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1-3 ROCK SPRINGS: Old World Bazaar handcrafted art and crafts created by the regions most talented artisans as well as some select imports and other uniquely mastered items, free, www.magicbirdfestivals.com
1-3 SIERRA VISTA: 16th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering Buena Performing Arts Center, family-oriented celebration of Western culture, history and folklore presented through the song and verse of real cowboys, more than 50 artists will perform at three headliner shows on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 pm and Sunday matinee at 1 pm, free thematic shows are Sat. 10 am - 5 pm, $6-17, 520-249-2511 or 800-288-3861 or www.cowboypoets.com
1-10 QUARTZSITE: Tyson Wells Arts & Crafts Fair - arts, crafts, free, 8 am - 5 pm, 928-927-6364 or www.tysonwells.com or www.admmr.state.az.us
1-10 TUCSON: Tucson Southwest Jewelry, Gem and Bead Show wholesale and retail exhibitors at one of 200 indoor booths, gems, jewelry, beads, fossils, findings, equipment, 10 am 6 pm, wwwtucsonsouthwestgemshow.com
1-16 PHOENIX: Kate Crackernuts Exit Theatre at Metro Arts Institute, by Stray Cat Theatre, based on the British fairy tale, Kate’s sister Anne, a ravishing hottie, wakes up one morning to discover a sheep’s head between her shoulders, and the journey of the two sisters in their quest to return Anne’s true head to its proper place, www.straycattheatre.org
1-17 PHOENIX: The Princess and the Pea Valley Youth Theatre, presented by special arrangement with Classics on Stage!, Chicago, IL, an ingeniously hilarious and highly entertaining version of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, by Valley Youth Theatre, 602-253-8188 ext 2 or www.VYT.com
1-17 TUCSON: Wholesale Mineral Shows TopGem Warehouse, minerals, 520-622-6633 or www.topgem.com
1-17 TUCSON: Tucson Showplace quality dealers who are a direct source for the material they sell, offering rough rock, minerals, designer cabochons, jewelry, and copper, 262-377-4804 or www.tucsonshowplace.net
1-17 TUCSON: Globe-X Days Inn, 200 dealers of gems, minerals, fossils, mostly direct-import merchandise from around the world, including gem stones, decorator minerals, polished minerals, rough minerals, beads, opals, fossils, amber, crystals, Arizona minerals, septarians and carvings, 520-791-7511 or www.tucsonshowguide.com
1-28 FLAGSTAFF: 22nd Annual Winterfest - features more than 100 events including x-country & downhill skiing, winter sports, ice skating, snow sculpture, snow softball, parade, concerts, theater, art shows, historic tours, workshops & winter star gazing, 800-842-7293 or www.flagstaffarizona.org
1-29 TOMBSTONE: 26th Annual Quilt Show & Sale - Tombstone Art Gallery, quilts, quilt tops, small quilted articles for show and sale, seasoned quilters present each day to share in experiences and teach skills, try hand-quilting, free, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, 520-457-3476 or 520-457-3283 or www.tombstone.org
2-3 QUARTZSITE: 10th Annual Rock & Roll Classic Car Show - 714-377-7940 or www.quartzsitechamber.com
2 AJO: Piecemakers Quilt Exhibit - Elks Lodge, showing quilts, judging, old & new, 10 am 3 pm, 520-387-7742 or www.ajochamber.com
2 CAREFREE: Musicfest 2008 presents The Ying Quartet Desert Hills Presbyterian Church, (34065 N. Scottsdale Rd. 85262) siblings David, Janet, Phillip and Timothy Ying play Haydn, Brahms and selections by Chinese-American composers, 3 pm, $30, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
2 CHANDLER: Bearfoot Center for the Arts, $20-32, 7:30 pm, www.chandlercenter.org
2 FLAGSTAFF: Snowboard Giant Slalom Race Arizona Snowbowl, race for medals in a snowboard GS race held on Northstar, $15 race fee, must have lift ticket, 8:30 am, 928-773-9707 or www.flagstaffskiclub.org
2 JEROME: Jerome Art Walk visit more than 30 of the unique art studios and galleries, meet the artists and see handcrafted art including jewelry, pottery, glass, leatherwork, clothing, paintings and sculpture and more made both locally and internationally, free, 5-8 pm, www.jeromeartwalk.com
2 MESA: Chamber Concert Dances & Variations with Five Winds - Mesa Historical Museum Auditorium, by the Mesa Symphony Orchestra, $20 and includes complimentary admission to the Mesa Historical Museum before the concert, 2 pm, www.mesahistoricalmuseum.org
2 PHOENIX: Tovrea Castle’s Carraro Cactus Garden Tour the garden boasts more than 5,000 cacti in more than 100 varieties, benefits the garden and the Tovrea Castle renovations, $15, pre-register, 602-256-3220 or http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/tovrea.html
