Utah Valley entertainment calendar

Events

Wednesday, July 2

• Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, 645 E. 1430 North, weekly live animal shows. Today: Utah Plants and Animals at 7:30 p.m. Call 422-5052. Free.

• Shakespeare for Kids at 4 p.m. at the storytelling wing, Orem Public Library, 58 N. State. Becky and Joel Wallin present Henry V. For ages 6-up. Call 229-7391. Free.

Thursday, July 3

• Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, 645 E. 1430 North, weekly live animal shows. Today: Ecosystems at 7:30 p.m. Call 422-5052. Free.

• Timp Tellers Work Session at 7 p.m. in the media auditorium, Orem Public Library, 58 N. State. Share stories and receive valuable feedback from new and experienced tellers. Call 229-7391. Free.

• Provo Freedom Days, July 3-5, all-day activities at Center Street off University Avenue. Free.

Friday, July 4

• Lehi fireworks, dusk at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. Free.

• Pleasant Grove fireworks at dusk at Pleasant Grove Junior High School, 100 E. 900 North. Free.

• America's Freedom Festival at Provo, 9 a.m. parade, University Avenue; 8 p.m., Stadium of Fire with Miley Cyrus, The Blue Man Group, Glenn Beck, BYU Lavell Edwards Stadium. See: www.freedomfestival.org

Saturday, July 5

• Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, 645 E. 1430 North, Provo, weekly live animal shows. Today: reptiles at 1 p.m. Call 422-5052. Free.

Stage shows:

• "Footloose: The Musical," July 5-19 at 8 p.m., SCERA Shell Outdoor Theater, 699 S. State, Orem. Cost: $10/$12/$14; $8/$10/$12 for children, seniors and students. Buy at the SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State, Orem from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Call 225-2569.

• "Never Kiss On A Park Bench," through July 26 at 7:30 p.m. (Friday, Saturday and Monday), Valley Center Playshouse, 780 N. 200 East. Lindon. Cost: $6/$5 students, children, seniors/$25 family. Call 785-1186.

• "Les Miserables the School Edition," through July 19 (Fridays, Saturdays & Mondays) at 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. matinees July 12, 19 at Center Street Musical Theatre, 177 West Center, Provo. Tickets: $10/$8 seniors, students, children. Monday Night Family Pass/$45. Dinner:$10 more. Call 373-4485.

Concerts:

• Patriots in Petticoats, July 2, 3 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; July 4 and 5 at 1p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the Crandall Historical Printing Museum Colonial Theatre, 275 E. Center, Provo. This historical production features life stories of women of the Revolution as told in History of the American Revolution by Mercy Otis Warren. Free.

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