Up-to-date Scottsdale events from multiple local sources. The feed is managed/created by Scottsdale.com. http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar Fri, 09 May 2008 13:15:02 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/images/rssbanner.jpg http://www.scottsdale.com Up-to-date Scottsdale events from multiple local sources. The feed is managed/created by Scottsdale.com. http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Drag+Show+with+Galilea?EventID=5962&EventTimeID=1603680 Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Casebeer+of+Myers?EventID=7239&EventTimeID=1604592 Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Disney%27s+Mulan+Jr?EventID=7837&EventTimeID=1603670 Travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with this action-packed stage adaptation of Disney's 'Mulan.' The Huns have invaded, and it is up to the misfit Mulan and her mischievous sidekick Mushu to save the Emperor. Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Arizona+Reining+Horse+Show?EventID=8167&EventTimeID=1606944 Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Turaco+Feeding?EventID=5269&EventTimeID=1603209 Wildlife World Zoo is the only place in the world where people can feed these colorful African roadrunner relatives called Turacos. Fri, 09 May 2008 08:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Night+at+the+Museum%3A+Phoenix+Landing+Party?EventID=8190&EventTimeID=1606975 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Night+Lights+on+the+Desert?EventID=6582&EventTimeID=1604152 This two hour twilight tour offers visitors the unusual opportunity to view Wright's desert masterpiece in a dramatic night setting. The buildings,lighted from within, appear as sculptures and the lights from the Valley below create a dramatic effect. Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Illustrating+Nature%3A+The+Tradition+Continues?EventID=5771&EventTimeID=1603553 Learn about the history of botanical illustration, as well as the techniques and processes used to create these works of art. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Mayme+Kratz+-+Artist+in+Residence?EventID=6184&EventTimeID=1603890 Experience the living art installation of Arizona artist Mayme Kratz on the Harriet K. Maxwell Desert Wildflower Trail. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Patrick+Dougherty%3A+Childhood+Dreams?EventID=6847&EventTimeID=1604517 Dougherty's works allude to nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together. Many of his works look 'found' rather than made, as if they were created by the natural force. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Spring+Blooms?EventID=8093&EventTimeID=1606186 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Friday+Night+Bull+Riding?EventID=6052&EventTimeID=1603688 This event features open bull riding, novice bull riding and sheep bull riding meant for kids. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Wildlife+World+Zoo+Exhibits?EventID=5271&EventTimeID=1603482 Wildlife World Zoo brings together over 2400 individual animals representing more than 350 different species. In the exhibits you will see endangered hoofed animals in grassy pastures, rare birds in flight in their naturalistic aviaries, remarkable reptiles, fascinating fish and amazing small mammals. Through this living environment over three million visitors have passed, explored and learned. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/90+Minute+Insights?EventID=4892&EventTimeID=1604232 The newly restored living quarters and the dramatic Taliesin West living room are the highlights of this tour. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Wildland+Firefighting+Exhibit?EventID=4756&EventTimeID=1603002 This gallery features 2,500 square feet and deals with the growth of wildland firefighting in the United States. It includes a replica of a lookout cabin, several pieces of apparatus, a wide variety of tools and exhibits about the smoke jumpers, hotshots, engine crews and Class II crews which comprise the firefighters of the state forestry departments, rural fire protection districts and the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Park Service. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Hall+of+Heroes?EventID=4755&EventTimeID=1602913 The National Firefighting Hall of heroes is a 3,000 square foot gallery that deals with the human element of firefighting. In this gallery can be found the names of the thousands of American firefighters who have died in the line of duty. Thousands of firefighters who have been recognized for acts of heroism are also found in this gallery. The gallery also contains exhibits which relate the stories of the volunteer and paid structural firefighters and wildland firefighters. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Aerial+Trucks+and+Fire+Safety+Exhibit?EventID=4754&EventTimeID=1602824 This 5,000 square foot gallery contains three fine aerial trucks made by American La France, Seagrave and Pirsch, as well as a classic 1935 American La France Model 400 engine and a 1935 Ford/Pirsch V-8 fire engine. Also on display in this gallery are over 3,000 arm patches from fire departments all over the world. Computerized catalogues allow visitors to quickly locate patches from their city, state or province. Gallery IV also contains a large Fire Safety Exhibit consisting of a mini-theater, a two room Safety House and a large practical application area. