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Mesa Arts Center

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Greg Lake Is Not a Fan of "Progressive Rock"

    Greg Lake says he doesn't have a whole lot of time to listen to music. He's too busy playing it, as he's done since the 1960s, doing time as a member of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, The Gods, Asia, and Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, effectively establishing himself as progressive rock roya ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Wet Strength

    Greg Lake says he doesn't have a whole lot of time to listen to music. He's too busy playing it, as he's done since the 1960s, doing time as a member of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, The Gods, Asia, and Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, effectively establishing himself as progressive rock roya ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    Art Cars: American Folk Art You Can't Hang on the Wall

    Greg Lake says he doesn't have a whole lot of time to listen to music. He's too busy playing it, as he's done since the 1960s, doing time as a member of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, The Gods, Asia, and Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, effectively establishing himself as progressive rock roya ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Incoming: Flogging Molly, Dr. Dog, Steve Aoki

    ​Before you know it, it will once again be one of the craziest party days of the year: St. Patrick's Day. Lucky for us locals, we're blessed with an annual celebration in Tempe Beach Park featuring a performance by Flogging Molly. It's official: they're back for some more luck o' the Irish an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2011

    Music for a Change: TEDxPhoenix at Mesa Arts Center

    Photos by Anthony SandovalMichelle Blades​Since 1984, TED has dedicated itself to providing a platform where world-changing ideas are exchanged from speaker to audience. The abbreviation stands for technology, entertainment and design. The "x" in TEDx simply means it's a completely independent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2011

    Chat Room

    Photos by Anthony SandovalMichelle Blades​Since 1984, TED has dedicated itself to providing a platform where world-changing ideas are exchanged from speaker to audience. The abbreviation stands for technology, entertainment and design. The "x" in TEDx simply means it's a completely independent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Beyond Borders

    Photos by Anthony SandovalMichelle Blades​Since 1984, TED has dedicated itself to providing a platform where world-changing ideas are exchanged from speaker to audience. The abbreviation stands for technology, entertainment and design. The "x" in TEDx simply means it's a completely independent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Incoming: Bush, Meat Puppets, Brian Setzer, Puscifer, Starfucker

    ​English rockers Bush, who have always had better luck in the US than in their own home country, are looking to further their success as they sweep through Phoenix in December.If you've been eagerly awaiting to hear grunge hits like "Glycerine" and yearning to enviously stare at Gavin Rossdale whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Incoming: 311, Chris Cornell, The Chariot

    ​Even though it's another somewhat slow week as far as upcoming concert announcements go, it's a good week to be a rock fan.Gear up to buy tickets to the performances of some really solid talent.311, Chris Cornell, The Chariot, and other artists will be bringing their shows to town soon.The rest o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    The Decemberists at Mesa Arts Center With Video, 8/11/11

    The DecemberistsMesa Arts CenterThursday, August 11I guess I had The Decemberists pegged wrong. Here's this insanely popular indie-folk-Americana blended outfit with heavily starched clothing that comes from (where else?) Portland, Oregon. Yes, lead singer and songwriter Colin Meloy has a beard. Yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Steve Martin and Six More Actors Who Don't Totally Suck at Music

    One of these men was "born a poor black child."​He may be known best as a "wild and crazy guy," but Steve Martin is the master of more than one craft. In addition to his work as a comedian and actor, Martin is a writer, playwright, and as Rare Bird Alert, his new album with The Steep Canyon Range ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Winter's Bone: Music From the Motion Picture Performed Live Last Night at Mesa Arts Center, 6-8-2011

    Blackberry Winter​Winter's Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It's not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser -- and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated -- but it does seem that the acoustic guitar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Guy Fieri The Road Show -- It's Happening Tomorrow

    Guy Fieri ​Just in case you've been living under a rock or need a friendly reminder, the spiky-haired Food Network star Guy Fieri will be on stage at Mesa Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.. The National Pork Board (what's a "pork board"?) sponsored event promises to bring "the best elements of a l ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 19, 2011

    Heather Green's "Vermillion Remains" Recounts the Fishing Camp Culture of La Cholla

    Guy Fieri ​Just in case you've been living under a rock or need a friendly reminder, the spiky-haired Food Network star Guy Fieri will be on stage at Mesa Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.. The National Pork Board (what's a "pork board"?) sponsored event promises to bring "the best elements of a l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Revenge of the Nerd

    Guy Fieri ​Just in case you've been living under a rock or need a friendly reminder, the spiky-haired Food Network star Guy Fieri will be on stage at Mesa Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.. The National Pork Board (what's a "pork board"?) sponsored event promises to bring "the best elements of a l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Tapped Out

    Eavesdropping made easy with Jonathan Goldstein

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Phase 54, Merle Haggard, First Friday, and the Trailer Park Over the Weekend

    ​Merle Haggard at Mesa Arts Center Merle Haggard's Sunday show at Mesa Arts Center demonstrated the old outlaw to be an outlier. The California native didn't play a long set -- just a little over an hour, actually -- but he looked and sounded great, despite songs like "Tonight, The Bottle Let ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Cizmar/Chilton: Can Phoenix or Mesa Get Some Synergy Going After the Great Valley Venue Shakeup of 2010?