2 QUEEN CREEK: 3rd Annual London’s Run Schnepf Farms, marathon, 10K run, 2 mile fun run/walk, benefits the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, 602-206-7275 or www.londonsrun.org
2 SCOTTSDALE: 7th Annual Scottsdale Charros' Western Heritage Auction, Dinner and Dance - WestWorld, features band Mogollon and a silent auction, $125, 6:30 pm, 480-990-2977 or www.the1stpitch.com
2 SCOTTSDALE: Old Adobe Mission 75th Anniversary Scottsdale’s Early History The Barrio and the Church a presentation on the legal immigration of Mexican nationals to Scottsdale and their contributions to the cultural and economic growth of the city, early education and development of a faith, founding families will be represented, free, 11 am, 480-242-7074
2 SNOWFLAKE: Annual Groundhog Breakfast 5-8 am, www.snowflaketaylorchamber.org
2 SURPRISE: Arizona Road Racers 14th Annual Desert Classic Marathon, Half Marathon & 2 Mile Riverboat Acres, registration begins at 6 am, marathons begin at 7 am, 2 mile fun run starts at 7:05 am, www.arizonaroadracers.com
2-3 SCOTTSDALE: North Scottsdale Polo Club Matches WestWorld, 480-678-1329or 480-312-6802 or www.scottsdaleaz.gov/westworld or www.northscottsdalepolo.com
2-10 TUCSON: Beaudry Gem & Mineral Show Gem Central, public & wholesale, a showcase of USA and international exhibitors presenting one of a kind pieces, designer jewelry, gemstones, cabochons, beads, lapidary, gems, minerals, some jewelry, 800-682-8013 or www.beaudrygem.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-14 TUCSON: Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show Riverpark Inn, gems, jewelry, beads, minerals, open to public and wholesale, 310-586-6815 or www.pueblogemshow.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-16 TUCSON: American Indian Exposition - Tucson Exposition Market Place, 25 Indian artists carving kachinas, weaving dreamcatchers, smithing gold & silver, beading gourds, Indian frybread, Aztec dancers from Mexico, free, 520-622-4900 or www.usaindianinfo.org
2-16 TUCSON: Annual Arizona Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase Ramada Hotel, Quality Inn & InnSuites, 300 mineral & fossil dealers from around the world offering specimens & related items in the areas of mineralogy, geology, paleontology, free, 10 am - 6 pm, 505-867-0425 or www.mzexpos.com or www.visittucson.org/gemshow
2-16 TUCSON: Executive Inn Mineral & Fossil Show Best Western Executive Inn, worldwide dealers of gems, fossils and minerals, zeolites, calcite, tanzanite & ruby crystals, pezzottaite, star rose quartz, opals, red ammonites, 520-791-7551 or http://www.tucsonshowguide.com/tsg/show_info.cfm
2-16 TUCSON: Granada Avenue Mineral Show minerals, fossils, 10 am 6 pm, 516-623-3800 or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-16 TUCSON: AKS Gem Shows La Quinta Inn, more than 100 exhibitors selling rough, gemstones, beads and metaphysical products, wholesale and open to the public, 504-455-6101 or www.aksshow.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-16 TUCSON: T Rex Museum Show T Rex Museum, fossils, minerals, 10 am 5 pm, 520-792-2884 or www.trexmuseum.org or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-16 TUCSON: Spectrum of Stones Econo Lodge, open to the public and handicap accessible, minerals, fossils, some gems and jewelry, 10 am 7 pm, 520-744-3125 or www.spectrum-of-stones.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-17 TUCSON: Rapa River Gem & Mineral Show a wide variety of many unique and unusual products from all parts of various countries, 520-743-0866 or www.rapariver.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-17 TUCSON: Tucson Electric Park Gem & Mineral Show - gems, minerals, fossils, jewelry, lapidary equipment supplies and tools, 520-883-6447 or http://www.tucsonshowguide.com or www.electricparklearningcenter.com
2-17 TUCSON: African Art Village approx. 100 African exhibitors showcasing African masks, beads, statues and various other African artifacts from countries throughout Africa, 7:30 am 7 pm, 520-869-7895 or www.tucsonshowguide.com
2-17 TUCSON: ABC Direct wholesale show with retail vendors, 9 am 5 pm, 520-696-9490 or www.beadholiday.com
2-17 TUCSON: Tucson Electric Park RV Gem Show a juried rocks, gems and jewelry show, exhibitors have RV and space to display their minerals, cabs, faceting rough, slabs, cut stones and beads, jewelry, lapidary supplies, fossils, etc, 9 am 5 pm, 800-983-0133
3 FLAGSTAFF: Cross-Country Ski Race Flagstaff Nordic Center, 10K classic (Diagonal-stride) style, 9 am, $35 includes all-day trail pass, 928-220-0550 or www.FlagstaffNordicCenter.com
