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In the mood for a little blast from the past? The ChandlerCenter for the Arts (CCA) obliges in March with the seven-time Tony Award-winning baseball classic “Damn Yankees”and its sixth annual “The Awesome ’80s Prom,” both per-formed at CCA at 250 N. Arizona Ave.

Devilishly good baseballA 1950s baseball fanatic trades his soul to the devil for a

chance to lead his favorite team in the pennant race againstthe New York Yankees in this retro Broadway hit. It takes thestage at 7:30 p.m. March 10.

One hour prior to the performance in the CCA lobby, thecenter’s Youth Advisory Council will hold its first fundrais-ing event to support next year’s efforts in community ser-vice, leadership skills development and overall appreciationof the arts.

Party like it’s 1985Now in its sixth “rad” year, “The Awesome ’80s Prom” is a party complete with characters from favorite

1980s movies unfolding in six performances at 8 p.m. Mon., March 19 through Sat., March 24. The captain of the football team, the Asian exchange student, the geek and the hottie head cheerleader

are all competing for prom king and queen, but the audience decides who wins. Come “Back in Time” –to quote a Huey Lewis tune, moonwalk to retro hits, join the break-dance circle or just sit back and watchthe ’80s drama unfold.

Certain ticket packages include an ’80s goodie bag, reserved seating and complimentary drink ticket. Learn more and buy tickets for either show by calling 480-782-2680.

CGCC hosts photojournalist Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times photojournalist

Don Bartletti will share four stories from the U.S. / Mexico fron-tier in a talk entitled “Uneasy Neighbors: Photo Essays AboutOur Borders” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tue., March 6 in the ArnetteScott Ward Performing Arts Center at Chandler-GilbertCommunity College, 2626 E. Pecos Rd. in Chandler. Bartletti’s stories will include: “Between Two Worlds - Mi Casais Your House;” “Mexico’s Drug War - Carnage Just Around theCorner;” “U.S. Deportees - The Doorbell is Broken;” and“Bound to El Norte - Riding The Beast.” This event is free andopen to the public. For more information, call 480-732-7186.

Paper creations on display A new exhibition of artworks using, made from, interpreted

with or built out of paper unfolds at the Vision Gallery at 10 E.Chicago St. from Fri., March 16 through Sun., April 22. Visitorscan attend the “On Paper” artist reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Fri.,March 16.

The show, juried by Arizona printmaker and book artistBarbara Burton, features watercolor, hand-built, 2-D and 3-Dart; print making; and automata, or abstract machine works byBrent Adrian, Carol Balyozian, Dana Cohn, Carolyn Congrove,Curt Dornsberg, Carolyn DuPont, Jeff Falk, Sue Faulkner,Amanda Green, Mary Jane Henley, Linda Lewis, Elnajean Beyst-Martonyi, Darci Niva, Chrstine Sandifur, Marilyn Schutzky, C.J.Shane, Hazel Stone, Margaret Suchland, Beata Wehr, LorraineWhitt and Angela Young. Details are available at www.vision-gallery.org or 480-782-2695.

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Jazz jams with cool cats

Share the love of traditional jazz with local “Cats & Jammers” fromthe Arizona Classic Jazz Society (ACJS) from 1 to 4 p.m. Sun., March 25at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort, 1 N. San Marcos Pl., indowntown Chandler.

Jammers, many of whom are professional musicians, often create aband at ACJS events and play while the featured band takes a break. Cats,in jazz vocabulary, include anybody who appreciates or plays jazz.

At this event, the “cats” include local favorites Cheryl Thurston, RoyCalhoun, Gary Church, Joe Hopkins and Rich Smith. Trombonists GlennBach and Dave Richardson round out the group, with other attendingjammers invited to play.

ACJS members pay $10 and nonmembers $15 for the event, whilestudents and those joining the society on March 25 may attend for free.Annual ACJS membership fees are $35 for couples and $25 for singles.Learn more at 480-620-3941 or www.azclassicjazz.org.

Briar Patch returns to HHSFind unique gifts, home and patio décor, jewelry, clothing and other

one-of-a-kind items at the Briar Patch Marketplace show from 9 a.m. to5 p.m. Sat., March 17 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., March 18 at HamiltonHigh School, 3700 S. Arizona Ave. in Southern Chandler.

The sale is sponsored by parent teacher organizations, and helps support local schools.

