| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Project Humanities: Literary Imaginary and the Poetics of TruthPresented by Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU Tempe Campus February 13, 2012 ASU English co-presents the 2012 World and Comparative Literature Conference, "Literary Imaginary and the Poetics of Truth," along with the Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Project Humanities, in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York.
Speaking will be Corin Braga upon "Ernesto Sabato: The Blindness Complex".
Hosted by Arizona State University, this conference continues and extends the academic exchanges... | Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 02/13/12 | Tempe |
Centennial Steak SpecialPresented by Monti's La Casa Vieja at Monti's La Casa Vieja February 14, 2012 To commemorate the state's 100th birthday, Monti's La Casa Vieja, the oldest restaurant in Tempe will be offering steak at prices like it's 1912. Starting at 9:12am the first 100 people in line will be able to buy a sirloin steak dinner with choice of two sides and Monti's Roman Bread for just 75 cents plus tax.. The Centennial Steak Special will run until the first 100 people have been served. The rest of the menu and drinks will still be available at the regular price.
| Monti's La Casa Vieja | 02/14/12 | Tempe |
Religion and Conflict Alternative Visions Lecture Series: Beyond BeliefPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU Carson Ballroom February 16, 2012 Elaine Pagels (Ph.D., Harvard) is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. In bestselling works ranging from the Gnostic Gospels to Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, Pagels has taken up some of the most controversial questions concerning the founding and early history of Christianity. Whether in her writings or on shows such as The Colbert Report, Pagels is known as an engaging speaker who discusses sensitive topics with expertise,... | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 02/16/12 | Tempe |
Concert on Mill: Boys And FrogsPresented by Mill Avenue District at Mill Avenue District February 16, 2012 Join the party on Mill Avenue for Boys and Frogs arrival at Third Thursdays concert series! Back again after their premiere at their MADCAP Theatre, this band brings a unique sound mixing imagery and instrumentals with dramatic vocals producing an edgy alternative feel sure to leave your foot tapping and a smile on your face. Compared to the sounds of The Smiths, and Vampire Weekend, Boys and Frogs have created a genre all of their own. Grab a friend and come on down Mill for a great night of... | Mill Avenue District | 02/16/12 | Tempe |
Guitar Series: Maximo Diego PujolPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Katzin Concert Hall February 17, 2012 Argentine guitarist/composer Maximo Diego Pujol has performed throughout South America and in the United States, Europe and Australia. His guitar compositions have won awards including, in 1989, the Argentine Composers' Union prize as Best Composer of Classical Music. Pujol is one of the most important Latin American guitar composers of the 20th century, with his works often performed by world-renowned musicians.
| ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 02/17/12 | Tempe |
Lakeshore Jazz Series: Benny Green TrioPresented by Tempe Center for the Arts at Tempe Center for the Arts February 17, 2012 A perpetual student of the history of Jazz piano, Benny Green mentions Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Hank Jones, Ahmad Jamal, Phineas Newborn, Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson as some of his main influences. His approach to Jazz can be resumed in his own words: "... for myself and a lot of musicians I admire, the main focus is to just swing and have fun, and share those feelings with the audience - if I'm able to convey that, then I feel like I'm doing something positive".
| Tempe Center for the Arts | 02/17/12 | Tempe |
Journalism and the Humanities: Sources of Estrangement, Future ProspectsPresented by Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU Tempe Campus February 17, 2012 This symposium upon journalism and the humanities will be comprised of two panel discussions.
Project Humanities is a university-wide initiative involving all four campuses - Tempe, West, Polytechnic, and Downtown Phoenix - with the expressed goal to show the interactions among humanities and other areas of scholarship and human endeavor. | Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 02/17/12 | Tempe |
Paroxysmal ButcheringPresented by Club Red at Club Red February 17, 2012 Don't miss Paroxysmal Butchering at Club Red.
| Club Red | 02/17/12 | Tempe |
Great Arizona Beer CompetitionPresented by Sun Sounds of Arizona Foundation at Heidi's Events and Catering February 17, 2012 The Great Arizona Beer Festival presented by azcentral.com is conducting its 3rd annual beer competition, in partnership with DRAFT Magazine. The event's official beer judges will sample and rate competing craft beers in the festival's competition. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $10 each, and include an opportunity to meet the judges, learn about the tasting and judging process, and sample some the beers that will be featured at the festival. Guests must be 21 and over to... | Sun Sounds of Arizona Foundation | 02/17/12 | Tempe |
Gatsby AloudPresented by Arizona Theatre Company - Phoenix at Tempe Marketplace February 18, 2012 Listen to a local actor in period costume read aloud short excerpts from The Great Gatsby. Move back in time as the world of the roaring 1920's is vividly painted by Fitzgerald's words as ATC prepares to put on a full production of Simon Levy's adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece.
