LIGHTHOUSE

Viewing Tue-Fri, 12-6pm
Play in the glow. With gallery lights off, art emitting light installed throughout gallery and into the gardens. Infused interactive light installations creating a transcendent aesthetic experience. Curator Landy Headley selected artists displaying imaginative integration of mediums, from functional to conceptual; light-boxes, lamps, art shrines, video, interactive light installation, neon, LED, fire, mixed media. If it glows, flickers, flashes, video, neon, shines in a darkened room.

First Friday December 1

Opening Concert First Friday Dec. 1
Tickets $15 available at door – 7pm door

Undoubtfully the funkiest klezmer band in the world, blending traditional klezmer with the foot stomping feel of R&B rhythms, tossing in a jazzy in between. This unique 9 piece ensemble of whacky musicians using southeastern European roots with sarcastic hip-gyrating Afrobeat rhythms will blow your mind and send you bopping in high gear! Just as the art is self illuminated Jerusafunk will emit light into your soul. Lighted costume contest. No host Bar. 21+

Diversly Dixon Art Exhbit Opening
Tickets $9 advance, $14 door
Featuring solo exhibition by Baron Dixon. Enjoy the many media, and many modes of expression. Delve into the wide, wild world whirling inside the mind of artist Baron Dixon, which puts him all over the creative map!

Opening Acts:
Complementing the wacky world of Baron Dixon is the equally wonky Obscure Entertainment- Phoenix’s own avant garde sideshow burlesque duo. Closing the evening is LoveBomb Go-Go, sensual purveyors of Intergalactic glam performance-art, indie-Balkan-funk-punk music by way of Portland, Oregon.

LoveBomb Go-Go are intergalactic freaks on a mission to mend, with music, the divisions of civilization; seeking universal equality and striving, even, to re-establish purposefulness for each and every life.

LoveBomb Go-Go differs from the average band not just because they come from outer space (via Portland, Oregon), but they play all original music drawing from many influences, including New Orleans and Balkan brass bands, contemporary rock music, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. The outlandish performance will be a full instrumental & visual onslaught featuring vocals, electric bass, and an invasion-sized force of horns and with a hard driving percussive force, and least we forget the spaced out hyper-kinetic Go-Go dancers.

Monsters Ball
Tickets $15 advance $20 door, 7pm

Limited supply of Reserved Tables
$175 includes admission for four seated at table – see below.

Alwun’s annual blow-out Halloween Ball is a “not-to-be-missed” high-energy art party. This year Monsters Ball rips into our impending politico apocalypto. A blow-out thriller stage show, live music, clowns, crowds costumed for cathartic revelry and spirited prizes. Doors creak open at 7pm.

Performances start immediately at 7pm with The Dry Surfinis playing their own brand of erie beat-surf-jazz.
Ignite Collaborative presents a haunting performance as your favorite childhood fear – CLOWNS. Witness a sexy clown duet, a group of innocent girls going through a transformation, and more! Opendance with Michèle Ceballos Michot, Fernando Lino in “Border Puta Trumped.“

Climaxing with the Pain Proof Punks who love to blur the line between pleasure and pain and tantalizing the senses with their tawdry talents!! They revel in all that is Halloween and bring a spectacular two part indulgence for our favorite Holiday!
Part One, brings special treats and surprises as they cosplay with
characters bringing delight and fright.
Part Two, unleashes the true darkness and depravity of Halloween showcasing trickery and truly sinister acts. Enter the world of Aerials, Burlesque, Circus Arts, Bondage, and Sideshow.

Pain Proof Punks Performers:
Rusty The Clown, Lexi Locket, Dr. Ozwald Copperchops , Irene Silver, Little J Sinclair, Morgan Moondust, Crystal Frost, Victoria Joelle, Nyhel, Miss Wonderland

Kenny Thames Combo

Tickets: $8 advance, $12 door
Doors Open at 7, concert at 8pm.

Since moving to Phoenix, Kenny has established a career in music, blending his gospel roots with jazz technique. He refers to his style as “Jazz-pel!” He continues to perform in country clubs, casinos, resorts, and private events thorough out the state of Arizona.

His band includes William Gilliard, the percussionist (who has performed with him for 18 years) Lonze Reynolds plays sax, and Elias Armendariz as bassist. The group has two regular vocalists, Anthony Keyes, and Cree Turner, introduced tonight in his debut performance with the combo.

