Night and Day from p 18 trivial. Even so, trivia buffs can test their trivia prowess while benefiting Central Arizona Shelter Services during its annual Year in Review Trivia Night at Valley Bar, 130 North Central Avenue. It’s happening from 6 p.m. on Friday, December 27 (doors open at 5:30 p.m.). Teams will compete to answer 20 ques- tions on topics such as pop culture, poli- tics, sports, music, business, film, and newsmakers. You need to be at least 21 to attend. Tickets are $35, with all proceeds benefiting CASS, which operates adult and family emergency shelters. Winning teams get prizes. Visit valleybarphx.com. LYNN TRIMBLE If you’ve got 30 minutes and a hankering for some post-holiday Bloody Mary time, sign up for a Not Your Mom’s Bloody Mary Mix class at Southwest Gardener, 300 West Camelback Road. Tanya Chakravarty will be sharing her Bloody Mary recipes and tips on Saturday, December 28. Classes start at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. These are no tomato juice plus generic SAT 12/28 STIR IT UP ▼ CULINARY mix Bloody Marys. Chakravarty makes her cocktails with fresh vegetables and a to- mato base. She’ll even show you how to whip up a green Bloody Mary, and send you on your merry way with a quart-size jar of Bloody Mary mix — plus recipes. The class costs $35. Visit southwestgardener. com. LYNN TRIMBLE ▼ VISUAL ART FRESH OUTLOOK By now you’re surely tired of seeing all things Christmas around every turn. Try changing the view over at Carrie Curran Art Studios, 8300 North Hayden Road, Suite A100 in Scottsdale. You can paint your little heart out while you sip wine, then go home with an original work of art that has nothing to do with snowmen or flying reindeers. The theme for Van Gogh Vino on Satur- day, December 28, is Illuminated Desert. Bring your own wine, then get step-by- step instructions to create your own des- ert-themed painting. The $45 class fee includes a canvas and paint. The studio will lend wine glasses and corkscrews, plus aprons to keep everyone from going home covered in paint. The class runs from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Visit carriecurranart. com. LYNN TRIMBLE SUN 12/29 WRITE TIME ▼ LITERARY There’s never a wrong time to exercise your writing muscles. Unless, perhaps, you’re spilling all those juicy family secrets that came out over the beef brisket or ta- males this holiday season. Maybe now is the time to dive into writing, with all that fresh resolve that comes with the prospect of a new year. You can give it a go at Bookmans Enter- tainment Exchange, 1056 South Country Club Drive in Mesa. They’re holding a free creative writing workshop for writers of all experience levels from 4 to 5 p.m. on Sun- day, December 29. It’s also a fun way to give a few writing exercises a whirl. The words that spill forth might surprise you. Visit bookmans.com. LYNN TRIMBLE ▼ COMEDY Want to take part in an experiment with- out the risk of chemical burns? Then be sure to hit up Stand Up Science, in which a “mad scientist” (Shane Mauss of the Here We Are podcast) combines comedy and scientific exploration. Expect an evening of stand-up routines featuring “cerebral material” split between presentations by local scientists. It’s like a TED Talk by Jerry Seinfeld, or if Albert Einstein put to- gether a tight 15 minutes. The show is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday, SCIENTIFIC COMEDY December 29, at Stir Crazy Comedy Club, 6751 North Sunset Boulevard in Glendale. Tickets are $19, and you can grab yours at stircrazycomedyclub.com. CHRIS COPLAN Gather round the one-ring circus coming to Chandler if you want to see performers celebrate the tradition of women in circus arts. The Zoppé Italian Family Circus is doing a series of performances under the 500- seat big top on the west lawn of Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 North Arizona Av- enue in Chandler. The new production is called La Nonna!, which references the Italian word for grandmother. It’s designed to showcase an interna- tional cast of all-female performers, with everything from acrobatics to equestrian performance. Featured performers include the Santos Family, a group of female-only flyers who’ll be doing a new perch pole act. The show kicks off at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 30. Tickets are $24 to $45 for adults and $15 to $40 for kids. Visit chan- dlercenter.org. LYNN TRIMBLE ▼ VISUAL ART COLOR YOUR WORLD You expect to see fabulous Broadway shows at ASU Gammage, 1200 South For- est Avenue in Tempe. But the performing arts venue can color your world beyond musicals like The Color Purple, thanks to rotating exhibitions of artworks by Arizona creatives. Artworks line several walls in- side the theater’s lobby, and you don’t have to see a show to explore them. Currently, they’re featuring works by MON 12/30 WHAT A CIRCUS ▼ PERFORMANCE artists in a group called Contemporary Wa- tercolor Artists of Arizona, which was founded 50 years ago. The exhibit in- cludes both realist and abstract works. Expect landscapes, portraits, and other artworks created with transparent water- color paint, acrylics, gouache, and colored inks. See the exhibit between 1 and 4 p.m. on Monday, December 30. Visit asuevents. asu.edu. LYNN TRIMBLE Not every ball is worth attending. The one from Beauty and the Beast, for instance, seemed a little too focused on Belle to be any fun. If you’re looking for an evening with a little more promise, you can’t go wrong with the Labyrinth Masquerade Ball. What better way to ring in the New Year than dancing with people and monsters from that beloved 1986 David Bowie vehi- cle? Plus, there’ll be live bands and enter- tainment, stilt walkers, “oceans of bubbles,” and surprises galore. Talk about some real dance magic. The ball begins at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, TUE 12/31 DANCE, MAGIC DANCE ▼ NIGHTLIFE December 31, at Thunderbird Lounge, 710 West Montecito Avenue. If you weren’t among the first 900 folks to register for free, it’s still just $10 to secure your spot. Grab your tickets at thunderbirdlounge- phx.com. CHRIS COPLAN ▼ COMEDY ASU Color your world. Here’s a theory involving just a touch of metaphysical gobbledygook: How you spend the end of one year may very well color your experiences in the next. So why not laugh it up on New Year’s Eve by seeing comedian Brian Regan? Over his 20-plus- year career, Regan has delighted audiences with a unique blend of observational hu- mor and straight-up wacky faces. If noth- ing else, it sure beats spending NYE eating a sleeve of Oreos over a kitchen sink. The show is set for 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, at Arizona Federal Theatre, 400 West Washington Street. 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