SPRING 2018 10 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM Spring Arts & Culture Directory ARIZONA CONSORTIUM FOR THE ARTS The Arizona Consortium for the Arts is an all-volunteer (501c3) community organization. During the Annual Blue Guitar Festival of the Arts, the Annual Fall Festival of the Arts, the monthly Open Mics and Magazines, the public celebrates local artists through presentations, exhibitions, readings and performances. The Blue Guitar, a literary and arts magazine, features local emerging and established writers and artists. The Blue Guitar Jr. Edition features works by children and works by adults who write for children. Unstrung magazine is solely dedicated to poetry. We support and give voices and visibility to Arizona artists in all disciplines and genres, organizations and audiences through continuous events, festivals and programs free to the community. artizona.org ARIZONA OPERA Arizona Opera’s 2018/19 Season will deliver stunning productions of classic operas supported by world-class singers, as well as new works that are adventurous, theatrical and inspire curiosity among audiences new to the art form. Opening the season late September with the sensual rhythms of tango in Maria de Buenos Aires; followed in November with the spirit of jazz and Charlie Parker’s Yardbird; begin the year with Verdi’s powerful and passionate masterpiece La Traviata; in March Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, Silent Night; and conclude the Season with the comic tale of The Marriage of Figaro. Arrive early to mix and mingle, and savor the music and energy of Arizona Opera. Performances held in Symphony Hall. azopera.org ARIZONA HERITAGE CENTER AT PAPAGO PARK Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park, home of the Centennial Museum, features exhibits spanning 100 years of Central Arizona history, making it the perfect place to enjoy the best of Arizona’s past and present. Journey through time, from western frontier days through the post-war building boom. Learn how water sustains life in the desert and discover the beauty and variety of Arizona’s vast natural resources. Nestled in the foothills of beautiful Papago Park, the museum is ideal for group tours, corporate events, weddings and other indoor and outdoor functions. Arizona Heritage Center features regular presentations on topics and events impacting Arizona. arizonahistoricalsociety.org/museums/tempe

SPRING 2018 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 11 Spring Arts & Culture Directory ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER The mission of Arizona Science Center is to inspire, educate and engage curious minds through science. The Center features more than 300 hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, the state-of-the-art Dorrance Planetarium and the five-story Irene P. Flinn Giant Screen Theater and the new CREATE makerspace. azscience.org BALLET ARIZONA Ballet Arizona is the official Ballet Company of the State of Arizona whose mission is to create, perform, and teach outstanding classical and contemporary ballet. The company is dedicated to preserving and celebrating classical dance while creating and commissioning new innovative works. The 2017-18 season features a mix of classical ballets against contemporary dances. The season opens with Swan Lake, followed by the festive The Nutcracker, with Cinderella rounding out our classical season. Our spring season features contemporary ballets in Today’s Masters and All Balanchine, while a brand new ballet will be featured at An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden. balletaz.org ASU GAMMAGE ASU Gammage has announced its historic 2017-2018 Desert Financial Federal Credit Union Broadway Across America – Arizona season. The season is anchored by HAMILTON and is packed with award-winning musicals, classics and the newest hits from Broadway. The season features the last two Tony Award® winners for Best Musical, HAMILTON and FUN HOME, as well as Best Revival winners THE COLOR PURPLE and THE KING AND I. The season also includes 2016’s Tony Award®-winning Best Play THE HUMANS along with other favorite musicals THE BODYGUARD, the hilarious SOMETHING ROTTEN!, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s SCHOOL OF ROCK. asugammage.com