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NEW YEAR'S EVE
So where will you be on New Year's Eve? The options are plentiful, and include these:
• EVE, downtown Salt Lake City's celebration, in and around the Salt Palace, 100 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. Runs from 6 to midnight. Passes are $10 for adults; kids 10 and under free with paid adult admission; available at the gate, or at Maverik or Fresh Market stores.
• The annual Legends New Year's Eve Massive — headlined by British electro-dance duo NAPT — happens at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 7. Tickets are $40 (or $60 for VIP), at SmithsTix and 24Tix.
• Pianist-songwriter Jim Brickman performs at Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8. Tickets, from $32.50 to $75, available at http://www.kingsbury.org.
• Jewel, the folk-country singer-songwriter, performs at the Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City. Show starts at 8, and is sold out.
• The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, has its NYE Soiree 2011 — headlined by DJ Steve Smooth. The dance party starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20, at SmithsTix.
• Singer-songwriter James McMurtry headlines, with Ghostowne opening, at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Show starts at 9, and is sold out.
• New Year's Eve 2011: A Black Tie Affair with DJ MomJeans and Friends, 8 p.m. at Downstairs, 625 Main St., Park City. Tickets are $50 at SmithsTix.
• New Year's Eve with DJ Jalal and Friends, 9 p.m. at The Star Bar, 268 Main St., Park City. DJ Jalal is a Buffalo native who says on his MySpace page that he wants to meet "anybody who can get it Crunk." He spins everything from top-40 hip-hop to rock. Tickets $20 at SmithsTix.
• Fifth Annual NYE Black & White Masquerade Ball features New York City DJ Roctakon with an opening set by DJ Brisk. 9 p.m. at Harry O's, 427 Main St., Park City. Tickets are $40 at SmithsTix.
• Utah Public Radio's "New Year's in New York" inaugural benefit celebration and fundraiser takes place at Hamilton's, with an appetizer reception beginning at 7 p.m. and dinner seating at 8. Guests are invited to dance to the music of Jazz Pudding and Friends featuring Greg Wheeler, Todd Fallis, Brad Wright, Ryan Conger and Doug James. Hamilton's Steak & Seafood, 2427 N. Main St., Logan. Tickets are $100 per person (that includes $67 that's considered a tax-deductible contribution to Utah Public Radio) available at http://www.upr.org or 435-797-3215.
LIVE
• The second annual Hangover Ball happens Saturday at Club Vegas, 445 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City. Utah metal bands Riksha and A Balance of Power lead the bill, which includes Sixteen Penny, Dead Vessel and Ravings of a Madman. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5, at 24Tix.
• All That's Passed, 7 p.m. Saturday at The Deathstar, 145 N. University Ave., Provo. All That's Passed headlines a rock show with Here to Stay, The Sakai Incident and Look I Found Atlantis also on the bill. Tickets, $5 in advance, $8 day of, at 24Tix.
• Imagine Beatles Tribute, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, The Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St., Park City. Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door for reserved theatre seating and $30 in advance, $35 at the door for reserved cabaret table seating. Call 435-649-9371 or visit http://www.parkcityshows.com to purchase tickets.
SPORTS
• Utah Jazz host Memphis, 7 p.m. Saturday, EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets, http://www.nba.com/jazz.
• The Salt Lake Grizzlies host Victoria, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Maverik Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City. Tickets, utahgrizzlies.com.
• BYU men's basketball hosts Fresno Pacific, 7 p.m. Saturday, Marriott Center, 500 E. University Parkway, Provo. Tickets, http://www.byucougars.com.
• Utah State University men's basketball hosts San Jose State, 7 p.m. Friday, Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, 900 N. 800 East, Logan. Tickets, http://www.utahstateaggies.com.
• University of Utah women's basketball hosts Utah State, 3 p.m. Saturday, Huntsman Center, 1825 E. South Campus Drive. Tickets, utahtickets.com.
OUT AND ABOUT
• The Christmas Bird Count is scheduled to begin 9 a.m. Sunday at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge near Dugway. Anyone, regardless of birding skills, is encouraged to participate. Bring something for a potluck luncheon. The refuge is about a three-hour drive from Salt Lake City. For more information, contact Brian L. Allen, 435-831-5353 ext. 3 or go to http://www.fws.gov/fishsprings/index.html.
MOVIES
From the Movie Cricket:
It's a light week for new movie releases — none from the big studios, and just one new film at the Tower (plus Wednesday's opening of "Made in Dagenham" at the Broadway).
