Shop Whole Foods on May 30 to Help Arizona Children
The Whole Foods Market at 10810 Tatum Blvd. will donate 5 percent of all sales made on May 30 between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. to Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona, a Valley-based nonprofit that uses artistic expression to heal children who have suffered abuse, neglect and homelessness. Read more
Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA is Coming to Phoenix
Cirque du Soleil‘s production KOOZA comes to the University of Phoenix Stadium starting June 8. Expertly combining the performance company’s award-winning acrobatic elements with the art of clowning, KOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world.
Want free tickets? If you spend more than $100 in the same day at Westgate City Center (including retailer and restaurant gift cards), you’ll receive two free general admission vouchers for the production, plus be automatically entered into a drawing to win a backstage experience package. Sounds like a perfect time to get some shopping done or buy some gift cards in preparation for Mother’s Day.
Different Pointe of View Dinner With Trinchero Family Vineyards
On Friday, May 11, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort will host a special Insider’s View dinner with Trinchero Family Vineyards from Napa Valley at the resort’s AAA Four Diamond restaurant Different Pointe of View.
The Insider’s View dinners are intimate experiences featuring courses prepared tableside by Executive Chef Anthony DeMuro. Attendance is also limited to about a dozen guests to further enhance the evening’s unique mood, and guests are invited to converse with both the chef and the winemaker during the event. Read more
Arizona Theatre Company Presents “Red”
Arizona Theatre Company‘s upcoming production “Red,” running May 3-20 in Phoenix, is centered on the fascinating figure of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, and based on true events. The play revolves around his commission to paint a series of murals for the Four Season Restaurant in New York — a real-life challenge for Rothko and one of the art world’s enduring mysteries. Read more
Ballet Arizona Presents “All Balanchine”
Beginning May 31, Ballet Arizona presents its 2011-2012 season finale, All Balanchine, a showcase of masterpieces by one of ballet’s most celebrated choreographers. Performances will take place at at Symphony Hall, along with The Phoenix Symphony, through June 3.
FGI Arizona 2012 Fall Fashion Preview
This Thursday, April 26, Fashion Group International‘s Arizona chapter is hosting its annual fall 2012 fashion preview at Biltmore Fashion Park and Saks Fifth Avenue. The event is designed to clue industry members and fashion enthusiasts into the trends seen on runways for the upcoming season. Read more
Meet the Man Who Discovered Lucy
Thursday, April 26, will see the Institute of Human Origins 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner take place at the Phoenix Zoo. This year’s featured speaker will be world-renowned paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, Ph.D., founder of the Institute of Human Origins and the discoverer of the famous “Lucy” skeleton. Read more
Martinis and Masterpieces
When you call it quits at the end of the workday on Friday, April 27, head to the Martinis & Masterpieces fundraising art event and cocktail party.
Kicking off at 6 p.m. at the Madison Event Center in downtown Phoenix, M&M will include an exhibit of original art and a silent auction featuring artwork by local artists, as well as hors d’oeuvres crafted by some of the Valley’s best-loved restaurants. Read more
Agave on the Rocks Margarita Party
After the shamrocks and the green beer and the pot of gold come and go, you can look forward to the Desert Botanical Garden’s 10th annual Agave on the Rocks margarita party, to be held March 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. Read more
2012 Modern Phoenix Home Tour: Marion Estates
Enthusiasts of architecture, interior design and landscaping will descend upon the Marion Estates neighborhood, situated between Phoenix and Paradise Valley, on Sunday, April 1, for the eighth annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour.
The 2012 tour — which has sold out every year — will include a dozen midcentury homes (and a few contemporary ones) in Marion Estates which were built on a hilly enclave between 1952 and 1962 and feature the work of such architects as Al Beadle, Blaine Drake, Ralph Haver and Charles Schreiber. Vintage cars will also be on display at most locations. Read more
Celebrate Arizona’s Centennial
Next month a good percentage of the population will be focused on celebrating Valentine’s Day, but there’s another reason to celebrate — Arizona’s centennial.
Arizona turns 100 years old this year — more precisely, on Feb. 14 — and it would seem there’s an endlessly long list of events, parties, celebrations and other happenings taking place in honor of this major milestone.
Here are just a few ways you can fête our grand ol’ state in the upcoming months. Read more
Young Adult Writing Conference
At the beginning of this month, I mentioned the Indie Author Publishing Conference & Pitchapalooza, and here’s another conference you might be interested in.
It’s not too late to register for this upcoming Saturday’s Young Adult Writing Conference, taking place at Burton Barr Central Library.
Presented by Phoenix Public Library and Changing Hands Bookstore, the Jan. 28 event is scheduled to be held between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and will include writing classes, a box lunch, and a writing panel of standout authors of YA fiction, including several New York Times bestsellers. Registration is $85. Read on for more details, including which authors will be present and which classes are on offer. Read more
El Chorro Goes Electric
Well this is pretty cool: El Chorro Lodge, the first restaurant in Arizona to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Gold Certification, has now gone electric.
That’s right — El Chorro, located in Paradise Valley, recently unveiled three brand-new Blink electric vehicle chargers, offering green drivers a convenient place to not only enjoy a fine meal, but to charge up their car while they do so! Read more
Indie Author Publishing Conference
On Saturday, Feb. 25, Changing Hands Bookstore and the Phoenix Public Library present the Indie Author Publishing Conference and Pitchapalooza.
The event’s goal is to give participants the tools they need to jumpstart their endeavors in publishing. One lucky individual will even win an introduction to a literary agent during Pitchapalooza. Continue reading for more info regarding the various conference sessions. Read more
Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century
Garden Room at Taliesin West
The Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum debuted Dec. 18 and will run through April 29, 2012.
According to the museum, the phrase “organic architecture” describes Wright’s “appropriateness to time, place and people — through the current perspective of green building; specifically the concepts of energy, materials, site, climate, space efficiency, prefabricated technology, transportation and urban planning.” Read more
