Tempe events this week – Music events at Tempe History Museum

03/11/2013 By Leave a Comment

The Tempe History Museum does a terrific job of presenting Tempe’s past with an impressive array of fun and interesting interactive exhibits. But, the museum also presents a number of free concerts and lectures, films and fun music events. This weekend the Museum is hosting two music events, one with a historic bent and one very much in the present.

On March 14, 7 p.m., the Museum, in partnership with the ASU Public History Program, will bring us images and music from the Great Depression of the 1930s. The 198 String Band will perform lesser-known songs from the 1930s against a backdrop of compelling Depression-era documentary photographs. The sequences of the songs and streaming images will be interwoven with audio excerpts from oral histories, poems and narratives, as well as historical commentary.

On March 16 the Museum, in partnership with Classical Revolution PHX, will be fully in the present with LOUD II: An Outdoor Celebration of LOUD Bands and Food Trucks, 2-6 p.m. The family-friendly event will feature sustainable green themes, loud music, bold flavors and arts and crafts. Bands, including Mana Sax Orchestra AZ, Bad Cactus Brass Band and the B-One Quartet will perform recycled and re-purposed music in new arrangements. The weather forecast for Saturday is perfect, so bring a picnic blanket, enjoy the sunshine, music, delicious food and green arts and crafts while learning more about sustaining our world. Event admission is free. Food trucks will provide tasty fare for a charge.

In addition to the Tempe History Museum activities, there are many other exciting arts, culture and entertainment options Tempe offers this week, including a some raucous St. Patrick’s Day events. View a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

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Tempe Events This Week – MEMPHIS at ASU Gammage

03/04/2013 By Leave a Comment

You’ll have no problem finding a great variety of art, culture and entertaining events in Tempe, including a big one at ASU Gammage, which continues to bring great musical theatre to the Arizona. This week we can look forward to seeing another outstanding Broadway blockbuster, MEMPHIS, at ASU Gammage, March 5-10.  Inspired by actual events, MEMPHIS takes place in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1950′s and is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break.  Along the way, the two fall in love, which was totally taboo in that time and place. Memphis has a great story line, is full of rousing music and electrifying dancing and is sure to be one show not to be missed. Not surprisingly it won four 2012 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Musical.

There are plenty more arts and cultural events choose from in Tempe this week. View a complete listing ofTempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

 

 

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Tempe Events This Week – 12th Annual Ceramic Studio Tour

02/20/2013 By Leave a Comment

This week’s hefty roster of arts and cultural events culminates with the 12th Annual Self-Guided Ceramic Studio Tour, February 23-24.  The tour presents the work of dozens of professional ceramic artists in the Phoenix metropolitan area, including several in Tempe. It’s a great opportunity to view working and living spaces of participating artists. Even better, you get to actually watch many of them demonstrating different aspects of creating in clay, including wheel-throwing, hand-building and glazing techniques.  Be sure to take your check book and plastic because many of the artists will have pieces of their work for sale. I’ve taken this tour several times and I always find something beautiful to take home.

Start your tour at the ASU Ceramic Research Center where you can see the current exhibition Born of Fire: The Pottery of Margaret Tafoy, AND Re: Generation: A Survey of Margaret Tafoya’s Descendants a stunning survey of ceramics by Margaret Tafoya and her descendants. This exhibition of pueblo pottery provides a unique overview of one of the most accomplished potters from the 20th century.  Margaret Tafoya was one of the pioneering Pueblo artists who sustained the ceramic tradition of her ancestors by transforming it from a process for making functional vessels to an art form.

As you can see, there’s a lot going on all week. Check out this list and view a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

 

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Tempe Events This Week – Comic Chris Bennett at the TCA

02/11/2013 By Leave a Comment

The Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) new Tempe Comedy Concert Series is helping to fill the void left with the closing of the Tempe Improv last year.  I know that I was not alone in feeling sad when the Improv closed its doors.  After all, it was, for many years, one of the country’s most prominent comedy clubs, playing a huge role in advancing the careers of some very funny and famous comedians. Now, thanks to the TCA, we can look forward to once again enjoying great comedy live in Tempe.

This Friday the TCA will present comic Chris Bennett, who definitely has some impressive comedy credentials.  He made his TV debut on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show and has appeared at numerous clubs and festivals around the country. His unique style of comedy has awarded him the title of the funniest actor in New York at the then named New York Improv. He also won the Funniest Person in the Valley Contest, the 2006 Southwest Comedy Festival and The Ha Ha Comedy Café’s Contest in North Hollywood, Calif. The night will include a special appearance by 91-year-old comic Gert the Joke Lady.  This show is recommended for ages 16 and older.

There will be laughs aplenty at the TCA’s Comedy Concert Series in the weeks ahead. But, first take a look at what’s going on throughout Tempe this week. View a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

 

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Tempe events this week – WAR HORSE gallops into ASU Gammage

02/04/2013 By Leave a Comment

This is a great week for entertainment in Tempe, starting with WAR HORSE at ASU Gammage, February 5-10. Many of us are  familiar with the story, thanks to Steven Spielberg’s 2011 movie adaptation of the children’s book by British author Michael Morpurgo.  It was a big box office hit and was nominated for a bunch of Academy Awards.

