BEST Events In Scottsdale
The Event Oracle knows ALL the fun things to do in the land of the Scottsdale sun. Select your date above then scroll down for all the Arts, Entertainment, and Events in my crystal ball...
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Building a Fountain Founding a Community
River of Time Museum
12901 N La Montana Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Throughout human history desert dwellers have found ways to create an oasis in arid environments. In Arizona's Lower Verde River Valley, developer Robert McCullough envisioned a community surrounding the largest fountain in the world and on December 15, 1970 the Fountain Hills' Fountain was turned on for the first time.
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3 Communities 3 Sources
River of Time Museum
12901 N La Montana Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
The Ft McDowell Yavapai Nation, Rio Verdes and Fountain Hills are the three modern communities of the Lower Verde River Valley. Although all three are on the banks of the perennial river they are sustained through a complex system of water rights, with some getting much of their water from the Colorado River transported along the Central Arizona Project.
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Ancient Lower Verde Civilizations
River of Time Museum
12901 N La Montana Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
From the canal building Hohokom to the early wikiup shelters of the Yavapai, the past of the Lower Verde River Valley can be read in the pottery and petroglyphs left behind. Discover the locations of ancient sites and explore the recent archaeology of the Lower Verde River Valley.
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Rio Verde Ranching
River of Time Museum
12901 N La Montana Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
In the early 1900’s the land west of the Verde River was used for cattle ranching. As rules governing resources changed ranching became less profitable and The Box Bar and P Bar ranches were sold to create the communities of Fountain Hills and Rio Verde.
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What's in Your Water?
River of Time Museum
12901 N La Montana Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
The water used by the people of Fountain Hills originates from the Colorado River, but it doesn’t go from the Central Arizona Project directly to homes and business. EPCOR Water buys the water wholesale form SRP and puts it through a six step process.
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Fort McDowell (US Army Post)
River of Time Museum
12901 N La Montana Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
The establishment of a military fort near the Salinas (Salt) River was authorized on May 21, 1865 by general John S. Mason. The fort was initially named Camp Verde, but a few months later was changed to Camp McDowell in honor of Major General Irvin McDowell, who served under Gen. Winfield Scott in the Civil War.
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Family Storytime
38443 N Schoolhouse Rd
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Children 2-6 and families are encouraged to join us for a 30 minute storytime featuring music, movement, craft & stories. Siblings are welcome. No registration necessary.
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Jake’s Women
Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre at Fashion Square
7014 East Camelback Road, Suite 0586
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Jake, a novelist who is more successful with fiction that with life, faces a marital crisis by daydreaming about the women in his life. The wildly comic and sometimes moving flashbacks played in his mind are interrupted by visitations from actual females. Jake’s women include a revered first wife who was killed years earlier in an accident, his daughter who is recalled as a child but is now a young woman, his boisterous and bossy sister, an opinionated analyst, his current wife who is leaving Jake for another man, and a prospective third wife. Jake and his women definitely deliver.
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Intro to Belly Dance
3312 N. 3rd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Have fun learning the basics of belly dance! Each week you will learn a few new movements and put them into a combination that will have your really dancing right from the start! Absolutely no dance experience needed - this is the perfect class to try it!
There's a coin hip scarf for waiting for YOU - come dance with us! -
El Abrazo – Tuesday night Tango
4425 N Granite Reef Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 852521
Want a dance like no other? Come try Argentine tango! We have a lesson at 7:30 every Tuesday, with open dancing afterwards from 8:30 till 10:30! We have a rotating list of instructors from the community each week, so you’ll be able to learn from the collective knowledge of our phoenix dancers!
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Sweeney Todd: In Concert
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 E 2nd St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Scottsdale Musical Theater Company is honored to celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday with this fully-staged concert version of Sweeney Todd. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score, and made popular with the film version starring Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd is probably the most impressive and iconic work by Stephen Sondheim.
