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September 1 through April 30
8am-4pm (except Christmas) Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park. Discover Arizona's oldest and largest botanical garden. Featured are plants from the world's deserts, towering trees, cacti, sheer mountain cliffs, streamside forest, panoramic vistas, hidden canyon, and specialty gardens. The Arboretum is less than an hour east of Tempe. Directions or more info.
First and Third Sundays
2pm The Phoenix Theosophical Study Group members meet in homes on the first and third Sundays of every month. Their website features additional resources, links, and general Theosophical Society information. For further info, please call 602.954.8525.
Every Monday
6:30-9:00pm Southeast Valley Fiction Writers - This is a weekly gathering of professional fiction and screen writers who come together each week in Chandler to encourage and perpetuate craft, technique, passion, and success. The group strives for excellence in writing by exchanging professional critique on original work. If you are interested in joining this writer's group, please contact: audrey@audreyrlwyatt.com. FREE.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
8:30am Mondays, 9:00am Wednesdays, 7:15pm Thursdays Nithya Yoga for Being Yoga Classes. No
experience needed. Cost: $10-$12/class. Location: Gilbert Yoga, 6 E Palo Verde St, #12,
Gilbert. More info: GilbertYoga.com or
480.225.1881.
Every Saturday, October through May
9-10:30am Yoga at the Farm at South Mountain is held in a pecan grove among the quail and rich
aromas of the farm's cafes. All levels welcome. Please bring your own mat. Cost: $12 per class.
Location: The lawn of The Retreat @ The Farm at South Mountain on 32nd Street, just south of
Southern. More info: contact the instructor Dr. Nancy Siefer, 480.577.1439 or Cindy, 480.326.0658.
Ongoing through January 24
From the Collection of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: Unexpected Wegman - Mention artist William Wegman and many people think of his quirky photographic images of Weimaraner dogs. Unexpected Wegman, however, highlights another side of this charming and insightful artist. SMoCA is fortunate to have over forty-five works by Wegman in its collection, produced with Segura Publishing Company. From light-hearted renderings of the artist’s studio to quirky pictorial narratives, these works offer an unusual window into Wegman’s playfully inquisitive thinking. And don’t worry -- along with the other kooky animals, those fun-loving dogs always seem to make their way into the story. More info: 480.874.4654 or smoca.org.
October 29 - March 2010
Descanse en Paz: The Homemade Grave Marker in the American Southwest, an exhibition
of the photographs of Dick George. For millennia people have created markers for burial sites. At the most basic level, they
do so in order to assure finding that precise location in the future. At deeper levels, however, they select or construct
markers as a symbol of the person who died, of those who survived, of their relationship, and maybe even more. In search
of these surprising and often beautiful markers, Dick George has traveled more than 30,000 miles throughout the Southwest
and visited some 400 rural cemeteries. This exhibition presents his best from among thousands of photographs. Cost:
Free on opening night, $6 museum admission required thereafter. Location: Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological
Park, 4619 E. Washington Street, Phoenix. More info: Phoenix.gov.
Saturday, January 23
8pm - The band, Europa, playing Eastern European music and conjuring the spirit of the Romany trail,
performs at the Fiddler's Dream Coffeehouse. Guest artists will include the Arizuki Stars, a youth touring
group of the Arizona Suzuki Association. The members of Europa are Connie Marie, violin; Dennis Yee, cello; Ian Stephan, guitar; Gail Paul,
flute; Debra Podjed, percussion; and Pinna Joseph, voice. Tickets: $6 available at the door. Doors open at 7:30pm.
Location: 1702 East Glendale Avenue, Phoenix 85020. More info: www.fiddlersdream.org
and 602.997.9795.
Sunday, January 31
3pm Concert at King of Glory Lutheran Church by the recently formed Three-4 Saxophone Quartet,
comprised of ASU graduate students. Open to the public. Location: 2085 E. Southern Avenue, Tempe. Cost: a free-will
offering will be taken. More info: contact Cyndee Chaffee at 480.838.0477 or visit kogaz.org.
Friday, February 19
7pm - Fund Raising Concert for Radio Phoenix, “Arizona’s Largest Community-based Internet Radio Station.”
