Stage & Screen

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

Everything else that's happening in the Prescott area.

Halloween fun is brewing at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre!

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

Everything else that's happening this week.

Scottish folk singer and songwriter Jim Malcolm leads off this week's Kudos At a Glance; also on tap are a Comedy Night, the Dixie Chicks tribute and the Hometown Festival.

Revered folk and blues singer Maria Muldaur, best known for the song “Midnight at the Oasis,” is coming to Prescott with her Red Hot Bluesiana Band for a performance at the Elks Theatre and Performing Arts Center.

Wrapping up Yavapai College’s inaugural homecoming is stand-up comedian and former “Family Feud” host Louie Anderson on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads), as of press time. 928-775-7444; www.harkins.com.

For a moment, "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" seems poised to turn into a wonderful take on "Father of the Bride" only with fangs and wings.

Watson Lake may find itself abuzz with country music for The Big Sting — It’s A Country Thing country music festival Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12.

The Central Arizona Concert band is opening its 22nd consecutive season with a Sunday, Oct. 13, concert featuring a program full of traditional concert band music and some twists.

Will Smith is usually an asset for a movie. He's the kind of true movie star whose charisma can elevate even the most mediocre material. You'd think then that it would be a good thing to have not just one but two Will Smiths in a movie if you can....

An air of menace and a cloud of controversy accompany the arrival of Todd Phillips’ “Joker” like a thick perfume.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads), as of press time. 928-775-7444; www.harkins.com.

Renée Zellweger is so undeniably perfect as Judy Garland that it almost makes up for the shortcomings of the film around it. "Judy " is itself a fine and imperfect look at some of Garland's last years of life, but it really should have been something transcendent — Zellweger's performance demands it.

Having stayed rigorously close to his native New York for much of his career, writer-director James Gray has lately been making up for lost time.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads), as of press time. 928-775-7444; www.harkins.com.

Progressive bluegrass — that driving, soulful fusion of country, folk, gospel and rock — will roll across the Prescott stage this month through the fingers, fiddles and voices of one of the world’s finest bands.

The "Downton Abbey " movie isn't exactly a movie. It's more like another season of the popular "Masterpiece Classic" show that's been condensed to 90 minutes instead of 8 hours.

Everything else that's happening in the Prescott area, Sept. 13-22, 2019.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

"Hustlers" saves all of its tricks for the end. It's a banger of an ending, too, which is something that so few films manage to nail. The emotion, the stakes, the character development and the why of it all hit around the same time. This, you think, is the movie. Then suddenly it's over just when it started to get great.

With his rendition of “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” Prescott Valley’s Nolan Adair took home first place at the Thursday, Sept. 5, Prescott Sings! finale, becoming the competition’s second male winner.

It can be a cheesy thing when a novel is split up and spread out over a handful of films, but Stephen King's "It" is not one of those books.