APR 19 2016
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MAY 28 2016
Local Color Exhibition
Flagstaff - Coconino Center for the Arts
Flagstaff Arts Council announces Local Color 2016, a biennial exhibition at the Coconino Center for the Arts. The exhibition will feature a diverse range of styles and media from local artists, including ceramics, paintings, sculpture, large murals, and more. Also featured in the Jewel Gallery is Before the Myth Makers, a new exhibition of paintings by Flagstaff artist David Lash. The member’s reception takes place on Saturday, April 16, 6–8pm. A Public Opening Reception will take place on Saturday, April 23, 6–8pm.
The Coconino Center for the Arts is open Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. More information on the exhibition can be found at flagartscouncil.org or by calling (928) 779-2300.
APR 28 2016
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MAY 8 2016
Musical Theatre of Anthem's Production of Mary Poppins
Anthem - Musical Theatre of Anthem
Mary Poppins- Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA), announces their upcoming production of Mary Poppins, a practically perfect musical that is capturing hearts in a whole new way! Performances take place Thursday – Sunday, April 28 – May 8, 2016 at Musical Theatre of Anthem, 42323 N. Vision Way, Anthem, AZ 85086. Times vary, so please see website for details. Tickets may be purchased online at www.musicaltheatreofanthem.org. Adult tickets are $19 and Students, Seniors and Children 12 and under are $16. Disney's Mary Poppins is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
A Salute to Cowboy Artists of America and a Patron: 50 Years of Amazing Contributions to the American West
Scottsdale - Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
A Salute to Cowboy Artists of America and a Patron: 50 Years of Amazing Contributions to the American West - Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West, a retrospective exhibition featuring one artwork by every artist who has ever been a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, pays tribute to the 77 CAA artists and prominent Arizona leader Eddie Basha, who is a CAA Honorary Member in Memoriam, $8-13, 480-686-9539 orhttp://scottsdalemuseumwest.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 8 2016
Bruce Munro: Sonoran Light
Phoenix - Desert Botanical Garden
Bruce Munro: Sonoran Light - Desert Botanical Garden, showcases eight large-scale light-based installations using an inventive array of materials, and hundreds of miles of glowing fiber optic, located throughout the Garden, Munro’s site specific exhibition will reflect his unique interpretation of the wonderful flora and fauna of the Sonoran Desert landscape, $12.50-30, 480-481-8188 or http://www.dbg.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Personal Journeys: American Indian Landscapes
Phoenix - Heard Museum
Personal Journeys: American Indian Landscapes - Heard Museum, explores the unique relationship American Indians have with land and how it has been expressed in art, also explores the connection to and loss of land, $7.50-18, 6022-252-8848 or http://heard.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Desertscapes: Narrative Landscape Photography by Wayne Norton
Phoenix - Pueblo Grande Museum
Desertscapes: Narrative Landscape Photography by Wayne Norton - Pueblo Grand Museum, photographer Wayne Norton describes this exhibit of black and white landscape photographs as a portrait of the American desert, through which he wishes "to question Man's treatment of the desert and our existence there..." $6, 602-495-0901 or http://www.pueblogrande.com
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Stradivarius: Origins and Legacy of the Greatest Violin Maker
Phoenix - The MIM
Stradivarius: Origins and Legacy of the Greatest Violin Maker - Musical Instrument Museum, This special exhibition will introduce the story of how early violin makers from the modest Italian city of Cremona shaped global music from the 16th century onward. Explores how the workshops of the Amati, Guarneri and Stadivari families produced and perfected the look and sound of instruments in the string family, http://mim.org/
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 15 2016
Glengarry Glen Ross
Scottsdale - Scottsdale Desert Stages Mainstage Theatre
Glengarry Glen Ross - Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre, an office full of real estate salesmen are given the news that all but two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up, Shelly Leven, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, but to no avail, when his coworker comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking salesmen, an Actor's Cafe Production, $25, 7:30 & 2 pm, http://desertstages.org/
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 14 2016
The Diary of Anne Frank
Gilbert - Hale Theater
The Diary of Anne Frank - Hale Theatre, this lovely, tender drama is based on true events, Anne Frank is a Jewish girl in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam in World War II, she, along with seven others, survive for two years in the sealed–off upper rooms of the annex of her father’s office building in Amsterdam, a story of courage, hope, and the triumph of the human spirit, $18-28, 480-497-1181 or https://www.haletheatrearizona.com
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 8 2016
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Peoria - Arizona Broadway Theatre
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - Arizona Broadway Theatre, it’s the late 1970s and the happy-go-lucky town of Gilbert, Texas has just been put on the map when a crusading television reporter aims his camera at a favorite, local “destination” – The Chicken Ranch, frequented by governors, senators, mayors and victorious college football teams for more than a century, the town is now faced with recounting the good times as they struggle with the demise of their best pleasure palace, a charming, lively and genial show, 623-776-8400 or http://azbroadway.org/
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 6 2016
Spring Migration Bird Tours
Portal - Southwestern Research Station
Spring Migration Bird Tours - Southwestern Research Station, concentrates on spring migration and endemic birds of the Sky Islands, you may see more passage migrants such as Hermit Warbler, Townsend's Warbler and Cassin's Vireo, 520-558-2396 orhttp://research.amnh.org/swrs/visitor/package-tours
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 8 2016
9 to 5 the Musical
Scottsdale - Scottsdale Desert Stages Mainstage Theatre