3 GLENDALE: Super Bowl XLII University of Phoenix Stadium, www.azsuperbowl.com
3 GREEN VALLEY: Ensemble Series Desert Hills Lutheran Church, with TSO Flute, Viola, Harp Trio, 2 pm, 520-882-8585 or www.tucsonsymphony.org
3 PHOENIX: Music in the Garden Winter Concert Series Desert Botanical Gardens, different bands, premier musicians, this week featuring The Sahnas Brothers, Spanish guitar, general seating only, noon 2 pm, $14-20, 480-941-1225 or www.dbg.org
3 SCOTTSDALE: Show Circuit All Breed Horse Show WestWorld, 480-488-5711 or www.sundustaz.com
3 TUCSON: Ensemble Series Tucson Symphony Center, with TSO Woodwind Quintet, 520-882-8585 or www.tucsonsymphony.org
3 TUCSON: Indoor/Outdoor Antique Fair - Lew Sorensen Community Center, 120-140 antique vendors with furniture, pottery, china, glass, farm implements, art work, coins, native artifacts, Oriental rugs, free, 9 am - 3 pm, 520-232-1201 or www.pima.gov
3 VAIL: Sunday in The Park - Colossal Cave Mountain Park, The Buffalo Soldiers and Their Role in Territorial Arizona, 2 & 3 pm, 520-647-7275 or 520-647-7121 or www.colossalcave.com
3-16 TUCSON: Fine Minerals International Gem & Mineral Forum offering the finest minerals and gems from all over the globe, including new material from China, Russia and Brazil, 917-295-7141
4 CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK: Musicfest 2008 presents Organ Encounter Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Road, tour the church’s organ with Church Director of Music, Brent Hylton, 5 pm, $15, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
4 MESA: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Mesa Arts Center, comprised of 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, Wynton Marsalis is trumpeter extraordinaire and winner of eight Grammy awards, 8 pm, $50-60, 480-644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com
4-9 TUCSON: The Whole Bead Show - The Windmill Inn, features beads of precious/semi-precious gems, silver/gold, vintage/contemporary glass and crystal, handmade/hand blown, natural/plastic; buttons; findings; charms; pendants; pre-made jewelry, 10 am 6 pm, until 9 pm on Friday, 530-265-2544 or www.wholebead.com
4-10 PHOENIX: 18th Annual Chinese Week & Culture & Cuisine Festival Chinese Cultural Center, sponsored by Phoenix Sister Cities Commission, Chinese cuisine, arts & crafts, the dragon and lion dance, folk dances, mah-jong booth, martial arts demos, musical performances, photo exhibit, hands-on activities, Fri 9 am 5 pm, Sat 10 am 5 pm, Sun 10 am 4 pm, free, parking is $5, www.phoenixsistercities.org
4-11 TUCSON: Tucson Bead Renaissance Show between Holiday Inn and Gem Mall, retail & wholesale, vintage-contemporary, gemstone beads, buttons, designer beads and jewelry, bead books, tools and supplies, bead and wire wrap classes offered, 505-894-1293 or www.beadshow.com
5 MESA: Moiseyev Dance Company Mesa Arts Center, world folk dance ensemble from Russia, 7:30 pm, $34-54, 480-644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com
5-10 SCOTTSDALE: An Evening with Dame Edna Center for the Performing Arts, the universally adored housewife, investigative journalist, talk-show host, adviser to British royalty, celebrity spin doctor, global megastar and best friend o gladiola growers everywhere promises to dazzle and charm her beloved desert possums with another unforgettable stage extravaganza, contains adult language and themes, 7:30, 8 & 2 pm, $70, 480-994-2787 or www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org
5-10 TUCSON: To Bead True-Blue Manning House, a juried bead show, 225 exhibitors, the finest artists, artisans and merchants, artistic suppliers, direct importers, textile arts, jewelry design, lapidary, handmade artistic glass, fused glass, clay arts, metal smith, antiquities, enameling techniques, collectibles, wearable art, interior dcor and art jewelry, 530-274-4444 or www.tobeadtrueblue.com
5-10 TUCSON: 30th Annual Gem & Lapidary Dealers Association Starr Pass Marriott Resort & Spa, gemstones, diamonds, pearls, finished jewelry, designer jewelry section, 520-792-9431 or www.glda.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
6 PHOENIX: Petroglyph Discovery Hike Goldmine trail, Superstition Mountains, an experienced guide will lead you on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike, moderate, 8-11 am, $5, pre-register, 602-495-0901 or www.pueblogrande.com
6 SCOTTSDALE: Musicfest 2008 presents KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center, (28700 N. Pima Rd. 85262) entertainers perform Porter and Gershwin’s sassy, sizzling number in dazzling style, 7:30 pm, $30, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
