EMOL Phoenix Events Guide
January 1998
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H= handicap access *= family oriented
Audience attendance:
w= under l,000;
x= l,000-10,000
y= 10,000-50,000;
z= 50,000+
tba MESA: Post Card Show - Centennial Hall, 35+ international dealers
display millions of post cards, form 1895 to the present, $3, 10 am - 6
pm, 602-644-2178 H *
tba MESA: 20th Annual Vahki Exhibition - Galeria Mesa, a
national juried exhibition of contemporary American craft artworks, free,
opening reception on the 17th, 602-644-2242 H *
tba MESA: Arizona Porcelain Artists - Centennial Hall, exhibit
of hand painted porcelain by various AZ artists, demos by well-known national
& international artists, commercial sale of supplies, $3, 9 am - 4 pm,
602-386-5109 H *
tba PHOENIX: AZ Toy & Round-Up Show - State Fairgrounds,
antique & collectible toys & advertising, celebrities from motion
picture & tv, $3, 9 am - 3 pm, 602-943-1766 H * x
tba PHOENIX: 8th Annual Chinese Week - Patriots Square, cultural
& cuisine fair, sponsored by Phx Sister Cities Commission, ethnic food,
entertainment, Chinese movie night, 5K walk & 10K run, photo exhibit,
New Year's Banquet, tennis tournament, historic exhibits, 602-534-3751
tba
SCOTTSDALE: Annual Greater Southwest Collector Car Auction - the world's
second largest classic & collectible car auction, 219-925-5600 or 800-968-4444
tba SCOTTSDALE: Greater Scottsdale Greek Festival - WestWorld,
a taste of Greece, ethnic cuisine grocery items, imported artifacts, folk
dancers, continuous entertainment, $3, under 12 free, 602-991-3009 or 602-992-0434
H *
tba SCOTTSDALE: Jaycees' Parada Del Sol Rodeo Week - Rawhide,
rodeos, major dances, concerts, live country western music, children's activities,
602-502-1880 or 602-990-3179 H *
12/26-4 PHOENIX: AZ Stock Show & Rodeo - State Fairgrounds, livestock
shows for 4-H, FFA & adult exhibitors, Li'l Buckaroo rodeo, Cowboy Classics,
western art & gear show with workshops & demonstrations, Senior
Pro Rodeo, trade show, chili cook-off, antique tractor pull. free, 8 am
- 7 pm, 602-258-8568 H * z
11/26-16 SEDONA: 7th Annual Red Rock Fantasy of Lights -
Los Abrigados Resort, more than a million holiday lights create 60 different
themed displays to stroll thru while enjoying holiday music, new "dancing
lights" show with lights synchronized to classical holiday music, $2-5,
dusk, 520-282-1777 H *
1-2/6 GLENDALE: Glendale Glitters - Murphy Park, nighttime
sky lights up with 500,000+ twinkling multi-color lights, free, 6-10 pm,
602-930-2299 H * y
1-4 LITCHFIELD PARK: Wild Winter Nights - Wildlife World
Zoo - several animal exhibits lighted including lions & tigers, reptiles,
petting zoo, 200,000+ lights depict various zoo animals, $5, 5:30-9 pm,
602-935-WILD (9453) H *
1-11 PHOENIX: Social Security - Herberger Theater, comedy
by Andrew Bergman, Arizona Jewish Theater, $21.50-23.50, 602-252-8497 H
2-3 MESA: Acorn Guild Antiquarian Book Faire - Centennial
Hall, books, sellers, displays, manuscripts, maps, literature, author signings,
$4, under 12 free, 602-258-5700 H
2-3 PHOENIX: Pops Concert - Symphony Hall, Phoenix Symphony
with the stars of Broadway for show-stopping hits from your favorite musicals,
8 pm, $15-39, 602-495-1999 H
2-4 PHOENIX: 29th Annual World of Wheels - Civic Plaza, 500+
exhibits including race cars, street rods, customs, trucks, motorcycles,
4x4s in 7 categories & 120 classes, $10, 602-833-4593 H
2-21 SCOTTSDALE: Debra Glann: Art Exhibit - Kerr Cultural
Ctr, featuring new & exciting works from this new Valley artist, 602-965-5377
H3p;4 SCOTTSDALE: Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf - Grayhawk
Golf Club, finest golfers from around the world compete in single elimination,
match play, winner receives $1 million, 602-861-1600 H * x
5 SUN CITY: Sun Cities Chamber Music Society - Sundial Aud,
features the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, piano, violin, viola, cello, $5-14,
7:30 pm, 602-972-0478 H
6-16 PHOENIX: Scottsdale Comm. College Interior Design Exhibit
