ONGOING It’s more than a fleeting launch fad; it’s the West Valley’s wildest ride. In weeklong sessions continuing through July, the Challenger Space Center’s Adventures in Space program hurls kids into educational orbit. The Space Place Adventure teaches prekindergartners and kindergartners how astronauts eat, sleep and — most fascinating! –…
Wed 6/11 Kick-start your blooming cycle with “Yoga Pura at the Garden: Finding Serenity” and discover the wonders within you. On Wednesday, June 11, from 7 to 9 p.m., the Desert Botanical Garden once again hosts the Moon Valley school Yoga Pura. Master instructor Eric Walrabenstein takes you through a…
6/7-8/31 Angus MacGyver himself couldn’t have curated a craftier exhibition. Opening Saturday, June 7, at the ASU Art Museum, “Gadgets and Gizmos” showcases works that employ technology — whether extensive or elementary — providing techies young and old with an inside look at what makes things tick. The museum’s fourth…
Turn up the heat at the cool Celebrity Theatre, as Midgetmania and Divas Unleashed hit the Valley of the Sun at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 30 (rescheduled from May 29). The music, the costumes and the excitement of big-time wrestling explode in full measure. Monitored by a mini-referee, favorite little…
5/24-5/31 Summer is a ripe peach, juice dripping off our elbows. At Schnepf Family Farms in Queen Creek, the trees bow low with fruit so junior pickers can reach the branches, in time for Grandma’s Baking Day. Sign up your son or daughter for this tasty event that has kids…
Ongoing Mankind’s relationship with the world’s great mountains has always been a competitive one, the insatiable need to conquer leading many a thrill seeker to risk life itself on terrifying trails such as the legendary Mount Everest. Of course, Phoenix rush hour traffic makes it difficult to reach Nepal before…
Sun 5/25 As the old saying goes, “Who does not love wine, women and song, remains a fool his whole life long” — which also happens to be the credo of Paula Cullison, who has gathered 23 female restaurateurs, caterers and wine experts for the second annual Wine, Women &…
The people who brought you democracy know how to party. First, they invite everybody. The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Scottsdale invites you to the Big, Fat Greek Festival, where you can dance to live music, meet people named Nick, and eat your way to heaven. “The church wants to…
5/9-6/1 In 1998, the musical Parade swept Broadway with its tragic tale of a man accused and murdered for a crime he didn’t commit. Based on the true story of Leo Frank, who was tried and lynched for the murder of one of his employees in 1917, the musical won…
ONGOING You want to go hiking, but you’re new to Arizona, or your partner is a spud, or you just need a new outdoor crew. The Arizona Motorola Hiking Club, a.k.a. The Trailblazers, invites you to join them for day hikes in some of the prettiest spots in Arizona. Formerly…
Thu 5/1 We’ve thought long and hard about it — there’s no other puppet show quite like Puppetry of the Penis. When was the last time you saw such a ballsy performance?There’s a strong buzz about this stage show that’s selling out theaters from London to New York to Los…
4/25-4/27 Tempe’s finally found a perfect sport to host: AVP Pro Beach Volleyball hits the (imported) sand at Tempe Town Lake Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27. Young, tanned athletes who compete in swimwear, then go out and party at night, are so much more appropriate for Playboy’s “number-one…
There’s a new king in town. This weekend, the city of Chandler, once a cotton-growing capital, hosts jazz royalty at the Chandler Jazz Festival. “We turn downtown Chandler into Bourbon Street,” says city spokesman Bart Salzman. From Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27, bands groove in five restaurants and…
4/184/20 Happily ever after happens in Ballet Arizona’s season finale, Tales in Motion, which revisits Sleeping Beauty and the Prodigal Son. You remember: Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle, and the castle sleeps for 100 years. Meanwhile, the Prodigal Son debauches himself in the moral equivalent of freshman…
4/194/20 We’ve all had our encounters with the bunny hop. It might have been at a college fraternity party, a wedding, or in the privacy of our own living rooms. Ahem. This time, do it for the right reasons. Kierland Commons, an upscale Scottsdale shopping center, hosts its inaugural Bunny…
Fri 4/11 At first glance, the worlds of rock ‘n’ roll and golf couldn’t be more disparate. One represents rebellion; the other remains the domain of gentlemanly comportment. On certain occasions, however, a dash of leather with your polyester, and a three-wood with your six-string, can be just what the…
Sat 4/5 At times like this, we all have, at least briefly, the instinct to turn away from the news. Perhaps this would be a good week to get reacquainted with your favorite book while discovering the Arizona Book Festival, set for Saturday, April 5. This is actually the Sixth…
4/4-5/31 Every picture tells a story, and Valley music lovers are about to get an earful. Phoenix is the single Southwestern stop on the North American tour of “Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era,” an exhibition showcasing 51 candid shots of the decade’s most prominent personalities. Including images of…
Death, O Death spared me over for another year now I can attend the ninth annual Buckeye Bluegrass Festival. The popular three-day event at Pat and Dale Parker’s Eagle Mountain Ranch will feature a revue of 20 bands, headlined by rising bluegrass stars. The members of Goldwing Express from Branson,…
Face it: We’re hooked to the grid like nursing calves to their mothers. We order dinner from black metal speakers and get our music from a box it’s a bumping, thumping soundtrack to a head-banging existence. So if you need to relax, just unplug an afternoon at the symphony is…
