- Music on Mill- Every Thursday - September 01, 2011 - June 28, 2012
Mill Avenue District Community Arts Project
480- 355-6060
Each week Musicians and performers, covering a gamut of musical genres, will activate the streets and give visitors a positive, unique experience in the Mill Avenue District.
- Miracle Report: Julianne Swartz and Ken Landauer - January 21, 2012 - June 02, 2012
ASU Art Museum/Ceramics Research Center
480- 965-9011
The artists will explore the miraculous through people's perceptions of it in their lives, interviewing students, school children and community members of all ages and backgrounds.
- Performing for the Camera - February 04, 2012 - May 19, 2012
ASU Art Museum/Ceramics Research Center
480-965-0014
Performing for the Camera presents 50 photographs by artists who use performance as a central part of their process.
- Centennial Celebration: Arizona Landscapes - February 11, 2012 - July 28, 2012
Tempe Center for the Arts
480-350-2822
This exhibition celebrates the state's Centennial with beautiful landscapes of Arizona.
- Legends and Myths: Japanese Kabuki Prints - February 11, 2012 - May 19, 2012
Arizona State University
480-965-0014
Legends and Myths: Japanese Kabuki Prints from the ASU Art Museum Print Collection
- 10 for 10 x2: 10th Anniversary New Acquisitions - April 07, 2012 - August 04, 2012
ASU Art Museum/Ceramics Research Center
480-965-0014
Collecting contemporary ceramics has an illustrious five-decades-long history at the ASU Art Museum, and we are very excited to be celebrating the Ceramics Research Center’s 10th anniversary in its current facility.
- Emerge: Redesigning the Future - April 10, 2012 - August 25, 2012
ASU Art Museum/Ceramics Research Center
480-965-2787
Science and technology are changing our lives. They are transforming our minds, our possessions and the landscapes we inhabit. In which directions are they heading? What kinds of societies, cities, homes – even people – will they lead to?
- Some Like It Hot - April 20, 2012 - August 15, 2012
Tempe Public Library
480-350-2867
An exhibition exploring the desert lifestyle
- Childplay: The Color of Stars - April 22, 2012 - May 27, 2012
Tempe Center for the Arts
480-921-5700
A touching story about life in America during World War II with modern-day parallels about the costs of war both overseas and at home. A Childsplay world premiere!
- "Here Comes the Sun" exhibition - April 27, 2012 - August 22, 2012
U.S. Post Office
480-350-2829
Artwork appears in the windows on the north and east side of the building.
- MFA Summer Juried Exhibition - May 01, 2012 - September 07, 2012
Arizona State University
480-965-9011
The MFA Summer Juried Exhibition features 20 works by 17 graduate students.
- World Premiere of Topia - May 02-26, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
602-381-1096
Ballet Arizona, in collaboration with Desert Botanical Garden, is proud to introduce: Topia, a world premiere production by Ballet Arizona’s Artistic Director Ib Andersen.
- ASU Metals Alumni Exhibition - May 04-27, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-734-8064
ASU Alumni artists include recent and not-so recent graduate students and undergraduates in a program that has produced talented, award winning metalsmiths and jewelers.
- First Saturday for Families - May 05, 2012 - May 04, 2013
ASU Art Museum/Ceramics Research Center
480-965-0014
This free program takes place on the first Saturday of every month and invites children 4-12 and their families to make a creative project in conjunction with exhibitions.
- LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - May 15-20, 2012
ASU Gammage
480-965-3434
LA CAGE tells the story of Georges, the owner of a glitzy nightclub in lovely Saint-Tropez, Georges’ son brings his fiancée’s conservative parents home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of family are put to the test as the feather boas fly!
- Lunch & Learn Cooking Class with JoAnne Groot - May 16, 2012
Hackett House
480-350-8181
This is a demonstration type class featuring Grilling and is being offered for the introductory price of $35 per person. For more information visit our Cooking Classes page.
- Meet Augusten Burroughs: This Is How - May 16, 2012
Changing Hands Bookstore
480-730-0205
Augusten Burroughs, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry, visits with This Is How
- Jackson Galaxy: Cat Daddy - May 17, 2012
Changing Hands Bookstore
480-730-0205
Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet's hit television show My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, a.k.a. "Cat Daddy," visits with Cat Daddy
- Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way - May 17, 2012
Tempe History Museum
480-350-5100
Join the museum for a free cup of coffee and learn about the latest discoveries, ideas, and creations from scientists and scholars at ASU.
- Third Thursday on Mill - May 17, 2012
Mill Avenue District Inc.
480-355-6060
Third Thursday Present Girls Night Out
- Third Thursday Adventure Run - May 17, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Road Runner Sports is hosting the hottest group run in the nation: Third Thursday Adventure Run. It's a fun, hour long run that involves maps, music, strategy, and meeting hundreds of new running friends.
- Third Thursday Night Café series - May 17, 2012
Tempe History Museum
480-350-5100
Galaxies beyond the Milky Way-Hwihyun Kim is a graduate student in Astrophysics at ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration.
- Music in the Garden: Spring Concert Series 2012 - May 18, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
480-481-8188
Enjoy the music of beloved favorites and new performers in the most breathtaking venue in town.
- Stray Cat Theatre - Heddatron - May 18, 2012 - June 09, 2012
Stray Cat Theatre
480-634-6435
In the go-for-broke insane and outrageously imaginative Heddatron, a pregnant housewife is abducted by robots, taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors.