| Arizona Theatre Company - Phoenix | 02/18/12 | Tempe |
Bully MammothPresented by Tempe Center for the Arts at Tempe Center for the Arts February 18, 2012 Unhappy with the local comedy scene, the members of Bully Mammoth decided to mix things up with their brand of 95% scripted comedy. Members concentrate on scene work and are influenced by everything from Elvis to David Lynch. Recommended for 16 and older.
| Tempe Center for the Arts | 02/18/12 | Tempe |
Erotica and the Erotic in the Middle Ages and RenaissancePresented by Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Sheraton Phoenix Airport Hotel Tempe February 16-February 18, 2012 This annual conference of the Arizona Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies paticipates in ASU's Project Humanities.
The conference keynote speaker will be Professor Albrecht Classen, noted medievalist in the Department of German Studies at The University of Arizona.
Professor Classen's keynote address is titled "The Erotic and the Quest for Happiness in the Middle Ages. What Everybody Does and Hardly Anyone Truly Achieves." He has a broad range of research... | Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 02/16/12-
02/18/12 | Tempe |
Faster PussycatPresented by Club Red at Club Red February 18, 2012 Faster Pussycat began in 1986 as the brainchild of singer Taime Downe. The band was made to capitalize on the growing Glam Metal movement, which was at its peak. Faster Pussycat mixed Glam Metal with more classic bands like Aerosmith to make a Hard Rock sound that was unique compared to other bands of the era. Faster Pussycat would gain attention not only from their many tours and albums but also from a documentary film and a bar the band owned in Los Angeles.
| Club Red | 02/18/12 | Tempe |
Untold Stories/Unsung HeroesPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU Lyceum Theatre February 10-February 19, 2012 The untold history and imagined future of Arizona as a state - and a state of mind - is explored in this dramatic exploration that uses old-fashioned storytelling and music combined with cutting-edge digital images and spoken-word performances.
| ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 02/10/12-
02/19/12 | Tempe |
Epiphany Concert Series: Seventh Roadrunner Ensemble in 'Chamber Music and Chocolate' Presented by Episcopal Church of the Epiphany - Tempe at Episcopal Church of the Epiphany - Tempe February 19, 2012 This concert of beautiful music for viola, piano, and clarinet is performed by Katherine Shields, viola, and Andrew O'Brien, piano of the Seventh Roadrunner ensemble. Joining them is Cyndee Chaffee, clarinet. Following the concert is a Valentine's Chocolate Delights reception. Proceeds benefit the church's "Chill the Choir" air conditioner replacement fund. Tickets will be available at the door.
| Episcopal Church of the Epiphany - Tempe | 02/19/12 | Tempe |
ASU Composition Studio RecitalPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Katzin Concert Hall February 20, 2012 Join the School of Music Composition Studio for an evening of new works written by undergraduate and graduate composers. Written for and performed by some of ASU's best instrumentalists and vocalists, the program reflects the diverse creativity of emerging composers.
| ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 02/20/12 | Tempe |
Performance with A View: Studio E217 Voice RecitalPresented by Friends of Tempe Center for the Arts at Tempe Center for the Arts February 21, 2012 The voice students of Anne Elgar Kopta, soprano and associate professor of Music in voice, will perform. Professor Kopta, a native of Kansas, has a distinguished record of performing and teaching that spans the world of Broadway and opera, and that of teaching at major universities and summer music schools both here and abroad.
| Friends of Tempe Center for the Arts | 02/21/12 | Tempe |
Gallery Talk with Charlie WhitePresented by ASU Art Museum at ASU Art Museum February 21, 2012 In conjunction with the exhibition Performing for the Camera, artist Charlie White will discuss his work. White's photographs incorporate theatrical settings and cinematic framing, resulting in a still, stage-like drama with multiple actors. He directs scenes that often include sci-fi creatures that proxy for humans in sexually charged environments. A juxtaposition of the strange and the familiar is evident in all his photographs.
