Arts

Darian Crash Lane presents Birth of a MURDERER May 26-June 10, 2023Shows start at 7:30pm(Fridays and Saturdays Only) Desert Stages Theatre7014 E Camelback Rd, Suite #0586Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Event Cost/Ticket Price:$15 Birth of a MURDERER is a unique, innovative, groundbreaking,...

Good Energy Productions presents For Your Consideration ’24 Tour June 4 at 5 PM Hyatt Regency Phoenix122 N 2nd StreetPhoenix, AZ Event Cost/Ticket Price:$20 HomeBase Poetry brings you a special event. Prentice Powell and Shawn William bring their live performance of...

Ayo Brame, a 16-year-old, up-and-coming jazz musician (tenor sax) out of Oakland, California will be performing LIVE at The Nash in Phoenix on June 11! Show starts at 3 PM. Brame is completing my sophomore year at Oakland School of the Arts (OSA) where he has studied under...

Juneteenth is the oldest celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It specifically celebrates the state of Texas announcing the abolishment of slavery in 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863. But Juneteenth offers a time to come...

Valley of the Sun JUNETEENTH Celebration June 17Starts at 5 PM Eastlake Park1549 E JeffersonPhoenix Az 85034 The Valley of the Sun JUNETEENTH Celebration at Eastlake Park near downtown Phoenix will feature performers and entertainers, health and community resource vendors, food...

City of Scottsdale Community Juneteenth Celebration June 172-7 PM Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts7380 E. 2nd StreetScottsdale, AZ 85251 Join the City of Scottsdale as it honors Juneteenth with a Celebration of Freedom. This free indoor/outdoor event will feature three...

Juneteenth Celebration June 1711 AM to 3 PM Tempe History Museum809 E Southern AveTempe, AZ 85282 The African American Advisory Committee is presenting the 10th Annual Juneteenth Celebration to educate the community and celebrate freedom from slavery in the United States. The...

Poetic Soul Phoenix Every Wednesday NightDoors open at 7 PM Location:Coyote Mexican Cuisine7822 N 12th StreetPhoenix, AZ 85020!FREE PARKING ON SITE! Join Poetic Soul EVERY Wednesday night! Alcohol is served herein. Must be 21+ w/ Proper Identification to enter. There’s limited...

Get Ready for ‘The Wiz,’ ‘MJ,’ ‘Tina,’ Hamilton,’ ‘The Temptations’ and more! ASU Gammage has unveiled its 2023–24 Desert Financial Broadway Across America Arizona season, which includes six Tempe premieres, a pre-Broadway...

Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When artist Ashli St. Armant created North: The Musical it was in response to her sons lacking knowledge about the Underground Railroad. Surprisingly, the topic was included in discussions at school during Black History Month....

By Eden Ashley Umble for PhxSoul.com Marvin Scott has the beatific air and warm smile of someone who loves what he does. As the Program & Community Engagement Director for Rosie’s House, he changes the lives of Phoenix kids through music. An undeniable bright spot in the...

In an effort to raise awareness about the many contributions that Black inventors, scientists, activists, athletes, artists and musicians have made throughout the world, Gizette Knight, founded the Black History Mural project in Phoenix in February 2021. This year in 2022, Knight...

“Jazz is a spirit, and it’s something that you feel inside.” Submitted by Laura Schairer, Audience Magnets Dianne Reeves, “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday,” makes her first-ever appearance at Tempe Center for the...

Four Friends Use Their Music to Create Connection Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When you hear the story of Sons of Serendip and how they came to be, you understand that their name is a fitting tribute to the serendipitous way the group was formed. Talking...

“Rehearsals are like putting on a bunch of coats,” said Black Theatre Troupe actor Kwane Vedrene in a recent phone conversation. “You are putting coats on because you are too cold, layering them on, then you get too hot, so you take some off. Hopefully by the time of the first...

The former pastor’s kid has found success on Broadway, the R&B charts, and beyond Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Mykal Kilgore has always had music in his life. As a pastor’s kid, singing was a part of who he was, and then, later, there was...

Soulful sax man Jermaine Lockhart recently sat down with PhxSoul.com multimedia journalist Jonathan Tease to discuss his highly successful, international jazz music career! Lockhart performed LIVE with singer/songwriter Kim Weston at The Nash in Phoenix on July 23. The night...

The City of Mesa’s i.d.e.a. Museum is supported by the i.d.e.a. Museum Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to provide sustainable resources to fulfill i.d.e.a. Museum’s mission through fundraising, advocacy, and partnerships. Its vision is to create...

Submitted by Audience Magnets PHOENIX – The Black Theatre Troupe’s 2020-2021 season Telling Our Stories will mark the 50th year the company has celebrated the Black experience. Since their 1970 debut production of Lonnie Elder’s nationally acclaimed drama of social and political...

With her overriding passion for bringing underrepresented groups into the tech field and a deep understanding of the importance of the arts to develop creative, critical thinkers, the Chandler Cultural Foundation welcomes Sherida McMullan to its Managing Board. The recommendation...