For information, call Jeannie Cueto at 480-948-3942 or visit www.briarpatchmarketplace.com.

Artists’ reception atMontage Art

Join Chandler artist John Gleason and othersat a reception from 1 to 5 p.m. Sun., March 4 atMontage Studio Gallery on Mill, 740 S. MillAve., Suite 120, north of University Drive inTempe. Refreshments will be served.

Gleason, a copper and glass artist, and hisbusiness partner, Jacque Keller are both featuredartists at Montage.

Regular Montage hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Wednesday; 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday; 1 to 9 p.m.on the third Thursdays of the month; and 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Parking options include the free City HallGarage at 5th Street and Forest Avenue; the freeHayden Square at Ash Avenue and 5th;Brickyard Garage on 7th Street and CenterpointGarage on Ash; and free metered parking after6 p.m.

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Gleason of Chandler is showing and selling hiswork at Montage Studio Gallery on Mill in Tempe.STSN photo


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‘Little Women’ sing at CGCCThe Broadway musical “Little Women” will be performed by Chandler-

Gilbert Community College Performing Arts March 2 through 9 in the CGCCPerforming Arts Center on the college's Pecos campus, 2626 E. Pecos Rd. inChandler.

Ticket prices are $10 general admission, $9 for seniors, $7 for students andgroups of 10 or more and $5 for the matinee. For show times and to purchasetickets, call 480-732-7343 or visit www.cgc.edu/arts.

‘Little Mermaid’ swims into HaleyWalt Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, featuring Nemo and His Friends" will be

presented at 6:30 p.m. March 5 and 6 in the Haley Elementary Multi PurposeRoom, 3401 S. Layton Lakes Blvd., on the southwest corner of Queen Creekand Lindsey in Chandler.

It’s a performance by members of the Haley Elementary Drama Club, anafter-school club that provides opportunities for students with and withoutspecial needs “to integrate and form social relationships.”

“This has been a great opportunity for the students to act as peer models andtake on leadership roles while promoting an inclusive school environment,”says Haley instructor Amy Miller. “The Drama club members have found this-experience to be both exciting and engaging. We are all having a BLAST!!!!”

Some 115 students in third- through sixth-grades meet weekly to practiceimprovising, projecting voices, singing in harmony and working towards a collaborative performance.

After last year’s successful Dr. Seuss production, Haley students formed apartnership with Perry High School, where drama department there have been actively involved in preparing the younger students with this year’s per-formance.

For more information, call Haley Elementary at 480-224-3500 or visitww2.chandler.k12.az.us/Domain/1979.

Walk into creativityBe immersed in an environment filled with creative things to see and do this spring break

at the Mesa Festival of Creativity. The free family exhibit is on display at the Mesa Arts Centerat 1 E. Main St. from noon to 9 p.m. Fri., March 9 through Sun., March 18.

Experience what it might be like to walk through stained glass inside Architects-of-Air’sgiant inflatable sculpture MIRAZOZO for a $5 fee. Try puppet making, ceramics, origami,painting, jewelry making and other one-hour studio samplers. Create a 10-foot-tall LEGOsculpture.

Information is available at www.MesaArtsCenter.com or 480-644-6500.

ART WALK: Patrons experience a stroll through Architects-of-Air’s inflatable sculpture MIRAZOZO atthe Mesa Festival of Creativity. Submitted photo by Jason Nakrani


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Celebrate the history and traditions ofHawaii and Polynesia with dancers andmusicians from the islands at the 17thAnnual Arizona Aloha Festival from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., March 10 and Sun.,March 11 at Tempe Town Lake.

The free event conjures up the magicand romance of the South Seas on threestages, plus a mixture of traditional andcontemporary culture, island style, foodand shopping.

The festival’s opening ceremonies, spon-sored by Hawaiian Airlines, combinepageantry and color on the Lakeside Stage.More than 100 merchandise and food ven-dors will feature island cultural or lifestyleproducts. Families will enjoy the sound of steel guitars and the rhythm of drums with Songs of Polynesia. Children’s activitiesinclude daily lei-making crafts and demonstrations, and ukulele playing at Aunty Aloha’s Ukulele Corner.

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ALOHA FESTIVAL: Enjoy island dancing, music, food and shopping without leaving Tempe.Submitted photo

A local version of the TV show “Dancing with the Stars” comes to theQueen Creek (QC) Performing Arts Center at 22149 E. Ocotillo Rd. at6 p.m. Sat., March 24. The inaugural “Dancing with the Queen CreekStars Gala” teams up local celebrities with dancers from the UtahBallroom Company.

