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March 22, 2015
EIGHT'S CHECK, PLEASE!
ARIZONA FESTIVAL
at CityScape
While the Emmy Award-winning television hit, Eight’s, Check, Please! Arizona continues unabated, its culinary cousin, Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona Festival continues for a third straight year of pleasing fans of local, independent eateries and will celebrated Sun., March 22, 2015, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at CityScape in downtown Phoenix.
Check, Please! Arizona is one of the most popular locally produced programs on Eight, Arizona PBS. Eight will again transform CityScape into a haven for food adventurists, a one-stop exploration of Arizona’s independent restaurant collective that ranges from every-day hamburger haunts to five-star gourmet establishments.
In its third year, the event is crowned with a gathering of Arizona’s James Beard Foundation award-winners, among them, Emmy Award-winning host of Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona Robert McGrath, Christopher Gross, Chris Bianco and Nobuo Fukuda.
The 2015 version of the event will also showcase overlays by Arizona’s chef talent, including a second panel of top Valley chefs, in addition to a lineup of cooking demonstrations by local chefs on two stages, provided by SubZero/Wolf, and a tour of favorite wines by Chef Christopher Gross, including tastings and tips for food pairings.
The festival also will be adding several new restaurants to the lineup this year from Check, Please! Arizona’s five seasons on-air, as well as featuring many returning favorites.
at CityScape, dowtown Phoenix
March 22, 2015 l 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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SPARK! MESA'S FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY
Childsplay
ANYTHING GOES!
Phoenix Theatre presents a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Revival and tap favorite, Anything Goes! Directed by Associate Artistic Director, Robert Kolby Harper, this musical theatre classic has been visually reimagined to capture the swing and swank of the art deco ‘30s while keeping its comically charming story, sparkling dance numbers, and timeless Cole Porter songbook.
MOMIX: ALCHEMIA
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale
March 20 – 21, 2015
Moses Pendleton presents Alchemia, his new work for the dazzling dancer-illusionists of Momix. Celebrating the art of alchemy, and the alchemy of art, Pendleton’s latest creation is a multimedia spectacle full of invention, beauty, sensuality and humor. Just as he led audiences on a surreal journey through the four seasons in Botanica, in Alchemia Pendleton manipulates the four classic elements of earth, air, fire and water.
Scottsdale Arts District
Located primarily along Main Street and Marshall Way in Scottsdale Downtown
Every Thursday
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.
Coming up…
UPTOWN GIRLS (lunchtime theater)
Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe St., Phoenix
March 24 – April 9, 2015
CHICAGO
A true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen. No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations.
GERSHWIN: RHAPSODY IN BLUE AND MORE
The Phoenix Symphony
at Symphony Hall
March 27 – 29, 2015 l
Enjoy a celebration of the music of George Gershwin with one of the most popular American concert hits of all time. Hear Rhapsody in Blue performed by Eric Zuber, crowned as the 2013 Bösendorfer Piano Competition Winner right here in Phoenix.
THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY
Valley Youth Theatre
MIM'S 5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix
April 20 – 22, 2015
On April 24, 2010, MIM opened its doors to the world as the first and largest global musical instrument museum. For the past five years, MIM has been engaging audiences with an extensive collection, dynamic programs and exceptional musical performances. You are invited to celebrate this milestone with a week of festivities featuring some of MIM's favorite performers and activities.
Not-to-miss exhibitionsA selection of the best ongoing exhibitions in the Valley
Current exhibitions
ANDY WARHOL – Portraits
As an artist, Andy Warhol’s unique visual language tells the story of an artist fascinated with the phenomena of fame and celebrity. This exhibition features Warhol’s depictions of the persona that forever embedded celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Sylvester Stallone and Prince – to name a few – into America’s cultural conscience as well as several of his self-portraits including silkscreen works, Polaroids of the artist in drag, and family photographs of a young Warhol.
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.
CULTURAL JUXTIPOSITION & THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE – by NOCONA BURGESS
JAMES MARSHALL: RADIATE
THE GIFT: SELECTIONS FROM THE AMSTRONG-PRIOR ARCHIVE
GRIDIRON GLORY: THE BEST OF THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Desert Botanical Garden
75 N. Second St., Phoenix
Feb. 6 – May 3, 2015
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.
Desert Botanical Garden
75 N. Second St., Phoenix
March 7 – May 10, 2015
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.
BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
ONE-MAN SHOW by PASCALCalvin Charles Gallery
4201 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale
March 5 – April 1, 2015
Calvin Charles Gallery hosts “Pivot,” a one-man show by French artist Pascal, whose contemporary wall sculptures are internationally renowned.
What if we redefined beauty to redirect the focus from just physical atrributes to the sum of the whole person? True beauty has no measure or boundary, it represents the human spirit and belongs in the eyes of the
beholder. Artists in this exhibit share the beauty they see through the lens.
In 2015, Lisa Sette Gallery celebrates three decades exhibiting pioneering contemporary art in Arizona. The gallery will commemorate its anniversary with a March exhibition of contemporary art luminaries from near and far. The Lisa Sette Gallery 30th Anniversary show promises to delight followers of contemporary art and devotees of gallery founderLisa Sette’s adventurous and discriminating curatorial eye.
