Arts & Culture

The Seattle painter presents new works exploring “the paradoxical relationship between human culture and the natural world.” Thu., April 2, 7-9 p.m., 2009…

The Seattle painter presents new works exploring “the paradoxical relationship between human culture and the natural world.” Tuesdays-Saturdays. Starts: April 3. Continues through May 2, 2009…

You won’t see Bob Denver or Tina Louise, but The Professor on this touring show is scheduled to be portrayed by none other than Barry Williams (a.k.a. Greg Brady of The Brady Bunch). For hardcore pop-culture addicts only, wethinks. Sat., April 4, 2 & 7:30 p.m., 2009…

Artists’ Theatre Project presents this hybrid of “Murder She Wrote and a strip club.” Fri., March 27, 7 p.m.; Sat., March 28, 9:30 p.m.; Fri., April 3, 7 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 8 p.m., 2009…

Austin’s Movin’ Melvin Brown takes us on “a magical journey through black music history of the 1950s through ’90s.” Sat., March 28, 9 p.m.; Sun., March 29, 1:30 p.m.; Thu., April 2, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 2:30 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., April 5, 1 & 6:30 p.m., 2009…

Christine Rebet’s performance piece is a more-complex-than-first-meets-the-eye take on the work of magician John Mulholland. Fri., March 27, 7 p.m.; Sat., March 28, 2 p.m., 2009…

The Valley musician wrote and named this one-man musical after himself. Sat., March 28, 7 p.m.; Sun., March 29, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 4 p.m.; Sun., April 5, 7:30 p.m., 2009…

Kevin Frei (pictured) wrote the book, music, and lyrics for this musical based on the horror-camp-classic film. Fri., March 27, 8:30 p.m.; Sat., March 28, 5 & 9:30 p.m.; Sun., March 29, 6 p.m.; Sun., April 5, 4 p.m., 2009…

Hardball purists may hate this, but whatever. We’re gonna say it anyway: One of the best things about Cactus League Baseball is that you don’t have to wait until summer to see interleague games galore, such as Rockies/Rangers, Indians/Padres, and Diamondbacks/A’s. One of the preseason’s most intriguing match-ups, the Los…

Enduring the hell of pumping out 50,000 words over 30 days for National Novel Writing Month won’t guarantee you a book deal, nor will putzing around with Garage Band get you signed to a major label. If you take that as an inspiring personal challenge rather than a reason to…

The Devil may or may not go down to Georgia on Friday, March 27, but he’d better steer clear of Chester’s Harley-Davidson in Mesa. That’s where his fiddling rival and fellow right-winger Charlie Daniels will be rocking out during Chester’s Backstage Biker Bash III, the opening salvo of the 13th…

You hear the word “theater” and visions of toothless Neil Simon plays and rehashed Broadway musicals start to dance in your head. Not so with the Phoenix Fringe Festival, which is here to kill that noise. The people behind the second annual affair know that to actually strike a nerve,…

Learn how to make the delightful rum-based highball from down Cuba way. Reservations are required. Thu., March 26, 6 p.m., 2009…

The fest is held in conjunction with the Tempe Spring Festival of the Arts. The admission price gets you six tastings and a commemorative glass. Fri., March 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., March 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., March 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 2009…

Midnite Movie Mamacita presents this pair of early 21st-century “double-header duds.” The first is a 2003 Tennessee Williams homage gone horribly awry from director Tommy Wiseau that the Mamacita smart-assedly terms “Floor Plan 9 From Outer Space.” She describes the latter flick, a 2002 bottom-feeder about 19 million-year-old sea beast…

Guided trolley tour/walking tour of the pre-World War II neighborhood, now a largely regentrified Phoenix historic district. Parking is at nearby Phoenix College. Sun., March 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2009…

Teatro Bravo presents the Federico Garcia Lorca vehicle about star-crossed lovers. Performed in the original Spanish text. Fri., March 27, 8 p.m., 2009…

Teatro Bravo presents the Federico Garcia Lorca vehicle about star-crossed lovers. Performed in the original Spanish text. Sat., March 28, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 29, 2 p.m.; Fri., April 3, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 8 p.m.; Sun., April 5, 2 p.m., 2009…