Kenny has created his own music academy with an enrollment currently of 50, with a staff of 3, offering piano, guitar, vocals, and saxophone instruction. Teaching music to approximately a thousand people of all ages to realize their dream of creating music over the last 52 years.

Kenny resides in Phoenix, working from his studio in Central Phoenix. He has three children and 7 grandchildren, all residing in the Valley. Kody Pendant, his 7 year old chihuahua/min-pin mix is involved in most of his professional and personal activities.

Cleodora presents Cabaret Noir

Tickets $15 advance, $20 door
Doors Open at 8, show starts promptly at 9pm.

Join us for an evening of sultry entertainment at “Cabaret Noir” a cabaret variety show celebrating the unconventional side of sensuality with beautiful dancers, adult comedy, and sexy acrobatic acts!

Pandora’s Circus of Sin

Tickets: $12 advance – $15 available at door

Doors open 8pm show at 9pm – Raffles and Prizes!

Gather round sweet darlinks for a most tawdry tale of blood and bawds! This Halloween season we’re paying homage to antiquity’s most sinful women! From the lethal ladies of literature to mythological monsters!

These feme fatales are the makers and mistresses of your nightmares.

Comedy Avengers for Planned Parenthood Arizona

Tickets: $10 advance – $15 door

Comedy Avengers is an annual benefit show put on by Comedy On Fire since 2014, and this year we are donating all show proceeds to Planned Parenthood Arizona!

Hosts:
Matt Micheletti and Ernesto Moncada

Lineup:
Anwar Newton
Genevieve Rice
Michael Turner
Raymond Man Howard
Dana Whissen
More TBA!

Planned Parenthood will also be onsite with informational materials and free swag.
Our goal is to raise $1000 so mark your calendars and come out for an evening of laughs benefiting a great cause.

Pandora’s Circus of Sin

Tickets: $12 advance $15 day of show/door
Doors open 8pm show at 9pm – Raffles and Prizes!

She was created by the Gods. Her beauty was a gift; her curiosity a curse. Her name was Pandora. Centuries later, we carry on her tradition of sinful exploration.

A salacious evening of storytelling through Sideshow, Dance and Performance Art!

Let us exorcise your demons!

Six Feet Under

GasLight Circus
Tickets: $15 available at door
Door opens at 8. Show starts promptly at 9 p.m.
An all ages show.

It’s the first show of a brand new season for The GasLight Circus! Starting off with a literal BANG as the circus presents this thrilling performance with an old western vaudeville theme! See some of Arizona’s best and brightest talents as they perform in a style not seen since the days of Tombstone and Dodge City! Complete with Juggling, Acrobatics, Singing, and live action old-west gun-slinging all for your entertainment.

Advance tickets purchased will be available at will call.

September 1 – 23, 2017
New series solo exhibit by Nadia Vanilla
Phoenix-based artist whose work focuses on what it means to be human, with her subjects being primarily portraits and erotic figure drawings. “Florid” is her new series of vibrant, lively portraits, set in radiant color. Pastel by medium not by color, these portraits emanate a vivid intense color and emotion. Each pastel painting is an informal look into the life of its subject, featuring a different expression, caught in a different context.

September 1 – First Friday
Opening Night: $5 admission
Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm
Featuring Ghazaal Beledi World Music & Dance
and rock on with Angels & Aliens

Ghazaal Beledi a high-energy fusion of passion, music and fun! A world fusion and improvisational tribal belly dance troupe, using choreography from Middle Eastern belly dance, East Indian Bhangra, Bollywood, and Spanish-influenced skirt and fan dances, and props.
Angels & Aliens will be performing orchestral alternative rock with empowering positive messages and ethereal vocals. Their originals and cover songs reflect a melting pot of authoritative musicianship, melodic vocals and positive lyrics in a unique paradigm.

Pain Proof Punks – Night Terror!

Tickets: $15 available at door
Doors open at 8pm. Show at 9pm.

A genre brew we present to you of all things disturbing, horrific, and sinfully sick. A sprinkle of our weird, strange, and insane sense of humor and heavy helping of blood, flesh and gore galore!

A sideshow tribute to Grindhouse/ Horror including performances of fire, burlesque, human pincushion, wax, aerials, contortion, bellydance, glass dancing, perhaps a Special guest or two…., summoning the devil, you know the norm…

NIGHT TERROR Performers
Rusty The Clown, Lily LaVamp, Dr. Copperchops, Little J Sinclair, Lexi Locket, Miss Wonderland, Nyhel, Crystal Frost, El Spawk, Luna Sky, Morgan Moondust, Katara, Katrina Rainsong

GasLight Circus Presents

The Carnival Ball!
Tickets: $12 advance $15 available at door
Door opens at 8. Show starts promptly at 9 p.m.
An all ages show.