    ​It's been a tumultuous year for Phoenix-area venues. Kicking off with Modified Arts' move from indie rock venue to straight-up gallery, things have been shifting and sliding and opening and closing like gangbusters.Downtown all-ages venue Phix is the latest casualty, with Scottsdale's Chyro Arts ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2010

    Critics, Love, and The Avett Brothers

    ​It's been a tumultuous year for Phoenix-area venues. Kicking off with Modified Arts' move from indie rock venue to straight-up gallery, things have been shifting and sliding and opening and closing like gangbusters.Downtown all-ages venue Phix is the latest casualty, with Scottsdale's Chyro Arts ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 22, 2010

    Chris Rush's "Stare" at Mesa Arts Center Puts Viewers Face-to-Face with the Disabled

    ​It's been a tumultuous year for Phoenix-area venues. Kicking off with Modified Arts' move from indie rock venue to straight-up gallery, things have been shifting and sliding and opening and closing like gangbusters.Downtown all-ages venue Phix is the latest casualty, with Scottsdale's Chyro Arts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Lady Gaga, Alice Cooper, Guy Fieri and Santarchy Over the Weekend

    ​Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding Friday night was the ninth installment of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, though speaking in Christmas/culinary terms, it was really more of a fruitcake, with ingredients both numerous and diverse mingling to create a final product I would definitely try to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Dixie's Tupperware Party Offers Classic Plastics with a Twist

    We've been eyeing the leftovers in our fridge, some of them of questionable lineage, possibly dating back to Thanksgiving (don't worry -- we're talking about this Thanksgiving), and pondering whether we should tackle the fuzzy brown contents inside or just toss them, unopened, into the trash. Eith ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    The Swell Season Now Has A Mural (Controvery to Follow?)

    The Swell Season memorialized in a mural in downtown Phoenix.​Uh oh: Arty Girl is not gonna like this.At first Friday I noticed that the good folks at Stateside Presents have not heeded the words of advice Lilia Menconi dispensed in her blog criticizing the Monsters of Folk mural that appeared on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    King of the Mountain

    Hill-bagging badass kicks off National Geo Live series

  • Culture

    June 18, 2009
  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Curtains: Theater League Brings Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Tour to Orpheum and MAC

    Carol Rosegg Doug Thompson, Jenny Gulley and Jamie Jackson: Three actors who are not cast members of the tour that's stopping here. But you get the idea.Kansas City-based Theater League presents in just seven U.S. cities, so it's always felt kind of like Phoenix's own little Shubert Organizat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Concert Calendar for This Weekend

    As Tall As Lions is scheduled to perform on Sunday at the PHiX.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Curtains: Dixie's Tupperware Party at Mesa Arts Center

    Say it out loud, hookers: "Dixie Longate." Mmmm, they sure do. Photo by Bradford Rogne. Hey, it's another one-person off-Broadway touring show that features a lot of audience interaction. This trend is probably a good thing, with all these big expensive new Valley venues to fill up with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Great Scot

    Late Late Showman stands up

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Guided by Vices

    Turns out you can take the Midwest out of the girl

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    East Valley Tribune to be Gutted in a Massive Downsizing

    Turns out you can take the Midwest out of the girl

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Coming soon -- but not soon enough -- to Mesa: de la Cruz Bistro

    Turns out you can take the Midwest out of the girl

  • Culture

    April 26, 2007

    Theater Scene

    What's running now

  • Culture

    November 16, 2006

    Theater Notes

    What's running now

  • Culture

    October 19, 2006

    Theater Scene

    What's running now

  • Culture

    September 14, 2006

    Art Scene

    Current shows, exhibits, and installations

  • Culture

    August 31, 2006

    Art Scene

    Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

  • Culture

    August 3, 2006

    Art Scene

    Current shows, exhibits, and installations

  • Culture

    July 20, 2006

    Art Scene

    Current shows, exhibitions and installations

  • Culture

    July 6, 2006

    Art Scene

    Current exhibitions, shows, and installations

  • Culture

    May 11, 2006

    Art Scene

    Current exhibitions, installations, and shows

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Current exhibitions, installations, and shows

  • Calendar

    July 26, 2001

    Life Is Sweat

    Eye Lounge show explores the art of surviving summer in Phoenix

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2000

    The Mother of All Monologues

    Nancy Wolter's In Her Own Voice: Stories of My Mother

  • Calendar

    February 18, 1999

    Night & Day

    February 18 - 24, 1999

  • Calendar

    October 15, 1998

    Night & Day

    October 15 - 21, 1998

  • Culture

    September 24, 1998

    The Light Brigade

    Photographers nearly see the light in Galeria Mesa's "Light Sensitive" show

  • Culture

    May 14, 1998

    Plays of the Day

    Laudable Scapin and Mission make for bravo combo

  • Calendar

    September 26, 1996

    Kid Pics for the week

    Laudable Scapin and Mission make for bravo combo

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    October 19, 1995

    Kid Pics for the week

    Laudable Scapin and Mission make for bravo combo

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