- Shemer Art Ctr, 602-262-4727 H
8-10 PHOENIX: Classics Concert - Symphony Hall, Phoenix Symphony
featuring Ballet Arizona, $14-38, 602-495-1999 H
8-11 PHOENIX: 46th Annual Sports, Vacation & RV Show
- Civic Plaza, largest selection of RV's under one roof, motorhomes, campers,
tent trailers, 5th wheels, custom vans, 4WD, resorts, vacation spots, guides
& outfitters, $4-6, 602-514-7809 or 602-277-4748 H * y
9-2/1 PEORIA: How the Other Half Loves - Theater Works, lives
& loves of co-workers, $11-13, 602-815-7930 H
9-11 PHOENIX: 6th Annual Maricopa County Home & Garden
Show - Coliseum, 250,000 square feet of exhibit space, interior designers
vignettes, complimentary consultations, landscape display, international
furnishings, concurrent seminars on remodeling/decorating & gardening,
prize drawings, includes the Phoenix Golf Show, $3, under 12 free, 602-252-6771
or 800-995-1295
10 MESA: Fun & Games of Long Ago - Sirrine House, learn
about & try traditional games such as hoop races, marbles, cup &
ball, shuttle cock, free, 10 am -noon, 602-644-2760 H *
10 TUCSON: Titan Missile Museum Open House - Titan Missile
Museum, tour areas not normally open to the public, $3, 6-8 pm, 520-574-0462
10-11 MESA: Gun Show - Centennial Hall, 300+ tables of antique,
modern & collectibles, knives, swords, ammo, parts & related items,
$5, under 12 free, 9 am, 602-837-2423 H
11 SCOTTSDALE: Quintessence Chamber Ensemble - Kerr Cultural
Ctr, the Musical Q Zoo with Sharon Swanick (ventriloquist), 3 pm, 602-965-5377
H
15-18 SCOTTSDALE: 27th Annual Barrett-Jackson Auction - WestWorld,
largest, most prestigious antique/classic car auction in the world, 700+
American & European classic, sports & racing cars, buyers from around
the world, 9 am - 7 pm, 602-273-0791 or www.barrettjackson.com H * z
16 PHOENIX: 12th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast
- Civic Plaza, Mayor's program & awards, benefits the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Fine Arts 7 Education Program, $35, 7 am, 602-495-0736 or TDD 602-534-5500
H
16 SCOTTSDALE: Paul Galbraith - Kerr Cultural Ctr, classic
guitar, $13-15, 8 pm, a meet the artist lecture/demo will be held at 10:30
am, 602-965-5377 H *
16 SCOTTSDALE: Tokyo String Quartet - Center for the Arts,
presented by the Phoenix Chamber Music Society, the finest internationally
known chamber ensembles, $18, 8 pm, 602-252-0095 H
16-18 MESA: Aripex '98 Stamp Show - Sheraton Mesa, stamp
exhibition & sales, free, 602-802-0822 H *
17-2/15 GLENDALE: A-Z Quilters Annual Quilt Show - Historic
Sahuaro Ranch, annual exhibit of quilts in the Fruit Packing House, on 2/14
& 2/15 a boutique of hand-made items, exhibit is free, boutique weekend
$2, 602-939-5782 H *
17-3/29 SCOTTSDALE: 8th Annual Celebration of Fine Art -
100+ juried artists & original works, demos, entertainment & food,
$6.50, under 12 free, 10 am - 6 pm, 602-443-7695 H *
17 FLAGSTAFF: Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra - 520-774-5107
17 GLENDALE: Glendale's Glitter & Glow - Murphy Park,
20 hot air balloons & 500,000 twinkling holiday lights, musical artists,
free, 5-10 pm, 602-930-2299 H *
17 PAGE: 40th Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet - $25, 520-645-2741
17 PHOENIX: "Transforming Barbed Wire" Bus Tour
to Internment Camps - Phoenix Public Library to Parker Public Library, tour
the Poston internment camp which detained 18,000 Japanese Americans during
WWII, led by former internee Ben Segawa & professor Donald Estes, 602-257-0335
ext. 27 H
17 PHOENIX: Trash 'n Treasures - Heritage Square, quality
rummage sale, free, 9 am - 4 pm, 602-261-8063 H * w
17 PHOENIX: Play for Peace, MLK Program - it is hoped that
a visit back to the playground of the past will restore people's faith in
unity & encourage people to work together, 50¢-$2, 602-495-0736
or TDD 602-534-5500 H
17 PHOENIX: 2nd Annual Arizona Songwriter's Gathering - Encanto
Park, performances by AZ songwriters, workshops on songwriting, producing
songs, making tapes & C.D.s, free, 10 am - 4 pm, 602-495-5458 H