It’s GLC’s biggest show of the year! Join The GasLight Circus Saturday, May 27th for their annual charity show,

The Carnival Ball! Complete with carnival games & prizes, raffles, a full merchandise table, and live music, the hottest theatrical circus attraction in Phoenix brings to you another dazzling 3-act stage show featuring the likes of Jero the Jester, Finna the Fool, The Proprietor, Shawn Cook, Morgan Moondust, Gabriel Lim, Lyra the Mermaid, and more!

In a special Memorial Weekend gesture, all proceeds generated by The GasLight Circus will be donated to local charity Arizona Veterans Helping Veterans (http://www.azvhv.org/) to help in their goal of mitigating veteran suicide, and establish veteran wellness centers to aid in reintegration by addressing the growing concerns of veteran wellfare. Following the night’s festivities, GLC founder Jero “The Jester” Keenom will be personally handing over 100% of the circus’ earnings that night to AZVHV founder Jim Eyler live on stage to be put towards the benefit of their organization.

Join us on this special night as The GasLight Circus gives back to those who need it most.

An Evening with
Dave Waite
brought to you in partnership with Drift Compatible Productions.
Doors open at 8:30, show at 9pm.
Tickets $12 advance, $15 at door.
You may have see Dave on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Last Comic Standing, an the Bob & Tom Show. Now he’s visiting Phoenix for your entertainment. Also featured are local talent such as Mason Pipes and Matt Micheletti.

Cleodora presents TEASE!

Advance Discount Ticket sales are over.
Tickets $15 advance – $20 door

Doors Open at 7, show starts promptly at 8pm.
Join us Saturday, May 20th for another production of “TEASE”, a sexy circus cabaret! It will be an evening of sultry entertainment at this classic burlesque style variety show shimmying with glamorous burlesque dancers, adult comedy, and sexy acrobatic acts! Performers and acts change with every show, so it’s never the same as the last!

Pain Proof Punks

Dracula’s Bride
Tickets: $12 adv. $15 day of show, available at door.

It’s Victorian London, Dracula has returned and found a bride. He is inviting all the monsters and beasts of the night to join him in celebration this evening of her looming transformation. We cordially invite you to an Evening of sheer fright and delight as these creatures display their talents to please the master Dracula. The Pain Proof Punks present Dracula’s Bride : A Gothic Circus and Scintillating Display of Sideshow Arts

A tribute to all incarnations of Dracula including performances of Burlesque, Aerials, Fire Arts, Bellydance, Juggling, Glass Dancing, and Suspension courtesy of Life Suspended.

MB Hanrahan

A Body of Work, Holiday Cards, 1996-2017

April 21 Opening Reception

7-11pm featuring

MB frames and composes her life’s celebratory holiday moments with humor, sarcasm and wit. Collaborating with various photographers produces Limited Editions of original art cards, all featuring MB in the nude, which then get shared to special friends. This is the first comprehensive collection of MB’s, spanning images over 20 years, and is accompanied by a newly printed collector’s edition book. Once a creative activist in nurturing Phoenix’ 80’s art scene, she returns to Phoenix from her Ventura California studio. She noted Alwun House probably holds “the single largest collection of her greeting cards.” Prints are available or available for order.

Body of Work Book

Body of Work: 20 Years of MB Nude You can view and purchase a unique, limited edition book with ALL of MB’s self portraits. This massive collection is curated, written and co-produced by Amy Jones, based on a series of interviews with the artist. The book is designed by Dina Pielaet.

May 6 Closing Reception

7-11pm featuring Pain Proof Punks – Dracula’s Bride

An Alwun House Foundation Exhibit
At Burton Barr Central Library North Gallery
LGBTQ: Rights & Justice

Exhibit Theme: Art that reflects the struggle that the LGBTQ community has had to endure to gain justice denied. Accepting works in all media that represent that struggle and accomplishment. Inviting works from first time exhibitors to professionals; family photos, weddings, anti-gay protesters, pride, and personal achievement. Artists interested in exhibiting click here…… Juror’s: Annie Lopez, Ted Decker, Mike Oleskow

