Out & About Calendar
Top things to do this weekWhat to see and do in the Valley
Oct. 5, 2014
OPEN HOUSE
Ballet Arizona
Try ballet, jazz, modern, yoga and zumba!
Enjoy an Open House and tour the state-of-art studios,
meet Ballet Arizona faculty, experience sample classes
and enter to win performance tickets, class cards and more.
For schedule of free classes for all ages and levels, click here.
Ballet Arizona
2835 E. Washington St., Phoenix
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Talking Stick Resort
9800 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale
Oct. 2-4, 2014
National Bank of Arizona
6001 N. 24th St., Phoenix
Oct. 2, 2014
The Phoenix Symphony
at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Oct. 2, 2014
Childsplay
at Tempe Center for the Arts
Sept. 7 – Oct. 12, 2014
$12-$25
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
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: EARTH EXPLORERS
Arizona Science Center
600 E. Washington St., Phoenix’¨
Sept. 21, 2014 – Jan. 4, 2015
PAULO BRUSCKY: ART IS OUR LAST HOPE
Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix
Sept. 6 – Dec. 28, 2014
First U.S. Exhibition Covering Brazilian Paulo Bruscky’s Career Comes to Phoenix Art Museum. Includes artworks ranging from mail art to video. More info
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
FISH OUT OF WATER
Desert Botanical Garden
75 N. Second St., Phoenix
Sept. 26, 2014 – Jan. 4, 2015
Artist Joe McAuliffe and the Desert Botanical Garden celebrate the water that sustains present-day societies in Arizona. With gyotaku impressions of fish from local canals, rivers, lakes and ponds, Dr. McAuliffe uses this ancient Japanese technique to tell stories that reflect his interest in natural history and conservation, and the relationships of fish and human culture. More info
COVERT OPERATIONS: INVESTIGATING THE UNKNOWNS
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7374 E. Second St., Scottsdale
Sept. 28, 2014 – Jan. 11, 2015
ASU Art Museum
51 E. 10th St., Tempe
Sept. 27, 2014 – Jan. 3, 2015
