Theatres, Museums, and Cultural Events:
What's Happening in Phoenix During the Conference?
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The ACR 7th Annual Conference in Phoenix from October 24 - 27, 2007 will fill your days with workshops and your evenings with entertaining conference events. But for those attendees who are coming early or staying after the conference, or for those of you who want to sneak away, here are some activities to consider while you are in town:

PHOENIX SYMPHONY HALL (2 blocks away) www.phoenixsymphony.org

October 22, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. The Van Cliburn Competition Gold Winner Alexander Kobrin, will perform. Tickets are $30 general admission.

October 27, 2007 at 8:00 p.m., October 28 at 8:00 p.m., October 29 at 2:00 p.m. at Symphony Hall. Hitchcock for Halloween - North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder, and Psycho - the haunting films of Alfred Hitchcock. Live from Lincoln Center producer John Goberman brings this hair-raising program to Phoenix (complete with film clips projected on a big screen above the Symphony Hall stage) as The Phoenix Symphony performs these spine-tingling scores.

October 28, 2007 - Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Symphony Hall. Chills, Thrills and Trills - Just in time for Halloween, the Phoenix Symphony presents a program of frighteningly good music. Hear spine-tingling favorites including excerpts from the fiery Symphony Fantastique, the haunting sounds of A Night on Bald Mountain, and the magical merriment of A Sorcerer's Apprentice. The freaky festivities include our annual costume contest!

THEATER

October 26 - November 11, 2007 - Actors Theater at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe Street, Phoenix, AZ (2 blocks away) www.actorstheatrephx.org -- The Pursuit of Happiness -- Middle-class life through a funhouse mirror. The daughter, a bright high school senior, angrily rejects the idea of college in her college application essay. This throws her mother into a stop-at-nothing tizzy, which eventually unhinges the girl's stoic wage-slave father as well.

October 11 - 28, 2007 - Arizona Theater Company, 502 W. Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ (a few blocks walking distance) www.aztheatreco.org George Gershwin Alone -- Evoking Gershwin's famous radio broadcasts of the 1930s, George Gershwin Alone explores the life, talent and spirit of the legendary composer from his early days as an audacious Tin Pan Alley novice, to his breakthrough success with Rhapsody in Blue, to fame and fortune as a songwriter during the glamorous era of the 1930s Broadway and Hollywood, and finally to the deeply felt social consciousness in masterpieces like Porgy and Bess.

October 19 - October 28, 2007 - Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix, AZ
(4 blocks from Hyatt) www.tickco.com/venue_schedules/orpheum_theater_phoenix.htm
Movin Out -- A jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel. Conceived by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the Vietnam War.

October 4 - November 7, 2007 - Broadway Palm Dinner Theater, Mesa, AZ
(driving distance) www.broadwaypalmwest.com Swing -- Take a toe-tapping trip to the Big Band Era. Featuring more than 30 numbers, this high-energy show includes such memorable hits as It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, In the Mood and I'll Be Seeing You.

October 19 - October 28, 2007 - ASU Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (driving distance) http://theatre.asu.edu Machinal -- based on the case of Ruth Snyder, the first woman executed in New York State. The play fuses 1920s American Expressionism with a fast-paced, photo journalistic style in which a young woman caught in a mechanized world is driven to the edge.

MUSIC AND MORE

Celebrity Theater, 440 N. 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ (driving distance) www.celebritytheater.com
October 19, 2007 - Doobie Brothers
October 23, 2007 - Peter Frampton
October 27, 2007 - Blue October
October 28, 2007 - Kenny Loggins

Scottsdale Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ (driving distance) www.scottsdalearts.org
October 25, 2007 - Hilary Hahn
November 1, 2007 - Leo Kottke

Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (driving distance) www.mesaartscenter.com
October 28, 2007 - Denyce Graves

MUSEUMS

Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ www.heard.org Developed from the passion that pioneer settlers Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard felt for the Southwest, its inhabitants, and its history. The Heard's dream of sharing the beauty of their private collection with the public was realized in 1929 when the Heard Museum first opened its doors. While maintaining an emphasis on the cultures of the greater Southwest, the Heard collections also include American Indian fine art from throughout North America including drawings, paintings and sculpture.

