Stage Mom Lynn Trimble has a full plate this weekend -- but she's been invited to try a Bollywood dance class with Kriti Dance at Dance Connection 2 in Chandler. Will this be the weekend she crosses Bollywood off her "bucket list?" Find out -- and learn more about weekend options from opera at the movie theater to a play about workers' rights advocate Cesar Chavez.

If your child loves animals, you'll enjoy learning about the many places you can see animals in visual and performance art. Think puppet theaters, animal habitats, movie theaters, museums, art galleries and more -- all featured in today's post on art and animals.

Remember the good old days? Musical theater con men like Harold Hill peddled trombones instead of tea bags. Young men cheated at the pool hall rather than baseball. Librarians were afraid of real mice, not the hand-held electonic device. Enjoy a trip down memory lane this weekend as the Phoenix Symphony and Phoenix Theatre present "The Music Man."

A boy's search for meaning. Ethnic identity. Prenatal testing. Crime and punishment. Mother/daughter baggage. Arranged marriages. Career versus family. I found it all in Sunday's edition of "The New York Times" -- thanks to a lovely insert from the ASU Herberger Institute's School of Theatre and Film.

Wenches outnumber knaves. MTV wants to broadcast your video in Times Square. Scottsdale is on the hunt for art from furniture to sculpture. Who knew there were so many ways to get involved in arts and culture? Check out these calls for performers/artists -- then spread the word to teachers, artists and friends who have a heart for art.

I am now going to officially eat crow, or my hat, or whatever it is that people eat in the name of contrition

Sardines. Boxer shorts. Rotary-dial phones. It all sounds rather sad -- until you put it all together with the cast and creative team of Phoenix Theatre's "Noises Off" -- the side-splitting opening to their 90th season, which elevates farce to fine art in a hilarious production directed by Matthew Wiener.

I was stunned and horrified. Could this be true? Was I living in some kind of Tipper Gore world of censorship without even knowing it. I wanted to race out and watch “Seven Pounds,” or “The boy in Striped Pajamas.”

What would happen if Luke Skywalker met Harry Potter?