April 11 through April 17 - Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Newest Exhibit at the Phoenix Zoo: Orang-Hutan: People of the Forest - Come to visit with the orangutans, see their new home and enjoy music, activities and keeper talks, 9 am - 5 pm, 602-273-1341 or www.phoenixzoo.org
April 13 through April 16 11th Annual Yuma Birding and Nature Festival Yuma - Yuma Visitors Bureau This festival that celebrates the diverse habitat surrounding Yuma includes a multitude of tours that you can sign up for as well as exhibits and seminars. The keynote speaker is Bruce Taubert a photographer from Arizona Highways. The tours are priced individually There is a $25.00 fee for the seminars and exhibit areas. 928-783-0177 or www.yumaheritage.com
April 15 through April 17 - 10th Annual Phoenix Improv Festival Phoenix - Herberger Theatre Center Here is your chance to be entertained by comedy teams from around the country, as well as local improvisational comedy troupes, $10-15, 602-252-8497 or 480-251-3697 or www.phoeniximprovfestival.com
April 15 through April 17 - 8th Annual Desert Ice Bonspiel Scottsdale - Alltel Ice Den - Cool off in the Ice Den as you watch 24 curling teams from Canada and the U.S. participating in the tournament, www.coyotescurling.com
April 15 - Downtown Chandler Art Walk - Historic Downtown Chandler – , 5-9 pm, http://www.visitchandler.com/ or http://www.chandleraz.gov/
April 16 - Get Out...Get Into It! Discover Prescott's Natural History - Prescott -this 1st time event offers free activities including: Interpretive walks at Willow and Watson Lakes and Watson Woods Preserve that highlight the riparian area’s birds, plants, geology, archeology and trail system as well as free admission to Heritage Park Zoo adjacent to Willow Lake. There will be nature related vendors at Heritage Park Zoo http://www.cityofprescott.net
April 16 - 12th Annual Rotary River Rally - Tempe - Tempe Town Lake - This annual fund-raiser for children's charities is a really fun event for a great cause . Every year contestants build boats out of cardboard to fight to win the title of the Best Dressed Team, the Most Spirited, Pride of the Regatta, Vogue Awards and (the most sought-after) the Titanic Award for the most spectacular sinking ship! Free (for observers), Fri. preview 4-8 pm, Sat. 9 am - 3 pm, 480-905-5944 or www.rotaryriverrally.com
April 16 - Annual Pat's Run - Tempe - Sun Devil Stadium 4.2 miles run, 4.2 miles walk, .42 free kids fun run/walk, all events finish on the 42 yard line of the Sun Devil Stadium ( symbolic of the #42 jersey Pat Tillman wore while he was a Sun Devil) Includes free entertainment, live local music, food, drinks and a carnival-like kid’s area, $30-35, 7 am, 480-507-6754 or www.patsrun.com
April 16 through April 17 - Chalk It Up! Prescott - Prescott - Summit Bank This street painting festival uses pavement as the canvas and pastel chalk as the medium to create pavement art by individual or group artists. If you have never seen this before, prepare to be amazed. There will be live entertainment, free, 10 am – 4 pm, 928-308-8762 or www.mountainartistsguild.org/links.htm or http://www.prescottchalkart.com/
April 16 through April 17 - 17th Annual Arizona Asian Festival This colorful and exciting event is reminiscent of an Asian street fair. The ethnic character of more than a dozen Asian cultures will be represented by music, dance, games, art, shopping and exotic food.. This year's event will also include carnival rides and the famous National Geographic Society Giant Traveling Map of Asia. Performances include Taiko drumming, Folk Dancing, and Martial Arts. Free for the regular hours of the Festival - 9:00 am to 7:00 pm on Saturday and 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sunday. In addition, a special night event will be held from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm on Saturday with a $3 admission charge for adults. Profits from the Festival are used to support other local events of Asian cultural groups, as well as relief efforts in Asia, such as the recent catastrophe in Japan. 602-712-8889 or www.aaaa-az.org
April 16 - Nature Fest - Wickenburg - Hassayampa River Preserve Enjoy a day in the outdoors, touch a non-venomous snake, go eye-to-eye with a live bird of prey and other wildlife, get ideas on recycling and water conservation, take a guided hike along the Hassayampa River, and enjoy hands-on activities, $5 adults, kids are free, 9 am – 3 pm, 928-684-2772 or http://www.nature.org/arizona/preserves
April 16 - Flagstaff Earth Day 2011 - Flagstaff - City Hall South Lawn Live bands, local food, free bike valet, vendors and exhibitors, free, 11:30 am – 4 pm, 928-213-3612 or http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/index.aspx?nid=1439
April 16 - Chandler Symphony Orchestra Chamber Concert - Musical Humor - Chandler Center for the Arts, Families can discover exquisite music of exceptional quality, free, 2 pm, http://www.chandlersymphony.org
April 16 - Zen Garden Music and Art Festival Phoenix - Japanese Friendship Garden - This benefit concert will feature a variety of local recording artist/performers and artists, including Celtic-country, flamenco jazz, new age jazz, folk singer, and others, unique art including ceramics, calligraphy, jewelry, photography, food, 11 am – dusk, $15-20, 602-256-3204
April 16 through April 17 - 12th Annual Wild Eagle Railroad Open House Phoenix - Wild Eagle Railroad A model train landscape show to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona, 20 layouts at homes throughout the Valley, including the home of Eaglewings Iron Craft train owner, includes G-scale garden railroad demonstrations, free, donations accepted, Sat 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 10 am - 3 pm, 602-276-8101 or www.eaglewingsironcraft.com
April 16 through April 17 - The 7th Annual Modern Phoenix Expo and Home Tour Scottsdale - SMoCA A two-day modernist extravaganza for historic preservationists and design gurus. You can tour the mountainside neighborhood of Sunnyslope with a dozen rehabilitated midcentury homes and a few contemporaries on the 17th or experience the Modern Marketplace Expo on the 16th with design, architecture, landscape and furnishings, slide shows and hands-on workshops, 480-994-2787 or www.modernphoenix.net
April 16 - 2nd Annual Tequilazona - Tempe - Tempe Marketplace Sample an array of premium tequilas crafted by international and boutique tequila companies with live entertainment and food, 5-8 pm $60.00 - $100.00 Proceeds to benefit Public Radio of Arizona. http://www.tequilazona.org
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