Mesa Arts Center Spring Out to Lunch Concert Series 2018
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Scene from Memories of Underdevelopment.
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Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo)
Information technology's been 50 years since the release of a classic Cuban film called Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo). It's based on a novel that imagines the plight of a homo who stays backside in Cuba when his wife and friends flee to Miami post-obit the Bay of Pigs invasion. A written report in personal, political, and cultural isolation, the film, recently released by The Benchmark Drove, gives viewers a glimpse of post-revolutionary Havana. If you're fascinated past flick history or Cuban culture, cheque out the seven p.m. screening on Thursday, January 24, at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E Second Street. Tickets are $x. Visit scottsdaleperformingarts.org. Lynn Trimble
Angela Peterson, Adrian Peterson, and their son AJ Peterson.
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Weed the People
When your child has cancer, y'all exercise everything in your power to help them survive it. For some parents, that includes exploring the medical properties of cannabis. A 2018 moving-picture show chosen Weed the People captures the emotional journeys of several parents who've accessed cannabis oil from surreptitious sources, hoping it will hateful the divergence between life and death for their kid. The 97-minute documentary is being shown at FilmBar, 815 North 2nd Street, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 24, with support from the Phoenix Cannabis Coalition. Tickets are $10 and include a mail-screening conversation with medical cannabis activist Mara Gordon, who is featured in the film. Visit thefilmbarphx.com. Lynn Trimble
Head here to up your robotics IQ.
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Southwest Robotics Symposium
Pop culture is filled with colorful robot characters, from Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey to Star Wars' R2-D2. But robots have come a long fashion, baby. Larn more during the complimentary 2019 Southwest Robotics Symposium happening in the Memorial Union at ASU, 310 E Orange Street, Tempe. During the first day, on Thursday, January 24, symposium topics will include robot learning and bogus intelligence, multi-robot systems, and bio-inspired robotics. Of course, the twenty-four hours also includes information on ASU robotics projects and the ASU drone studio, which means you'll get a new appreciation for robotics across those nifty numbers that vacuum the cat hair off your carpets. Visit asuevents.asu.edu. Lynn Trimble
Sunshine meets music in Mesa.
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Spring Out to Lunch Concert Series
Information technology's easy to get stuck in a rut, especially if you spend well-nigh of your piece of work life sitting at a desk indoors. There's an outdoor concert serial at Mesa Arts Center, 1 East Main Street, where y'all can break from your daily routine to bask a lovely bit of music and sunshine. The Spring Out to Lunch Concert Series is showing a little love for '60s music from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan 24. You can bring a blanket or lawn chair along, and cash if you desire to purchase lunch from the center's caterer. Visit mesaartscenter.com. Lynn Trimble
Look for choreography by Shelly Hawkins at Breaking Ground.
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Breaking Ground
The Breaking Ground trip the light fantastic toe and motion-picture show festival returns to Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 West Rio Salado Parkway, with a ii-night lineup that launches on Friday, January 25, at 7:xxx p.yard. The festival features works by local, national, and international choreographers, including festival founder Carley Conder, artistic director for Tempe-based CONDER/dance. This year, prevalent themes include identity, technology, and transformation. Tickets to Friday's performance are $25, which includes main phase performances and an afterparty at the centre, where offerings volition include Tiny Dances. Created by Arizona choreographers, the short dance works are performed atop iv-by-four-human foot stages, which makes for some creative movement and staging. Visit tempecenterforthearts.com. Lynn Trimble
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The Constitutional Before the Rumble
Talk around the Valley this weekend is centered on the WWE and the pay-per-view event The Imperial Rumble. Get the skinny on the big nighttime when 2 podcasts, Mat Mania and The Steel Muzzle Podcast, team up to discuss all the matchups and drama leading up to the main event in an evening dubbed The Ramble Before the Rumble. There will exist giveaways and musical performances by hip-hop nerds and Mat Mania co-hosts Mega Ran and Teek Hall forth with local grouping Behave Ghost.
