APRIL 2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS. Your official guide to what s happening in and around Scottsdale. Scottsdale Culinary Festival

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1 APRIL 2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Your official guide to what s happening in and around Scottsdale Scottsdale Culinary Festival

2 Debby Wolvos A PR IL HIGHLIGHTS A TASTE OF SCOTTSDALE ARTWALK April 5 6:30 p.m. 9 p.m. scottsdalegalleries.com Great art, delicious food and fine wine are at their best when they are paired! For this special ArtWalk, galleries will feature food from various Arts District restaurants, while Arizona wineries and local tasting rooms will provide beverage samplings. ARIZONA BIKE WEEK April azbikeweek.com Bike Week is Arizona s hottest ride! Motorcycle enthusiasts of all skillsets are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be daily charity rides, stunt shows, bike races and nightly concerts by bands like ZZ Top and Collective Soul. SCOTTSDALE CULINARY FESTIVAL WEEKEND April This two-day culinary extravaganza is your passport to exploring the flavors of the world, from the BBQ Country district to the European Plaza and Asian Village. Stop by the Beer Garden and try your choice of more than 200 specialty beers. See website for details. 1 For the most up-to-date events, visit EventsInScottsdale.com NIRVANA FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL April nirvanafoodandwine.com Join dozens of local and national celebrity chefs at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain for one of the season s most anticipated culinary celebrations. Events include two Master of Taste wine dinners and the Best of dinner. See website for details. TANGO LOVERS: I AM TANGO April 27 8 p.m. scottsdalearts.org Follow the artistic evolution of the world s most romantic dance with Tango Lovers ensemble of 24 world-renowned dance champions and music prodigies. The fashions, lighting and multimedia backdrop engage all your senses in the world of tango! JUNK IN THE TRUNK VINTAGE MARKET April junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com If the words vintage, rusty, chippy and handmade make your shopper s heart go pitter-patter, this is the event for you! Browse more than 100,000 square feet of vintage treasures while enjoying live music and local food trucks. See website for details. 2

3 APRIL EVENTS Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Family Portrait Thru 5/27/18 Ancient Musical Treasures from Central China Musical Instrument Museum Thru 5/6/18 The Art of Joe Beeler: A Western Original Thru 10/28/18 Canvas of Clay: Hopi Pottery Masterworks Ongoing Claudio Dicochea: Acid Baroque Thru 5/20/18 Dinosaurs in the Desert Phoenix Zoo , phoenixzoo.org Thru 4/30/18 Fossil digs, Dinosaur Keeper talks and prehistoric photo ops are all part of the excitement at the Phoenix Zoo! Fragments: Broken Bowls Tell More Tales Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park , pueblogrande.com Thru 8/31/18 ONGOING EVENTS Jun Kaneko Pompeii: The Exhibition Arizona Science Center , azscience.org Thru 5/28/18 The Rennard Strickland Collection of Western Film History Thru 9/30/18 This exhibit highlights 118 western film posters and lobby cards dating from the 1890s to the mid-1980s. Spring Butterfly Exhibit Symmetry in Stone: The Jewelry of Richard I. Chavez Heard Museum , heard.org Thru 8/5/18 Today s Norms are Tomorrow s Luxuries: Luis Alfonso Villalobos Western Edge: Humor & Playfulness in Contemporary Western Art Thru 6/3/18 APRIL 1 Easter Bunny Express Verde Canyon Railroad, 1 p.m , verdecanyonrr.com Lindi Ortega APRIL 3 Leonard Bernstein at 100: A Musical Celebration Join acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel for arrangements from Bernstein s West Side Story and more. Phoenix Suns vs. Sacramento Kings Talking Stick Resort Arena, 7 p.m , nba.com/suns APRIL 4 The Children of Willesden Lane Shelby Lynne APRIL 5 * A Taste of Scottsdale ArtWalk Scottsdale Arts District (Main St. & Marshall Way), 6:30 p.m. 9 p.m. scottsdalegalleries.com Out@SMoCA: Dan Savage , smoca.org APRIL 6 Music in the Garden: Bluesman Mike & the Blues Review Band, 7 p.m. 9 p.m. * Yo! Matsuri Discovery Japan Festival Scottsdale Civic Center Park, 6 p.m. APRIL 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m. / Sat. & Sun. 2 p.m. (no matinee April 7) , desertstages.org APRIL 6, 13, 20, 27 * Native American Dancing Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, 5 p.m , scottsdale.hyatt.com APRIL 7 Arizona Coyotes vs. Anaheim Ducks Gila River Arena, 6 p.m , coyotes.nhl.com Carnival of Illusion Arizona Biltmore, 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m , carnivalofillusion.com International Jazz Day Festival Scottsdale Civic Center Park, 4 p.m. Enjoy five hours of live jazz from smooth and classic to Latin jazz and American blues. Vanessa Williams Arts, 8 p.m. APRIL 7, 14, 21, 28 * McDonald s Rock n Roll Car Show The Pavilions, 4 p.m. 8 p.m thepavilionsattalkingstick.com * Old Town Farmers Market Brown Ave. & First St., 8 a.m. 1 p.m , arizonacommunityfarmersmarkets.com APRIL 7-8 Phoenix Pride Festival Steele Indian School Park 12 p.m. 9 p.m , phoenixpride.org * denotes free event 3 For the most up-to-date events, visit EventsInScottsdale.com 4

