Across The Street

Arizona Philharmonic (AZPhil) welcomes back Sonoran Winds, a woodwind quintet comprised of five principal woodwind players. Sonoran Winds is performing another captivating concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 at Yavapai College Performing Arts Center (YCPAC), 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott.

Chess is a game played in silence where you contemplate your opponent’s move, while calculating your advance to ultimate check mate.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes … Turn and face the strange … ch-ch-ch-changes” ~ David Bowie Every time I think I got things figured out, somehow changes get thrown in the mix and I am certainly forever kept on my toes … which, in effect, is extremely conducive to dancing, always.

Galactagogues is a Prescott-based family folk, newgrass, gypsy, punk band that plays music to nourish the soul.

The Mountain Artists Guild (MAG) invites the public to an Opening Reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in conjunction with 4th Friday Art Walk, for two new shows in Spotlight Rooms 1 and 2.

Share a little “Reminiscing” with The Little River Band, performing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center (YCPAC).

A look at the latest innovations in filmmaking; events that blend on-screen stories with real-time community outreach; and movies that share people from the other side of the world, and issues as close as smoke on the horizon.

Soulful and powerful beats — art forms of music intertwine to celebrate and experience the diversity of cultures. Taiko drummer, musician and folk singer Ken Koshio is performing at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16-17 at the Elks Theater and Performing Arts Center’s Crystal Hall on the third floor, 117 E. Gurley St.

It’s seemingly easy dismissing something that you do not agree with.

From the very first intriguing sentence, “The young Navajo man froze for a moment and dealt with his fear,” I was pulled securely into Hillerman’s newest novel, and the mystery that develops — flipping page after page and annoyed at each and every interruption, all the way to the entirely satisfying ending.

For 25 years, Prescott Empty Bowls has supported local food banks with a grassroots movement of artists who create handcrafted bowls for people to fill with soups from local restaurants.

The Prescott POPs Symphony returns to the stage of the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center (YCPAC), 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, to recognize and pay tribute to a group of artists without whom the motion picture industry would not exist.

Multi-faceted standup comic, impressionist and actor Craig Gass began doing standup in 1993 by hitting the grueling, bumpy comedy circuit road and cultivating his craft in whatever bar or club would have him.

Wander the Wild is the signature annual fundraiser to benefit the Highlands Center for Natural History. At this year’s event, the Highlands Center will be celebrating 25 years of service to youth and adults in our community.

As part of the Folk Sessions’ Music in the Highlands concert series, the most sought-after Peter, Paul & Mary tribute show in the country, MacDougal Street West, is performing two shows at 3 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the Highlands Center’s amphitheater, 1375 S. Walker Road, Prescott.

The versatile former Prescott-area band, Tumbledown House, cuts loose at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Yavapai College Performing Arts Center (YCPAC), 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott.