cost, or you can bring a picnic of your own.
When • Tonight at 7:30
Where • South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 6876 S. Highland Drive, Cottonwood Heights
Tickets • $10 at door
The Black Angels •The Austin psych-rock band is touring behind its most recent album, "Phosphene Dream." The band takes its name from the Velvet Underground song "The Black Angel's Death Song." It has toured with The Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Warlocks, Roky Erickson, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raveonettes and Wolfmother. Sleepy Sun opens.
When • Tonight at 9
Where • Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $18 at SmithsTix and 24Tix
Cypress Hill • Among the performers for hip-hop radio station U92's annual Cinco de Mayo Concert and Car Show are Cypress Hill, Baby Bash, Play N Skillz, TY$ and Dev featuring The Cataracs. Cypress Hill is headlining, which is appropriate for the first Latino hip-hop group to have earned platinum and multiplatinum albums. "As I'm a bit older, I'm more into my ancestry," said Sen Dog, who is of Cuban descent. "I started recognizing more of myself in my Latino heritage. Most people know the California group's hit singles, such as "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Insane in the Brain," but most don't remember that the group recorded "Los Grandes Ãxitos en Español" in 1999, a greatest-hits album performed entirely in Spanish. "That was something we always wanted to do," Sen Dog said. "We have planned to do another."
When • Saturday, May 7, at noon; event ends at 6 p.m.
Where • Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main St., Salt Lake City
Tickets • $25 at SmithsTix
Hilltop Gospel Choir •Directed by Roberta Shimensky, the Hilltop Gospel Choir is one of the state's most acclaimed nondenominational choirs. "A New Beginning" will include special guests the New Pilgrim Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir and Speechless Praise, from Ogden's Second Baptist Church.
When • Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Where • Mountain View Christian Academy, 8000 S. 300 East, Sandy
Tickets • $5 at door
Also •The choir will perform at First United Methodist Church, 203 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City, on May 13 at 7:30 p.m.; and at Hilltop United Methodist Church, 985 E. 10600 South, Sandy, on May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Jessica Lea Mayfield •The 21-year-old Ohio native is influenced by minimalist aspects of rock and country in her folksie singer-songwriter tunes. Mayfield released her second album, "Tell Me," in February, and it was one of Salt Lake City's best-sellers the week it debuted. Nathaniel Rateliff opens.
When • Saturday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m.
Where • Kilby Court, 741 S. 330 West, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10 at 24Tix
Joe Pug • The Chicago acoustic singer-songwriter has opened for Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Josh Ritter and folk rocker M. Ward. He released his first full-length album, "Messenger," in February 2010. Strand of Oaks is also on the bill.
When • Sunday, May 8, at 7 p.m.
Where • Kilby Court, 741 S. 330 West, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10 in advance, $12 day of, at SmithsTix
— David Burger
MOVIES
The summer movie season starts for real today — with the fury of a big hammer.
"Thor" is a brawny, sprawling action movie, half in earthly action and half in the grandiose otherworldly drama of Asgard — the home of the gods of Norse mythology. The arrogant prince Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of Asgard by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), and his landing on Earth attracts the attention of a pretty scientist (Natalie Portman) and the government agency S.H.I.E.L.D. — the same guys we know from "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk" and the whole Marvel Comics universe. Director Kenneth Branagh brings Shakespearean flair and good humor to the proceedings, but the shifts between the two modes aren't too smooth. It's worth seeing, in part because it sets things up for next year's "Avengers" supermovie.
Another good movie this week also has Scandinavian roots: "In a Better World," Susanne Bier's Danish drama that won the Oscar for best foreign-language film. It follows two families: An estranged couple whose shy son (Markus Rygaard) deals with bullies, and a widower (Ulrich Thomsen) whose son (William Jøhnk Juels Nielsen) befriends the shy kid — and suggests nasty revenge on the bullies. The melodrama is thick, but the performances are excellent.
"Something Borrowed" is an adaptation of Emily Giffin's chick-lit novel, about a young lawyer (Ginnifer Goodwin) who has to watch her best friend (Kate Hudson) prepare to marry the guy (Colin Eggleston) she had a crush on back in law school. We have to watch grating characters in a cookie-cutter story. But we also get to watch Goodwin, who has graduated from "Big Love" and should be the next great romantic-comedy star.
"I Am" is director Tom Shadyac's soapbox about the way human beings treat each other — and a plea that we should be a lot nicer, for our own mental health if nothing else. It's a noble sentiment, but the "Ace Ventura" director's pursuit makes for a sometimes shrill documentary that delves too deeply into pseudoscience.
"Rubber" is a weird movie by anyone's standards, a horror spoof about a car tire that comes to life, discovers murderous telekinetic powers, and seeks to destroy all humans it sees — all while a Greek chorus of spectators watch the carnage. Writer-director-editor-cinematographer Quentin Dupieux doesn't quite have the chops to pull off the full level of absurdist humor his story sets up, but it's still bizarrely funny.
Lastly, the wedding comedy-drama "Jumping the Broom," which follows two families from different financial levels, opens. It was not screened for Utah critics. Look for the Cricket's review online this afternoon.
