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Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary Screening MADCAP Theaters	Sat., November 21, 7:00pm more dates/times	Tempe	Film Pop Culture
Now that the ghoulies are back in their graves after All Hallow’s, everyone can feel a little safer singing their favorite ghost-taunting movie theme loud and proud when the Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary Screening takes place tonight at MADCAP Theatres. Local late-night-movie queen... More >>

Dierks Bentley Tempe Marketplace	Sat., November 21, 4:00pm	Tempe	Music
Dierks Bentley knows where his bread is buttered, which is why the country superstar’s upcoming benefit concert at Tempe Marketplace has a Harley-and-highway theme and not, say, a redecorate-your-loft theme. “Miles & Music for Kids” will offer fellow road warriors the opportunity... More >>

Pete Yorn Marquee Theatre	Sat., November 21, 7:00pm	Tempe	Music
You can’t blame Pete Yorn for wanting to cut an album with Scarlett Johansson. After all, the Match Point actress is freakin’ hot. Still, that doesn’t mitigate the fact that Yorn cut an album with Scarlett Johansson. What’s the big deal? Well, imagine if Michael Chabon... More >>

Ford Ironman Arizona Tempe Town Lake	Sun., November 22, 7:00am	Tempe	Sports - Participatory
Since money is tight, it’s a good thing the entry fee to Ford Ironman Arizona costs $550-plus, or else we would win the thing. Swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112, and running 26.2? So easy. We wouldn’t even have to train, and may have gone out drinking the night before.... More >>

DJ Tiësto Marquee Theatre	Sun., November 22, 6:30pm	Tempe	Music
Tiesto, the 35-year-old DJ/producer/electronica artist will hit the Valley this week, but he’s got plenty of backup. A trio of turntablists will support him, including Tranzit, Dada Life, and DJ Soloman. Visit www.luckymanonline.com for more info. More >>

"Que Vivan Los Muertos: Dia de los Muertos Festival Exhibit" ASU Museum of Anthropology	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., October 12 until Fri., January 8	Tempe	Dia de los Muertos Museum Exhibits & Events
The museum presents the 10th annual exhibit of altars, cajitas (small, traveling altars), calaveras (skulls), and calacas (skeletons) in conjunction with Calaca Cultural Center and Xico, Inc. More >>

"Suburbia: 85201" Arizona State University	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Wed., November 18 until Mon., January 4, 8:00am-5:00pm	Tempe	Art
The exhibit, located in BA199 of the Business Administration Building, features experimental photos taken by Mesa's Adrian Lesoing between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. in a suburban neighborhood. More >>

Yucca Tap's Open Mic Yucca Tap Room	Every week Monday, 8:00pm	Tempe	Music
What better way to start the workweek than to watch people get onstage and share their talent? Whether it's a longhaired hippie dude with a guitar doing a Simon & Garfunkel cover, a disgruntled college kid performing a spoken-word piece about the war in Iraq, or two inebriated girls just... More >>

Charles Goyette Changing Hands Bookstore	Tue., November 24, 7:00pm	Tempe	Literary Events
The Libertarian mouthpiece and former Valley radio personality signs his new book, The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments. The tome is targeted at the concerned investor who'd like to take a brickbat to the government,... More >>

Mason Tvert Changing Hands Bookstore	Wed., November 25, 7:00pm	Tempe	Literary Events Public Interest
The marijuana-policy expert and co-author (with Steve Fox and Paul Armentano) of Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? discusses the new book and why alcohol is considered a more socially acceptable "high" than weed. More >>

"Canalscape for Metro Phoenix" ASU Art Museum	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 7 until Tue., December 1	Tempe	Art Environmental Museum Exhibits & Events
Who needs Venice? Like that lovely city, Phoenix may, if Dr. Nan Ellin and her students have their way, be fronted by waterways one day soon. The new exhibit “Canalscape for Metro Phoenix” proposes the re-creation of Phoenix’s most vital urban hubs, where our canals meet major... More >>

Hatebreed Marquee Theatre	Wed., November 25, 5:30pm	Tempe	Music
If Jamey Jasta, Hatebreed frontman and former host of MTV’s Headbangers Ball, ever gets sick of the music biz, the dude could probably make a decent living as a motivational speaker. Take the lyrics from “In Ashes They Shall Reap,” a song from his long-running hardcore... More >>