The gallery talk is sponsored by... | ASU Art Museum | 02/21/12 | Tempe |
P.a.v.e. spring speakers series: Thinking Outside the Box OfficePresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU Lyceum Theatre February 21, 2012 Critically acclaimed digital filmmaker Jon Reiss discusses "Thinking Outside the Box Office" when he visits the ASU Tempe campus Feb. 21 as the next p.a.v.e speaker. Named one of the 10 digital directors to watch by Daily Variety, Reiss is director of the documentary feature Bomb It, which explored the world of graffiti art. His experiences with marketing his film became the inspiration for his book, Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide to Film Distribution in the... | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 02/21/12 | Tempe |
Coffee, Tea and Books - Sarah's KeyPresented by City of Tempe Cultural Services at Tempe Public Library February 23, 2012 Come and join the Thursday night book group discussion of hot titles and authors. Tonight's discussion is all about the book Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney. Participants must provide their own copy of the book.
| City of Tempe Cultural Services | 02/23/12 | Tempe |
Cafe le SwingPresented by Savoy Hop Cats at Cafe le Swing February 2-February 23, 2012 Just as the name implies, Cafe le Swing is an entirely unique, vintage dance experience, meticulously decorated to transport you back to a time when wingtips were the footwear of choice, flapper dresses were in style and Swing was King! Boasting a huge wood floor, a free self-serve waffle station and espresso bar to keep you going all night long, Cafe le Swing has all the appeal of your favorite Coffee Shop combined with the authenticity of the greatest swing clubs of old!
| Savoy Hop Cats | 02/02/12-
02/23/12 | Tempe |
Todd Wolfe BandPresented by Club Red at Club Red February 23, 2012 The Todd Wolfe Band recall the days when "men were men and amps were amps", real tubes crackling with a bluesdelic sound reminiscent of the best rock and roll bands of the 60's! This band jams and rocks but their music is deeply soaked in blues. They have established themselves as one of top Power Trios in America by their relentless touring and spreading their legend from coast to coast and beyond.
| Club Red | 02/23/12 | Tempe |
Antje DuvekotPresented by Club Red at Club Red February 23-February 24, 2012 Antje Duvekot (born 1976 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds three top song-writing awards, including the Kerrville New Folk Competition's Best New Folk Award, Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
Where so many songwriters stretch for their highest notes, hoping to impress and astound, Duvekot bravely mines her deep reaches, where the dark... | Club Red | 02/23/12-
02/24/12 | Tempe |
| Western Vistas- A Celebration of Arizona Statehood and the West | San Tan Community Performing Arts | 02/25/12 | Tempe |
StatelinePresented by Club Red at Club Red February 25, 2012 Don't miss Stateline live at Club Red.
| Club Red | 02/25/12 | Tempe |
Tempe Art A Gogh-Gogh Presented by Media Tempe at The Sail Inn February 24-February 25, 2012 Tempe Art A Gogh-Gogh is Back for 2012! Media Tempe is excited to get back to work showcasing this Creative Community.
Friends from Black Cactus Records will join Media Tempe with a Great Lineup!
- Former Friends of Young Americans
- Midnight Vitals
- High Horse
- Tremulants
- The Suggies (from SF, CA)
- JJCNV
With Special Performances By:
- Capoeira Brasil Tempe
| Media Tempe | 02/24/12-
02/25/12 | Tempe |
Marvelous Mud, Local Ceramic Artists at Night GalleryPresented by ASU Art Museum at ASU Art Museum February 3-February 26, 2012 "Clay is one of the oldest art materials known to humanity, used for both utilitarian purposes and creative expression. It has recorded the life of prehistoric civilizations, reconstructing the lives of ancient mankind for archeologists and historians. Pottery from Greece, Africa, Asia and the indigenous societies of the Americas inspire us with their sophistication, decoration, beauty, and the stories they unfold." Peter Held, curator of ceramics for the ASU Art Museum and Ceramic Research... | ASU Art Museum | 02/03/12-
02/26/12 | Tempe |
King of Glory Concert SeriesPresented by King of Glory Lutheran Church at King of Glory Lutheran Church February 26, 2012 Hymns and the Spoken Word, with Robyn Bloomquist - narrator, Christine Redding - vocalist, and Carol Webb on the piano will share their gifts and talents through music and the spoken Word of God. Their love for the church and great hymns and worship melodies of the faith has grown and developed over the years.
| King of Glory Lutheran Church | 02/26/12 | Tempe |
Roots UnwindPresented by Media Tempe at The Sail Inn February 5-February 26, 2012 JonDread and Media Tempe's ROOTS UNWIND - Rewind Reggae Sundays at the Sail Inn!