4 APRIL 8 Garden Project 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. APRIL 12, 19, 26 * Scottsdale ArtWalk Scottsdale Arts District (Main St. & Marshall Way), 7 p.m. 9 p.m. scottsdalegalleries.com APRIL 13 Blue Oyster Cult The Showroom at Talking Stick Resort 8 p.m , talkingstickresort.com Music in the Garden: Jaleo, 7 p.m. 9 p.m. APRIL 19 Daymé Arocena Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m. Murray Perahia APRIL Nirvana Food & Wine Festival Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain See website for details , nirvanafoodandwine.com Pete Pancrazi Quartet APRIL 26 Brubeck Brothers Quartet Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m. APRIL 27 I am Tango by Tango Lovers Arts, 8 p.m. * Phoenix Pride Parade Third Street from Thomas to Indian School, 10 a.m , phoenixpride.org The Pride Parade boasts 2,000 individual participants with decorated vehicles, colorful floats and thousands of walkers. Scottsdale Culinary Festival: The Cocktail Society 11 p.m. APRIL 20 Music in the Garden: Papa John DeFrancesco & the Union Four, 7 p.m. 9 p.m. APRIL 21 George Noory Live Arts, 5 p.m. Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors Talking Stick Resort Arena, 6 p.m , nba.com/suns * Sunday A Fair Scottsdale Civic Center Park 12 p.m. 4 p.m. APRIL 10 Talk Cinema APRIL 11 San Francisco Opera Grand Cinema Series: Rigoletto The Sun Dog Twins APRIL Arizona Bike Week WestWorld of Scottsdale See website for details , azbikeweek.com APRIL 12 Desert Night Cinema Series, 6:30 p.m. APRIL 14 Dance Theatre of Harlem ASU Gammage, 7 p.m. This iconic dance company uses the language of classical ballet to celebrate African American culture. APRIL Scottsdale Culinary Festival Weekend Scottsdale Civic Center Park Sat. 12 p.m. 9 p.m. / Sun. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. APRIL 15 Scottsdale Culinary Festival: Best of the Fest Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa 6 p.m. APRIL The Color Purple ASU Gammage, see website for details APRIL 18 Hot Club of Cowtown APRIL City of Scottsdale Off-Road Expo WestWorld of Scottsdale Sat. 9 a.m. 6 p.m. / Sun. 9 a.m. 5 p.m , offroadexpo.com Highlights include off-road industry celebrities, racing demos, a stunt team and giveaways. APRIL 22 Dixie Dregs Tchaikovsky and Mozart: Behind the Music with Robert Greenberg Musical Instrument Museum, 2 p.m. APRIL 25 Pan Devils Steel Band Musical Instrument Museum, 10:30 a.m. APRIL I Mom So Hard Salt River Grand Ballroom at Talking Stick Resort, 8 p.m , talkingstickresort.com Stars of the hit web series talk the good, bad and funny about motherhood. APRIL Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market WestWorld of Scottsdale, , see website for details junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com APRIL 28 Dinner on the Desert: A Garden Full of Stars, 6 p.m. Halau O Kekuhi ASU Gammage, 7 p.m. APRIL 29 Arizona Musicfest Young Musicians Concert Musical Instrument Museum, 2 p.m. * denotes free event 5 For the most up-to-date events, visit EventsInScottsdale.com 6

5 ExperienceScottsdale.com EXPERIENCE SCOTTSDALE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER SCOTTSDALE FASHION SQUARE Located in the food court 7014 E. Camelback Rd. Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.