Downtown theaters will be swarming with culture vultures\u00a0as Secret Order<\/a>, Indivisible<\/a> and The Hobbit <\/a>all have multiple shows playing Thursday-Sunday.<\/p>\n The Suns can make up some\u00a0ground in their chase for the No. 4 seed (and home\u00a0court advantage in Round 1)\u00a0in the NBA playoffs when they host the 4th-seeded Jazz Friday <\/a>at U.S. Airways Center.\u00a0Last time these two teams met, Utah stormed back from\u00a0a double-digit fourth-quarter\u00a0deficit to win going away at home.\u00a0You should really\u00a0go if for no other reason than to heckle\u00a0Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko<\/a>, who looks like a pencil-thin\u00a0Dolph Lundgren.<\/p>\n With spring temperatures in full effect, you’d be silly not to visit the Phoenix Public Market <\/a>from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., where you’ll find the best of Arizona produce, meats, wines and crafts, plus live music by Teneia.<\/p>\n After you’ve\u00a0scooped up some fat\u00a0heirloom green tomatoes, bump on over to the Downtown Phoenix Festival of the Arts <\/a>happening 4-11 p.m.\u00a0at Heritage Square Park. Cost is $10 in advance and $15 at the door.<\/a>\u00a0 Oh, and there will be a bar.<\/p>\n Get your picture taken with a\u00a0real modern-day dragons as Arizona\u00a0Science Center\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>hosts a free dragon-training party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. Then, on Saturday, ASC\u00a0will test the resolve of eight brave guests who will wear a beard of live honeybees<\/a>! The action takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 pm. so don’t BEE late. (Clever, right? RIGHT?!)<\/p>\n One of the greatest composers to ever tickle the ivory will be celebrated at 8 p.m.\u00a0Thursday through Saturday at Symphony Hall\u00a0as the Phoenix Orchestra perform’s Mozart’s Requiem<\/a>. And no, Mozart wasn’t deaf. That was Beethoven.<\/p>\n Don your\u00a0dopest threads and cut a proper rug at Stoudemire’s Downtown<\/a>, which\u00a0presents Latino Live <\/a>with DJ Skandlis and Joey Boy from Power 98 on Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.<\/p>\n Second Saturday Community Cinema presents a free sneak preview of\u00a0Dirt: The Movie<\/em> from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Civic Space Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the movie you can sit down to an amazing prime rib dinner <\/a>for just $15 (!!) at Coach & Willie’s<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, granted, this\u00a0is only a small sampling of what’s going on Downtown this weekend. You can download our complete guide here<\/a> or simply “ASK” any one of our knowledgeable Ambassadors<\/a> to share their personal recommendations. They\u00a0never miss.<\/p>\n Most importantly, have a most enjoyable and safe weekend. And if you’re heading Downtown, bring a friend!<\/p>\n * yes, of course violence is bad!<\/em><\/p>\n Next time\u00a0some hater\u00a0blathers on about how, “Nothing ever happens Downtown on the weekends,” give\u00a0them a forceful-yet-well-intended\u00a0slap to the cheek* and refer them to this here\u00a0blog. Seriously, if you can’t find\u00a0more than your fair share of\u00a0hijinks in Downtown Phoenix\u00a0this weekend you’re simply not paying attention.\u00a0 Emerging alt-country artist Samantha Crain will play a free show at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5072,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5072"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"joe-bonamassa\"](\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/joe-bonamassa.jpg\" "\\"joe-bonamassa\\"")
On Friday, award-winning blues rocker Joe Bonamassa plays\u00a0Orpheum Theater <\/a>at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $30, which is a pretty nice price point considering the historic venue and\u00a0street cred\u00a0of the\u00a0musician. Check out one of\u00a0Joe’s videos here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"hip](\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/hip-hop1.jpg\" "\\"hip")
Speaking of dancing, the Phoenix Mercury <\/a>Hip Hop Squad is holding open auditions Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at U.S. Airways Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"