6-7 SCOTTSDALE: Jazz in Arizona The Divas Concert Kerr Cultural Center, featuring Delphine Cortez, Nancy Gee, Margo Reed & Sherry Roberson, 7:30 pm, $20-28, 480-596-2660 or www.asukerr.com
6-9 TUCSON: Create Your Style with Swarovski Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, a hands-on, creative forum for retailers, designers and the do-it-yourself jewelry, accessories and clothing artist, 401-463-4787 or www.create-your-style.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
6-10 PHOENIX: 37th Annual Arizona National Boat Show & Watersports Expo - Civic Plaza, the SW's most spectacular display of boats & marine accessories, from rubber rafts to houseboats, canoes to ski boats, wind surfing, water skiing, scuba diving, plus fishing tackle & tips, $6-8, W 3-9 pm, Thu-Fri noon 9 pm, Fri noon - 9 pm, Sat 10 am - 9 pm, Sun 10 am - 6 pm, 602-230-7660 or www.greenband.com
6-10 TUBAC: 49th Annual Tubac Festival of the Arts Arizona’s longest running art festival, showcases the work of hundreds of visiting juried artists, craft persons and musicians from around the country, horse-drawn trolleys, roving entertainers and a food court, free, $6 parking, 10 am - 5 pm, 520-398-2704 or www.tubacaz.com
6-10 TUCSON: Crystal Myths Inc. Best Bead Show - Kino Veterans' Memorial Community Center, beads made of glass, porcelain, brass, silver, findings, tools and stringing supplies, 505-883-9295 or www.crystalmyths.com
6-11 TUCSON: American Gem Trade Association Tucson Convention Center, primarily high-end loose colored gemstones and pearls, with some finished jewelry, designer jewelry section, MJSA jewelry suppliers, gem instruments, 800-972-1162 or www.agta.org or www.tucsonshowguide.com
6-3/2 CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK: 17th Annual Desert Foothills Musicfest - concerts & variety of educational & other cultural events, events include evening, matinee & twilight concerts, free open rehearsals, music appreciation programs, chamber ensembles, solos & vocalists, $20-25, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
7 CHANDLER: Ailey II Center for the Arts, with today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers, $24-32, 7:30 pm, www.ChandlerCenter.org
7 GLENDALE: Live at the Library: Highlights of Sister Moses Glendale Public Library, Desert Dance Theatre excerpts of the dance drama about a courageous woman’s life and her determination to free her people from slavery through the Underground Railroad, free, 7:30 pm, 480-962-4584 or www.DesertDanceTheatre.org
7 PHOENIX: George Winston Orpheum Theatre, www.livenation.com
7-9 PHOENIX: Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio Symphony Hall, world premiere weekend for the work which includes chorus, Phoenix Symphony orchestra and baritone soloist, composed by Mark Grey, it is a contemporary retelling of an ancient buy timeless Navajo epic, incorporates a libretto of Navajo and English-language text by Laura Tohe and the digital art of photographer Deborah O’Grady, $19-68, 602-495-1999 or www.phoenixsymphony.org
7-9 WICKENBURG: Asleep at the Wheel Del. E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Grammy Award-winning, Texas-swinging fun, $5-40, 7:30 pm, 928-684-6624 or www.delewebbcenter.org
7-10 TUCSON: Old Vienna Tucson Music Hall, George Hanson conducts, violinist Steven Moeckel, with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and TSO Chorus, Bruce Chamberlain, director, 520-882-8585 or www.tucsonsymphony.org
7-17 MESA: Defending the Caveman Mesa Arts Center, written by Rob Becker, in his prehistoric look at the battle of the sexes, an insightful play about the ways men and women relate, 7:30 & 3 pm, $42, 480-644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com
7-24 PHOENIX: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe St), nationally renowned playwright Jeffery Hatcher brings Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of inner demons and evil unchecked to ATC’s stage in a theatrically intense, intimate and fiendishly clever world premiere, a new spin on one of literature’s great masterpieces, 602-256-6995 or www.arizonatheatre.org
7-24 PHOENIX: Crowns John Paul Theater, Phoenix College, a moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity, a new production of this gospel musical, about redemption and rebirth, will soulfully explore the importance of women’s hats in the lack church, by Black Theatre Troupe, $22-35, 602-258-8129 or www.blacktheatretroupe.org
8 CHANDLER: Chandler Symphony Orchestra Center for the Arts, 8 pm, www.chandlercenter.org
