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87th Annual La Fiesta de los Vaqueros - Tucson Rodeo
Tucson Rodeo Committee, Inc.
February 18-February 26, 2012
In February 1925, Leighton Kramer, the president of the Arizona Polo Association, paraded area cowboys, visiting trick riders, folk dancers and marching bands through downtown Tucson en route to a midtown polo field. There a long-planned, community-sponsored rodeo and Wild West show debuted to a full house.
Curtains
Pima Community College Center for the Arts
February 22-March 4, 2012
A Tucson premiere!
Curtains is a murder-mystery, musical comedy whodunit set in a theatre in 1959 Boston. Imagine "Clue" meets Broadway or Agatha Christy meets Irving Berlin. It's a fun madcap caper with plenty of dancing, singing and humor with a show-within-the-show plot. The mayhem begins when the remarkably untalented star of the new musical "Robbin' Hood" is murdered during her opening night curtain call. A police detective, who moonlights as a musical theater fan, sequesters the entire cast and crew backstage to solve the case and save the show. Musical numbers include "Show People", "That Away", "Wide Open Spaces", "The Woman's Dead", "He Did It", "I Miss the Music" and "A Tough Act to Follow". Nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Choreography.
Though Curtains is new to most audiences, it has a familiar feel to it with memorable tunes. According to music director Booth, "Every number is a homage to Broadway musical styles, from Oklahoma to Showboat, Girl Crazy to Singing in the Rain, and everything in between!"
Brought to the stage by the creative team of Todd Poelstra, Mickey Nugent, Dr. Mark Nelson and featuring for the first time the acclaimed Nancy Davis Booth; costume design by MaryAnn Trombino.
Jeff Smith: Drivescapes
Etherton Gallery
January 6-February 21, 2012
The Temple Gallery is honored to present recent work by Tucson photographer Jeff Smith in its new exhibition, Jeff Smith: Drivescapes. Best known for his awe-inspiring images of lightning set against the Sonoran desert, the nocturnal Drivescapes are unsettling portrayals of the Arizona landscape made from the road in pursuit of those perfect storms.
Carnival of Illusion
Carnival of Illusion
September 30, 2011-March 31, 2012
Laugh, have fun and celebrate as you take a magical journey around the world. Carnival of Illusion is Vaudeville, Magic, and OOOH La La! The Carnival of Illusion Magical Parlour Show presents national quality magic in an old-world setting and is limited to just 35 guests!
Great for date nights, special celebrations and group events. Call for information and ask about the two-for-one dinner special.
Oro Valley Spring Festival of the Arts
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance
February 25-February 26, 2012
During one of the busiest shopping times of the year, Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, will present a one-of-a-kind experience this season at Oro Valley Marketplace?where shoppers can discover local artwork and vegetarian-options for food in an eco-friendly shopping center. The festival will take place at the new, environmentally-responsible 115-acre shopping destination. On the southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine roads?attendees can find unique and hand-made holiday gifts, including jewelry, sculptures, textiles, photography, framed paintings, candles, glass art, custom wood creations, pottery and ceramics, metal work, clothing and much more.
FUISIONfest AZ
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance
March 3-March 4, 2012
Celebrating the diverse cultural art forms from around the world! FUISIONfest AZ is a two day festival that explores the rich artistic elements of our diverse and expansive global cultures. Explore the colorful and exotic flavors, sights and sounds from every corner and continent across the world while visiting the beautiful Pima Community College Northwest campus. The festival will feature cultural pavilions presenting culinary arts, fashion, visual arts and crafts, film and digital art, family, literary arts, performances and music.
Penn and Teller
UApresents
February 24, 2012
Named two of the funniest comedians alive by Entertainment Weekly, Penn and Teller are known for their outrageous blending of comedy and magic that often pushes the limits of traditional magic. A hit on Broadway, in Las Vegas and around the country, the "bad boys of magic" may reveal secrets to their tricks, but still manage to leave you amazed. You may have seen them on their weekly Showtime series, "Penn and Teller: BS!," their Emmy winning network specials, "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Get ready for an evening of nail-biting stunts, crazy antics and must-see comedy.
Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler
University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
February 16-February 26, 2012
Two American women in war-torn Bosnia -- one, a New York City psychiatrist, and the other, a journalist who routinely embeds herself in war and trauma -- attempt to help a group of female refugees during the immediate aftermath of the Yugoslavian civil War. Based on playwright Eve Ensler's interviews with Bosnian women, this psychological drama protests war and violence against women. Haunting, empowering and unflinching, Necessary Targets explores the passion, pain, humor, and the humanity alive within war's most undeserving victims.
Marana Bluegrass Music and Arts Festival
Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance
March 17-March 18, 2012
The park will be filled with the sounds of bluegrass as the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance in partnership with the Desert Bluegrass Association, present the second annual Bluegrass Festival in conjunction with the 3rd annual Marana Arts and Crafts Festival at Marana's newest regional park, Crossroads - Silverbell Park. The festival will feature up to ten bands over the two days, regional food vendors as well as nearly 100 of the region's BEST visual artists in every medium and genre exhibiting original creations of jewelry, pottery, painting and more.
Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera
Arizona State Museum
November 19, 2010-November 17, 2012
This two-year exhibition interprets the broad sweep of the Mexican past from the perspective of the borderlands, a vast, contested space that was the outer rim of Mesoamerica in the Pre-Columbian period and later evolved into the northern frontier of Spanish-Indian relations following the conquest of Mexico. Moreover, the establishment of the international border between the United States and Mexico in the mid-nineteenth century set the tone for subsequent cross-cultural contact and commercial exchange between individuals, local communities, and nation-states that continues today despite the polemic currently raging over immigration. In so many ways, the history of Arizona reflects off the mirror of the Mexican past. Indigenous and European, Asian and African, newcomers and those here for a long time, all form part of the cultural fabric that constitutes Mexico and, by extension, Arizona.
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