ThanksLIVING Green	Thu., November 26, 12:00pm-4:00pm	Tempe	Environmental Food & Drink Green Events Thanksgiving
Some meals are more equal than others, especially when you’re an unlucky animal looking down the business end of a slaughterhouse power saw. Green, the vegan/“New American” restaurant in Tempe, hosts its second annual, family-friendly ThanksLIVING, a T-Day banquet of compassion... More >>

Dawn-to-Dusk 12-Hour Movie Marathon MADCAP Theaters	Thu., November 26, 7:00pm	Tempe	Film Thanksgiving
After pigging out on more food than your body has room for, you’re invited to pull on those super-stretchy sweat pants before heading over to MADCAP Theatres for the Dawn-to-Dusk 12-Hour Movie Marathon Film Feast. All of the film titles are currently considered classified information, but... More >>

First Blood Tour Clubhouse Music Venue	Fri., November 27, 6:00pm	Tempe	Music
Any act fronted by horror rocker Joseph Poole – better known as Wednesday 13 – may seem like the natural complement to Creepsville 666, a local punk metal outfit that fancies itself so dangerous that children should hide their album from the folks, but Poole’s latest project,... More >>

Valerie Bertinelli Changing Hands Bookstore	Sat., November 28, 4:00pm	Tempe	Celebrity Appearances Literary Events Pop Culture
Warning: The book is cheesy. Its author? An artery-clogging Mascarpone. But Valerie Bertinelli remains relevant – and hot. She was the shooting star of many a young man’s wet dream back in the day, thanks to her stint on the ’70s sitcom One Day at a Time. The pixie-faced cherub... More >>

ASU Football vs. Arizona Sun Devil Stadium	Sat., November 28, 1:30pm	Tempe	Sports - Spectator
Win or lose, there are some folks who will be way more affected by the outcome of the ASU vs. UofA football game than the fans. Namely, the Sun Devil seniors, who will be playing, for the final time, in the maroon and gold. That includes DE Dexter Davis, WR Chris McGaha, and LB Mike Nixon, the... More >>

Football Brunch Cadillac Ranch	Every week Saturday from Sat., September 12 until Sat., December 5, 9:00am-4:00pm more dates/times	Tempe	Food & Drink Sports - Spectator
Sick of eating dry cereal out of boxes while lounging around the bachelor pad in your boxers? Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace, 2000 East Rio Salado Parkway, has the answer for discriminating pigskin lovers: the Cadillac Ranch Football Brunch. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday... More >>

"From the Penthouse to the Basement" Harry Wood Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., November 16 until Fri., December 4	Tempe	Art Literary Events
If you thought Sarah Palin’s new memoir was only good for kindling or toilet paper, think again. A first edition of Darwin’s The Origin of the Species netted 35,000 pounds at auction. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No. 1 is worth more than four grand. So when everyone else inevitably... More >>

Sarah Palin Costco	Tue., December 1, 11:00am-2:00pm	Tempe	Literary Events
America's favorite airhead, errrr, former vice presidential candidate/governor of Alaska Sarah Palin posts up quickly at Costco to sign her new memoir Going Rogue: An American Life. More >>

ASU New Works Series: AM:I Lyceum Theatre	Wed., December 2, 7:30pm more dates/times	Tempe	Theater
Somewhere near the risk-taking gene that makes people jump off stuff, there must be a gene that prompts humans to crave novelty in a somewhat more subdued way. Just give us something we haven't seen a thousand times before -- a new play by a new writer, say, in which we don't know what's gonna... More >>

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Ford Ironman Arizona Chances for Children 5K & Kids Run Tempe Beach Park	Sat., November 21, 7:00am	Tempe	Benefits Sports - Participatory

DASH for M.A.S.H. Kiwanis Park	Sat., November 21, 8:00am	Tempe	Benefits Sports - Participatory

Nike Cross National Southwest Championships Kiwanis Park	Sat., November 21, 9:00am	Tempe	Sports - Participatory

Women-Specific Hiking Class REI	Sat., November 21, 9:00am	Tempe	Classes & Seminars Hiking Outdoors Women's Events