The bong rings at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 25, at Crescent Ballroom, 308 Due north 2nd Artery. Tickets are $x to $15. For more data, visit crescentphx.com. Jason Keil
Look up!
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Arizona Airship Classic
Colorful hot-air balloons will make full the heavens for the 8th annual Arizona Balloon Classic. Competitors will rise into the blue yonder to reach their target in early on morning races. In the evening, the balloons will light up the desert sky. In that location volition also exist alive music, a nutrient festival, and airship rides throughout the 24-hour interval. Proceeds from the event benefit the Valley of the Sun United Style.
Kickoff looking up at half dozen:30 p.grand. on Friday, January 25, with balloon races starting at 7:35 a.g. on Saturday, January 26, and Sunday, January 27, at Goodyear Ballpark, 1933 South Ballpark Way in Goodyear. Tickets are $15 for each day with free admission for agile armed services personnel and children under 12 years old. For more information, visit abcfest.com. Jason Keil
Check out Thou. Jenea Sanchez'southward work at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
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M. Jenea Sanchez
Most of the politicians concerned about the U.Southward./Mexico border probably haven't spent much time at that place. However several Arizona artists have deep roots inside the borderlands, including Grand. Jenea Sanchez, who founded a nonprofit called Border Arts Corridor to promote binational customs through immersive arts experiences. Three of her video works addressing border issues, experiences, and misconceptions are currently on view at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374 East Second Street. Head over between xi a.m. and 8 p.one thousand. on Friday, January 25, to see how Sanchez applies her nomadic and feminist sensibilities to edge-related issues ranging from reciprocity to marginalization. Museum admission is $10 for adults. Visit smoca.org. Lynn Trimble Phoenix Stone Lottery
The 6th annual Phoenix Rock Lottery is the most exciting evening in local music. On the forenoon of the show, the 25 local performers, including members of Katastro, Pistoleros, and Playboy Manbaby, will be randomly grouped together in quintets. They will spend the day writing three original songs and practicing a cover. That night, they volition get together to perform what they learned. Hosted past Brooks Werner with DJ A Claire Slattery, this eclectic evening will benefit Rosie'southward House, which gives music education to local families in need.
The evidence begins at 8:thirty p.m. on Saturday, January 26, at Crescent Ballroom, 308 North Second Avenue. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit crescentphx.com. Jason Keil
Tacolandia
Need a 4-letter give-and-take you can throw around without being bleeped? Try one of our perennial favorites: T-A-C-O. We'll be feeling the taco love big-time during Phoenix New Times' Tacolandia, which happens from 1 to v p.m. on Saturday, January 26, at Hance Park, 1242 North Fundamental Avenue. A $30 ticket gets you unlimited taco samples from more than 50 participating eateries, and an afternoon filled with alive entertainment. Bring extra money for the cash bar, and go ready to fulfill all those taco fantasies while you savour live music, sunshine, and the fabulous company of boyfriend taco aficionados. Visit tacolandiaphx.com. Lynn Trimble
And so many dogs.
Doggie Street Festival
Doggie Street Festival
Are you a canis familiaris person? In that location is a festival for yous and human'south best friend. The fourth almanac Doggie Street Festival will feature vendors on site with gifts for you lot to spoil your loyal canine. Are you thinking well-nigh condign a puppy parent or adding another fellow member to your brood? At that place volition be adoption agencies to help you discover the perfect four-legged companion to bring home. There will also be music, nutrient, prizes, and veterinarians offering pet owners the tools to all-time care for their hirsuite friend.
Bark upwards the right tree from 10 a.m. to 4 p.yard. on Saturday, January 26, at Steele Indian School Park, 300 E Indian School Road. Admission is complimentary. For more information, visit doggiestreetfestival.org. Jason Keil
Cosplay, family-mode.
