Oct. 11
Dancing duets
Utah-raised dancer and choreographer Derek Hough comes home to perform his show “A Symphony of Dance,” Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Featured on the show is dancer Hayley Erbert Hough; the couple got married in August. Tickets for the show are available at live-at-the-eccles.com.
Oct. 12-15
Damn These Heels is back
Utah’s LGBTQ+ movie event, the Utah Film Center’s Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, is back for its 20th year, Thursday through next Sunday, at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. This year’s special guest is the drag queen Miss Coco Peru, who will perform and sit for a Q&A, Friday, starting at 7 p.m. The program includes 20 feature films, plus two programs of short films — starting with Thursday’s opening-night film, “A Run For More,” a documentary about Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe’s effort to become the first openly transgender elected official in Texas. For tickets and program information, go to damntheseheels.org.
Oct. 14
A different kind of eclipse
Saturday morning, an annular eclipse — when the disc of the moon is smaller than that of the sun — will pass over the western United States, in a path from Oregon to Texas. Southern Utah is in the path of complete annularity, though the entire state will see the moon cover most of the sun, from around 9 a.m. until noon, Mountain time. Many are planning to flock to places in the path of annularity, such as Richfield and Torrey. In Salt Lake City, there will be a free viewing party at the Olympic Legacy Plaza at The Gateway, 50 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, starting at 9 a.m. In Ephraim, which is in the path of annularity, there’s a free viewing party at Granary Arts, 86 N. Main St., from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
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