Free events · Art and film
Gallery openings, free museum days and screenings, many with the artists or filmmakers in the room.
Wed Oct 28 to Tue Nov 3. Every listing was checked against the host's own page. Plans change, so check the link before you go.
Wednesday, Oct 28
OCT 26 TO NOV 2 · DURING LIBRARY HOURS
Daybreak Library, 11358 Grandville Ave, South Jordan
Add a photo of someone you miss, person or pet, to the library's shared Día de los Muertos altar. Frames are on hand.
Free. Drop in. Bring a copy of your photo, not the original; the library will copy one for free.
OCT 26 TO NOV 2 · DURING LIBRARY HOURS
Riverton Library, 12877 S 1830 W
Write the name of someone you've lost on the library's Día de los Muertos memory wall, and grab a craft while they last.
Free. Drop in.
WED OCT 28 · 7PM
Utah Film Center, 375 W 400 N (west entrance), Salt Lake City
Five short films telling local Latine stories, made by Utah filmmakers who stay after for questions.
Free. RSVP on the event page.
OCT 26 TO NOV 4 · MON TO THU 8AM TO 6PM, FRI AND SAT 9AM TO 4PM
Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Pilar Pobil Celebration Gallery, 1355 W 3100 S, West Valley City
Community-built Día de los Muertos altars and art in a West Valley gallery, honoring people's dead with photos, notes and offerings.
Free. No tickets needed.
WED OCT 28 · 5 TO 8PM
Granite Library amphitheater, 3331 S 500 E, South Salt Lake
Bring a sketchbook or paints and work outside with artist Dax Hansen and other local painters, who will answer questions as they go.
Free. Drop in. Bring your own supplies.
Thursday, Oct 29
THU OCT 29 · 6:30 TO 8:30PM
Film and Media Arts Building, DiFiore Cinema, 375 S 1530 E, Salt Lake City
A horror movie in the U's new cinema two days before Halloween, with surprise student shorts, free snacks and costumes encouraged.
Free. No tickets needed.
THU OCT 29 · 6:30 TO 8PM
Main Library auditorium, 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City
Film historians show 1930s Warner Bros. films about the American Revolution and talk through what they got right, with a guest scholar each week.
Free. Register for each session separately through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute link on the library page.
Friday, Oct 30
FRI OCT 30 · 5:30 TO 7:30PM
Chase Mill, Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park, 589 E 1300 S, Salt Lake City
Bird paintings by Alison H. Spencer, the aviary's artist in residence, shown in the old Chase Mill. She talks about the work; small bites served.
Free. Prints for sale.
FRI OCT 30 · 3 TO 5PM
Chapman Branch, 577 S 900 W, Salt Lake City
Artist reception for Christopher Villarreal's ink and graphite drawings of myth, astrology and the occult. He also plays in a local grindcore band.
Free. Drop in.
Saturday, Oct 31
OCT 31 TO NOV 1 · SAT 10AM TO 6PM, SUN 11AM TO 5PM
Main Library, 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City
A two-day sound installation about dying well. Sit in a willow-branch nest, listen on headphones to other people's chosen last sounds, and add your own.
Free. Drop in.
Tuesday, Nov 3
TUE NOV 3 · 6 TO 8PM
Film and Media Arts Building, DiFiore Cinema, 375 S 1530 E, Salt Lake City
A British film noir on the big screen in the U's new cinema, part of a fall noir series.
Free. No tickets needed.
Standing things you can keep going back to.
TUESDAYS · 2 TO 4PM
Main Library auditorium, 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City
An afternoon film series in the Main Library auditorium. The Witch on Oct 27, then Noir-Vember starts with Casablanca on Nov 3.
Free. Drop in.