Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Announces Upcoming Events

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced the following upcoming events:

Sunday A’Fair
January 15 & 22, 2012
February 12, 19 & 26, 2012
March 4 & 25, 2012
April 1, 8 & 15, 2012
Sundays, Noon – 4 p.m.
Outdoors at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Free Admission

Celebrating its 25th season, Sunday A’Fair features free outdoor concerts by the Valley’s top musicians along with a fine arts and crafts market, fun activities for children and families, and free admission to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) courtesy of Lewis & Roca LLP. Guests are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs or picnic baskets and enjoy a relaxing afternoon of great entertainment. Delicious foods from the grill, snacks and cocktails, beer, wine and soft drinks are also available for purchase.

Presented by Scottsdale Insurance Company and Nationwide Foundation.

ASU Concerts at The Center
Ocotillo Winds
Elizabeth Buck, flute; Martin Schuring, oboe; Robert Spring, clarinet; Albie Micklich, bassoon
Monday, April 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
General Admission: $10 (Free for students with valid I.D.)

A refreshingly entertaining breeze from the desert Southwest, the Ocotillo Winds ensemble offers a dynamic fast-paced program of music from the French countryside, the Brazilian rainforest and downtown Phoenix. Members of the group present a pre-concert talk about the program at 6:30 p.m.

 

Native Trails
January 19, 21, 26 & 28, 2012
February 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 & 25, 2012
March 1, 22, 24, 29 & 31, 2012
April 5, 7, 12 & 14, 2012
Thursdays and Saturdays, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Outdoors at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Free Admission

Celebrating its 10^th season, Native Trails explores the rich and varied cultures of the first nations of Arizona and North America through traditional native music, dance and art. The event also features American Indian artisans selling specialty items like jewelry, baskets, flutes and paintings. Delicious light snacks and beverages are also available for purchase. Guests are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs or picnic baskets and experience a journey to the first Nations of Arizona and North America.

Presented by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and produced by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Chunky Move: Connected
Friday, April 6, 2012, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 7, 2012, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
Tickets: $29, $39

Australia’s Chunky Move has earned an enviable reputation for its distinct yet unpredictable brand of genre-defying dance. Highly imaginative and seductive, the company’s newest work, Connected, explores the movements of dancers tethered to undulating kinetic sculptures constructed from wood, re-cycled plastic, paper and steel that float above the stage.

Part of the 2011–12 Discovery Series exploring the arts of Australia and New Zealand. Presented by Betty Hum and Alan Yudell with additional support from New England Foundation for the Arts.

Discovery Film Series: Crooked Earth

Friday, April 13, 2012, 8 p.m.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
Tickets: $10

Award-winning director Sam Pillsbury screens and discusses his film Crooked Earth, starring Temuera Morrison as a former army captain wrestling with the traditions of his Maori culture.

Part of the 2011–12 Discovery Series exploring the arts of Australia and New Zealand. Presented by Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and Scottsdale International Film Festival.

 

Marrugeku: Buru
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
Tickets: $29, $39

The Australian dance-theater company Marrugeku explores the past, present and future of indigenous cultures. A new production inspired by the seasons of the Western Australia’s Yawuru people, Buru blends hip-hop, stilt dancing and storytelling with original songs and music reflecting life for young people in the community of Broome.

Part of the 2011–12 Discovery Series exploring the arts of Australia and New Zealand and OrigiNation: A Festival of Native Cultures presented with support from Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau.

OrigiNation: A Festival of Native Cultures
April 14–15, 2012
Saturday – Sunday, Noon – 4 p.m.
Outdoors at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Free Admission

The artists of Sunday A’Fair and Native Trails come together as one in this weekend-long event celebrating the indigenous cultures of Arizona, Australia and New Zealand. Highlights include performances of native music, song and dance; storytelling; an arts and crafts market; creative projects for kids and families; cultural demonstrations and displays, including video shorts in Stage 2 and an exhibition from Cairns Photographic Society in Queensland, Australia; and delicious native-inspired foods and beverages.

 

Part of the 2011–12 Discovery Series exploring the arts of Australia and New Zealand. Presented with support from Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Made possible in part by a grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.

 

Virginia G. Piper Piano Series: Bryan Wallick
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
Tickets: $26

A gold medalist at the 1997 Vladimir Horowitz International Competition for Young Pianists, Bryan Wallick is gaining recognition as one of the great American virtuoso pianists of his generation. The performance also includes the Center’s Keyboard in the Sky video display, which enables the audience to see the pianist’s hands moving across the keyboard in real time from any seat in the house.

Presented by the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust with support from Hazel Hare.

Talk Cinema
Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
General Admission: $19

Audience members are the critics at this sneak-preview film series that screens award-winning indie and foreign films before their theatrical release. Always a surprise, the films are selected from leading festivals by critic Harlan Jacobson. Screenings are introduced and followed by moderated conversations hosted by distinguished guest speakers.

Sponsored by Yelp.

DanceBrazil
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
Tickets: $39, $49

Under the direction of Jelon Vieira, New York-based DanceBrazil has thrilled audiences around the globe with its dazzling artistry and unique fusion of Afro-Brazilian movement, dance and Capoeira, the daring martial-arts dance that evolved in colonial Brazil as a means of fighting enslavement.

Sarah Vowell
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia G. Piper Theater
Tickets: $29, $39

A best-selling author and former contributing editor for public radio’s This American Life, Sarah Vowell explores the connections between the American past and present. Her books offer personal, often humorous accounts of everything from presidents and their assassins to colonial religious fanatics, as well as thoughts on American Indians, utopian dreamers, pop music and the odd cranky cartographer. Her recent bookUnfamiliar Fishes, examines the takeover of Hawaii’s property and politics by American missionaries and plantation growers. Vowell gives a reading and answers questions from the audience, followed by a book signing.

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