Phoenix Art Museum 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ www.phxart.org Collection includes more than 17,000 artworks in American, Asian, contemporary, European, Latin American, and Western American art, plus fashion design and the Thorne Miniature Rooms of historic interiors. From October 20, 2007 - November 18, 2007, the museum will feature the 42nd Annual Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition & Sale at the Steele Gallery. This unique major exhibition is an annual event at the Phoenix Art Museum. Organized by its Men's Arts Council, the show unveils more than 100 new works by the members of Cowboy Artists of America.

Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/pueblo.html Experience a prehistoric Hohokam ruin and full-sized replicated dwellings. Pueblo Grande Museum is located at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins in modern-day Phoenix. For more than 76 years the museum has been dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Hohokam culture. On the 100-acre park grounds, visitors explore the ruins of an 800-year-old platform mound possibly used by the Hohokam for ceremonies or as an administrative center. An excavated ball court, and full-scale reproductions of prehistoric Hohokam homes, and the last remaining intact Hohokam irrigation canals can also be viewed.

Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum 1502 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ http://mines.az.gov/General/museum.html More than 3,000 worldwide specimens are on exhibit. Highlighting the collection are Arizona's colorful copper minerals. Spectacular individual specimens include an eight-foot native copper specimen, a 480-pound quartz geode, a 206-pound fragment of a meteor crater's meteorite, a 13-foot truck tire, stamp mill, and head-frame. Exhibits of special interest encompass cases devoted to the lapidary arts (gemstones, carved semi-precious bowls and spheres) well-known Arizona specimen localities, fluorescent minerals, the mineral collection of the Arizona Mineral and Mining Museum Foundation, and a portion of Governor Rose Mofford's memorabilia.

Museo Chicano, 147 E. Adams St., Phoenix, AZ www.museochicano.com
This is the first and only museum in Arizona that was founded and operated by Latinos. It is a non-profit, community-based museum that promotes knowledge and appreciation of the cultures of Latinos. The museum does so by presenting local and international exhibitions and educational programs on the art, history, and cultures of Latinos.

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), 7374 E. Second St., Scottsdale, AZ www.smoca.org Founded in 1999, SMoCA is the only museum in Arizona devoted to the art, architecture and design of our time. Global in its focus, SMoCA is a unique and vital cultural resource for the Southwest, serving local audiences as well as visitors from all over the United States and abroad. Designed by award-winning architect Will Bruder, SMoCA's building has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works from the Museum's growing permanent collection. SMoCA presents a variety of educational programs and special events for adults and families, including lectures, docent-led tours, workshops and classes.

Taliesin West, 12621 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ www.franklloydwright.org Built as Frank Lloyd Wright's personal home and architectural studio on 600 acres of rugged desert, Taliesin West offers a broad range of daily tours and is available for pre-arranged group tours, as well as corporate functions. The famed architect, considered by leading critics to be the greatest architect of the 20th century, spent winters at the camp until his death in 1959. During 2004, nearly 126,000 people visited the campus, making it one of the most-visited historical homes in the country and one of Scottsdale's primary tourist draws.

BRINGING THE KIDS?

Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ www.azscience.org Offers hands-on, eye-opening fun with more than 300 interactive exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium, five-story giant-screen theater, live demonstrations, and traveling exhibitions. Explore 350 hands-on exhibits, a five-story theater and a planetarium in a unique setting.

Arizona Museum for Youth 35 N. Robson St., Mesa, AZ www.arizonamuseumforyouth.com Features art exhibits and hands-on activities that introduce children and their families to art and basic aesthetic principles. The Art Galleries change shows several times a year so there is always something new. The museum's diverse appeal ensures that your toddlers and 10-year-olds will have a great time! As part of the exhibits, a dynamic array of art classes and programs are available to teach children about the power of creativity and self-expression. The museum also features ArtVille, an art town for kids under four.

Boo at the Zoo, Phoenix Zoo, October 27 - 28, 2007 www.phoenixzoo.org Creepy crawlies and bugs galore will invade the Phoenix Zoo. A daily mascot parade with more than 25 loveable costumed characters and, of course, animal encounters!

Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, Arizona, October 12 - November 4, 2007
www.azstatefair.com/state-fair/azstatefair.aspx

For More Information, Tickets, and Discounts

Show Up - Phoenix events and discount pass www.showup.com