Mind, Body, Bliss Retreat Day
Join health and wellness experts for a daylong learning and experiential healing retreat at Rancho Manana Resort. Experts will discuss integrative and alternative health along infused with experiential meditations, yoga and emotional and spiritual health presentations. $39 full day; $25 for half day. See website for schedule. RSVP. 5720 E. Rancho Manana Blvd., Cave Creek....
Phantom of the Organ
The whole family is invited to the Pinnacle Sanctuary to experience “Phantom of the Organ.” Enter the closed opera house and experience it come alive with organ music, audience participation, and sightings of the Phantom! Free. Donation requested. Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale. 480-303-2474
An Afternoon with Edgar Allen Poe
The only thing better than hearing “The Raven” read by Arizona Curriculum Theater and “The Tell Tale Heart” read by Noah LeVia is having afternoon tea while you listen! RSVP. $50. English Rose Tea Room, 201 Easy St., Ste. 103, Carefree. 3–5 p.m. 480-488-4812
Something Wicked …
BLK BOX PHX, one of the Valley’s newest non-profit theaters, kicks off its inaugural season with Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes.” $34–47. Presented at Phoenix Theatre’s Judith Hardes Theatre, 100 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, See website for schedule. 602-734-5734 blkboxphx.com
Pedro Guerrero Exhibit at Taliesin
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is unearthing a rarely seen original collection of 14 signed photographs from one of the most well-known architectural photographers of all time, Pedro E. Guerrero, at Taliesin West through Nov. 14. Guerrero served as Wright’s official photographer in the 1940s and ’50s. $19–35. 12621 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale....
Illuminate Your Holiday
The world’s largest animated holiday light drive-through spectacular is returning to I-17 and Jomax Rd. Nov. 14–Jan. 5, and also launching a second site at Tempe’s Diablo Stadium Nov. 16–Dec. 31. Tune in your FM dial to the festive music and enjoy millions of dazzling lights. $29+ per car online/$35 at the gate. worldofillumination.com
Call for Artists
Get out on the land for creative inspiration! If you would like to participate in the 2019 “It's Art for Land's Sake” exhibit, it’s nearly time to submit your handmade, original, two-dimensional art. See website for rules and guidelines. $25 entry for adult artists over 18; limit of four pieces. $15 entry for artists 17 and under. Desert...
McDowell Mountain Music Festival
March 1–3. Odesza, Empire of the Sun and Umphrey’s McGee will headline the event this year, which also includes dozens of local and national acts. A portion of proceeds benefit Phoenix Children’s Hospital. m3ffest.com
New Beginnings
Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is featuring a Western art experience of 100 works by 70 well-known artists who were living and working in Santa Fe and Taos in the 1920s and ’30s, including pieces from the celebrated Tia collection. “New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West” will...
Equine Therapy at Gateway Academy
Gateway Academy, a private school for children with Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism, has utilized equine-assisted therapy for 10 years, and it is now utilizing it outside of the classroom as well. Arizona parents can use the state’s existing empowerment scholarship accounts for Gateway’s tuition if they feel the school is a better fit than...