30 Aug. 21 - Sept. 3, 2010
Celebrated Western artist exhibits at CCA
“Merrill Mahaffey the Artist’s Perspective: 50 Years in the West,” an exhibit of works by renowned Western artist Merrill Mahaffey, is on display Sept. 3 through Oct. 30 at Chandler Center for the Arts, with an artist’s reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 10.
Born in New Mexico and raised in Colorado, Mahaffey completed his formal art education in California and Arizona and has explored and
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EVCT earns multiple awards, nominations
Five awards and six additional nominations from the western region of the National Youth Theatre Organization, and 44 nominations for ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence for its 2009-10 season were garnered by East Valley Children’s Theatre.
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CLASSIC: See Western oil painter Merrill Mahaffey’s “Saddle Canyon” during an upcoming exhibit at the Chandler Center for the Arts.
painted the American West all his life. Institutional collectors of Mahaffey’s work include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution’s National museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum. Admission to the gallery and exhibition is free.
Chandler Center for the Arts is located at 250 N. Arizona Ave. in Chandler. For more information, call 480-917-6859.
Cowboy Craft Fairs to Gilbert
Four new fall arts and craft fairs are held at the Gilbert Rodeo Park, featuring local artists, crafters and food vendors at each.
The fairs, all on Saturdays, run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4.
Gilbert Rodeo Park is located at 1777 S. Val Vista Dr. in Gilbert. Interested vendors should contact Ann Reed at 480-988-5092 or
azmr45@msn.com.
The National Youth Theatre Awards ceremony is at 7:30 p.m. Sun., Sept. 12 at Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix, and the ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence ceremony is at 5:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 20 at the Tempe Center for the Arts. EVCT received National Youth Theatre awards in the categories of Acting, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Set Design, and further nominations for Acting, Costume Design and New Play.
The theatre received ariZoni nominations for all three of its productions, “The Jungle Book, “The Goats Gruff” and “The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast” in the categories of Overall Production, Director, Set Design, Light Design, Costume Design, Sound Design and Hair and Makeup Design. In addition, several young East Valley actors earned nominations for their acting skills. EVCT’s upcoming season includes performances of “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” “Puss ‘n Boots” and “The Adventures of Pinocchio.”
For more information, call 480-756-3828 or visit
www.evct.org. PAL caters to SL arts patrons
The South East Valley Performing Arts League offers concierge services for Sun Lakes arts and theatre lovers, arranging tickets and luxury door-to-door coach service for musical and theatrical performances throughout the Phoenix area. Coach service for all events picks up and returns guests at the Cottonwood fl agpole at Sun Lakes.
Burns It Up holds auditions at new home
SanTan Sun area youths are invited to audition for Burns It Up, a performing group founded and directed by Fox Crossing resident Karen Burns. Auditions are held by appointment on Sat., Aug. 21 at the troupe’s new location at Center Pointe Dance in Ahwatukee.
Each participant should come prepared with a monologue and short song emphasizing vocal strengths. Brief choreography will be learned during the audition.
Burns It Up’s new location offers expanded acting and musical theatre classes for ages 5 and older, including ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, hip-hop and tumbling. The school features professional dance fl oors and space large enough to hold community theatrical productions. Burns It Up is a positive, creative, nonprofi t organization offering classes for children and adults, as well as three performance companies that include dancers, singers and actors and perform at various venues and events across Phoenix Center Pointe Dance is located at 4825 E. Warner Rd., Suite 11, in Ahwatukee. To learn more, contact Karen Burns at 480-332-7914 or at
karen@burnsitup.com, or Center Pointe Dance at 480-598-8428.
The upcoming season includes performances by the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Ballet, Arizona Opera and Arizona Theatre Company, as well as events at Herberger and Orpheum Theatres in Phoenix, and Coffee Classics at Symphony Hall. The season kicks off with the opening of the Phoenix Symphony Concert Series, a performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique,” at 7:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 16. Discounted tickets for the performance range from $19 to $62; cost for luxury bus transportation is an additional $20 roundtrip. For tickets and more information, call 480-699-7841. PAL members can also attend Phoenix Symphony’s Coffee Classics, an eight- part morning series taking place throughout the year and beginning Fri., Oct. 8, with “Brundibar,” a semi-staged opera classic featuring the illustrations of Maurice Sendak. Tickets for the eight-concert series range from $138 to $212, with roundtrip luxury bus travel for the season costing $160. To order tickets and subscribe for the season, call 480-802-0478.
“Backwards in High Heels,” a women’s guide for success in business based on the book by Tania Kindersley and Sarah Vine, is performed at 7:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 21, at Herberger Theater in Phoenix. For tickets, call 480-802-4902. Tickets and transportation are also provided for Arizona Opera’s “Pirates of Penzance,” performed at 2 p.m. Sun., Oct. 23 at Symphony Hall in Phoenix. Tickets for fi ve operas for the cost of four are available ranging from $100 to $470; roundtrip transportation for the series is $100. For more information, call 480-699-7641. For a membership fee of $10 per year per person or $15 per year per couple, group members are also treated to a PAL wine and cheese reception, this year to be held from Sun., Oct. 31, at the home of Carmen Otero and Bob Vogel. For more information, call 480-895-5946.
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