8 LAKE HAVASU CITY: Michael Kaeshammer Lake Havasu High School’s Performing Arts Center, a young, charismatic, award-winning jazz pianist and vocalist, $25, 7:30 pm, www.lhcca.com
8 PHOENIX: Dan Majerle Celebrity Golf Classic The Phoenician Golf Club, more than 200 golf enthusiasts and local and national celebrities, benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, 480-860-5520 or http://www.bgcs.org
8 PHOENIX: Sandia Hots Irish Cultural Center, featuring southern Appalachian tunes, cowboy and swing numbers as well as songs and dance tunes from New Mexico, Mexico and Arizona, hosted by Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music, $5-15, 8 pm, 602-564-6620 or www.pfotm.org
8 SCOTTSDALE: Musicfest 2008 presents Jazz Spectacular with a Salute to Charlie Parker Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center, (28700 N. Pima Rd. 85262) featuring Grammy Award saxophonist Eric Schneider with the ASU Jazz Repertory Band, ASU Jazz String Orchestra and Mike Kocour Trio, 7:30 pm, $30, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
8 SIERRA VISTA: Art Discovery Series “Seven Pipers” Buena Performing Arts Center, an evening of Scottish music and fun, Scottish dancers will join the pipes and drums to present the complete Highland package, $12, 7 pm, 520-417-6980 or www.visitsierravista.com
8-9 CHANDLER: 34th Annual Fiesta Bowl Women’s Gymnastics Meet Rawhide Western Town, more than 800 gymnasts from around the country compete, hosted by Desert Lights Gymnastics, Gymnasts Level 4 through Elite, $5-10, 8 am 9 pm, 480-940-4041 or www.desertlightsgymnastics.net
8-9 FLAGSTAFF: NAU Jazz/Madrigal Festival various venues throughout Flagstaff, features more than 100 high school choirs from the region in traditional choral music and vocal jazz, Fri 8 am 5 pm, Sat 8 am 3 pm, free, 928-523-2642
8-9 FORT MCDOWELL: 5th Annual Native American Fine Arts Show Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, features some of the Southwest’s finest Native artisans, more than 100 artists, many of whom are nationally-renowned, live entertainment from 10 am 4 pm, and traditional Native foods, show is 9 am 6 pm, 480-816-7108 or www.ftmcdowell.org
8-9 SCOTTSDALE: 3rd Annual Phoenix Experimental Arts Festival Paradise Valley Community College, featuring an evening of modern dance, an evening of contemporary theatre and an evening of experimental music, $12, 7:30 pm, 602-787-7783 or www.phoenixXfestival.com
8-10 DOUGLAS: International Classic Soccer Tournament Douglas Veteran’s Park & Airport Park, boys & girls teams from the U.S. and Mexico vie for titles in under-10 and under 14 categories, 520-364-1586 or www.douglasaz.gov
8-10 SAFFORD: 29th Annual Eastern Arizona Old Time Fiddler's Contest - Fairgrounds, BBQ, fiddle contest, gospel, 928-428-3413 or 888-837-1841 or www.visitgrahamcounty.com or www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org
8-10 SCOTTSDALE: 5th Annual Home & Garden Show - WestWorld, features a new products showcase, spring gardens and more than 300 exhibitors, $6-7, under 12 free, Fri noon - 7 pm, Sat 10 am - 7 pm, Sun 10 am - 7 pm, www.scottsdalehomeshow.com
8-10 WICKENBURG: 60th Annual Gold Rush Days - senior pro rodeo, gold panning, carnival, western dances, arts & crafts, BBQ, gem show, mucking & drilling contest, contests, 4th largest parade in the state on Sat. morning, 928-684-5479 or www.wickenburgchamber.com
8-10 YUMA: Annual Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo - bull riding, calf roping, bronc riding, $, 1-4 pm, 928-344-5451 or www.turqrodeo.com or www.silverspurrodeo.org
8-11 TUCSON: Rio Grande Catalog in Motion Hilton Tucson East, gem- and jewelry-related tools, products, services, demonstrations, 800-396-9896 or www.cataloginmotion.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
8-12 TUCSON: Tucson Westward Look Mineral Show Westward Look Resort, fine mineral specimens and meteorites from top dealers all over the world, special lobby display on Saturday and Sunday evening program, 509-458-2331 or www.westwardminerals.com or www.tucsonshowguide.com
8-5/27 SCOTTSDALE: Photographer Lyle Ashton Harris Retrospective Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, new images inspired by his recent experiences in West Africa, www.sccarts.org
9 APACHE JUNCTION: 8th Annual Benefit Car & Truck Show H.S., presented by the Desert Kustomes Car Club, dash plaques for the first 200 entries, raffle, drawings, 50/50, music, 480-216-9902 or www.cruisinarizona.com
9 BISBEE: Chocolate Tasting - sponsored by the Copper Queen Library, the oldest public library in Arizona, revolves around the most decadent chocolate desserts and is for serious chocolate lovers, $10, 6-9 pm, 520-432-4232 or www.discoverbisbee.com