— Sean P. Means
CHEAP CHICK
Free breakfast for moms • IKEA is offering a free breakfast for moms this Sunday. Go to www.ikea.com/us/en/store/draper for more information about this offer and other promotions at the retailer's store in Draper.
Free frozen yogurt for moms • TCBY is offering moms a free cup of frozen yogurt on Sunday. Call before you go though because this offer is at participating locations only.
Starbucks Happy Hour • Starbucks is offering half-price Frappuccino beverages from 3-5 p.m. Friday, May 6, through Sunday, May 15, at participating stores.
— Lesley Mitchell
TV
HBO goes gaga on Saturday. Lady Gaga, of course,
The five-time Grammy winner headlines Lady Gaga presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (10 p.m., HBO).
Gaga is accompanied by a 10-piece band and 10 backup dancers as she performs "The Fame," "Telephone," "Monster," "Alejandro," "Poker Face," "Paparazzi," "Bad Romance" and "Born This Way."
Elsewhere on Friday •
NBA playoffs: Chicago Bulls at Atlanta Hawks (5 p.m., ESPN); Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
College baseball (6 p.m., BYUTV): Seattle at BYU
Flashpoint (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): This Canadian cop series returns to CBS' schedule with an episode about a man who's suspected of killing his own child.
Shark Tank (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Mark Cuban joins the other sharks — and quickly ticks them off.
Friday Night Lights (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Coach Taylor has to mediate when tensions erupt in the locker room.
Smallville (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Lois gets Clark's powers for a day.
CSI: NY (8 p.m,. CBS/Ch. 2): Gunfire tears through the crime lab.
Fringe (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): In the third-season finale, Peter faces his destiny; a member of the team meets his (or her) doom. Despite its small following, "Fringe" has already been renewed for a fourth season.
Supernatural (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Castiel tells the boys about the war in heaven — but is he telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Blue Bloods (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): An addict is the prime suspect when his family is murdered.
The Suite Life on Deck (9 p.m., Disney Channel): After three seasons of "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," three seasons of "The Suite Life on Deck" — a total of 158 episodes and a made-for-TV movie — this series signs off as Zack (Dylan Sprouse) and Cody (Cole Sprouse) graduate.
Camelot (11 p.m., Starz): Arthur protects Guinevere as she journeys to visit her father.
Elsewhere on Saturday •
College baseball (1 p.m., BYUTV): Seattle at BYU
College softball (1 p.m., The Mtn.): BYU at New Mexico
MLS (2 p.m., Telefutura): Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake
Horse racing (2 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The Kentucky Derby. Post time is 4:24 p.m.
NBA playoffs: Oklahoma City Thunder at Memphis Grizzlies (3 p.m., ESPN); Miami Heat at Boston Celtics (6 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4)
Chase (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Annie and Jimmy compete against Marco and Luke to see who can clear the most backlogged warrants.
Doctor Who (7 and 9 p.m., BBC America): The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew is being attacked by a mysterious sea creature.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (8 p.m., HBO): Entertainingly odd movie based on the comic book series. (Rated PG-13)
The Back-up Plan (10 p.m., Showtime): Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin star in this 2010 stinker. (Rated PG-13)
Salt (10 p.m., Starz): Angelina Jolie stars in this 2010 action flick. (Rated PG-13)
Saturday Night Live (10:30 p.m., Ch. 30): Tina Fey hosts; Ellie Goulding performs.
Elsewhere on Sunday •
NBA playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers at Dallas Mavericks (1:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4); Chicago Bulls at Atlanta Hawks (6 p.m., TNT)
60 Minutes (6 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2):
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Well, the business will be finished this week. One of the teams crosses the finish line first and wins the million dollars in the season finale.
The Celebrity Apprentice (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Watching two-hour episodes of this train wreck is excruciating. This week's episode is THREE hours. And it includes a live (tape-delayed in this time zone) comedy show. Which sounds more excruciating still.
Nature (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Tracking grizzly bears in Alaska.
The Simpsons (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Homer opens his own hair salon.
Army Wives (7 and 9 p.m., Lifetime): Roland and Joan are determined to adopt a baby.
Desperate Housewives (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Paul suspects that Susan is poisoning him; Bree goes on a date.
Masterpiece Classic (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Robert meets Sarah in Manchester.
The Killing (8, 9:02 and 11 p.m., AMC): Police learn the Rosie was at Bennet's apartment the night of her death.
CSI: Miami (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): A plane carrying a fugitive crash lands.
Brothers & Sisters (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): More trials and tribulations as Sarah and Luc's wedding day appoaches.
Game of Thrones (10 p.m., HBO): The king's tournament turns fatal; Viserys clashes with Daenerys.
Sister Wives (10 and 10:30 p.m., TLC): The family goes to a cabin in the woods to escape the pressure of the police investigation; the wives struggle with the idea that this is their last Christmas in Utah.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (10 p.m., USA): A banker dies under mysterious circumstances.
Breakout Kings (11 p.m., A&E): A contract killer escapes.
Treme (11 p.m., HBO): Toni's investigation leads to more confusion; LaDonna becomes a crime victim.
The Borgias (11 p.m., Showtime): The French invade Italy and decimate the town of Lucca.
In Plain Sight (11 p.m., USA): A paranoid witness wants to reconnect with his son.
— Scott D. Pierce
