Out & About Calendar
Top things to do this weekWhat to see and do in the Valley
JOHNNY CLEGGMesa Arts Center
One E. Main St., Mesa
May 6, 2014
$37
International world music star Johnny Clegg will perform at the Mesa Arts Center.
Johnny Clegg is one of South Africa’s most celebrated sons. He is a singer, a songwriter, a dancer, anthropologist and a musical activist whose music, a blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms, has exploded onto the international scene and broken through all the barriers in his own country.
In France, where he enjoys a massive following, he is fondly called Le Zulu Blanc – the white Zulu.
Over three decades, Johnny Clegg has sold over five million albums of his brand of crossover music worldwide. He has wowed vast audiences with his audacious live shows and won a number of national and international awards for his music and for his outspoken views on apartheid, his perspectives on migrant workers in South Africa and the general situation in the world today.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Desert Stages
4720 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
March 21 – May 18, 2014
2 p.m. / 7.30 p.m.
Jamie and Cathy tell the story of their failed five-year relationship but in an unusual twist, Jamie tells it from the beginning to the end; Cathy tells it from the end to the beginning.
THE SECRET GARDEN
Arizona Broadway Theatre
7701 W. Paradise Lane, Peoria
April 11 – May 11, 2014
7 p.m. / $50-$79
The Secret Garden is an enchanting musical based on the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Set in the early years of the 20th century, the story centers on Mary Lennox, an orphan who is sent to England to live with her reclusive Uncle Archibald on his mysterious estate.
'INTERNAL DIALOG' by JANE BURTON
Calvin Charles Gallery
4201 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale
April 10 – May 7, 2014
Burton’s large-scaled, hand-built, and burnished vessels and sculptural forms range from 2’ to 20’ and explore the relationships between vessels and the energy they contain. Her work is inspired by such organic elements as the shell of the hermit crab, the cocoon of the butterfly, as well as the human body.
AVENUE Q
Phoenix Theatre
100 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix
April 10 – May 25, 2014
$30-$80
Winner of three Tony awards including Best Musical, Phoenix Theatre's production, Avenue Q was a runaway hit in 2011. The badly-behaved puppets are back in the intimate space of the newly named Hormel Theatre.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
Childsplay
at Tempe Center for the Arts900 S. Mitchell Dr., TempeApril 20 – May 25, 2014$12-$25
Childsplay brings the hit cartoon series Schoolhouse Rock to life on stage. The TV show, which presented academic subjects through megahits like “Conjunction Junction” and “Just a Bill,” has received a bit of a makeover as Childsplay premieres an updated sound to the popular hits.
LES MISERABLES
Phoenix Theatre
100 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix
April 10 – May 25, 2014
$40-$100
The timeless classic returns for Phoenix Theatre’s 93rd season. It's time to experience the musical that has thrilled audiences all over the world. The tale of Jean Valjean’s unjust imprisonment and quest for redemption is set against the highly volatile political backdrop of a revolutionary period in France.
TALK CINEMA No. 8
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale
May 6, 2014
7 p.m.
$19
Audience members are the critics at this sneak-preview film series that screens award-winning indie and foreign films before their theatrical releases. Always a surprise, the films are selected from leading festivals by critic Harlan Jacobson.
ODYSSEY FAMILY DAY
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale
May 11, 2014
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
free for families
SMoCA invites families to take a magical journey on Mother’s Day to see the Museum completely transformed into a kaleidoscopic wonderland for Odyssey Family Day. All adults must be accompanied by a child (and all children must bring an adult!) to discover the Museum’s fantastic enchanting realms.
Not-to-miss exhibitionsA selection of the best ongoing exhibitions in the Valley
CHIHULY IN THE GARDEN
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix
Nov. 10, 2013 – May 18, 2014
Adult $22, Senior $20, Student $12, Child $10
Artist Dale Chihuly returns to the Desert Botanical Garden with a stunning exhibition of his extraordinary and vibrant works of art. Chihuly is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement and elevating the perception of the glass medium from craft to fine art. He is renowned for his ambitious architectural installations around the world, in historic cities, museums and gardens.
SPRING BUTTERFLY EXHIBIT
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix
March 1, 2014 – May 11, 2014
Take a stroll through the beautiful Marshall Butterfly Pavilion and find yourself surrounded by hundreds of fluttering butterflies. Watch as butterflies sip nectar and bask in the sun in this lush and colorful habitat. Special outdoor displays showcase plants that attract butterflies.
PABLO HELGUERA: 'LIBRERIA DONCELES'
ASU Art Museum
821 N. Third St., Phoenix
March 21, 2014 – June 21, 2014
The ASU Art Museum presents two concurrent solo exhibitions of work by artist Pablo Helguera, both of which will open March 21, 2014. Pablo Helguera: Librería Donceles and Pablo Helguera: Chrestomathy, curated by Julio César Morales, will be the first presentation outside of the East Coast of this new work by Helguera, a world-renowned visual and performance artist whose work weaves together personal and historical narratives in the context of socially engaged art and language.
HOLLYWOOD COSTUME
Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix’¨
March 26, 2014 – July 6, 2014
Phoenix Art Museum is honored to be the only West Coast venue of Hollywood Costume, a ground breaking exhibition that celebrates and explores costume design as a key component of cinema storytelling. Arriving in Phoenix from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this major multimedia exhibition explores the essentials of costume design and illuminates the costume designer’s creative process, bringing together more than 100 of the world’s most iconic costumes from a century of filmmaking.
THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT!
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix’¨
April 26, 2014 – Feb. 8, 2015
With the help of its visitors, the Heard has selected a group of artworks to create a wonderful collection of its most recent contemporary acquisitions. The donated items were given to the museum by varied collectors who recognized each artist’s ability to transform and create a work of art, and your votes have helped to curate and create the final exhibit.