9 CHANDLER: Leahy Center for the Arts, an evening of Celtic, country and pop music featuring Irish step dancing, $30-38, 8 pm, www.chandlercenter.org
9 FLORENCE: 23rd Annual Tour of Historic Florence - Saints & Sinners - Florence has more buildings in the National Historic Register than any other town its size in Arizona, tour features public & private buildings built between 1868 and 1930, transportation provided, special exhibits, living history demonstrations, entertainment, $10-12, 9 am - 4 pm, 520-868-4496 or 800-437-9433 or www.florencemainstreet.com
9 KINGMAN: 16th Annual Wine & Cheese Tasting Event - Powerhouse Visitors Center, $25, 6 pm, 928-753-6253 or www.kingmanchamber.org
9 MESA: Symphonic Dances and Variations Mesa Arts Center, by Mesa Symphony Orchestra, 8 pm, 480-644-6500 or www.mesasymphony.org
9 PHOENIX: AZ Volvo Day 2007 Car Show - Heritage & Science Park, the park will be filled with newer and older Volvo's on display, 10 am - 4 pm, 602-980-1693 or http://www.cactuschapter.org or www.phoenix.gov/PARKS/heritage.html
9 PHOENIX: Stargazing for Everyone Usuary Mountain Regional Park, slide show followed by public viewing through several telescopes, suited for all ages, bring a lawn chair or blanket, $6 per vehicle, 7:30 pm, www.maricopa.gov/parks
9 PHOENIX: Sister Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman South Mountain Community College, Desert Dance Theatre beautiful dance drama about a courageous woman’s life and her determination to free her people from slavery through the Underground Railroad, $8-12, 7 pm, 480-962-4584 or www.DesertDanceTheatre.org
9 PHOENIX: Petroglyph Discovery Hike Quail Springs, Superstition Mountains, an experienced guide will lead you on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike, moderate, 8-11 am, $5, pre-register, 602-495-0901 or www.pueblogrande.com
9 PHOENIX: 16th Annual Chinese New Year, Year of the Rat 5K Run/Walk Ramadas 9 & 10 at Papago Park, 8 am, 480-413-1125 or www.arizonaroadracers.com
9 PHOENIX: Some Like It Hot a Mini-Festival of Music and Dance Kenilworth School, for both experienced and new dancers, a Traveling Waltz Workshop by Peg Hesley calling to the music of Sandia Hots, hosted by Phoenix Friends of Old-Time Music, $7-9, 7:30-10:30 pm, 602-564-6620 or www.pfotm.org
9 PHOENIX: 25th Annual Colleen Pageant - St. Paul's Fellowship Hall, $20-40, www.phxirish.com
9 QUARTSZITE: 3rd Annual Willpower Incorporated ATV & Off-Road Vehicle Parade & Poker Run lineup at 8 am at the Quartzsite Fire Station, contests for best poker hand, most original ATV rider and best-dressed pet, prizes, raffles, presentation on off-road trails and safety, $10 per rider, 928-916-0657 or www.willpowerinc.org
9 SCOTTSDALE: 3rd Annual ISES Run or Walk for Your Life Phoenician Resort, 3.3 mile run, 1 mile fun run/walk, benefits the underserved in the local community for vascular disease testing, www.arizonarunningeventsco.com
9 SEDONA: 3rd Annual Sedona Marathon - Dry Creek and 89A, marathon, half marathon and 5K, city and forest roads, elevations from 4100 to 4650 feet, 8 am, 800-775-7671 or www.arizonaroadracers.com or www.sedonamarathon.com
9 TUCSON: 27th Annual La Reunion de El Fuerte - Old Fort Lowell Neighborhood, free, self-guided walking tour to historic sites, free maps of the tour route & free shuttle, 12:30 - 4 pm, 520-318-0219 or www.oflna.org
9 TUCSON: Michael Feinstein TSO Pops! Special Tucson Music Hall, Michael Feinstein, piano and vocals with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, 520-882-8585 or www.tucsonsymphony.org
9-10 BOUSE: WWII Camp Bouse Memorial & Military Display - annual event that brings WWII veterans who trained at Camp Bouse, a top training area in 1942-43, noon, 928-851-2498 or www.azoutback.com
9-10 CAMP VERDE: 8th Annual Pecan/Wine & Antique Festival - Community Center, antique show, pecan bake off, hay ride to a working pecan farm, spinning and blacksmith demonstrations, wine tasting from Arizona wineries, $5 for antiques, $10 for antiques & wine tasting, Fri noon - 6 pm, Sat 9 am - 6 pm, Sun 10 am - 4 pm, 928-567-9294 or www.visitcampverde.com
9-10 LAKE HAVASU CITY: 23rd Annual Winterfest Festival - Main Street, day of appreciation for the community's winter visitors, entertainment, contests, prizes, info booths, main street arts & crafts fair, free, Sat. 10 am - 5 pm, Sun. 10 am - 3 pm, 928-855-4115 or 800-242-8278 or www.golakehavasu.com
9-10 LAKE HAVASU CITY: 4th Annual RC Model Boat Race Bridgewater Channel, 9 am 4 pm, 928-855-6631 or www.golakehavasu.com