- Scott & John of Hello Swindon - May 18, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Hello Swindon does it in an acoustic-electric style that retains the energy and fun, but hints at the folksy blues beginnings of America’s greatest gift to the world.
- Knee Deep Experience - May 18, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
The Knee Deep Experience is Arizona’s premiere Funk & Soul band. Known for their signature Llama mascot, Knee Deep is sure to bring the funk to Tempe Marketplace!
- International Museum Day - May 18, 2012
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park
602-495-0901
In honor of International Museum Day Pueblo Grande Museum will be offering free admission.
- PERFORMANCES at the MUSEUM - May 18, 2012
Tempe History Museum
480-350-5115
Our Future with Water Film Series
- Signing Event : Dee Snider - May 18, 2012
Changing Hands Bookstore
480-730-0205
Actor, screenwriter, radio personality, and Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider visits with his memoir Shut Up and Give Me the Mic.
- Ghetto Cowgirl - May 18, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Ghetto Cowgirl is a widely known band from Phoenix, Arizona that has two released albums - “Excuses for Losers” and “Ten Tons”.
- Comedian Bob Marley - May 18-20, 2012
Tempe Improv
480-921-9877
Not the Legendary Reggae Star! The Extra Legendary Comedian!! Bob Marley most recently starred in Boondock Saints 2 and has opened for headliners such as Dana Carvey, Adam Sandler and Rosie O'Donnell.
- Bully Mammoth - May 19, 2012
Tempe Center for the Arts
480-350-2829
Unhappy with the local comedy scene, the members of Bully Mammoth decided to mix things up with their brand of 95% scripted comedy.
- Blues Legend Hans Olson - May 19, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Hans Olson is a veteran performing musician with over 40 years in the music business. He began his career as a lead singer in a Rock & Roll band in Southern California in 1967.
- Neal Stephenson: REAMDE - May 22, 2012
Changing Hands Bookstore
480-730-0205
#1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson, whose Snow Crash was named one of Time magazine's top 100 all-time best English novels, visits with his newest techno-thriller REAMDE.
- Comedians Arden Myrin & Steve Hytner - May 25-26, 2012
Tempe Improv
480-921-9877
Come enjoy a night of laughs with two comedians at Tempe Improv!
- Think Horses featuring León Santiago - May 25, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
In ancient Greece, young medical students were exhorted to think horses, not zebras, when they heard the sound of hoofbeats outside; they were encouraged to resist the temptation to second-guess the obvious.
- Stephanie Light - May 25, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Listening to the music of Stephanie leaves these sensations. Her passion, emotion, and feelings are evident providing a strong connection to her audience. It is the connection that Light thrives on.
- Lakeshore Jazz Series: John Proulx - May 25, 2012
Tempe Center for the Arts
480-350-2829
John Proulx is the hottest new jazz pianist on the West Coast.
- Music in the Garden: Spring Concert Series 2012 - May 25, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
480-481-8188
Enjoy the music of beloved favorites and new performers in the most breathtaking venue in town.
- Community Performance - Talent Team Performing Art - May 26, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Be entertained by local performing arts company, Talent Team. Join them for a live performance.
- Ratio - May 26, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Ratio is one of Phoenix, Arizona’s premier bands specializing in Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, Funk and Pop.
- Teneia Sanders - May 26, 2012
Tempe Marketplace
480-966-9338
Teneia Sanders is a singer/songwriter who performs a style of acoustic-based music with beautiful melodies and evocative imagery, drawn from folk and soul roots
- Garden Flashlight Tours - May 26, 2012 - September 01, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
480-941-1225
Flashlight Tours are a sensory adventure where you will see, hear and feel the desert night with its nighthawks, snakes, insects and night-blooming flowers.
- Teen Event | Matt de la Peña: Mexican Whiteboy - May 27, 2012
Changing Hands Bookstore
480-730-0205
?Award-winning author Matt de la Peña visits with his teen novel Mexican Whiteboy, which was banned at Tucson High for containing "critical race theory."
- Teen Event: Alyson Noël: Fated - May 31, 2012
Changing Hands Bookstore
480-730-0205
??Alyson Noël, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals, presents Fated, the first book in her new Soul Seekers series.
- Music in the Garden: Spring Concert Series 2012 - June 01, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
480-481-8188
Enjoy the music of beloved favorites and new performers in the most breathtaking venue in town.
- MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET - June 05-10, 2012
ASU Gammage
480-965-3434
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits including “Blue Suede Shoes”
- Music in the Garden: Spring Concert Series 2012 - June 08, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
480-481-8188
Enjoy the music of beloved favorites and new performers in the most breathtaking venue in town.
- Prowl & Play at the Phoenix Zoo - June 09, 2012
Phoenix Zoo (The)
(602) 273-1341
Enjoy animal meet & greets, cool off at Yakulla Caverns and Leapin' Lagoon water play areas, or get soaked at the Squirt Gun Water Wars!
- Collecting Arizona - June 09, 2012 - September 29, 2012
ASU Art Museum/Ceramics Research Center
480-965-2787
Selections from the ASU Art Museum
- Music in the Garden: Spring Concert Series 2012 - June 15, 2012
Desert Botanical Garden
480-481-8188
Enjoy the music of beloved favorites and new performers in the most breathtaking venue in town.
