Performing arts lovers are invited to put on their dancing shoes and chassé their way to Get Out’s fourth annual Performing Arts Expo Saturday at Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

Our neck of the woods has a rich history of talented folks who can sing, dance and put on a good show.

Key matchup: Hamilton defense vs. Mesquite ground game. Mesquite has rushed the ball well of late with a huge line and backs Luckas Scott and Max Webb sharing the load.

“None” nun Patti Hannon has gotten used to being called “Sister.”

Performing arts lovers are invited to strap on their dancing shoes and chassé their way to Get Out’s fourth annual Performing Arts Expo Saturday at Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

If anyone wanted to know why Drew Ignatowski has received three Arizoni scholarships, all they had to hear was his “thank-you” speech at Monday’s Arizoni Awards. Why? The ASU senior sang his entire three-minute appreciation, paraphrasing lyrics from great show tunes. The talented 21-year-old’s impromptu performance brought down the house Monday evening at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

Broadway has its Tonys, the annual awards for excellence in theater nationally.

Karen Rolston is used to East Valley Children’s Theatre getting a haul of honors at the Arizoni Awards. But Monday’s armful of kudos left the troupe’s artistic director speechless ... and exhausted from the many trips to the stage of Tempe Center for the Arts, home for the 20th annual awards for excellence in theater produced in Maricopa County.

May I be frank?

“None” nun Patti Hannon has gotten used to being called “Sister.”

Theater Works was shut down March 19 by the Peoria Fire Department. Artistic director Scott Campbell says the theater’s temporary closure should be a red flag for all performing arts venues. It appears that after the tragic nightclub fire in Rhode Island, fire inspectors are really cracking down.

Western movies are regaining their place in the Valley of the Sun — at least for one night.

Jennifer Hubilla is living proof of the value of exposing young people to the arts.

Few actors ever have two years like Michael York did in 1965 and 1996.

Some Little League coaches will stop at nothing to win each and every game.

When Aaron Jacobson says he sings for his supper, he’s not whistling Dixie. He’s the head gondolier at Scottsdale’s Hyatt Regency, meaning he serenades lovers and would-be lovers nightly while rowing gondolas through the resort’s romantic waterways.

Married East Valley actors Jeannie Shubitz and Jason Fleck are barely seeing each other these days.

Each year, the ariZoni theater awards organization hands out scholarships for students studying drama and musical theater. At Monday’s ceremony, four Arizona State University theater students received “a little financial help” from the theater community.

Broadway has its Tonys, the annual awards for excellence in theater nationally.

Each year, the ariZoni theater awards organization hands out scholarships for students studying drama and musical theater. At Monday’s ceremony, four Arizona State University theater students received “a little financial help” from the theater community.

It’s a little confusing, but a marathon singles match ended up determining a doubles match, which, in turn, determined who won the 5A Division II boys state team tennis championship.

Audrey Johnson knows where to send East Valley arts buffs like herself who want to know what’s happening this season on local stages: The Get Out Performing Arts Expo at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

Bells are ringing for Mesa actress Belinda Chron.