9-10 PHOENIX: 52nd Annual VNSA Used Book Sale - State Fairgrounds, more than 600,000 books, paperbacks, videos, CD's, DVD's, record albums, puzzles and book-related items, Sat 7 am - 6 pm, Sun 8 am - 4 pm, free, $5 parking, 602-265-6805 or www.vnsabooksale.org
9-10 PHOENIX: 18th Annual Hoop Dance Festival - Heard Museum, top Native American dancers from the U.S. & Canada vie for the title of World Champion Hoop Dancer, fry bread & Mexican food, $4-10, 10 am - 5 pm, 602-252-8848 or www.heard.org
9-10 PHOENIX: Fairgrounds Antique Market - AZ State Fairgrounds, featuring verbal appraisal clinic $5 per items proceeds benefit National Alliance of Mental Illness, free workshops & seminars, Sat 9 am - 5 pm, Sun 10 am - 4 pm, $4, 602-717-7337 or www.azantiqueshow.com
9-10 SCOTTSDALE: North Scottsdale Polo Club Matches WestWorld, 480-678-1329 or 480-312-6802 or www.scottsdaleaz.gov/westworld or www.northscottsdalepolo.com
9-10 TEMPE: Johnny Mathis The Voice of Romance Gammage Auditorium, 8 & 7 pm, $67.50-77.50, 480-784-4444 or www.asugammage.com
9-3/9 TEMPE: Goodnight Moon Tempe Center for the Arts, (700 W. Rio Salado Dr.) parents around the world have read this beloved bedtime story and now the ritual is re-imagined as a delightful piece of theatre, by Childsplay, $20-25, 1 & 4 pm, 480-350-2822 or www.tempe.gov/tca
9-3/30 APACHE JUNCTION: 20th Annual Arizona's Annual Renaissance Festival 20 Years of Cheers! - 16th Century European Village celebrating romance & revelry of Renaissance Europe, music theater, comedy, hearty food & drynk, crafts, games & knights jousting, $6-18, 5 & under free, weekends, 10 am - 6 pm, 520-463-2700 or www.renfestinfo.com
9-5/11 TUCSON: Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2 Tucson Museum of Art, art from the West, Northwest and Pacific, the second exhibition of three in a series exploring provocative, contemporary works by young Native American artists with the context of changes in the visual arts, highlights 150 works, www.tucsonarts.com
10 CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK: Musicfest 2008 presents Arizona Opera Gems Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Joel Revzen conducts soloists and the Arizona Opera Chamber Orchestra, 3 pm, $30, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
10&16 CHANDLER: Black History Celebration - Folley Park, entertainment, children’s games, food vendors, noon - 10 pm, 480-963-5213 or 480-899-3022 or www.chandleraz.gov
10 CHANDLER: Salt River Brass-Braggin’ in Brass Center for the Arts, 3 pm, www.chandlercenter.org
10 FLAGSTAFF: Eat, Drink & Ski Merry Flagstaff Nordic Center, a catered three-course meal and wines while skiing and snowshoeing along scenic, groomed trails, 1 pm, pre-register, $60 single, $105 couple, 928-220-0550 or www.FlagstaffNordicCenter.com
10 PHOENIX: Runner’s Den Classic Road Races Paradise Valley Mall, 10K run, 5K run, 5K walk, 1 mile fun run/walk, 7 am, 602-277-4333 or www.getsetaz.com
10 PHOENIX: Music in the Garden Winter Concert Series Desert Botanical Gardens, different bands, premier musicians, this week featuring The Dennis Allen Band, blues, general seating only, noon 2 pm, $14-20, 480-941-1225 or www.dbg.org
10 PHOENIX: People’s Pops Concert Side by Side Phoenix Symphony Hall, under the direction of Phoenix Symphony Resident Conductor and Phoenix Youth Symphony Conductor Lawrence Golan, the Youth Symphony will showcase their talent, including competition winners, 3 pm, 602-262-4627
10 PHOENIX: Willo Historic Home Tour & Street Festival a variety of homes from Tudor to Spanish Revival, Bungalow to Ranch, from the 1920-1940’s, also a street fair, $15, 10 am 4 pm, http://willohistoricdistrict.com/
10 SCOTTSDALE: Virginia G. Piper Concert Series Ingrid Fliter Center for the Performing Arts, recipient of the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award, 7:30 pm, $24, 480-994-2787 or www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org
10 SCOTTSDALE: 2008 Arizona's Bicycle Championships - Downtown Scottsdale, amateur bicycle racers competing from state championships, a USCF event, free for spectators and kid's race participants, 7 am - 7 pm, www.TeamOneRacing.com
10 SCOTTSDALE: Sunday A'Fair - Center for the Arts, features the Valley's top entertainers at noon and 2 pm, a diverse selection of arts & crafts, hands-on craft activities for children, docent-guided tours of the outdoor sculptures, free, noon - 4:30 pm, 480-994-ARTS or www.Scottsdaleperformingarts.org
10 SEDONA: Sedona Chamber Music St. John Vianney, featuring Emerson Quartet, 2:30 pm, 928-204-2415 or www.chambermusicsedona.org
10-11 TUCSON: JG&M Expo Simpson & Michigan Streets wholesale, but open to the public on these dates, jewelry, gems and minerals, 301-430-0118