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Tempe FanCon
Even libraries accept joined the fervor over comic-con inspired events, giving fellow geeks a chance to indulge their fascination with all things pop civilisation. Tempe Public Library, 3500 S Rural Route, is holding its costless Tempe FanCon from 10 a.thou. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 26. Geeks of all ages are invited to don their favorite pop culture costume and bring together the fun — which will include costume contests, creative person and author appearances, opportunities to shop for geek gear, and myriad activities for children. Striking the stacks if yous desire to explore books nearly your favorite pop culture obsessions while y'all're there. Visit tempepubliclibrary.org. Lynn Trimble
Best meal of the day.
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Brunch Bash
Brunch is the perfect meal for those who partied too hard the night before. The organizers backside the Brunch Bash knew it was time to bring the celebration to the morning hours. There will be all the delicious fixings from the Valley'south all-time morning places: waffles, eggs, bacon, and pancakes. More importantly, there volition be music and mimosas to ease y'all into the afternoon. Proceeds do good the charity One N Ten, an organization supporting the LQBTQ community.
Scramble up some fun from x a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, at CityScape, one East Washington Street. Tickets are $8 to $x with VIP packages bachelor. For more data, visit brunchbashaz.com. Jason Keil
Brock Lesnar
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Imperial Rumble 2019
Pro wrestling fans of the Valley, get ready to geek out. The WWE is taking over downtown Phoenix for almost an unabridged calendar week and will serve upwards plenty of smackdowns and trunk slams. A variety of WWE events will happen around downtown this weekend, which all lead up to the Purple Rumble 2019 on Sunday, January 27, at Hunt Field, 401 East Jefferson Street. Information technology'south one of the WWE'southward biggest events of the yr and volition feature its wrestlers competing in a pair of 30-person "Royal Rumble" matches (one's for men, the other is for women) for their shot at a WWE title match at WrestleMania in April. A half-dozen other bouts volition too take place, including WWE gnaw Daniel Bryan battling A.J. Styles and the monstrous Universal Champion Brock Lesnar taking on Finn Bálor. The action starts at iv p.one thousand. Tickets are currently $36.l to $ane,506.50. Visit ticketmaster.com. Benjamin Leatherman
Float similar a butterfly...
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And in This Corner: Cassius Dirt
Born in Kentucky in 1942, boxer and social activist Muhammed Ali died in Scottsdale in 2016. At present, he's beingness remembered through a play called And in This Corner: Cassius Clay. Black Theatre Troupe has partnered with Childsplay to present the piece, which explores life for Cassius Clay growing up in America'due south segregated S during the 1950s. Information technology'southward a look at family, friends, and early fights that would become on to shape his boxing career and fight for ceremonious rights. And it's well-timed, given recent controversy surrounding athletes who've exercised their rights to protest social injustice. There's a four p.m. operation on Sunday, January 27, at the Helen One thousand. Stonemason Performing Arts Middle, 1333 Due east Washington Street. Tickets are $25. Visit blacktheatretroupe.org. Lynn Trimble
Afterward boot camp, stage time.
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Bar Flies Kicking Army camp
Stories take flight within confined these days, not only past style of barstool barrack. Storytellers are taking to stages, eager to share their life experiences and lessons learned through laughter, tears, and everything in between. Maybe y'all've longed to blank your soul, but assumed you're not cutting out for storytelling or stages. Turns out, yous can larn to experience comfortable with both, by hanging out with people who've already taken the leap. There's a Bar Flies Boot Camp happening from ix a.m. to 5 p.grand. on Lord's day, January 27, at Changing Easily Bookstore, 300 West Camelback Road. Information technology'southward a chance to learn from experienced writers and storytellers Amy Silverman, Katie Johnson, and Deborah Sussman, then try your new material out on a live audience that night, when Bar Flies happens from 7 to 8 p.m. at Valley Bar, 130 Northward Central Avenue. Boot Campsite costs $100. Visit changinghands.com. Lynn Trimble
Beauty abounds at Japanese Friendship Garden.
