Tired of just standing around, watching all those people having fun on the dance floor? Wish to get up and dance yourself, but afraid to start? Check out Fat Cat Ballroom in North Central Phoenix. But first – listen to the interview below with owner Terry Schmoyer.
If you’re looking to be transfixed, a certain work in the contemporary wing of Phoenix Art Museum should be on your list of things to see — repeatedly, if possible. Our “docent in residence” Clark Olson talks about it, below.
Valley songwriter Annie Moscow has penned songs for the likes of Sister Sledge, Disney, and…Sarah Vaughan. Now she’s doing a one-woman show you can catch through Aug. 1 during the noon hour at the Herberger Theatre in downtown Phoenix. Hear Annie talk about her life and her work.
Playwright James Garcia looked around and saw little hope of getting his plays produced. So he started his own company, New Carpa Theater. Garcia talks about his company’s first season, and the play that opens it this week: “Por Amor/For Love.”
Few Phoenicians know it, but Phoenix will become the center of attention for world music fans in the year 2010, when Target stores opens the globe’s first museum dedicated to indigenous musical instruments. As a sort of fanfare for this imminent distinction, The Phoenix Symphony will present a World Music Festival in September. Ken and Susan talk with Symphony CEO Maryellen Gleason. Click below to hear Susan and Ken interview Maryellen.
Throughout the regular season, Richard and Debbie Felder contribute mightily to the health of the arts in our Valley of the Sun. But every summer, they share their enthusiasm and largesse with a magical place high in the mountains of Colorado: the Aspen Music Festival. Richard talks with Susan and Ken about the thrills of summer, 2008, at the West’s biggest classical music festival. Warning: After listening, you may be hit with the need to spend the next several weeks there.
Valley arts philanthropist Richard Felder extols the virtues of Aspen
Arts on the Town welcomes Clark Olson of Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum. Clark, our unofficial “Docent-in-Residence,” talks about the works now on view at the Katz Wing at PAM, including some extraordinary pieces you can only see there between now and the fall.
Clark Olson talks about the rehang at Phoenix Art Museum’s contemporary wing.
During the season, Jan Simiz is assistant principal cellist for The Phoenix Symphony. During the summer, he plays with the orchestra of Music in the Mountains, the charming music festival in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Click below to hear Jan tell you about the music you can hear this month and next at the festival, and what to expect from The Phoenix Symphony in the fall.
Phoenix Symphony cellist Jan Simiz talks about Colorado’s Music in the Mountains