Sit 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 […]
read moreWatch four performers race against the clock on treadmills, tackling an absurd and escalating to-do list in a show that is equal parts comedy, chaos, and uncomfortably relatable truth. Burnout Paradise begins with a simple premise: four performers, four treadmills, one hour, and a to-do list that grows increasingly impossible by the minute. Cooking a […]
read moreExplore the history and legacy of the Golden Record. Launched in 1977, this record is attached to NASA’s Voyager I and II space probes, which were designed to explore the outer Solar System. Ancient Beacons Long for Notice is Dario Robleto’s third installment in a trilogy exploring the history and legacy of the Golden Record. Launched […]
read moreCelebrate the cultural and culinary legacy of maíz in the Sonoran Desert with live music, local food, artisan vendors, and art at this free community fiesta. Fiesta del Maíz returns for its annual celebration honoring one of the most culturally significant crops in the Sonoran Desert’s history. This free community event transforms Kennedy Park into […]
read moreArizona Arts presents a 2026 fall semester of arts experiences to engage audiences on campus at the University of Arizona and in the Tucson community. Arizona Arts and its units produce over 700 events each year, most of them free. The division integrates the arts throughout the university experience; gives all students – regardless of major – […]
read moreImmerse yourself in Soundquest Festival, an incredible three-day genre-dissolving gathering of sonic tribes at Tucson’s premier venue, La Rosa. Soundquest Festival brings together an eclectic lineup spanning ambient, death metal, doom, EDM, and experimental sound art, including Steve Roach, Blood Incantation, Pallbearer, and Giuseppe Ottaviani, alongside Soriah, Karima Walker, Serena Gabriel, Jeff Greinke, and many […]
read moreExperience Marvel Studios’ Black Panther like never before as an Oscar and GRAMMY-winning score comes to life, performed live by world-class musicians, vocalists, and African rhythm masters on stage. Black Panther in Concert is so much more than a screening. The groundbreaking 2018 film screens in full while a live ensemble of Hollywood studio musicians, […]
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