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Culture in Phoenix? Get out of town...

Published Monday, August 30, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

No, really. How else to explain the Arizona Republic's "Fall" Arts Preview? Print readers of my metro paper got to see the following "fall" arts events trumpeted on the A&E section's front page Sunday:

"The Lion King," Jan. 21 to March 6, Gammage Auditorium
"Thoroughly Modern Millie," May 3-8, Gammage Auditorium
Olga Kern, May 12-13, Orpheum Theatre
"Coppelia," March 31 to April 3, Orpheum Theatre
"In Monet's Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny," Feb. 6 to May 8, Phoenix Art Museum
"Il Tabarro"/"I Pagliacci," Arizona Opera, Oct. 29-31, Gammage Auditorium

And no, I did not make that up. Those were the front-page story subjects for the Arizona Republic's Fall Arts Preview. I know the weather in the Valley of the Sun sometimes makes seasonal changes difficult to discern, but please.