The story follows young Albert and his beloved horse Joey through  many trials and triumphs serving in World War One. Horses played a major role in The War to End all Wars and Joey actually ends up serving with both the British and German troops. The novel and the movie were wonderful; however, the musical embellishes the story futher with stirring music and the astonishing life-sized puppets that  bring to life breathing, galloping, charging horses strong enough for men to ride.

WAR HORSE is one of many great arts, culture and entertainment events going on this week in Tempe.  Other options include the ASU Art Museum Spring Season Opening Reception, Morrissey at the Marquee Theater, and at the Tempe Center for the Arts: The Hits @TCA: The Piano Man, Sherri Shepherd and Eddie Daniels and Roger Kellaway.  So many choices! View a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

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Tempe Events This Week: Live Music in Tempe

01/28/2013 By

If you’re looking for live music this week, January 28 – February 3, Tempe offers an abundance of choices! This week’s calendar is chock full of great entertainment that includes art exhibits, theatre and live music from a cappella singing to jazz to rock.

Looking for more arts and entertainment options this week? Take a look at this list of Tempe events this week and view a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

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Tempe This Week- Childsplay Presents Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type

01/22/2013 By Leave a Comment

January 22, 2013

Childsplay presents another winning production with Click,Clack, Moo: Cows that Type. It’s Barnyard mayhem when Farmer Brown’s cows discover an old typewriter in the barn and use it to protest their unsatisfactory working conditions. The cows furiously type requests for electric blankets, but Farmer Brown ignores their requests and the cows refuse to provide milk. Soon, the chickens have taken up the cause and stop producing eggs. Other barnyard animals join the cause and Farmer Brown faces a full-fledged strike. Will the animals prevail? Will Farmer Brown continue to ignore the animals’ requests for better working conditions? You’ll have to see Click, Clack Moo: Cows that Type to learn the outcome. This show is fun for the whole family. It will definitely “QUACK you up as you join Duck, Cow, Hen and the rest of the animals for an uproarious farm adventure, based on the delightful picture book by Doreen Cronin.”

Looking for more arts and entertainment options this week? Take a look at this list of Tempe events this week and view a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

 

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Tempe This Week- A Prairie Home Companion at ASU Gammage

01/14/2013 By Leave a Comment

I’m a huge Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion fan who has been listening to this wonderful quirky weekly broadcast for more years than I care to remember. So, I am thrilled that the show is coming to Tempe this week. Yes, the low key and loquacious Garrison Keillor will give us the low down on Lake Wobegon and pay homage to Minnesota’s sturdy Scandinavian roots on Saturday, January 19 on stage at ASU Gammage. How nice that we Arizonans don’t have to travel many miles and brave the Minnesota winters to see a live production of this show that has 4.3 million listeners on close to 600 public radio stations coast to coast and beyond.

You’ll find plenty of other great arts, culture and entertainment events taking place in Tempe this week. View a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

 

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Tempe This Week: Peter Pan Flies into ASU Gammage

01/07/2013 By Leave a Comment

Former gymnast Cathy Rigby will play Peter Pan to perfection at ASU Gammage, January 8-13. Many in the audience will remember when the perpetually youthful Ms. Rigby participated in the gymnastic competitions in the 1968 & 1972 Olympics. Now, she’s best known for her incredibly agile portrayal of the boy who refuses to grow up. The New York Times says “Rigby still carries off the flights, fights and acrobatics that make PETER PAN audiences mesmerized.” Of course, the other Neverland favorites, Captain Hook, Smee, the pirates, Wendy and the other Darling kids, will all be at their audience-mesmerizing best, as well. CATHY RIGBY IS PETER PAN will get your year off to a high-flying start.

Other events taking place this week in Tempe will keep you grounded and well-rounded. View a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve on Mill Avenue

12/21/2012 By Leave a Comment

Here we are at the end of 2012. Didn’t this year just fly by? I always feel a little a mix of melancholy and anticipation as we transition from the old to new year. The melancholy will fade away quickly enough, thanks to a number of fun diversions and celebrations taking place in Tempe, December 26 through New Year’s Eve.

Mill Avenue is one place known for hosting a great Year’s Eve bash and will do it again, only a bit differently from years past. For the first time in many years, there will be no gates around Mill Avenue, no admission fee and no street closures around downtown Tempe on December 31. Area restaurants and nightclubs will be offering entertainment and extended premises for the night. Starting at 6 p.m and continuing until 2 a.m., Mill Avenue’s bars and clubs will be offering a variety of 21+ celebratory options through the night including live entertainment, DJs and extended party areas. Bars and clubs will have their own cover charges that evening. Two fireworks shows will light up the night at 9 p.m. and midnight.

This party will feature a bunch of fun activities for families during the early part of the evening. A Family Fun Zone, sponsored by Chevrolet, will bring family fun to the streets with Radio Disney’s Rockin’ Road Show. Emcees, DJs and music will captivate audiences with music, dancing and interactive games from 6-9 p.m. on a stage on Seventh Street, west of Mill Avenue. Game trucks, laser tag and bounce houses will also be on site for added fun.

When the clock strikes 9:30 p.m., the stage will transition to showcase live music from local dance-pop duo S.O.S. At 11 p.m., Bluegrass/Americana/Folk-pop group Jared & The Mill will perform through the countdown to 2013 at midnight.

There are more fun events and New Year’s Eve celebrations taking place throughout the city. Here’s a sample. View a complete listing of Tempe events, or call 480-894-8158 for more information.

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