thursday december 12 Baby, It’s Bright Outside: ZooLights; Fiesta of Light and Downtown Holiday Tree Tour; Ahwatukee-Foothills Festival of Lights: Phoenix Zoo, 455 North Galvin Parkway, in Papago Park, is garbed in its usual Technicolor dreamcoat during the facility’s fifth annual ZooLights display. The after-hours fun continues from 6 to…
thursday december 5 Baby, It’s Bright Outside: Fiesta of Light and Downtown Holiday Tree Tour, Ahwatukee-Foothills Festival of Lights: The City of Phoenix’s free Fiesta and its second annual, self-guided Tree Tour continue nightly, through Wednesday, January 1; guided excursions start at 6:30 p.m. each Saturday, through December 28. For…
’tis the season “Children’s Holiday Nutcracker Party”: The second annual fund raiser for Ballet Arizona includes a costume party, entertainment, storytelling and lunch. Seatings are scheduled at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, December 8, at the Ritz-Carlton, 2401 East Camelback. Admission is $30, which includes the meal; all proceeds…
’tis the season Here Comes Santa Claus: He might be a bit pressed for time, but magic–like being in more than one place at once–is one of the jolly old elf’s strong suits. Saint Nick takes up residence for the season at 9 a.m. Friday, November 29, at Tri-City Mall,…
thursday november 28 Of Ice and Hit Men: Phoenix Coyotes, Phoenix Roadrunners: Don’t cry for the Valley’s pro-hockey franchises; they’ll eat their fill on Thanksgiving–of haymakers and high sticks. Two editions of the most dangerous game are scheduled on Thursday, November 28: The National Hockey League’s Coyotes take on the…
thursday november 21 Three Tall Women: Arizona Theatre Company continues its 30th-anniversary season with Edward Albee’s 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner about a well-to-do widow who revisits the past, and who is revisited by the spirits of her younger self. Lawrence Sacharow directed the original New York production, and he also…
nights atthe opera The Candy Tale and L’enfant et les sortileges: Arizona State University’s Lyric Opera Theatre presents this double bill of fantastical tales. The first, written by Dimitrije Buzarovski and William Reber and performed in English, has similarities to Pinocchio; it’s based on a Macedonian folktale about a candy…
thursday november 14 Red House Painters: Crazy Pony? There is a correlation between Mark Kozelek’s young San Francisco band and northern California icon Neil Young’s brand of power folk. Known for spare, moody navel-gazing during their tenure with 4AD, the Painters turned up the volume and put the pedal steel…
strings attached “The Wonderful World of Puppets”: California’s Jim Gamble brings his merry-marionette pals Algernon the Clown, Percy the Penguin, Rollo the Roller Skater and Yankee Doodle to Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 North Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, for shows at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 16. Tickets are $10…
at the concert “Getting to Know You”: Clotilde Otranto conducts Phoenix Symphony in this family performance, featuring Britten’s A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Showtime is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, November 10, at Symphony Hall, 225 East Adams; preconcert festivities begin at 1:30. Tickets are $8, available at the symphony…
thursday november 7 “William Christenberry and Andres Serrano”: The two influential American photographers, both of whom trained as painters before swapping their palettes for cameras, are feted in this exhibition, which features some of the artists’ most famous–and infamous–works, including images from Christenberry’s Klan Room installation and from Serrano’s Fluids…
thursday october 31 Arizona State Fair: The corn-dog carnival continues daily, through Sunday, November 3, at the fairgrounds, bounded by McDowell Road and Encanto Boulevard between 17th and 19th avenues. Along with the usual attractions–midway rides and games, livestock and agricultural exhibits, etc.–this year’s fair includes “The Disney Fair” (see…
orange crush Glendale Halloween Festival: Carnival games, a costume contest and free candy and prizes are on the agenda at this annual fest, scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, October 31, at Sahuaro Ranch Park, 59th Avenue and Mountain View Road. Admission is free. Call 930-2842. Halloween Parade of…
thursday october 24 Arizona State Fair: The annual corn-dog carnival continues daily, through Sunday, November 3, at the fairgrounds, bounded by McDowell Road and Encanto Boulevard between 17th and 19th avenues. Along with the usual attractions–midway rides and games, livestock and agricultural exhibits, etc.–this year’s fair includes “The Disney Fair”…
purple reign Barney’s Big Surprise: Barney the Dinosaur, the king of public-television kiddy fare, is joined by his cohorts BJ and Baby Bop and special guests Mother Goose, Little Miss Muffett, Little Boy Blue and others in this musical extravaganza, produced by the man behind the Rolling Stones’ Voodoo Lounge…
thursday october 17 Arizona State Fair: The annual corn-dog carnival opens Thursday, October 17, and continues through Sunday, November 3, at the fairgrounds, bounded by McDowell Road and Encanto Boulevard between 17th and 19th avenues. Along with the usual attractions–midway rides and games, livestock and agricultural exhibits, etc.–this year’s fair…
at the fair “The Disney Fair”: The Southwestern premiere of the nationally touring, special-effects-laden show fills up about two acres at this year’s Arizona State Fair, and features some of the studio’s biggest stars, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear, Captain Hook, Aladdin, Jasmine and Ariel. Shows are scheduled…
thursday october 10 Ween: Nervy New Jersey alt. rockers Dean and Gene Ween traveled to enemy territory, Nashville, to record their skewering of Music City, the faux tribute album 12 Golden Country Greats (Elektra), which includes titles like “Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain” and “Piss Up a…
hot stuff Firehouse Healthy Kids Day: Ten Valley fire stations and seven others across the state will open their doors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 12, for public activities such as safety and educational demonstrations, tours and immunizations. The event is co-sponsored by the Arizona Partnership for…
good sports NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Competitions: NFL Properties sponsors preliminary contests, open to boys and girls ages 8 to 15, at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 5, at Chandler High School, 350 North Arizona Avenue (call 786-2323); and at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 6, at Paseo Racquet Center, 63rd…
thursday october 3 Coppelia: Ballet Arizona has opened its season with a revival of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Frankenstein-style work about mad Dr. Coppelius and the strange bond he forms with his mechanical creations, especially the beautiful title automaton. The score is by Delibes, and the set is great. Final performances are…
at the concert Melon Ball Music: Mickey Mouse once covered a tune by this Arizona duo, which performs selections from and signs copies of its new album, Land of the Diamond Sun, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, September 28, at Borders Books & Music at Biltmore Fashion Park, 24th Street and…
