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WASTE MANAGEMENT
PHOENIX OPEN
TPC Scottsdale
The Waste Management Phoenix Open, the largest professional golf tournament on the PGA TOUR, will be held this week at TPC Scottsdale. Annually sporting the largest crowds on the PGA TOUR, the WM Phoenix Open has gained legendary status for being unlike any other golf tournament. Not only is it one of the fifth oldest events on the PGA TOUR schedule, it also features one of the most unique holes on TOUR – the famous 16th. The 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is normally a routine 162-yard, par-3, but come tournament week the hole is completely transformed into a stadium with enough room for 15,000 screaming fans. It’s a great opportunity for players and fans to interact.
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The Phoenix Symphony brings the world-famous Cirque de la Symphonie to Mesa for the first time. This high-flying and talented Cirque troop includes jugglers, strong men, contortionists and gravity defying aerialists.
The historic Scottsdale ArtWalk happens every Thursday night. Galleries get active with a night full of art openings, live music, food samplings and more. Hosted by the Scottsdale Gallery Association in partnership with the City of Scottsdale.
2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
Jan. 29 – March 5, 2015
Coming up…
JULIAN SANDS IN A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale
Feb. 4, 2015
With personal anecdotes and reflections drawn from their work together, acclaimed British actor Julian Sands (A Room with a View, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 24) combines Harold Pinter’s poems and prose to create a fresh and intimate portrait of the Nobel laureate and his extraorindary literary legacy.
Herberger Theatre Center
222 E. Monroe St., Phoenix
Feb. 5 – 22, 2015
Arizona Opera
1636 N. Central Ave., Phoenix
Feb. 6 – 9, 2015
From Pushkin’s classic poem comes Tchaikovsky’s theatrical magnum opus. Onegin is a man egotistical enough to turn his back on love and a gun on his best friend. Set in St. Petersburg and the snowy Russian countryside, this new production features David Adam Moore in the title role.
Childsplay
with the Phoenix Symphony at Symphony Hall
Feb. 12 – 15, 2015 l Info l Tickets
Not-to-miss exhibitionsA selection of the best ongoing exhibitions in the Valley
Current exhibitions
BEYOND THE BEAT: DRUMS OF THE WORLD
Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix
Nov. 15, 2014 – June 21, 2015
The exhibition explores the immeasurable cultural and historical significance of drums around the world through the presentation of dozens of drums of all shapes, sizes, materials and uses from Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.
BEAUTIFUL GAMES: AMERICAN INDIAN SPORT AND ART
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix’¨
Through Nov. 29, 2015
Sports have played a pivotal role in American Indian tribal communities; in fact, many contemporary sports are rooted in traditional tribal sporting games. Tribal communities continue to be heavily interested in and involved in sports, particularly basketball, rodeo and running.
GRIDIRON GLORY: THE BEST OF THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
600 E. Washington St., Phoenix
Jan. 24, 2015 – May 3, 2015 l More info
Desert Botanical Garden
75 N. Second St., Phoenix
Feb. 6 – May 3, 2015 l More info
The Desert Botanical Garden presents new works by world-renowned artists Philip and Matt Moulthrop. The exhibition features a collection of turned wood that reveals the inherent beauty of trees and shrubs native to Arizona. Woodturning has been a Moulthrop family legacy for three generations and their pieces are immediately recognizable by their distinct contemporary forms. You can find their work in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institute, the American Craft Museum of New York, and the Carnegie Museum of Art.