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8 p.m., Oct. 10-11
1 p.m., Oct. 11
7-9 p.m., Oct. 9
7:30 p.m., Oct. 29
6:30 p.m. (silent auction); 7 p.m. (show), Dec. 4 10 a.m. & 2 p.m., Nov. 22, Dec. 6, 13, 20; 1 & 4 p.m., Nov. 23, Dec. 7, 14, 21; 2 p.m., Nov. 29, 30
8 p.m. Nov. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29; 2 p.m. Nov. 16, 22, 23, 30; 7 p.m. Nov. 20 7 p.m., Nov. 9 10 a.m. & 2 p.m., Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21; 1 p.m. Jan. 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15
7:30 p.m., April 7
7:30 p.m., April 17
TBA, April 16-19
7:30 p.m., April 8The Tempe Youth Wind Symphony is an honor group comprised of young musicians from Tempe middle schools and mentors from area high schools, who are chosen to provide fellowship and modeling. The group rehearses once a week for six weeks and presents a free, public performance. Free.
7:30 p.m., March 2
4 p.m., March 14; 1 & 4 p.m., March 15, 21, 22, 28, 29,
April 4; 1 p.m., April 5
4 p.m., Feb. 28; 1 & 4 p.m., March 1 & 7; 1 p.m., March 8 8 p.m., Feb. 27
7:30 p.m., Feb. 25
8 p.m. Feb. 13, 14, 20, 21; 2 p.m. Feb. 14, 15, 21, 22; 7 p.m. Feb.
19
7-8:30 p.m., Nov. 4
6 p.m., Nov. 1
3 p.m., Nov. 2
8 p.m., Oct. 31
6:30
p.m., Oct. 23
7:30 p.m., Oct. 16
1 & 4 p.m., Oct. 25-26 and Nov. 1, 2, 8 & 9
7:30 p.m., Oct. 13
Through Jan. 10
For almost two years
Americans have been transfixed by one of the most extraordinary elections in
the history of the
ADF will showcase various dance artists and groups from all genres and styles of dance. Each night will feature different individuals and groups from Arizona, California and Nevada. Groups Performing. Buy Tickets
Steinway pianist Walter Cosand joins the Tempe Symphony Orchestra in opening its 34th season under the direction of
Dr. Richard Strange. Cosand will perform Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in
Eb. The orchestra will play selections from Brahms and Prokofiev, as
well. Free. Tickets required.
The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again … until substitute teacher Audiences of all ages can make paper arts and prints and meet some of the artists whose work appears in this juried show.
For 17 years,
Childsplay brought holiday magic to Valley families with its production of
Margery Williams’ classic. Now the tradition makes a triumphant return … and
it’s better than ever.
This musical comedy by composer Cole Porter enchanted critics, delighted
audiences and won five Tony Awards in 1949.
Kiss Me, Kate
recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples
during a touring production of The
Taming of the Shrew.
This musical salute to the veterans of the armed forces features an evening of stirring, patriotic music, such as well-known marches, fanfares and other audience favorites.
Music under the Stars celebrates youth participation in arts and music. High
School- and College-level music groups and organizations partner and are
afforded the opportunity to perform publically at the
A continuation of the collaborative community project Glass Blocks/Steel
Bars with videographers Nancy Happel and Tom Eldridge, poet-writer Roberta
Burnett, Attorney-Judge-Public Defender-Consultant, Laurie Herman and Ann
Ludwig, choreographer, and dancers.
The Arizona Wind Symphony (AWS) plays a wide variety of music, including marches, Broadway and film tunes, overtures, dances, contemporary symphonic wind music and more. AWS is a 75-member community concert ensemble, consisting of music professionals, non-professionals and students. 7 p.m., March 31 The TSWE will perform an evening of outstanding wind music based on dances from around the world. Tim McAllister, Professor of Saxophone at Arizona State University, will be the featured soloist. Hear the adventures of 1001 Arabian nights as the symphony performs works depicting the exotic orient. From the Overture to Lawrence of Arabia to Tchaikovsky’s Arabian Dance from the Nutcracker, the delectable evening concludes with Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece: Scheherazad. The Arizona Wind Symphony (AWS) plays a wide variety of music, including marches, Broadway and film tunes, overtures, dances, contemporary symphonic wind music and more. AWS is a 75-member community concert ensemble, consisting of music professionals, non-professionals and students. This play combines the hilarity of slapstick with the creative possibilities of paper sculpture, exploring storytelling as two comic characters get caught in a conflict between ‘analog’ and ‘digital’ culture. Recommended for ages five and older. This Spanish-infused musical gem, adapted from the 1936 classic, celebrates individuality as Ferdinand refuses to go along with the crowd. Recommended for ages five and older. The TSWE will perform great music from the “silver screen,” including the music of John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Selections will include music written specifically for the movies and music that was adapted for the screen
Take an aging, exceedingly vain actor, his very rich wife and a
double-dealing, double-loving agent, plunk them down in an elegant New York
duplex, add dialogue crackling with wit and laughs, and you have the basic
elements for an evening of pure, sophisticated entertainment.