Stars include Schnepf Farms Owner Carrie Schnepf, QC High SchoolHead Football Coach Joe Germaine and Assistant Principal / Athletic

Director Paul Reynolds, QC Middle School Principal Julie Niven, TownCouncil Member Dawn Oliphant and QC Unified School DistrictBoard Member Kenneth Brague.

Judges are also local dignitaries: QC Mayor Gail Barney, QC SchoolsSuperintendent Tom Lindsey, and Chairman of the QC CulturalFoundation Wendy Feldman Kerr.

Tickets are available at www.qcpac.com or 480-987-7469.

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‘Wicked’ holds lottery for orchestra seats

Box-office hit “Wicked” returns toASU’s Grady Gammage MemorialAuditorium now through Sun.,March 11 and features a same-dayperformance lottery for orchestraseats.

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Free live concerts presented by a diverse range of talented localmusicians will entertain music lovers al fresco over lunch hours onThursdays through March 29. The al fresco “Out to Lunch ConcertSeries” performances take place at the Mesa Arts Center’s WellsFargo Garden at 1 E. Main St. in Mesa.

Performers include the Salt River Brass quintet; The RokuseksDuo’s instrumentals, vocals and variety; vocalist “Kirsten;” andJoyce Bailey’s African-American blues, gospel and jazz. Other showsinclude Mary Hoffman’s acoustic western; Los Thieves Duo’s

folk-pop; Liam Mackey and Tim Sadow with rollicking traditionaland original Irish tunes; the sounds of Island Magic Caribbeanmusic; and the Santan Swing Band with vocals.

Chairs and lawn seating are available, but guests are encouragedto bring stadium cushions or blankets. Patrons may bring lunch orpurchase food on site from Life of the Party Catering or in nearbydowntown Mesa restaurants.

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HOME ART: Artist-muralist IreneJones Coatta with one of hertwo patio murals of Mexicanstreet scenes during the SunBird Golf Resort Art Club’sSecond Annual Art Walk House Tour late last month.Submitted photo

Daredevil acrobatics, tumbling, dance moves and impossiblecontortions take the stage with the seven-member “Circa,”Australia’s innovative “new circus” company, in evening andmatinee shows Fri., March 16 and Sat., March 17. The troopblends bodies, light, sound and new media at the ScottsdaleCenter for the Performing Arts at 7380 E. 2nd St.

Audience members are invited to learn about Circa’s creativeprocess at an informal pre-show talk and question-and-answersession at 6:30 p.m. Sat., March 17 in the Scottsdale Museum ofContemporary Art’s SMoCA Lounge.

Showtimes, information, and $29 and $39 tickets, are avail-able at www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or 480-499-8587.

AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS: Cutting-edge circus company Circa performs in March as part ofScottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ new Discovery Series. Submitted photo

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Funnyman brings dummies to PhoenixAmerican ventriloquist and stand-up comedian

Jeff Dunham of “Comedy Central” fame bringstwo new characters and his all new “ControlledChaos” show to the US Airways Center at 201 E.Jefferson St. in Phoenix at 7:30 p.m. Thu., March 15.

The two new Dunham characters are AchmedJunior, the not-as-equally skeletal son of Achmedthe Dead Terrorist; and Little Jeff, a mini version ofthe ringmaster himself. The new characters joinDunham’s famed troupe of sidekicks includingWalter the Grumpy Retiree, the beer-fueled red-neck Bubba J and the manic purple creaturePeanut.

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AZ Arts ChroniclesTwenty-five incarcerated women, ages

23 to 50, will participate in a public perfor-mance inside the Estrella Jail at 2939 W.Durango St. in Phoenix on Sun., March 4.For six weeks prior to the performance, theinmates met weekly for training in move-ment, visual arts, creative writing and sto-rytelling focused on this year’s theme “TheEvolution of Self: There is Value in theValley.” Part of ASU Gammage’s JourneyHome: An Arts Experience for IncarceratedWomen, this arts residency program hasreached nearly 300 inmates in 10 years.