Also on display, BJ Bud Memorial Archives: flyers, front pages of magazines or newspapers and other artifacts sponsored by ASU Hayden Library, Arizona Collection, Nancy Godoy, Historian/Librarian

PROGRAM coincides with Phoenix Pride:

Saturday, March 25, 2017
• Poetry & Open Mic Night
Pulliam Auditorium, 2-3 pm.
Open to anyone willing to share a song, poem, or free form story of their experience with “LGBTQ: Rights & Justice” Sponsored by AZ Consortium for the Arts.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017
• LGBTQ: Rights & Justice Symposium
Pulliam Auditorium, 6-8pm.
Panel will discuss achievements and other memorable events in Arizona history for the LGBTQ community. Panelists include: Marshall Shore, Arizona’s Hip Historian; Ron Wilcox, from Nu Towne Saloon, the longest operating gay bar in Phoenix; Scott Tickler, former Miss IGRA/AGRA; Kim Moody- Alwun House Foundation founder. More, TBA. A Story Corp – OutLoud Initiative collaboration will also be announced to support their mission of recording and preserving oral history.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017
• “UpStairs Inferno” Screening
Pulliam Auditorium, 6-8 pm.
Followed by a short Q&A session with director Robert Camina and Skip Bailey, a relative of one of the victims. Story of the1973 New Orleans gay bar arson attack, where thirty-two people died as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, it was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in U.S. history.
Refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UpStairs_Lounge_arson_attack;
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/94900386

Friday, April 7, 2017
• RECEPTION
Library North Gallery, 6-8pm
Special performance by Phoenix Metropolitans Men’s Chorus and Youth Choir, under the artistic directorship of Marc Gaston. And a resource fair with community organizations: ACLU, Trans Queer Pueblo, LGBTQ Consortium, Native Health, and others to be announced

GasLight Circus

Tickets: $15 day of show, available at door
Door opens at 8. Show starts promptly at 9 p.m.
An all ages show.

It’s a regular “Who-Dunnit” with a traditional circus twist! Join The GasLight Circus for a night of bombastic amazement with levels of audience interaction like never before as GasLight Circus combines the wonders of a night at the circus with the chills and thrills of Murder-Mystery theater!

Help Jero the Jester, Finna the Fool, The Proprietor, Mina Katz, Techie HIlliker, Shawn Cook, Morgan Moondust, and many more in a night at the circus with a murderous new twist as they seek to unravel the mystery behind the sudden “accidents” befalling performers of The GasLight Circus at the hands of a masked assailant before it’s too late!

GasLight Circus will have a full table of T-Shirts and Merchandise available as well!

23rd Salon Des Enfants

Phoenix Elementary School District’s Juried Youth Art Show & Sale
Viewing: Tue-Fri, 12-6pm. free
Student works, $20ea., Students receive 100%.

April 7 Opening

Art Opening with School Band, Dance, and Musical Performances
Friday, April 7, 3:30 – 5:30pm. Cookies and punch provided. Free

The public is invited to witness firsthand the enthusiasm and pride of downtown’s first Elementary School District’s colorful Art Departments and performance programs perseverance in the face of cutbacks in funding.

There will be approximately 300 juried pieces made by students in the 5th through 8th grades, representing 16 Schools, and 18 teachers. Art is displayed Salon-style, and sold right off the wall; including sculpture, ceramics, painting and photography. All art sold for $20 right off the wall, on a first come basis, replaced with yet another piece – with 100% going to the student artist.

One of the exhibit founders, John Avedisian (art teacher), says “the goal was to give students the experience and excitement of a real gallery setting, surrounded by parents, teachers, neighbors and civic leaders. The exhibit rewards months of effort developing positive self-expression.” For many it will be a first time seeing their art on display in a gallery. For others it will be the first time they’ve seen an art exhibit.

PHONUS BALONUS!

Ladies and gentlemen, step right up to see a dazzling display of vaudeville at it’s finest! There will be juggling, dancing, singing, music, and dangerous feats of incredible skill. Our scintillating stage acts will thrill you to the core! So don’t be a wetblanket and miss this one time only event. It’s all Phonus Balonus!!!

Doors open at 8pm. Show starts at 9pm sharp!
Tickets: $15 day of show, available at door
We encourage everyone to get all dolled up in their best get up.

Cast:

Noah Brown, Katrina Rainsong, Rusty The Clown, Mickey and Marco of The Tosspotts, Lily LaVamp, Jacqueline Hide, Brendon Hebert, Nathan Machutta