What’s Up Wednesday | Jan 5-11
This week on What’s Up Wednesday, check out the events below and get the details for the coolest things to do in Phoenix!
Click the image to learn more about each of this week’s featured events:
SURPRISE FINE ART & WINE FESTIVAL
Date: January 7, 2022 – January 9, 2022
Place: Surprise
Price: $3
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Thunderbird Artists, leading producers of fine art and wine events in the Southwest, is excited to be heading East for the Surprise Fine Art & Wine Festival again this season.
Surprise warrants a weekend stay for the whole family. Surprise Stadium is home for the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals ‘Spring Training’ and the Surprise Recreation Campus has a fishing lake, along with a 25 court Tennis & Racquet Complex.
HEASTSIDE EIGHT STORYTELLING SLAM: I QUIT!
Date: January 8, 2022
Place: The Nile Coffee Shop
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Price: $10 online, $13 at the door
Eastside Eight- the storytelling slam proving the East Valley the hippest place in town- is BACK! We’ll kick off the new year with the them: I QUIT!
Never been to our storytelling slam? It’s a live event featuring eight amateur storytellers. Each storyteller tells a true, personal story that relates to the theme in 6 minutes or less. The audience then votes* who will be crowned storytelling victor. If you’re intrigued by the idea, but not yet ready to tell a story, we’ve adding a “Show and Tell” to our slam. Bring your rock collection, your favorite mug, or your childhood stuffed toy and tell us about it for a minute. It’ll warm you up for future performances!
*The voting mechanism is a Google Form. People can vote as often as they want for whomever they want. Copious amounts of voter fraud. And we joyfully let it slide, because it’s not really a competition.
PEORIA WINTER OUTDOOR MOVIE: “ABOMINABLE”
Date: January 8, 2022
Place: Fletcher Heights Park
Time: 4:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Price: Free
Jan is the best time of year to snuggle up in your warm PJs, drink some tasty hot chocolate, and watch a family friendly winter movie: Dreamworks: Abominable! Grab a blanket, chair, your family & friends and enjoy the FREE BIGscreen family movie night, Food Truck Picnic & More ~ Arrive early to snag a good seat, something yummy to eat & have some FUN before the movie starts.
Enjoy Specialty Food Trucks, PJ Party, Kids Winter Dance Party, Balloon Twister, Family Friendly Music by DJ Jonny, Kids Activities, Glow Fun, Night Market, music & more! (Food will be available for purchase & small cost for balloon artist).
Abominable(PG): A heartwarming animated adventure about an introverted teen who discovers a Yeti on the roof of her apartment building & embarks on a journey with 2 friends to return him home to Mount Everest.
THE COSMONAUTS SKETCH COMEDY SHOW
Date: January 7, 2022 – January 8, 2022
Place: Desert Stages Theatre at Scottsdale Fashion Square
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Price: Non-Member Admission Adult: $16.50
Are you looking for something fun and different to do? Could you use an infusion of laughter in your life? Then come see a Cosmonauts Sketch Comedy show! Hilarious, twisted, and fresh, The Cosmonauts are one of the longest-running sketch comedy troupes in Arizona, celebrating their ten-year anniversary of performing on stages around the Valley. They don’t do improv, but rather perform 100%-scripted original sketches they write themselves. Think SNL if it were R-rated. Cosmonauts Sketch Comedy shows contain mature content. Ages 18 and over only.
The Cosmonauts are Official Selections of the 2021 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, the 2021 Portland Comedy Film Festival, the 2020 San Francisco Sketchfest, the 2018 Joshua Tree International Improv/Comedy Festival, and numerous local festivals. They are also semi-regulars on Go Sketch Yourself, a streaming sketch show on Twitch hosted by The Pack Theater in Los Angeles.
This production is independent of Desert Stages Theatre, and requires proof of full vaccination against COVID-19, or a negative COVID-19 PCR test result within 72 hours of show dates before entry. Audience members must wear masks.