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Engines+Exhibit?EventID=4753&EventTimeID=1602735 This gallery of 5,000 square feet contains 11 restored engines dating from 1930 to 1968, including a 1950 Autocar high pressure fog, a 1930 Ahrens-Fox Quad and a 1961 Mercedes-Metz TLF-8 all-terrain fire engine. Other makers include Maxim, Seagrave, Mack and Howe. Also included is a fully restored 1955 Seagrave Anniversary Model "Quad" donated by the fire department of Oak Lawn, Illinois. We also added a fully operational 1968 ERF/HCB-Angus "pump/escape" fire engine from the Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade this rig was donated to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eichorn. Also in this gallery are three operating alarm room exhibits. One Gamewell system dates from 1925 and was used in Glendale, California. A second system was made by the Phoenix Fire Department in 1956 and was one of the earliest binary systems to make full use of telephone capabilities. The third system is a Protectowire operating system that demonstrates an effective alarm system using a specially constructed thermal cable. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Motorized+Pieces+Exhibit?EventID=4752&EventTimeID=1602646 In this 10,000 square foot gallery are 27 motorized pieces dating from 1897 to 1930. Most of the pieces are American. Makers include American La France, Seagrave, Robinson, Ahrens-Fox, Mack, Howe, Brockway, Merryweather, Christie, Moreland, Kissell and Waterous. Among the rarest pieces is an 1897 Champion water tower that was motorized with a Christie tractor in 1915, a Waterous hand or horse drawn gasoline powered pumper and a Brockway chemical car. A Merryweather Braidwood body style fire engine built in London in 1913 was used by the fire department of Lima, Peru. All of these pieces are fully restored. A 1951 American La France Model 700 engine from Miami, Arizona, is available for boarding. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Fire+Equipment+Exhibit?EventID=4750&EventTimeID=1602557 This 10,000 square foot gallery contains over 40 manual and horse drawn pieces of apparatus, dating from 1725 to 1908. There are pieces from the United States, England, France, Austria and Japan. There are a wide variety of engines, ladder wagons, parade carriages, hose wagons, chemical wagons, a fire sled or "pung," an aerial ladder wagon and steam powered engines. Also on exhibit are a large number of lithographs, engravings, prints and paintings. There is a fine display of over 100 insurance firemarks from all over the world. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/THERIZINOSAUR%3A+Mystery+of+the+Sickle-Claw+Dinosaur?EventID=6098&EventTimeID=1603706 This show displays real 93-million-year-old bones excavated near Big Water, in the desert landscape of southern Utah. A freestanding skeleton, cast from the original bones of the 13-foot-tall, one-ton, sickle-clawed, and feathered dinosaur, is one of the first mounted interpretations of this long-lost animal's stance and posture. The dramatic life and death struggles of this ancient creature come to life through scientific illustrations by artist Victor Leshyk. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Mysteries+From+Beneath+the+Runways?EventID=7130&EventTimeID=1604873 This exhibit features two archaeological Hohokam sites which were uncovered at Sky Harbor Airport Dutch Canal Ruin and Pueblo Salado. The excavations and artifacts from these two communities have brought additional insight regarding the people, canal systems and agricultural skills that sustained a vibrant lifestyle amidst an adverse desert environment. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/1+Day+Mixed+Media+%26+Collage+Workshop?EventID=7425&EventTimeID=1029011 This 1-day class that will cover many techniques in mixed media. We will be working with acrylic paints and drawing mediums, stamps, metal leafing, 3-D objects and more. Bring a lunch with you. Call Pat with questions at 602 861-1276. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Trish+Mayberry+Art+Exhibit?EventID=8179&EventTimeID=1606822 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Life+in+a+Cold+Place%3A+Arctic+Art?EventID=4727&EventTimeID=1604360 This exhibit examines the ways that artists depict their lives and survive in a cold environment. The art depicts themes of land, family, housing and taditional ways of getting food through hunting and fishing Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Young+Jewelers?EventID=5865&EventTimeID=1603578 In this exhibition Eight American Indian jewelers show their skills and style in enameling silver, gold and diamonds. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Old+Traditions+in+New+Pots%3A+Silver+Seed+Pots?EventID=6183&EventTimeID=1603799 Old Traditions in New Pots: Silver Seed Pots' features miniature silver seed pots given to the Heard by Norman L. Sandfield and ison display in the Heard's Sandra Day O'Connor Gallery. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Spring+Butterfly+Exhibition?EventID=7142&EventTimeID=1604850 ‘Spring Butterfly Exhibition' features hundreds of colorful butterflies that flutter around through the flower-filled lush gardens. Watch as butterflies sip nectar from flowers, perch in sunny locations and land. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Permanent+Collection?EventID=4826&EventTimeID=1603099 The Phippen Museum's permanent collection consists of paintings, etchings, drawings, bronze sculptures, photography, American Indian artifacts and jewelry that date from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. All materials in the collection are created by artists of the American West. Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 +0100 http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/History+Dioramas?EventID=4767&EventTimeID=1606747 See the historic events that shaped modern day Wickenburg, all rendered in exquisite miniature detail. Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 +0100