17 SCOTTSDALE: Paul McDermand: Steel Drums & Marimba
- Kerr Cultural Ctr, 8 pm, 602-965-5377 H
17-18 LITCHFIELD PARK: 6th Annual West Valley Native American
Invitational Fine Arts Festival - West Valley Fine Arts Ctr, theme-Bead
Around the Bush, 150+ authentic Indian artisans, dances, musical performances,
juried bead show, ethnic food, demonstrations, children's area, $2-4, 10
am - 4 pm, 602-935-6384 H * x
17-18 MESA: Flagg Gem & Mineral Show - Community College,
dealers, minerals, fossils, special activities for children, free, 9 am
- 5 pm, 602-396-2825 H *
17-18 MESA: 8th Annual High Noon's Wild West Collector's
Show & Auction - Centennial Hall, spurs, chaps, saddles, textiles, art,
photos, rawhide, Wild West Show items, $5, 310-202-9010 or 602-644-2178
H
17-18 MESA: Mesa Symphony Orchestra Concert - Westwood High
Aud., includes variation on a Theme of Haydn by Brahms, Rhapsody on a Theme
of Paganini by Rachmaninoff & pre-concert lecture, 8 & 3 pm, $8-20,
602-897-2121 H
17-18 NORTH SCOTTSDALE: Boulderfest - el Pedregal, celebrating
our SW heritage, stage presentations, artists in the courtyard & SW
food, 10 am - 5 pm, free, 602-488-1072 H *
17-18 PHOENIX: Gun Show - Collectorama - State Fairgrounds,
600+ tables of antique, modern & collectibles, knives, swords, ammo,
parts & related items, $6, under 12 free, 9 am, 602-837-2423 H
19 PHOENIX: 19th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural
Festival - Margaret T. Hance Park, multi-cultural event reflecting the history
of the Civil Rights Movement in Arizona & the nation, features multi-cultural
entertainment, crafts, ethnic foods, children's activities, free, 10 am
- 4 pm, 602-256-3220 H *
19-25 PHOENIX: 63rd Annual Phoenix Open - Tournament Players
Club of Scottsdale, one of the PGA Tour's top events, with the largest crowds
on the tour, attracts the finest golfers in the world, $15/day or ticket
packages, 8 am - 6 pm, 602-870-4431 H z
22-25 PHOENIX: La Gioconda - Symphony Hall, an Arizona Opera
premiere, sung in Italian with English surtitles, $14-56, 2 & 7:30 pm,
602-266-SING (7464)
23-2/8 PHOENIX: White Picket Fence - Herberger Theater, Actors
Theatre of Phoenix & Black Theatre Troupe co-produce this world premiere
of a heart-warming new drama, $16-26, 602-253-6701
24 PHOENIX: "Transforming Barbed Wire" Bus Tour
to Internment Camps - Phoenix Public Library to Gila River internment camp
which detained 13,000 Japanese Americans during WWII, led by former internee
Masaji Inoshita & professor Arthur Hansen, 602-257-0335 ext. 27 H
24 PHOENIX: Arizona Toy & Advertising Round-Up - features
100+ exhibitors from around the country, $3, under 14 free, 602-943-1766
H *
29-30 PHOENIX: Classics Concert - Symphony Hall, Phoenix
Symphony with conductor Hermann Michael for a program of Gershwin &
Weill, $14-38, 602-495-1999 H
30-2/1 AVONDALE: Copper World Classic - Phx International
Raceway, "A Ride on the Wild Side," featuring stock cars, USAC
midgets & champ dirt cars & open-competition super modifieds, on
the world's fastest 1-mile paved oval, $10-30, 8 am, 602-252-2227 H * y
30-2/1 MESA: Southwest Polka Party - View Point R.V. Resort,
featuring Top Notchmen & Musical Brass, the Polka Nuts, Bruce Bradley,
Joel's Polka Band, $13, 602-837-3627 H
30 SCOTTSDALE: Huayucaltia
- Kerr Cultural Ctr, a touch of jazz with an Aztec Beat, $13-15, 8 pm, a
meet the artist lecture/demo will be held at 10:30 am, 602-965-5377 H *
30 SCOTTSDALE: Muir String Quartet with James VanDemark,
Bass - Center for the Arts, presented by the Phoenix Chamber Music Society,
the finest internationally known chamber ensembles, $18, 8 pm, 602-252-0095
H
30 SUN CITY WEST: Sun Health De Webb Memorial Hospital 10th
Anniversary Ball - Briarwood Country Club, $100, 602-876-5330 H
31-4/26 PHOENIX: Woven by the Grandmothers - Heard Museum,
featuring 44 exquisite wearing blankets woven between 1825 and 1880 from
the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian
Institution, $3-6, 602-252-8840
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