11 CAREFREE: Musicfest 2008 presents Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats, Evita…Requiem Terravita Golf & Country Club, 5 pm, $15, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
12 SCOTTSDALE: Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations Rebels on the Red Carpet: Music from Russia Center for the Performing Arts, concert with commentary, features works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff, 7:30 pm, $38, 480-994-2787 or www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org
12 TUCSON: The Ten Tenors presented by Broadway in Tucson, Australia’s most debonair musical export, www.broadwayinTucson.com
12 WICKENBURG: Leahy Del. E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, with new songs and dancers, $5-38, 7 pm, 928-684-6624 or www.delewebbcenter.org
12-13 CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK: Musicfest 2008 presents the Bill Charlap Trio Fairway House at Grayhawk, cabaret setting, 5 & 7:30 pm, $30, optional buffet is $35, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
12-18 PHOENIX: Estrella War XXIV - Estrella Mountain Regional Park, by the Society for Creative Anachronism, medieval re-enactment group, more than 6,000 members of the SCA will come from all over the world, visitors welcome, www.estrellawar.org
13 CHANDLER: Sister Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman Center for the Arts, Desert Dance Theatre beautiful dance drama about a courageous woman’s life and her determination to free her people from slavery through the Underground Railroad, $10-15, 7:30 pm, 480-962-4584 or www.DesertDanceTheatre.org
13 MESA: Secret Underwater Edens - Mesa Arts Center, with one of the leading underwater photographers in the world, David Doubilet, he has shot more than 60 stories for National Geographic, 7:30 pm, $26-38, 480-644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com
14 CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK: Musicfest 2008 presents Valentine’s Day with Robert Moody Fairway House at Grayhawk, 8620 E. Thompson Peak Parkway, cabaret concert featuring Bob Moody, 5:30 pm, $85, 480-488-0806 or www.azmusicfest.org
14 MESA: The Ten Tenors Mesa Arts Center, a little classic, a little pop, 8 pm, $37-57, 480-644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com
14-17 LAKE HAVASU CITY: Winter Blast XIX - Annual Western Pyrotechnics Convention - Spectator Point, public debut of many of the latest technological innovations in this field, free, dusk, 800-242-8278 or www.westernpyro.org or www.golakehavasu.com
14-17 PHOENIX: Don Quixote Symphony Hall, by Ballet Arizona, a light-hearted tale of heroism, with musical accompaniment by the Phoenix Symphony, 8 & 2 pm, $10-115, 602-381-1096 or www.balletaz.org or www.ticketmaster.com
14-17 SUPERIOR: The Language of Flowers, February Flower Show & Chocolate Tasting - Boyce Thompson Arboretum, living display of plants and their blossoms designed to interpret the language of flowers, 8 am - 4 pm, $3-7.50, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
14-17 TUCSON: 54th Annual Gem & Mineral Show Minerals of the U.S.A. - Convention Center, exhibits of mineral specimens from the world's finest museums & private collections, world's largest show featuring mineral, gem, jewelry, lapidary & book dealers, $7, under 14 free with adult, Thu-Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Sun 10 am - 5 pm, 520-322-5773 or www.tgms.org or www.tucsonshowguide.com
14-18 CLARKDALE: Chocolate Lovers Festival - Verde Canyon Railroad, enjoy delicious chocolates and flavored coffees, 928-639-0010 or 800-293-7245 or www.verdecanyonrr.com
14-24 MESA: The Matchmaker Mess Community College Theatre Outback, by Thornton Wilder, a certain rich merchant of Yonkers employs a matchmaker, Dolly Levi, and runs headlong into hilarious complications, $8-12, 7:30 & 2 pm, 480-461-7165 or www.mc.maricopa.edu/community/outback
14-3/2 MESA: The Frog Prince Mesa Arts Center, by East Valley Children’s Theatre, $11, 480-644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com
14-5/11 PHOENIX: When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson Collection Phoenix Art Museum, showcases the stunning beauty and intricate technical craftsmanship of Indian jewelry form the 17th to 19th centuries, primarily form south India, includes rings, anklets, pendants for the hair, jeweled crowns, ivory combs and a gold throne for a deity, predominately sold gold and often encrusted with rubies and other stones, $10, www.phxart.org

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