9 to 5 the Musical - Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre, Violet, Judy and Doralee have had it with their egotistical boss and create a wild fantasy where they give him the boot, when a coworker overhears the ladies talking about their fantasy in the restroom they are forced to take action, while the boss remains "out of pocket," the ladies take control of the company and improve the workplace for all, a Mainstage Productions, $15, 7:30 & 2 pm, http://desertstages.org/
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 11 2016
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Peoria - Arizona Broadway Theatre
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - Arizona Broadway Theatre, laugh and sing along with Alexander’s misadventures in this hilarious musical based on the wildly popular children’s book by Judith Viorst, discover, along with Alexander, that sometimes everyone has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, 623-776-8400 orhttp://azbroadway.org/
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 29 2016
Pete, Or the Return of Peter Pan - World Premiere
Tempe - Tempe Center for the Arts
Pete, Or the Return of Peter Pan - World Premiere - Tempe Center for the Arts, Wendy has grown up hearing of adventures in Neverland, she never really believed until Peter Pan arrives with fairy dust and she and her brother find them-selves in the greatest adventures of their lives, Wendy jumps into a world of pirates, fairies, ninjas and pterodactyls finding firsthand what it really means to BELIEVE, magical new play celebrates founder David Saar's last production as Childsplay's artistic director, written by incoming artistic director, Dwayne Hartford, for ages 6 and up, http://childsplayaz.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Inspiration to Creation: The Hidden Life Behind Bronze
Prescott - Phippen Museum
Inspiration to Creation: The Hidden Life Behind Bronze – Phippen Museum, featuring an amazing collection images of Western sculptors by artist and bronze specialist Erik Petersen and his professional photographer cousin, Willie Petersen, $5-7, 928-778-1385 orhttp://www.phippenartmuseum.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Historic Prescott Downtown Walking Tours
Prescott
Historic Prescott Downtown Walking Tours – Visitor Information Center, learn a bit of Prescott's historic past and present, 90 minutes, tours are every Friday, Saturday & Sunday unless major event is downtown, 10 am, donations appreciated, 928-445-2000 or http://www.prescott.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 13 2016
Variations – Fine Visual Art by Four Women Artists
Surprise - West Valley Arts
Variations – Fine Visual Art by Four Women Artists - West Valley Arts HQ, the artists’ varied styles encompass multiple ways to manipulate mediums to express individual internal identities, one artist primarily creates representational images using beads while another works in a contemporary style to portray split images with oils, the remaining two artists primarily portray Southwestern themes, one using soft pastel and the other using acrylics, free,http://www.westvalleyarts.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 9 2016
11th Annual Cowgirl Up! Art from the other Half of the West Invitational Exhibition & Sale
Wickenburg - Desert Caballeros Western Museum
11th Annual Cowgirl Up! Art from the other Half of the West Invitational Exhibition & Sale – Desert Caballeros Western Museum, one of the most important art shows for women artists, whose artwork captures the spirit and lifestyle of the American West, exhibit continues through May 9, 928-684-2272 or http://www.westernmuseum.org/Cowgirl-Up.aspx
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 22 2016
Return to the Desert - Celebrating 25 Years of Paintings by Dyana Hesson
Phoenix - Desert Botanical Garden
Return to the Desert - Celebrating 25 Years of Paintings by Dyana Hesson - Desert Botanical Garden, a retrospective celebrating Dyana Hesson, one of the Southwest’s most beloved botanical artists, http://www.dbg.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Personal Journeys: American Indian Landscapes
Phoenix - Heard Museum
Personal Journeys: American Indian Landscapes - Heard Museum, features more than 60 works of art, including textiles, ceramics, baskets and paintings that merge the physical place, process and cultural meaing behind Native landscapes, http://heard.org
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 31 2016
Jo’Jini’ – If These Objects Could Talk
Window Rock - Navajo Nation Museum
Jo’Jini’ – If These Objects Could Talk - Navajo Nation Museum, rather than describing the purpose or origin of each piece of the Jo’ Jini’ Exhibit, the objects tell their own stories, features 60 different contemporary objects that were donated by 25 different donors such as the Navajo artists themselves, and from doctors and teachers who wanted to share their pieces with viewers, it includes jewelry, folk art, pottery, historical items and contemporary pieces, 928-871-7941
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 29 2016
The 5th Annual International Society of Scratchboard Artists Exhibition
Tucson - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
The 5th Annual International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) exhibition is an International art competition dedicated to presenting scratchboard art as a fine art medium.
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 29 2016
Summer Concerts in the Park
Scottsdale - McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
Summer Concerts in the Park - McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, live performances, variety of local bands, train & carousel, free, Sundays, 7:30-9 pm, 480-312-2312 orhttp://www.therailroadpark.com
MAY 1 2016
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MAY 8 2016
Pinkalicious
Phoenix - Valley Youth Theatre
Pinkalicious - Valley Youth Theatre, a musical based on the book by Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann, live on stage at Valley Youth Theatre, 602-253-8188 or http://vyt.com
MAY 3 2016
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MAY 8 2016
8th Annual Agave Heritage Week
Tucson - Hotel Congress
8th Annual Agave Heritage Week – Hotel Congress, Seminars with a world-renowned mezcal expert Sergio Inurrigaro, a fundraising Agave dinner, taste mescal unattainable in the U.S., Agave 101 spirit seminar, live music, a commemorative shot glass, taco and salsa bar, a cascarone, historical and cultural art exhibit, premium tequila, $35/advance, 6 pm, must be 21+,http://hotelcongress.com/
