These 261 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 31 at 5pm
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown • $23
Alice Leora Briggs turns human frailty into arresting visual testimony through drawings, woodcuts, and installations that refuse to look away. Her Arizona Artist Award exhibition brings decades of unflinching, socially engaged work to a contemplative museum setting.
Every day
Herberger Theater Center · Central City
Four seasons, 23 Arizona perspectives. This free gallery show at the Herberger Theater traces time's passage through local art, and every purchase funds youth arts education.
Every day
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
The desert shows off at Super Bloom, where wildflower-inspired art pops up among the cacti along the Garden's trails. Wander through, camera ready: the real blooms and the artistic ones make excellent company.
October 25 at 5pm (Next weekend) +4
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown • $23
Fifty years of private studio experiments finally see daylight. Ed Mell's oil studies and works on paper reveal how Arizona's desert modernist built those blazing skies and sharp-angled canyons.
October 31 at 6pm
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown
Create Playdate offers young artists a hands-on maker experience inspired by works on view at the museum. Each session features a new theme, creative activities, and projects to take home.
October 29 at 6pm
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Gather at the Garden as the sun sets for spooky nights of creativity and fun: hands-on crafts one week, festive swing dancing the next.
October 30 at 7am
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun salutations among the saguaros. This all-levels flow unfolds in a Sonoran Desert oasis, surrounded by night-blooming flowers and cool morning air. Stay after to wander the gardens.
October 25 at 10am (Next weekend)
Changing Hands Bookstore · Midtown • $60
Carve your own rubber stamp and walk away with five hand-printed cards. Artist Olivia Yuen guides you through design, carving, and inking, no experience needed.
Oct. 26 & Oct. 31 at 12:30am
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Live music drifts through the cacti at Trailside Tunes, where performers pop up at three spots across the Desert Botanical Garden. Wander the trails at your own pace and let the evening unfold.
October 30 at 7pm
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Local bands take the stage with towering cacti as the backdrop. Music in the Garden pairs live sets with sunset views and the desert glowing after dark.
Every day
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown
Biggie on a cello hits different. A string quartet reworks 90s hip-hop classics, from Nas to Missy Elliott, in a candlelit hall of the Phoenix Art Museum.
October 25 at 8pm (Next weekend)
Last Exit Live · Central City • $22
Great Lake Swimmers wrap you in a warm blanket of dreamy indie folk and haunting harmonies. The Toronto outfit brings their pastoral slowcore to an intimate Phoenix room, with Colleen Brown opening the evening.
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Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
Phoenix Events Complex · Maryvale Village
$25
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
Valley Bar · Central City
$25
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
The Pemberton · Evans Churchill
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 5:00 PM
Phoenix Events Complex · Maryvale Village
$25
Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PM
Rosson House Museum at The Square PHX · Central City
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
The Pemberton · Evans Churchill
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 1:15 AM
Arizona Science Center · Central City
$8
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:45 PM
Rosson House Museum at The Square PHX · Central City
$49
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM
Pedal Haus Brewery - Phoenix · Evans Churchill
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 6:00 PM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 6:00 PM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
Valley Youth Theatre · Central City
Sun, Oct 25 · 6:00 PM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 1:30 PM
Children’s Museum of Phoenix · Central City
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown
$23
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:00 AM
The William J. Barbara B. Weisz Learning Centre · Camelback East Village
Sat, Oct 31 · 8:00 PM
The Pemberton · Evans Churchill
Free
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM
The Old Spaghetti Factory · Central City
$75
Sun, Oct 25 · 12:15 PM
Arizona Science Center · Central City
$8
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:30 AM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 6:00 AM
The Clarendon Hotel and Spa · Midtown
$1680
Sat, Oct 31 · 7:30 AM
Arizona Biltmore, LXR Hotels & Resorts · Arizona Biltmore Hotel
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:30 AM
Arizona Science Center · Central City
$8
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown
$23
Sun, Oct 25 · 8:00 AM
Phoenix Zoo · Camelback East Village
Sat, Oct 31 · 4:00 PM
Stacy's at Melrose · Woolf
$
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:00 AM
Children’s Museum of Phoenix · Central City
Tue, Oct 27 · 10:00 AM
Children's Museum of Phoenix · Central City
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 AM
Musical Instrument Museum · Desert Ridge West
Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 AM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown
$23
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:30 AM
Arizona Science Center · Central City
Sat, Oct 31 · 9:00 AM
Spaces of Opportunity/Farmers’ Market · South Mountain Village
Sat, Oct 31 · 10:45 AM
Black Rock Bouldering Gym · Paradise Valley Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 12:00 PM
Herberger Theater Center · Central City
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:30 AM
Chase Field · Central City
$12-$18
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
Great Arizona Puppet Theater · Central City
$10-$15
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
Valley Youth Theatre · Central City
$28-$31
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM
Phoenix Art Museum · Midtown
Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 PM
Second Beat Improv Theater · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
Downtown Phoenix · Downtown Phoenix
$10-$15
Sun, Oct 25 · 9:00 AM
19001 N 27th Ave · Yorkshire Crossing
$1600
Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 AM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 8:00 AM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 AM
Desert Botanical Garden · Camelback East Village
Sun, Oct 25 · 7:30 AM
732 W Deer Valley Rd · Deer Valley
$0-$985
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:30 AM
Arizona Science Center · Central City
$7
Sun, Oct 25 · 10:00 AM
Arizona Science Center · Central City
Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
The Pemberton · Evans Churchill
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 8:00 PM
The Desmond · Central City
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
Margaret T. Hance Park · Central City
Free
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