Dia de los Muertos Celebration Desert Botanical Garden October 30 & 31 Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 5 pm Experience Dia de los Muertos, a colorful Mexican and Native tradition that honors and celebrates departed loved ones in a festival setting. Enjoy entertainment that will bring the history of this holiday to life via song, dance and storytelling. Experience the Desert Botanical Garden’s interactive altar, a display honoring Dia de los Muertos, the Garden’s past and present, and the act of gardening. Devour delicious Mexican food and pastries, available for purchase, and shop for beautiful Mexican art in the Garden’s Mercado.
Hocus Pocus Pops The Phoenix Symphony October 29 – 31 Friday 8 pm Saturday 2:30 pm Sunday 2 pm Conductor Michael Krajewski leads The Phoenix Symphony in a chilling performance of ghoulish favorites inspired by Halloween themes. From Psycho, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and The Addams Family Fantasy to the Danse Macabre by SaintSaëns and Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette, this will be a show guaranteed to spook you right out of your seat!
Monsters Ball Alwun House Gallery & Garden Stage October 30 Saturday 7 pm Not-to-be-missed Halloween party – See it all: costumed revelry and prizes, art, music, dance and performances. Thrill at the attack of the arachnids spinning webs capturing unsuspecting prey, spine chilling libations, and dark scintillating cabaret performances by Provocatease burlesque review.
Movie Mashterpiece Theatre: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark MADFAP Theaters October 28 Thursday 7 pm Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Scottsdale Desert Stages theatre Friday 7:30 pm Saturday 2 pm & 7:30 pm Sunday 2 pm Thru November 7 The Sound of Music Copperstar Repertory Company Higley Center for the Performing Arts Thursday – Friday 7:30 pm Saturday 2 pm & 7:30 pm Thru October 30 Nature Sings Phoenix Chorale Trinity Episcopal Cathedral October 30 Saturday 7:30 pm Cowboy Artists of America Phoenix Art Museum Thursday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm Thru November 21
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Kenny Loggins Celebrity Theatre November 3 Wednesday 8 pm Rhinoceros Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center October 28 – November 6 Thursday – Saturday 7:30 pm SOLARIS presents Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre: “Cokata Upo! Come to the Center” Musical Instrument Museum November 2 & 3 Tuesday & Wednesday 7 pm Little Women Actors Youth Theatre East Valley High School October 28 & 29 Thursday 7 pm Friday 12 pm & 7 pm Shakespeare in Shorts Desert Rose Theatre POOL Together Thursday & Friday 7:30 pm Saturday 2 pm & 7:30 pm Thru November 6
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Visit the Chase Ticket Marketplace on ShowUp.com for discount tickets and special offers. This week’s “hot seat” is…A Vampire Tale VII Presented by: Scorpius Dance Theatre October 29 Friday 8 pm Tickets Regular Price: $38 Discount price: $23 This ever-evolving, original dance production has captivated audiences for the past six years! You must experience for yourself the dark and sexy drama, quirky, comedic episodes, and visually stunning dance and aerial feats with original music score by Kristopher Hill. **This ticket includes the show and admission to a special after show Halloween party** October 28th, 2010 - November 3rd, 2010
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Cave Creek Wicked 2010 Cave Creek Road - Cave Creek, Arizona October 30 Saturday 12 pm – 1 am This Halloween, the Town of Cave Creek gets “wicked” during the second annual Halloween blast with something for everyone. The town will offer trick or treating at its businesses (come in costume!) along with live music and loads of events and food along bustling Cave Creek Road. During the daytime events, families and couples will enjoy: Haunted maze, Children and pet costume parades, Horse costume contest, Pumpkin carving, Spookyville, Spooky Salsa Station, Pumpkin flavored treats, Thriller street dances, Weird science and crazy animals at kid central, and Food and beverage.
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