By Kristin McLeod
Mesa Arts Center 1 E. Main Street, Mesa 480-644-6500 mesaartscenter.com
Joshua Bell (violin) and Sam Haywood (piano). Finally, enjoy a new twist on classical music with Break from Reality on March 14. Experience 90 minutes of improvised comedy in Whose Live Anyway? in November. In March, matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans, Zip- Penn & Teller perform early in the Mesa Arts Center’s po lighters and more fill the 2018-19 season. They come to the theater in October. stage with energizing beats at Stomp, the inventive stage show that nowned Alvin Ailey American Dance blends dance, music and theatrical Theater will perform two nights at the performance. Finally, the world-re- end of March.
Stomp, which blends dance, music and theatrical performances, comes to the Mesa Arts Center in March. (Photos courtesy Mesa Arts Center)
ory. In February, explore the delicate balance between human well-being and healthy ecosystems in Standing at the Water’s Edge with photographer Cristina Mittermeier. The Nat Geo Live season closes with underwater photography by Thomas Peschak in Wild Seas, Secret Shores. Mesa Arts Center has many familyfriendly shows as well. In October, take a journey back in time with Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure when the whole family can explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived. Or, experience Shakespeare in a whole new light with the new hip-hop musical Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare in March. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to Mesa Arts Center in October with Spaces dancers Lil Buck and Jared Grimes. Witness groundbreaking te chnolog y in the story of Maria Callas, Callas in Concert – The Hologram Tour. In October, the whole family can Treat your explore unknown ocean depths Valentine to where prehistoric marine reptiles lived with Erth’s Prehistoric a romantic Aquarium Adventure. evening with
The Mesa Arts Center is bringing a variety of acts to town for its 201819 season, including Penn & Teller in October, the wildly creative OK Go in December and the new musical, American Girl Live, in April. Mesa Arts Center’s longest-running series National Geographic Live is back with five new shows. In October, photojournalist Ami Vitale shares highlights from her varied career like covering warzones and the reintroduction of rhinos to the wild in Rhinos, Rickshaws and Revolutions. Get the secret to a long and happy life from best-selling author Dan Buettner and photographer David McLain in The Search for Longevity on November 14. Get up close to the magnificent creatures of the natural world in A Wild Life with National Geographic photographer/filmmaker Bertie Greg-
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