Photo by Josiah Duka Photography TheaterWorks launches the Wonderland Sessions beginning Wednesday, June 30 at 7 pm at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. Held in conjunction with TheaterWorks’ Curiouser & Curiouser Too, the Wonderland Sessions explore the making of the immersive Curiouser Theater productions, which have captivated audiences in sold-out performances and gained…
For the first time in Scottsdale since consigning Rock Star Alice Cooper’s multi-million-dollar Andy Warhol, the public will get a rare opportunity to view the legendary acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, “Little Electric Chair” in-person on Thursday, June 24 at Larsen Gallery from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Cooper’s Warhol will be on display at…
Photo: Tucson native, Claire Thai, an alumna of TSO’s Young Composers Project as well as an internationally recognized harpist will perform the world premiere of her harp concerto during TSO’s season. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has announced a season of 33 orchestral performances starting September 24, 2021. In a newly-renovated Tucson Music Hall, Music Director…
The Arizona Jewish Historical Society is pleased to announce its 2021 Summer Music Series. This year’s series is called “Jews and Jazz” and will feature one virtual concert and two live onsite performances at the Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center. All onsite performances will follow Covid-19 protocols as determined by the CDC and Arizona Department of…
After nearly 16 months, the Valley’s oldest live performance venue, The Phoenix Theatre Company, is excited to welcome audiences back indoors this summer. The 102 season kicks off with the one-woman show, “Becoming Dr. Ruth,” June 2 through June 27. Opening on the Mainstage Theatre, “Becoming Dr. Ruth” chronicles the life of noted psychologist Dr….
Photo: Virginia Hall. Courtesy of Lorna Catling The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum presents the 2021 Linda and Tony Rubin Lecture virtual event “The Allies’ Most Dangerous Spy Was A Woman: Virginia Hill,” on Wednesday, June 16, at 6 pm, PT. As she fled certain death by scaling a remote Pyrenees mountain pass, the secret…
Photo courtesy Focus Features At the beginning of “Final Account,” you realize that this is unlike any other documentary on the Holocaust that you’ve ever watched. It starts with an elderly gentleman, Hugo Gote, singing a song with the verses, “Sharpen the long knives … so that they go better … into the Jewish belly.”…
“The Last Days,” the Academy Award-winning documentary feature executive produced by Steven Spielberg, directed by James Moll, produced by June Beallor and Ken Lipper, and featuring music by Hans Zimmer, has been remastered and will be available on Netflix beginning May 19, 2021. The film was also re-released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to…
I don’t know if it’s the slower pace or the thought of curling up outside with a book by the pool (or beach!) that sounds so delightful, but there is something about summer and reading that goes together. Also, aren’t we all a little sick of binge-watching TV by now? Following are some books…
Elias-Axel Pettersson was born in Sweden, raised in New Mexico, and lived in Montreal, Canada, for 11 years before relocating to the Valley in 2018 to be with his fiancé, Jessica Yam. It was in Canada that he received his doctorate from the Université de Montréal. He started playing the violin and piano at an…