Join us for an evening of Satirical and Political Folk Music starring Charlie King, Karen Brandow and The Black River
Bandit, whose songs restore one's faith in humanity. Cost: $17 advance purchase or $20 at the door. Location:
MADCAP Theater, formerly the Harkins Centerpoint. Light rail special! $1 back on presentation of a valid light rail pass for February
19. More info: advance tickets at azcmf.org.
7:30pm - Phoenix Friends of C. G. Jung with Joseph Campbell Foundation presents Lecture: The Hero, the Hierophant, and
the Healer. From the publication of The Hero with a Thousand Faces in 1949, to the posthumous airing of The Power of Myth
interviews with Bill Moyers over PBS in 1988, Joseph Campbell's lifework deserves credit for expanding the public's awareness of the relevance of
mythology to contemporary life. In this, his work echoes themes first raised by Carl Jung. The two clearly swim in the same waters, yet Campbell
himself observes that "I am not a Jungian." What, then, is the relationship between these two imaginative thinkers? Is there a personal connection?
What about professional collaborations? Do we know what they thought of each other? Where do Carl Jung's and Joseph Campbell's perspectives
on mythology and the human imagination overlap, and where might they diverge? To explore these and related questions, we'll start where their
lives intersect -- in the person of Heinrich Zimmer. A noted Indologist and storyteller-extraordinaire, Zimmer was a close friend to Jung and to
Campbell. Both men acknowledged his inspiration and influence in their own work (indeed, without Heinrich Zimmer there might be no Joseph
Campbell, as we know him today), and both edited portions of Zimmer's posthumata after his untimely passing. Shared anecdotes, in tandem with
some of Zimmer's favorite tales, will shed light on the nature of these relationships, as well as on the evolution of earlier perceptions of myths
beyond that of closeted curios. Cost: $15.00. Location: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 2310 N. 56th Street, Phoenix.
More Info: www.integralscience.org/cgjung.
Saturday, February 20
9am-4:30pm Medical Intuition: Awakening to Wholeness with C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD. (Sponsored by ARE –
Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.) Medical Intuition, used throughout history by gifted physicians to perform health evaluations,
is emerging as a new science within the field of Energy Medicine. Intuition is the foundation for all creativity and for one’s health and happiness.
All of us have intuitive survival skills and we can optimize these to enhance our connections to our Higher Self and Purpose in Life. The emerging
science of intuition suggests that regardless of your path in life, intuition should be an integral component, enabling you to reach your potential.
Developing your intuition can make your life happier, healthier, easier, more productive, and more successful. Experience breakthrough techniques
for awakening your inner medical intuitive and applying the power of your innate healing abilities, for yourself and others. Fine-tuning your inner
listening abilities and interpretive skills can often lead to startling insights and transformative knowledge. Getting a medical intuitive diagnosis
from an outsider is not nearly as important as having a personal intuitive “aha!” about your situation for yourself! So come spend the day with
renowned holistic health pioneer Dr. Shealy as he leads you to wholeness. This experiential program requires no prior experience and is open to
all. Cost: $89 preregistered, $99 at door Other special rates available for seniors, students and ARE members. Location: Unity
of Sun City (10101 West Coggins Drive, Sun City 85351), 623.974.6443. More info:
EdgarCayce.org/fieldconferences or call 888.273.0020.
10am-4pm - Phoenix Friends of C. G. Jung with Joseph Campbell Foundation presents Workshop: Public Dreams and
Private Myths. A common thread weaving throughout the work of Joseph Campbell, Heinrich Zimmer, and Carl Jung is that of the power of
symbol -- and, by extension, the mythic image -- to shape human lives. And yet, pinning down a symbol is as simple as stapling your shadow
to the wall. In this workshop, we follow clues these myth-workers provide as to how we might best engage the archetypal energies met in
myth, in dream, and in life. Workshop participants will encounter the Shadow in a pair of errant slippers, soar with a Wild Gander as we explore
the mythology of Breath, and draw on an eclectic array of tools, from solo exercises to small group activities, enabling each to embody an
understanding that the power of symbols, as Campbell notes, "nevertheless lies not in what meets the eye, but in what dilates the heart."
Our focus will be to not just interpret mythic symbols, but to draw on the wisdom contained therein to mythologize one's own life.
Participants will carry away the transformative realization that, in a very real sense, we are the figures of myth. Cost: $60.00.
Location: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 2310 N. 56th Street, Phoenix.
More Info: www.integralscience.org/cgjung.
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