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OCTOBER 2014 THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GO® Phoenix+Scottsdale ® wheretraveler.com NIFTY GIFT BOUTIQUES IN PHOENIX & MESA BEER BARS AND OKTOBERFESTS HOT STUFF! Popular festivals and provocative exhibits PHXWM_141000_cover.indd 1 9/16/14 11:38:46 AM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 2 9/10/14 7:26:11 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 1 9/10/14 7:26:19 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 2 9/15/14 1:22:07 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 3 9/15/14 3:36:33 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 4 9/10/14 7:26:28 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 5 9/11/14 5:29:38 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 7 9/10/14 7:26:34 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 8 9/15/14 1:22:15 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 9 9/10/14 7:26:39 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 10 9/10/14 7:27:03 PM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 11 9/10/14 7:27:06 PM Phoenix+Scottsdale 10.14 CONTENTS See more of Phoenix+Scottsdale and the Valley of the Sun at wheretraveler.com The Plan The Guide Let’s get started The best of the Valley of the Sun ENTERTAINMENT 18 Editor’s Itinerary 26XX Meandering in Cave Creek, Casinos, shows & sports Carefree and north Scottsdale Arizona fall sports teams come out to play. 20 Hot Dates Phoenix Fashion Week, the MUSEUMS Salt River Balloon Spooktacular, 36 & ATTRACTIONS Kris Kristofferson & much more XX Surrealist oil paintings by Philip C. Curtis on display at Mesa Contemporary Arts GALLERIES 40 & ANTIQUES XX 25 Vibrant canvas art paired with cowboy poetry GOLF 44 Courses, instruction, gear Custom bicycles for fun and fit 72 My Valley of the Sun golf play at Kierland Golf Club Miles Newcomer, head sushi SHOPPING chef at Sushi Roku, dishes on 46 Boutiques, malls & spas passion for the food industry and life in the Valley. A crafty supply shop and an Etsy-like boutique 0$50#&3 5)&$0.1-&5&(6*%&50(0 D[bXa\k!GVbggfWT_X DINING 52 Restaurants by area wheretraveler.com NIFTY GIFT BOUTIQUES IN PHOENIX & MESA BEER BARS AND OKTOBERFESTS Four oudoor dining havens NAVIGATE HOT 66 STUFF! Trails, trips & tours Popular festivals and 46 provocative exhibits Arizona Falls: Phoenix’s secret, ON THE COVER middle-of-the-city waterfall ©SCENIC SHUTTERBUG Festivals/20 Exhibits/23 Where Now Gift boutiques/46 Beer bars & Oktoberfests/24 22 Art Scene 17 Dance performances • “Covert Operations” at SMoCA • Paulo 101 Bruscky at Phoenix Art Museum • George Morrison at the MAPS Heard • Scottsdale ArtWalk • Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival Explore the city from north to south 17 24 Fall Favorites and A to Z Arizona breweries • national beer bars • 5 Valley Oktoberfests page 68-71 51 CONNECT WITH US 10 202 10 202 25 Cuisine Scene 17 143 10 101 New restaurants: Southern Rail in Phoenix • The Revival 60 in Tempe • Fogon and Sumo Maya in Scottsdale ©FRANCES GROUP/SUMO MAYA; ©OSIO CULINARY (CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) ©CELEBRITY THEATRE; 12 WHERE PHOENIX+SCOTTSDALE I OCTOBER 2014 PHXWM_141000_toc.indd 12 9/16/14 11:40:12 AM PHXWM_141000_LayoutFP.indd 13 9/10/14 7:27:10 PM YOur TrAvELINg COmPANION SINCE 1936® ® wherePHOENIX+SCOTTSDALE PHOENIX+SCOTTSDALE ADVERTISING & CIRCULATION REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT Michelle Schneider PUBLISHER Mike Korzon SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kathy Corona-Seabaugh WEST REGION MARKETING, CIRCULATION & EVENTS MANAGER Gina Pinaire WEST REGION AD SALES & SERVICE COORDINATOR Tammy Griffin BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR Justin Birnstihl MORRIS VISITOR PUBLICATIONS MVP I EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT Donna W. 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MORE DATES Pumpkin Days & 01 Corn Maze opens at Tolmachoff Farms Winemaker dinner 02 featuring JUSTIN Winery at AZ Biltmore Adults’ Night Out at 03 AZ Science Center Human Nature 04 Dance Theater performs at Arcosanti Waylon Jennings 05 auction at Musical Instrument Museum “Experience Hendrix” 07 at Mesa Arts Center Ruben Paul at Rick 08 Bronson’s House of Comedy (night 1 of 5) “Vanya & Sonia 09 & Masha & Spike” opening night (AZ Theatre Company) AZ State Fair opens; 10 runs through Nov. 2 Ira Glass at 11 Mesa Arts Center HOT Railfair at McCormick- 12 Stillman Railroad Park (day 2 of 2) “The Producers” 14 continues at AZ DATES Broadway Theatre ARIZONA TACO FESTIVAL > OCT. 18-19 (through Nov. 9) Taste of Cave Creek Hungry patrons gain access to $2 tastes of more than 100 varieties of tacos, while their makers— 15 (night 1 of 2) professional chefs to domestic enthusiasts—campaign to be voted the fest’s grand champion. Wanda Sykes at Pair the fare with samples from 100 tequila choices, and see-to-believe such feats as chile-eating 17 Celebrity Theatre contests and lucha libre wrestling. www.aztacofestival.com. Salt River Fields, Loop 101 & Via de Ventura St. Louis Blues vs 18 AZ Coyotes (NHL) It’s National Seafood Events to Seek and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON > OCT. 14 19 Bisque Day—have a Barbra Streisand’s love interest (“A Star is bowl at Diff erent Pointe of View Enjoy in October Born”), Jennifer Aniston’s ailing father (“She’s 6 Boo! at the Zoo Just Not That Into You”), and a country- 20 (day 1 of 7) PHOENIX FASHION WEEK > OCT.