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Ikebana Exhibit
Some people are content to throw fresh flowers into only nigh anything that holds h2o, whereas others take great care to select merely the correct vase. At that place's really an art to marrying flower arrangements to vases, which volition be on full display during the two-day 10th annual Ikebana exhibit at the Japanese Friendship Garden, 1125 North Tertiary Artery. Ikebana is the Japanese fine art of floral arranging. On Dominicus, January 27, you tin explore flower arrangements placed throughout the garden from ten a.m. to iv p.thou. Other highlights include an 11 a.k. ikebana demonstration. Tickets are $7, which includes garden admission. Visit japanesefriendshipgarden.org. Lynn Trimble Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
If you desire to know what the mid-to-late-2000s were like, wait no farther than Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the 2010 pic based on the all-time-selling graphic novel series past Bryan Lee O'Malley. Directed by Edgar Wright of Shaun of the Dead and Babe Commuter fame, the film stars Michael Cera as the titular Scott Pilgrim, a Torontonian slacker tasked with defeating his new girlfriend Ramona's "Vii Evil Exes," which include a movie star, a vegan, a lesbian, and — worst of all — a scumbag concert promoter. Sexual politics of that aside, the residuum of the motion picture, with its dynamic manner, dry humor, and video game-inspired action sequences, holds up. Care for it equally a snapshot of a time when indie rock, ironic detachment, and graphic T-shirts with gaming motifs ruled the cultural mural (oh, how misguided we were).
Alamo Drafthouse Tempe is giving the pic its full Picture Party treatment with special props and more. Check information technology out at 7 p.one thousand. on Monday, January 28, at 1140 E Baseline Route in Tempe. Tickets are $15. See drafthouse.com/phoenix. Douglas Markowitz
Await for these objects in the Wondrous Worlds showroom.
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"Wondrous Worlds: Fine art & Islam Through Time & Place"
More than 100 artworks are office of "Wondrous Worlds: Fine art & Islam Through Time & Place," a new exhibition at Phoenix Fine art Museum, 1625 North Primal Avenue. The showroom features works made in Asia, Africa, and Europe, as well as North and S America, betwixt the ninth and 21st centuries. They're organized around the five pillar of Islam, which include declaration of organized religion, five daily prayers, almsgiving, fasting for Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca. Featured works include sculpture, poetry books, musical instruments, inscribed java pots, and game boards, to proper name a few. Check it out on Tuesday, Jan 29, when museum hours are ten a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit, which continues through May 26, is gratis with museum admission, which is $23 for adults. Visit phxart.org. Lynn Trimble
Poetry with purpose.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Un General Assembly has alleged Jan 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. ASU is honoring the 24-hour interval from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 29, inside West Hall 135, 1000 Cady Mall, on its Tempe campus. ASU alumna Kelly M. Houle will be doing a free reading from A Dream, her creative person book that features poesy by Abramek Koplowicz, a immature author and storyteller who died at Auschwitz when he was just 14 years former. She'southward also talk about translating the poet'southward piece of work and making the book. Visit asuevents.asu.edu. Lynn Trimble
Think deep thoughts, and have a beer.
Andrew Pielage
The Constitution and Donald J. Trump, Function Eight
Near everybody has an stance on the U.Southward. Constitution and the electric current president. Only attorney, writer, and Neb of Rights expert Robert McWhirter is more qualified than most tackle this particular topic. Hence, he'southward giving a free talk called The Constitution and Donald J. Trump, Part Eight, at Changing Hands Bookstore, 300 Due west Camelback Route, at vii p.m. on Wednesday, January 30. He'll be exploring the history and meaning of the U.Due south. Constitution, with a special focus on all the sexy words similar "emoluments." Expect pearls on liberty of speech, religion, and more than. If you feel inspired to take a deeper dive, Changing Hands will happily sell you a re-create of McWhirter'south volume chosen Bills, Quills, and Stills: An Annotated, Illustrated, and Illuminated History of the Bill of Rights. Visit changinghands.com. Lynn Trimble
Source: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/the-best-things-to-do-in-metro-phoenix-this-week-january-24-30-11118522
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