The inaugural Parents Against Drugs’Food and Jazz Benefit with Chef Paul andFriends brings together jazz bands,celebrity chefs and athletes as Chef Paul ofChandler works “to bring awareness todrug use related to the deaths of our chil-dren.” The event takes place from 1 to 7p.m. Sun., March 25 at 910 Live at 910 N.McClintock Dr., near Loop 202 RedMountain Freeway and McClintock inTempe.

On stagePatti LuPone: The Gypsy in My Soul,March 3, SCPA. The two-time Tony Award winnerperforms songs from her life both on and off theBroadway stage.Tom Chapin’s “Building Bridges FamilyConcert,” March 3, HCPA. Three-time GrammyAward winner Tom Chapin’s music teaches lifelessons about diversity, anti-violence, healthychoices, tolerance, respect and environmentalresponsibility.Pauly, through March 4, SUL. Comedian of“Adopted” and “Opposite Day” renown.“Rockin’ the White House,” through March4, TCA Studio. All 223 years of 44 U.S. presidentscome to life in a high-energy, multimedia worldpremiere of “Rock the Presidents” musical revueby Childsplay. Tickets: www.childsplayaz.orgASU Concerts at The Center: A TrumpetFestival, March 5, SCPA. Trumpeter and ASURegents Professor David Hickman, the ASUTrumpet Ensemble, Mariachi Trumpets andpianist Miriam Hickman perform the music ofRafael Méndez and other Spanish and Mexicancomposers.National Geographic PhotographerBrian Skerry, March 5, MAC Ikeda. NationalGeographic Live Series features stunning por-traits of our planet’s ocean realm.Peter Frampton, March 7, MAC Ikeda. Athree-hour show featuring a complete perfor-mance of Frampton Comes Alive!Greg Fishman and Judy Roberts – Red-Hot Chicago Jazz, March 7, KCC. Part of the“Jazz in Concert” series, ever-popular Chicago

natives Judy Roberts on piano and vocals, GregFishman on sax, and Neal Seroka on bass andguitar provoke cravings for hot dogs and Cubs’seats with their Windy City ways. Tucson bassistand Chicago native Scott Black joins in ondrums.“Jack and the Beanstalk” puppet show,March 7-18, GAPT. A funny version of the tradi-tional tale about a wicked, not-so-bright giant, abrave little boy and an overgrown beanstalk.Los Thieves Duo “Folk-Pop,” March 8,MAC WFG. “Folk-Pop” music performed as oneof the “Out to Lunch Concert Series” of free, live,outdoor lunchtime concerts on Thursdays.Close Encounters with Music: GrandPiano Quartets – Brahms andSchumann, March 8, SCPA. Cellist YehudaHanani offers commentary and joins pianistLydia Artymiw, violinist Arnaud Sussmann andviolist Toby Appel in a performance of pianoquartets.Liam Mackey and Tim Sadow, March 8,MAC WFG. Rollicking traditional and original Irishtunes performed as one of the “Out to LunchConcert Series” of free, live, outdoor lunchtimeconcerts on Thursdays.An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin, March9, MAC Ikeda. The Emmy and Tony award-win-ning comedienne continues to venture across anever-widening range of media.American Chamber Players, March 9,GCUMC. The Gold Canyon Arts Council presentsthe season's final “Canyon Sounds” perfor-mance.“Aida,” March 9-11, PSH. Arizona Opera pre-sents Giuseppe Verdi’s epic 1871 masterpieceshowing the collision of love and patriotic duty.

Venue indexGAPT – Great AZ Puppet Theater302 W. Latham St., PhoenixBox office: 602-262-2050HCPA – Higley Center for the PerformingArts4132 E. Pecos Rd., GilbertTickets: www.higleyarts.org, 480-840-0457KCC – Kerr Cultural Center6110 N. Scottsdale Rd., ScottsdaleTickets: www.jazzinaz.org, 480-596-2660MAC – Mesa Arts CenterIkeda – Ikeda Theater; Piper – Piper Theater; WFG – Wells Fargo Garden1 E. Main St., MesaPSH – Phoenix Symphony Hall75 N. 2nd St., PhoenixBox office: Symphony Hall 602-262-7272, Phoenix Symphony 602-495-1999SCPA – Scottsdale Center for the Performing ArtsVGPT – Virginia G. Piper Theater7380 E. 2nd St., ScottsdaleBox office: 480-499-8587TCA – Tempe Center for the ArtsGallery; Studio700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy., TempeTickets: www.tempe.gov/TCA, 480-350-2822

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