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ARIZONA'S ENTERTAINMENT TIP SHEET • July 2007
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Center Stage — The 10th Annual Shakespeare Festival
Rotations — Jim Adkins Keeps It Local
What's The Buzz — Maui Wowi Chandler Opening
New Calendar News — What's Cool This Summer
The 10th Annual Shakespeare Festival
A
decade of Bardly goodness! The 10th annual Arizona Shakespeare Festival
hits the stage July 20 thru Aug. 5 at the Ruth Street Theater in
Prescott. To mark this anniversary, the state’s premiere Shakespeare
troupe will present two of Shakespeare’s best known works: the broody
tragedy Othello and the spritely comedy, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.
Set in the midst of the current Iraqi war, Othello examines the dire consequences of jealousy, intolerance, betrayal and racism. The original relationship between Othello and Desdemona is reexamined in a modern context under the Army policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by changing Desdemona to Desmond and making Othello and Desmond a homosexual couple. This show is for mature audiences and contains adult situations, language and violence.
In contrast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream celebrates the 1960’s counterculture by bringing together bikers, hippies and “squares” in a riotous collision of color, movement, music and comedy.
Tickets are $15 adults, $10 seniors/students, and children 12 & under are free. Special panel discussion of Othello on Sunday, August 5, 4:30pm at the Ruth Street Theater, free to the public.
Call 928-443-9220 or visit www.azshakes.com for all the details.
Jim Adkins Keeps It Local
Joining
the ranks of important Arizonans like Representative Harry Mitchell and
Attorney General Terry Goddard, Jim Adkins — the vocalist/guitarist
of Jimmy Eat World — has taken the pledge to buy locally
for Independents Week. A native of Mesa, Adkins is an eager supporter
of the community that nurtured his rise to national fame.
By taking the “Local First Arizona Pledge” and visiting the new www.localfirstaz.com website, visitors were able to download a “Golden Ticket” worth 20% off at participating Local First Arizona member businesses. Adkins joined customers in carrying the ticket as they shopped, dined and bought locally during Independents Week.
Arizona Chain Reaction and Local First Arizona encourage individuals to take the Indie Challenge year ‘round; to explore our community’s independently-owned businesses by shopping “local” whenever they can. That includes destinations like Changing Hands Bookstore, The Phoenix Zoo and Stinkweeds Record Exchange, so how can you go wrong?
For more information, visit www.localfirstaz.com
Maui Wowi Chandler Opening
The
East Valley’s first full-scale Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees &
Smoothies location is opening on the SW corner of Ray Road and the
101, and they’ll be making quite a “splash” with plenty
of Aloha Spirit during a ribbon cutting celebration Fri., July 27 (9am
to 10:30am) and a Grand Opening all day Sat., July 28.
The public is invited to enjoy festivities featuring free samples, cool discounts and hourly chances to win beach goodies. All customers who enter will also receive 15% off Hawaiian products. Ongoing fun will include performances by Polynesian Dancers along with plenty of percolating island rhythms and an in-store appearance by Arizona’s own country music sensation, Rhonda Towns from noon to 2pm.
Riding a wave of mainland success for its healthy-yet-heavenly beverages, Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies is now ready for the East Valley, and vice versa. This new Chandler location, in The Park complex, will feature Maui Wowi Hawaiian’s delectable rainbow of world-famous delights. For more information, visit www.mauiwowi.com.
What's Cool This Summer
July 20 - August 5
Arizona Shakespeare Festival
Ruth Street Theater
Prescott, AZ
Tickets are $15 adults, $10 seniors/students
Children 12 and under are free
Info: 928-443-9220 or www.azshakes.com
Sat., July 28
Maui Wowi Chandler Grand Opening, 7am-close
3225 W. Ray Rd. Chandler, AZ
Prizes, samples, contests and an appearance by Arizona’s country
music sensation, Rhonda Towns
Info: www.mauiwowi.com
Thurs., Sept. 6
House of Tricks 20th Anniversary
House of Tricks (114 E. 7th Street, Tempe)
RSVP for tickets: 480-968-1114
Info: www.houseoftricks.com
Sat., Sept. 15
Rhonda
Towns Concert, 7:30pm
Chandler Center for the Arts
250 N. Arizona Ave.
Chandler, AZ 85225
480-782-2680
Info: www.rhondatowns.com
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