The Arts

Arizona School for the Arts students and faculty have had to adapt to performing arts education during a time when they can't gather to perform.        

Arizona School for the Arts reinvented itself for the virtual classroom after COVID-19 took the live performing out of performing arts education.        

Equality Arizona's Queer Poetry Salon features the poets of the LGBTQ+ community including CA Conrad, Raquel Salas Rivera and Cyrée Jarelle Johnson.        

MIM, Phoenix Art Museum, IDEA Museum, Ballet Arizona, Gammage and Arizona Science Center are livestreaming events and things to do during coronavirus.        

Sony announced details on its PS5 console during a livestream showcase. New titles include God of War: Ragnarok, Final Fantasy 16 and Hogwarts Legacy        

Hispanic Heritage Month begins Sept. 15. Here's a reading list of Latino, Afro-Latino and Hispanic authors, curated by two Arizona experts.        

Here's your guide to things to do during COVID, including SMoCA Phoenix Art Museum, Heard Museum, Arizona Science Center, MIM, SCPA and ASU Gammage.        

Exhibitions feature celebrities such as Muhammad Ali, Roberta Flack at Heard Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Chandler Museum, Musical Instrument Museum.        

New murals are appearing in downtown Phoenix and beyond. Artists behind them include Clyde Thompson, Lalo Cota, Antoinette Cauley and Isaac Caruso.        

Aaron Lewis of Staind and Sully Erna of Godsmack are bringing live music to the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix with their drive-in concert tour.        

Hispanic Heritage Month begins Sept. 15. Here are books by Hispanic writers spanning memoir, fiction and historical nonfiction that experts recommend.        

Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam have launched a vote by mail initiative for the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.        

Nintendo is partnering with Epic Games for a new Fortnite-themed bundle. Meanwhile there are new games for the Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary.        

New murals are appearing in downtown Phoenix and beyond. Artists behind them include Clyde Thompson, Lalo Cota, Antoinette Cauley and Isaac Caruso.        

Peoria Center for the Performing Arts is transformed for TheaterWorks' new, interactive 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired show, 'Curiouser & Curiouser.'        

Peoria Center for the Performing Arts is transformed for TheaterWorks' "Alice in Wonderland" inspired interactive show, "Curiouser & Curiouser."        

Driving tours highlight central, Old Town and north Scottsdale artworks, the Indian Bend Wash greenbelt sculptures and more than two dozen pieces.        

Peoria's TheaterWorks shows in recent years include "Annie," "Gypsy," "City of Angels," "Sunday's in the Park with George" and "A Chorus Line."        

September's First Friday Phoenix event has the Heard Museum, Bentley Gallery and Eye Lounge open while other Roosevelt Row venues have shows online.        

Ramses Ja, a longtime Phoenix on-air personality, is leaving the air waves saying the station did not support his idea for a show airing Black voices.