HEAR ME. SEE ME.
Opening Reception | May 12 | 6:00 pm
FREE Admission
 
Experience a first look at TCA's newest gallery exhibition and mingle with other members of the public interested in visual art and the topics they portray. This open house reception provides the opportunity to meet and discuss artworks with many of the artists on display and learn about their inspirations and visions while producing their art. Light refreshments will be served and the bar will be open.

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Cenicienta: A Bilingual Cinderella Story
presented by TCA and Glass Half Full Theatre
May 13 | 10 am | $10 - $18

Cenicienta is a story within a story. Ten-year-old Belinda lives out her own version of Cinderella while also re-enacting the classic tale. This captivating bilingual one-woman performance is a modern spin on the beloved fairy tale and tackles cultural heritage, family, and the power of language.
 
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Enjoy FREE hands-on art activities that encourage families and kids to explore creativity and self-expression.
May 13 | 10 am - 4 pm

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Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster
presented by TCA and Manual Cinema
May 13 | 2 pm | $10 - $18

Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just… isn’t. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Leonardo! brings Mo Willems’ books to life through hundreds of illustrated puppets, hilarious actors on live cameras, fuzzy Muppet-style puppets, and a live soundtrack that both kids and their parents will love. The result is a “live movie” made onstage in front of the audience’s eyes and projected on a screen shaped like a giant picture book page.
 
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Performance with a View:
Bassoon Bonanza
presented by TCA
May 16 | 10 am | FREE w/ Reserve Tickets

Enjoy the last performance of the season with Alfredo Bonilla, ASU Doctoral Student, as he explores the many facets of the bassoon with solo and chamber works.

Performances require ticket reservations prior to the event. Tickets are limited. All seats that have not been filled will be released ten minutes prior to the performance.
 
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Walk-In Wednesdays Open Mic Night
presented by TCA
Wednesdays - ends May 31
(Returning in the Fall)

Walk-in Wednesdays, the region's best open mic night! This free series offers musicians a chance to play their songs in a friendly, attentive atmosphere void of noisy nightclub indifference.

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48 LIVE: Brian Bahe
presented by TCA
May 18 | 7:30 pm | $10 - $15
FREE - Experience Circle Members

Beloved Indigenous (Tohono O’odham, Hopi, Navajo), gay comedian, writer, and tech disruptor Brian Bahe lost his phone four times over the course of eight months leaving a flurry of missed calls, unread texts, secrets, and social security numbers in its wake. His solo standup show will include jokes and songs (jk) about his phone and all the dumb, wholesome, stupid, crazy, sexy, cool things in it.
 
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2023 Spring Recital
presented by Music Maker Workshops
May 19 - May 21 | FREE

Musicians from Music Maker Workshops of all ages and experience levels will be sharing their talents at the 2023 Spring Recitals! Performances range from piano, voice, guitar, ukulele, strings, brass, woodwinds and more! Seating for each performance is first come, first served.
 
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Let's Nacho
presented by ABCD School of Bollywood
May 21 | 5 pm | $10 - $20

The audience can expect a high-energy and exciting performance filled with vibrant costumes, dazzling choreography, and foot-tapping music. The performers will showcase a mix of traditional and modern dance styles, seamlessly blending Bollywood, Bhangra, hip-hop, freestyle, and folk dance.
 
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Coming May 26

Presented by Stray Cat Theatre
May 26 - 28
 
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The TCA Art Shop is having a 40% off sale now through June 25.
Please stop by during any TCA event to shop and support your local artists.

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