BEST Things To Do In Scottsdale
Sunday, April 21, 2019

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...

• Carnival of Illusion

  2400 E Missouri Ave
  Phoenix, AZ 85016
  

  Carnival of Illusion is an evening of Old-World Magic in the style of classic entertainers such as Buster Keaton, Mae West, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Harry Houdini. The hosts have performed as house entertainers at the world's top resorts, Fortune 100 CEOs, to the 200 Most Powerful Women in America and operate the longest-running Arizona theater show. Carnival of Illusion is "Magic, Mystery, and OOOH La La."

• Photographs by Barry M. Goldwater: The Arizona Highways Collection

  Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
  3830 N. Marshall Way
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) is best known as a U.S. senator, a man who dedicated his life to Arizona, and a gifted photographer. He was one of Arizona Highways magazine’s first and most important photographers, and his favorite subjects included the Grand Canyon and the Native peoples of Northern Arizona. In collaboration with the Barry & Peggy Goldwater Foundation, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is proud to present a selection of Goldwater’s images, as seen in Arizona Highways.

• Paul Calle’s Life of Exploration: From the Mountains to the Moon

  Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
  3830 N. Marshall Way
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  In celebration of this year’s 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon and in honor of NASA and Western Artist, Paul Calle, the landmark exhibition Paul Calle’s Life of Exploration: From the Mountains to the Moon will be on display to the public from Feb. 19 through Oct. 20, 2019.

• Wicked

  
  1200 S Forest Ave
  Tempe, AZ 82581
  

  WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin-smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one "good," and the other one "wicked."

• Ancient Lower Verde Civilizations

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 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.

• Mining for Minerals

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 12901 N La Montana Dr
  Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
  

  The Lower Verde River Valley is home to two mines. The historic Little Dixie is located in the McDowell Mountain Park accessible by hiking trails. The Four Peaks Amethyst mine is privately owned and is actively mined twice a year.

• Rio Verde Ranching

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 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.

• What's in Your Water?

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 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.

• Of Spirit and Flame: John Coleman Bronzes from the Collection of Frankie and Howard Alper

  Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West
  3830 N Marshall Way
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  This selection of more than 20 bronze sculptures by award-winning sculptor and painter John Coleman celebrates one of the nation’s most important artists of the American West, as well as the arts patronage of collectors Frankie and Howard Alper. Coleman’s stories about Native American culture are conveyed throughout the exhibition, as his artistic process is illuminated.

• Fort McDowell (US Army Post)

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 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.

• New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West

  Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
  3830 N. Marshall Way
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  This major traveling exhibition offers a fresh take on Western art through 100 works by 70 well-known artists including those from the Taos Society of Artists and less-recognized artists, who were living and working in the 1920s and 1930s in Santa Fe and Taos, N.M. – important art colonies then and now. The New Beginnings exhibition, which makes its debut at Scottsdale’s Museum of the West and will travel to four additional institutes across the U.S. into 2021, features paintings, works on paper, photographs, sculptures and a furniture piece from the celebrated Tia Collection including never-before-shown works. This is the first time three-year-old Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is debuting another organization’s traveling exhibition. The exhibition offers a crisp view of artwork covering nearly a century, from 1888 to 1983, showing the evolution of art in New Mexico from 19th century Classicism and Romanticism to early 20th century Modernism with a focus on artworks and artists who operated on the transnational stage. Several years in the making, the New Beginnings exhibition features artists who were originally from outside the American West and also includes a significant number of women artists.

• Heritage Hall

  Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West
  3830 N Marshall Way
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  A legend of the American West, Wyatt Earp is immediately connected to the notorious gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Earp was a Pima County Arizona Deputy Sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal in Tombstone at the time. Earp and two other lawmen killed three outlaw cowboys during the shootout. In addition to his time as sheriff, he also was known for being a gambler, buffalo hunter, miner, teamster, and saloon keeper.

• Building a Fountain Founding a Community

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 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.

• 3 Communities 3 Sources

  River of Time Museum
  4742, 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.

• Josef Albers in Mexico

  Heard Museum
  2301 N. Central Ave.
  Phoenix, AZ 85004
  

  The Heard Museum is proud to announce its presentation of Josef Albers in Mexico, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, curated by Lauren Hinkson. Now open and running through May 27th, 2019, Josef Albers in Mexico is an exhibition which elucidates the influence and connectivity between the work of Albers (German, 1888-1976), and the abstracted geometric vocabulary of pre-Columbian art, architecture, and material culture.

• Janel Garza: Environ

  Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
  7374 East Second Street
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  As the title suggests, the new mural unveiled at SMoCA, Environ was designed to reflect multiple features that directly surround the space. Each aspect of the courtyard where it resides is taken into consideration—from the colored light of James Carpenter’s glass scrim wall to the ever-changing view of James Turrell’s skyspace, Knight Rise, as well as the nearby native plant life. Pulling simple abstract shapes and colors from each of these influences created one cohesive and fluid design. The intention of the artist is to complement the space and welcome visitors to spend time within the courtyard walls.

• Spring Wildflowers

  Gallery Andrea
  7019 E. Main St.
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  Featuring works by Andrea de Kerpely-Zak and daughter Andrea Zakrzewski. de Kerpely-Zak was published with Georgia O'Keeffe and featured in Arizona Highways, Home and Garden and on several television stations. Her works are called,"Healing," and have been commissioned for the likes of Pope John Paul II. Daughter Zakrzewski paints akin to her mother buy in a palette knife style and loose impressionism. Also see spring fashion by Artsyandreaz Floral Fashion custom made skirts, scarves, leggings and handbags.

• Concerts in the Plaza Featuring Neon

  Kierland Commons
  15205 N. Kierland Blvd., Ste. 150
  Scottsdale, AZ 85254
  

  Join us every Sunday on the Center Plaza in the month of April for a concert series showcasing NEON!

• Oliver

  Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre at Fashion Square
  7014 East Camelback Road, Suite 0586
  Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  

  The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family.

  Oliver! Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com