Out & About Calendar
Top things to do this weekWhat to see and do in the Valley
Sept. 19-20, 2014
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OPENING NIGHT: CARMINA BURANA
The Phoenix Symphony / at Symphony Hall
Opening Night: Tito Muñoz Conducts Carmina Burana
Celebrate a new chapter in the history of The Phoenix Symphony as Maestro Tito Muñoz makes his debut as The Phoenix Symphony’s 11th Virginia G. Piper Music Director. Join Maestro Muñoz in this powerful program as he leads The Phoenix Symphony, The Phoenix Symphony Chorus and Phoenix Boys Choir in Carl Orff’s majestic and scenic cantata, Carmina burana, featuring the famous “O’Fortuna” movement heard in numerous movie and television commercial scores. This magical program also features Igor Stravinsky’s adventurous Firebird Suite, a masterwork of personal significance to Maestro Muñoz.
Symphony Hall
75 N. Second St., Phoenix
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BECOME A HEARD MUSEUM TOUR GUIDE
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix’¨
Sign up until Sept. 17, 2014
Be the portal through which Heard Museum visitors view its many fascinating exhibits by becoming a qualified member of the Heard Museum’s docents, called Las Guias (or, “The Guides”). The annual training class, after successful completion of which docents may begin giving museum tours, begins Oct. 7 and continues each Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through May 5, 2015. Registration for the required class closes Sept. 17.
For more information on Las Guias, the Guild, or to register, please write to docentcourse@heardguild.org.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Childsplay
at Tempe Center for the Arts
Sept. 7 – Oct. 12, 2014
$12-$25
ASU Gammage
1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe
Sept. 16 – 21, 2014
SASSI
10455 E. Pinnacle Peak Parkway, Scottsdale
Sept. 17, 2014
Various locations
at Tempe Center for the Arts
Sept. 19 – 28, 2014
Not-to-miss exhibitionsA selection of the best ongoing exhibitions in the Valley
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. More info
BUILD! Toy Brick Art at the Heard
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix’¨
May 24 – Sept. 28, 2014
LEGO brick art in its many creative and surprising forms comes to the Heard Museum this summer, with plenty of hands-on components for the whole family. The ingenuity of American Indian and non-American Indian LEGO brick artists is impressive.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: EARTH EXPLORERS
Arizona Science Center
600 E. Washington St., Phoenix’¨
Sept. 21, 2014 – Jan. 4, 2015
ANTONIO BERNI: JUANITO AND RAMONA
Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix
until Sept. 21, 2014
The exhibition features over one hundred objects by innovative artist Antonio Berni (1905-1981). The included works span a variety of media including paintings, assemblages, sculptures, works on paper, sketchbooks, and printing plates.
THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS: THROUGH THE DECADES
Vision Gallery
10 E. Chicago St., Chandler
Sept. 5 – Oct. 25, 2014
The Little Black Dress, or what has become fondly known as the “LBD,” is considered a fashion staple. No fashion forward woman worth her salt is without one. The classic tale of the little black dress began in 1926 when Coco Chanel published a picture in American Vogue of a classically elegant, calf length, simple black dress. The crowds went wild. Vogue magazine hailed it as “Chanel’s Ford,” like the Model T, the little black dress became a versatile, affordable fashion icon. More info
