Experience original music from three LA jazz innovators in an intimate evening of upright bass, alto saxophone, and drums. Mexican-born bassist Mauricio Morales brings a powerful trio to the Century Room featuring alto saxophonist Devin Daniels and drummer Nate Friedman. Morales is in constant demand as a sideman in LA’s flourishing jazz scene, known for […]
read moreSit beside one of America’s most beloved pianists as Robin Spielberg brings her luminous artistry to an intimate, on-stage evening. Robin Spielberg is a Steinway Artist and prolific composer whose work has touched hundreds of thousands of listeners worldwide. Since debuting her first recording of original solos for piano, Heal of the Hand, she has […]
read moreExperience jazz reimagined as intimate storytelling when bassist and composer Devon Gates takes the stage with pianist Eden Mastriani-Levi. Devon Gates is a Brooklyn-based bassist, vocalist, and composer whose work sits at the intersection of jazz, chamber music, and social storytelling. A Harvard-trained anthropologist and Berklee-sharpened improviser, Gates has collaborated with leading figures across the […]
read moreEnter a world of shimmering, meditative sound as pedal steel virtuoso Luke Schneider transforms an unlikely instrument into pure atmospheric poetry. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Luke Schneider is a pedal steel guitarist based in Tennessee. Over the past three decades he has established himself as an in-demand session and touring musician across the Outlaw […]
read moreExperience the sophisticated heat of Latin jazz as virtuoso pianist Irving Flores brings his acclaimed Afro-Cuban Jazz Trio to The Century Room. Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Flores began his music studies at age 6 with organ. His father, Irving Flores Sr., was with the famed Orchestra Tampico, and it was from him that young Irving […]
read moreCome out for an evening of Brazilian jazz through Italy with vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi & guitarist Paul Ricci on their return, featuring Colin McIlrath on bass and Arthur Vint on drums. Following her JazzWeek radio chart-topping album RIOFONIC, vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi embarks on her first westward tour from her home bases of NY, Brazil, and […]
read moreSit beside the virtuosity of a rising star in an intimate, on-stage experience available nowhere else in Tucson. Presented and fully seated on stage for an up-close and intimate audience experience in Centennial Hall. Russian/Israeli pianist Vitaly Starikov arrives fresh from winning the Silver Medal at the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the […]
read moreReturn home to the messy, complicated realities of family life as writer-director Ed Burns examines the dreams deferred and bonds tested across generations. Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies is an intimate portrait of a household caught between stagnation and awakening. Jim and Tina have settled into the rhythms of middle age: beer, martinis, dinner, worried […]
read moreDiscover the visionary whose voice made billions of stars feel like home as an intimate portrait of Carl Sagan arrives in Tucson. Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff is a journey through wonder, discovery, and the profound questions that shaped our understanding of the universe. From Academy Award-nominated director Nanette Burstein and producer […]
read moreWitness five remarkable young voices rise to the challenge in a rousing documentary about teenage competitors vying for the title of America’s greatest public speaker. Speak follows five bold high school orators on a high-stakes quest to win the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Nationals, known as the “Super Bowl of public speaking.” Directed […]
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