The Power of
Pain Foundation presents the 3rd Annual
Comic Pain Relief. Comedians Big Al, Randolph T. and Marby Ingle
unite for this
event that benefits a 501 (c) (3) non profit
charity raising money for support and awareness of chronic pain sufferers.
Buy Tickets
Take a tour of Richard Scarry’s very busy town with
Huckle Cat and friends in a delightful civics lesson for the youngest of
citizens.
Recommended for ages three and older.
This conservationist, humanist, Pulitzer
Prize winner and acclaimed champion for biodiversity will speak about
discovery and the evolution and future of our living world.
Tickets are free and available through the TCA Box Office, 480-350-2822.
Franc D’Ambrosio
headlines the Friends’ Annual Gala (a
spectacular evening of food, drink and entertainment), performing
Violist Basil Vendryes
joins the Phoenix Youth Symphony, performing Bartok’s Viola Concerto. The
90-member Youth Symphony, conducted by Dr. Lawrence Golan, also will perform
Kabalevsky’s
Colas Breugnon
Overture and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony.
The Arizona Wind Symphony (AWS) presents "Something
Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Blue." This concert will explore
traditional band standards as well as the shape of music to come. Featured
composers include von Suppe, Gershwin, Gould and Sousa. Benny Green is considered one of the top jazz pianists in the world. This hard bop player" graduated" from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messingers and is compared to Bud Powell in style and influence. Accompanists will be Scott Wilson, Dom Moio, Dwight Kilian and Delphine Cortez. Buy Tickets
Support the Alzheimer’s
Association as the
Ultimate Elvis Experience starring Charlie Franks hits the stage with the
Silver Foxes “Dance Troupe” and
Two for the Show “Singing Duo.”
All proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Association.
This new play, adapted from a Newbery Honor book, is poignant, uplifting and funny by turns as it traces a family’s journey of acceptance and understanding in the face of loss. recommended for ages seven and older. Buy Tickets The exhibit celebrates the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Tempe Center for the Arts. The exhibition features works on paper, art made of paper and artists inspired by paper, a tradition for first anniversaries. Free.
  
Comic Pain Relief '08 Theater Music Under the Stars Amphitheater A Ludwig Dance Theatre: Festival 2009 Studio Arizona Wind Symphony Theater
Childsplay: "Rock, Paper, Scissors" Studio Childsplay: "Ferdinand the Bull" Studio Phoenix Symphony Theater Arizona Wind Symphony Theater Tempe Little Theatre: "Murder Among Friends" Studio Childsplay: "Busytown" Theater
Edward O. Wilson: "Darwin
& the Future of Biology"
Theater
Childsplay: "Velveteen Rabbit"
Theater
Tempe Little Theatre: "Kiss Me, Kate" Studio Tempe Symphonic Wind Ensemble: "A Patriotic Tribute" Theater Phoenix Youth Symphony Theater JAMN Jazz: Benny Green Theater Friends of Tempe Center for the Arts Annual Gala Theater Arizona Wind Symphony Theater
Clare Bridge of
Tempe Variety Show Fundraiser Run for the White House: Religion, Race, Gender & the Media Theater Childsplay: "Getting Near to Baby" Studio Tempe Symphony Orchestra opening concert Theater Desert Dance Theatre: Arizona Dance Festival (ADF) Studio Childsplay: "Miss Nelson is Missing" Theater Paper Cup Exchange: TCA Biennial - Paper Gallery Paper Cup Exchange: TCA Biennial Gallery
 
Contact
700 W. Rio Salado Parkway • Tempe, AZ 85281 • Box Office: 480/350-2TCA (2822) • Facsimile: 480/350-2828 Event booking:480/350-2814 • Education/Tours: 480/350-5679 • Media: 480/350-2880 • General: 480-350-2829
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