FEBRUARY LINEUP:
2/5 - The Collective
2/12 - All Good Things Band Members of Xtra Ticket
2/19 - Latino Rebel Band
DJ Catalyst On the Flip Side Radio
2/26 - SYNRGY from San Diego
| Media Tempe | 02/05/12-
02/26/12 | Tempe |
Tempe Symphonic Wind EnsemblePresented by Tempe Center for the Arts at Tempe Center for the Arts February 27, 2012 TSWE will feature the solo talents of Albie Micklich, professor of bassoon at Arizona State University. In addition to marches and other audience favorites, TSWE will perform "Yankee Doodling," a work featuring many soloists and all the sections of the wind ensemble.
| Tempe Center for the Arts | 02/27/12 | Tempe |
Tempe Symphonic Wind Ensemble: HS Band FestivalPresented by Tempe Center for the Arts at Tempe Center for the Arts February 28, 2012 TSWE will play host to four outstanding high school bands in an evening of superb music. More than 200 of Arizona's most outstanding high school musicians will perform on stage.
| Tempe Center for the Arts | 02/28/12 | Tempe |
Gallery Talk with Anthony GoicoleaPresented by ASU Art Museum at ASU Art Museum February 28, 2012 In conjunction with the exhibition Performing for the Camera, artist Anthony Goicolea will discuss his work. Goicolea's staged photographs explore themes ranging from personal history and identity, to cultural traditions and heritage, to alienation and displacement. His diverse oeuvre encompasses self-portraits, landscapes, and narrative tableaux executed through digitally composited imagery predicated on fantasy but rooted in reality.
The gallery talk is sponsored... | ASU Art Museum | 02/28/12 | Tempe |
POPPresented by City of Tempe Cultural Services at Tempe Main Post Office November 4, 2011-February 29, 2012 "Pop Culture" and "Pop Art" have had an immense influence on contemporary artists. This exhibition features original art by local artists that has been inspired by some of the bright colors, imagery and famous artists who have helped shape the worlds of art, design and popular media.
Participating artists: Rachel Goede, George Penaloza and Manzo Alfredo Cedano, deceased.
| City of Tempe Cultural Services | 11/04/11-
02/29/12 | Tempe |
Continental DriftPresented by Arizona Wind Symphony at Tempe Center for the Arts March 1, 2012 This is a travel across continents and cultures of the Earth. A sampling of cultures is reflected in Otto Schwarz' Around the World in 80 Days. Next, delight in the Middle East with Samuel Hazo's Arabesque where delicate and sensual solos alternate with full-blown ensemble passages with rapid fire rhythms and frenzied percussion. John Philip Sousa wrote his four movement People Who Live in Glass Houses to celebrate the country or region from which the various drinks are... | Arizona Wind Symphony | 03/01/12 | Tempe |
Gift Of Gab of BlackaliciousPresented by Club Red at Club Red March 2, 2012 Blackalicious is an American hip hop duo from Sacramento, California made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley). They are noted for Gift of Gab's often "tongue-twisting", multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel's "classic" beats. The pair have released three full-length albums (1999's Nia, 2002's Blazing Arrow and 2005's The Craft), and have been described as "one of the most popular groups in the independent hip-hop scene."
| Club Red | 03/02/12 | Tempe |
The Last Days of Judas IscariotPresented by Stray Cat Theatre at Tempe Performing Arts Center February 17-March 3, 2012 Stray Cat is thrilled to announce that they will be teaming up with the new incoming class of MFA Actors at ASU for a kinetic and visceral production of this wicked expressionistic fantasy. Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot uses flashbacks to an imagined childhood, and a courtroom in Purgatory with lawyers who call for the testimonies of such witnesses as Mother Teresa, Caiaphas, Saint Monica, Sigmund Freud.
| Stray Cat Theatre | 02/17/12-
03/03/12 | Tempe |
Gatsby AloudPresented by Arizona Theatre Company - Phoenix at Tempe Marketplace March 3, 2012 Listen to a local actor in period costume read aloud short excerpts from The Great Gatsby. Move back in time as the world of the roaring 1920's is vividly painted by Fitzgerald's words as ATC prepares to put on a full production of Simon Levy's adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece.
| Arizona Theatre Company - Phoenix | 03/03/12 | Tempe |
Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramics by Women from JapanPresented by ASU Art Museum at ASU Art Museum January 27-March 3, 2012 For thousands of years, women have been highly active in the production of ceramics, but their names have largely been unknown. Soaring Voices demonstrates the shift in Japanese society toward individual women artists becoming recognized in an artistic realm traditionally dominated by men. This traveling exhibition features 87 works by 25 exceptional women artists who reflect Japan's rich and innovative ceramic culture.