The Tower has "Violet Tendencies," a gay comedy that plays like a bad episode of "Friends" — if Chandler and Joey were, as we always suspected, lovers instead of roommates.
The action centers on Violet (played by Mindy Cohn, who you'll remember from "The Facts of Life"), who proudly announces herself as a "fruit fly" — a hetero woman whose best friends are all gay men. Violet is suspecting that her gay friends are keeping her from finding a nice straight guy, so she puts her pals on the back-burner to pursue a relationship with Vern (Armand Anthony), a straitlaced Jack Mormon from Idaho.
There are subplots involving Violet's promiscuous roommate (played by the film's writer, Jesse Archer), and her co-worker Riley (Samuel Whitten) trying to cope when his husband Markus (Casper Andreas, the film's director) starts talking about having kids.
The dialogue is shrill, the performances stilted and the situations hackneyed. Don't bother with this one.
TV
I'm not exactly a big fan of parades on TV, but there is one exception — the Tournament of Roses Parade (9 a.m. Saturday, ABC/Ch. 4, Hallmark and HGTV; 9:30 a.m., NBC/Ch. 5). Those floats are amazing.
And if you're sleeping in, Hallmark will repeat the parade at 11 a.m.
• TV highlights on Friday ...
College football: Meineke Car Care Bowl — South Florida vs. Clemson (10 a.m., ESPN); Sun Bowl — Miami vs. Notre Dame (noon, CBS/Ch. 2); Liberty Bowl — Central Florida vs. Georgia (1:30 p.m, ESPN); Chik-fil-A Bowl — Florida State vs. South Carolina (5:30 p.m., ESPN)
• There are a slew of holiday-related shows you can tune in, including:
Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve with Lang Lang (7:30-9:30 p.m., PBS/Channel 7)
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2011 (9-10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.-2:12 a.m., ABC/Channel 4)
NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (9-10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., NBC/Channel 5)
New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin (9-11p.m., CNN; repeats midnight-2 a.m.)
All American New Year (9 p.m., Fox News)
MTV New Year's Bash (11:30 p.m.-1:05 a.m., MTV)
106 & Party: New Year's Eve Special 2010 (midnight-2 a.m., BET)
Watch What Happens Live: Andy's New Year's Party (11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Bravo)
New Year's Eve Live (11 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Fox/Channel 13)
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (10 p.m., HBO): The Divine Miss M performs her Las Vegas act at Caesar's Palace.
• Elsewhere on Saturday ...
College football: TicketCity Bowl — Northwestern vs. Texas Tech (10 a.m., ESPNU); Outback Bowl — Florida vs. Penn State (11 a.m., ABC/Ch. 4); Capital Once Bowl — Alabama vs. Michigan State (11 a.m., ESPN); Gator Bowl — Michigan vs. Mississippi State (11:30 a.m., ESPN2); Rose Bowl — TCU vs. Wisconsin (3 p.m., ESPN); Fiesta Bowl — Connecticut vs. Oklahoma (6:30 p.m., ESPN)
V (7, 8 and 9 p.m.): ABC repeats the first episode (originally aired Nov. 3, 2009) and the final two episodes (May 11 and May 18) of the first season. The second-season premiere is Monday.
Primeval (7 and 10 p.m., BBC America): In the fourth-season premiere, Abby and Connor are able to return to the present day after spending a year in the Cretaceous period.
NBA (7 p.m., FSN): Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz
The Graham Norton Show (8 and 11 p.m., BBC America): It's a day late, but it's Graham's New Year's Eve show.
• Elsewhere on Sunday ...
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns (11 a.m., CBS/Ch. 2); Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints (11 a.m., Fox/Ch. 13); Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts (2:15 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2); Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers (2:15 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13); St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks (6:15 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5)
60 Minutes (6 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): A report on a drug-company whistle blower; a profile of "Jazz missionary" Wynton Marsalis.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): The team builds a new handicapped accessible home for the family of a 10-year-old in a wheelchair; they move the old house to a new site for another family.
Undercover Boss (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The CEO of Norwegian Cruise Lines goes under cover.
Desperate Housewives (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Susan fights for her life; everyone wonders — who shot Paul Young?
Brothers & Sisters (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Kitty and her younger boyfriend become the subject of Internet gossip.
Worst Cooks in America (10 p.m., Food): Sixteen terrible cooks congregate as the second season kicks off.
Scott Pierce