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Native Art & Artifacts Appraisal Day Heard Museum North Scottsdale	Sat., November 21, 10:00am-2:00pm	North Scottsdale	Museum Exhibits & Events
So your grandma willed you a Navajo rug, and you've been using it as a door mat. Stop, for Chrissakes, and haul it down to the Native Art & Artifacts Appraisal Day. As many of us have witnessed on PBS' Antiques Roadshow, authentic Native Americana can be worth a bundle. Your mat may not make... More >>

Arizona Fall League Baseball Championship Game Scottsdale Stadium	Sat., November 21, 12:35pm	Central Scottsdale	Sports - Spectator
A dedicated sports fan is not just invested by the present state of a sport but also its future. This is apparent with creepers, too: Any dodgy 35-year-old can show up uninvited at college parties, but the truly dedicated creepy 35-year-old also hangs out in high school parking lots to see... More >>

Ali Vincent Barnes & Noble	Sat., November 21, 3:00pm	North Phoenix	Celebrity Appearances Health & Fitness Literary Events
Okay, everyone, it's officially Cheesy Book Week. Technically, we suppose, it's hold the cheese. The former Mrs. Eddie Van Halen, pop-culture princess Valerie Bertinelli, is coming through town in exactly seven days to sign her latest mash-up of faith and culinary abstinence, Finding It: And... More >>

Dinner and a Show feat. Daniel Acedo, Sector Zero, Veyron Crash, Love Sick Saints, & The Plateros Famous Sam's - Glendale	Sat., November 21, 6:00pm	West Phoenix	Music
If you feel like making a minor road trip this weekend, head up Glendale way where a slew of local acts will present a cornucopia of varied sounds, including the acoustic stylings of Daniel Acedo, the party rock of Sector Zero, and the pop music of Veyron Crash. Grab some chicken wings or a... More >>

Celebrity Waiters Happy Hour Market Street at DC Ranch	Sat., November 21, 6:30pm	North Scottsdale	Benefits Celebrity Appearances Sports - Spectator
Many of your favorite Phoenix Suns players, alums, and coaches will work the bar in this fundraiser for Suns Nite Hoops. Also featured: games, entertainment, a silent auction, the Suns Dancers, and the Gorilla. More >>

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 >>

The End of Suburbia East West Exchange	Sat., November 21, 7:00pm	Chandler	Film
Director Gregory Greene and the crew of The End of Suburbia spend 78 minutes explaining, in documentary detail, how the economic crisis has slammed the lid on the American dream. In a shorter amount of time, you could drive to Power Road in Mesa, or other outlying areas such as Queen Creek or... More >>

Silent Saturday: Blood and Sand Orpheum Theatre	Sat., November 21, 7:00pm	Central Phoenix	Film
The ultimate doomed matinee idol, Rudolph Valentino, stars in the silent 1922 classic about a doomed matinee idol of a different time (a matador). Ron Rhode provides organ accompaniment on the Orpheum's humongous Wurlitzer. More >>

The 46th Annual Dallas Welcomes JFK Luncheon Deus Ex Machina	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Central Phoenix	Theater
Depository. Single-bullet theory. Grassy knoll. Pink suit. On Saturday, November 21, Backward Theatre iconicizes the events surrounding a certain sunny, autumn day in Texas over four decades ago with its self-described “strange” and “experimental” The 46th Annual Dallas... More >>

Crossroads of the West Gun Show Mesa Convention Center	Sat., January 3, 9:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Mesa	Expos
Hit it, maestro: Guns guns/Guns guns/We heart guns/Guns guns/Guns guns/We heart guns . . . Wait, what? Yep, that’s right. Ever since that Obama character became president-elect, we’ve been stockpiling firearms like there’s no tomorrow. Because we know (and you know) that... More >>

Chandails, Little Teath, Finding Grandpa's Monsters, Pods, & more Trunk Space	Sat., November 21	Central Phoenix	Music
Listening to "Paper Bag," the scuzzy, shuffling opening track from Phoenix-based garage rockers The Chandails' forthcoming EP, it's easy to imagine a good-for-nothing street gang, maybe the "cholos performing satanic rituals while eating pozolé" described on the band's Web site. But the... 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 >>

Madonnarama: Night of 1000 Madonnas Forbidden Nightclub	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Central Scottsdale	Nightlife
Just when you thought the Halloween dress-up nonsense was over, it’s time again to spend a hundred bucks on a wig, shoes, and cheap props that you’ll only wear once. Reason being is that “Madonnarama: Night of 1000 Madonnas” is going off. It’s an entire evening of... More >>

CenPhoTV.com Show feat. The Love Me Nots, The Necronauts, & The Surfside IV The Ruby Room	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Central Phoenix	Music
Whether it’s music, news or the arts, when you want the best round-up of everything going on in downtown Phoenix (and only downtown Phoenix) you go to CenPho.tv. But when you want to actually hear the best music from downtown Phoenix? Well, you go to the CenPho.tv One Year Anniversary... More >>

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Church Basement Ladies Mesa Arts Center	Daily from Wed., November 4 until Sun., November 22	Mesa	Theater

"Art Quilts Year XIV: Significant Stitching" Chandler Center for the Arts	Daily from Fri., November 20 until Sat., January 2	Chandler	Art

Howitzer, TI22, The Crawling, Fail to Reason, Frequis, Pit, & Rule of Thumb Joe's Grotto	Sat., November 21	North Phoenix	Music

Rage in the Cage Extreme Cagefighting Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa	Sat., November 21	Mesa	Sports - Spectator

Thai Cooking Class Malee's Thai Bistro	Sat., November 21	Central Scottsdale	Classes & Seminars

Vision Kidz Workshop Vision Gallery	Sat., November 21	Chandler	Children's Events

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

Dauntless Drumstix Dash ASU Polytechnic Campus	Sat., November 21, 8:00am	Mesa	Sports - Participatory

Harvest Daze and Laveen Turkey Trot Cesar Chavez Park	Sat., November 21, 8:00am-3:00pm	North Phoenix	Festivals