Soaring Voices was developed by The... | ASU Art Museum | 01/27/12-
03/03/12 | Tempe |
Dance AnnualPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU Galvin Playhouse March 2-March 4, 2012 The Dance Annual highlights the 2011-12 season by presenting some of the most captivating work created throughout the year. This collection features the work of faculty, visiting artists, alumni, and graduate and undergraduate students in a variety of media. The Dance Annual illustrates the diverse creative practices evolving at ASU School of Dance.
| ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 03/02/12-
03/04/12 | Tempe |
Lyric Opera Theatre Presents AinadamarPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Evelyn Smith Music Theatre March 1-March 4, 2012 It is 1969. In Montevideo, Uruguay, the Spanish actress Margarita Xirgu, friend and confidant of the poet/playwright Federico Garcia Lorca is about to begin a performance of Lorca's play Mariana Pineda. Her heart gives out. In her dying moments, she remembers Granada and the Fountain of Tears ("Ainadamar") where Lorca was assassinated in 1936. And she remembers Lorca, what he wrote, what he believed. As she dies, Lorca's spirit appears, and together they are transformed. Composed in 2003, this... | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 03/01/12-
03/04/12 | Tempe |
| Organ Series: Ganz Deutsch! | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 03/04/12 | Tempe |
Rock the PresidentsPresented by Childsplay, Inc. at Tempe Center for the Arts February 18-March 4, 2012 You too can become president! A rollicking, multi-media-filled musical revue spanning 223 years of the American presidency- from George Washington to Barack Obama. Stories of the 44 men who rose to the highest office in the land are brought to life through all-new rock, pop and folk music. A Childsplay world premiere with national tour to follow.
The preview is on February 12 at 4:00pm.
| Childsplay, Inc. | 02/18/12-
03/04/12 | Tempe |
| 2011 Pyle Center Annual Senior Art Exhibition | City of Tempe Cultural Services | 09/30/11-
03/05/12 | Tempe |
Bill T. Jones-Arnie Zane Dance CompanyPresented by ASU Gammage at ASU Galvin Playhouse March 6, 2012 Two-time Tony Award winner and contemporary performance icon Bill T. Jones returns for year two of his GAMMAGE RESIDENCY. Jones will present Body Against Body, which revives and reconsiders the duets and solos that launched Jones and Zane on the international dance scene of the early 80s and redefined the dance landscape of the day. These pieces remain some of the most significant examples of postmodern performance. Both physically and conceptually rigorous, they challenge performer and... | ASU Gammage | 03/06/12 | Tempe |
Bill T. Jones- Arnie Zane Dance CompanyPresented by Arizona Dance Coalition (ADC) at ASU Galvin Playhouse March 6, 2012 Two-time Tony Award winner and contemporary performance icon Bill T. Jones returns for year two of his Gammage Residency. Jones will present Body Against Body, which revives and reconsiders the duets and solos that launched Jones and Zane on the international dance scene of the early 80s and redefined the dance landscape of the day. These pieces remain some of the most significant examples of postmodern performance. Both physically and conceptually rigorous, they challenge performer and viewer... | Arizona Dance Coalition (ADC) | 03/06/12 | Tempe |
| Civil Disobedience Park Jam! | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 03/09/12 | Tempe |
Agent OrangePresented by Club Red at Club Red March 9, 2012 Agent Orange is a punk rock band from Fullerton, California. They were a surf-punk band from the 1980s and first gained attention with their song 'Bloodstains' which they wrote for a local Orange County compilation album. After the compilation album the group's then managers (two twin female dwarves) presented KROQ, Pasadena radio station's D.J. Rodney Bingenheimer with a demo tape which soon became one of his show's biggest hits.
Besides having Mike Palm and Scott Miller... | Club Red | 03/09/12 | Tempe |
American VictoryPresented by ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU Nelson Fine Arts Center March 2-March 10, 2012 American Victory is adapted from the book American Victory by Henry Cejudo with Bill Plaschke. Raised in a family of immigrants in Phoenix, Henry Cejudo wrestles his way to local and national championships, and goes all the way to the Beijing Olympics in 2008. A true story about a local young man's struggle for American identity and the quest for Olympic gold. Part of the Arizona Centennial Project New Works Series. Directed by Guillermo Reyes.
| ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 03/02/12-
03/10/12 | Tempe |
| Rhythmic Variations | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | 03/10/12 | Tempe |
WickedPresented by ASU Gammage at ASU Gammage February 15-March 11, 2012 Back by "Popular" demand. Entertainment Weekly calls Wicked "the best musical of the decade," and when it last played ASU Gammage in 2009, it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, Wicked is Broadway's biggest blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon and was just named "the defining musical of the decade" by The New York Times. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two... | ASU Gammage | 02/15/12-
03/11/12 | Tempe |
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