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Pickin' in the Park
Bluegrass pickers and grinners (that means fans) entertain each other with classic ditties and original jam sessions 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. The only exceptions are for bad weather and holidays, and as the organizer puts it, “We don’t consider the Super Bowl a national holiday.” Clearly, you are among friends. Roadrunner Park, 3502 E. Cactus Road, Phoenix. E-mail lynn.wright@cox.net.

Off Broadway
Our top pick for a show that Sunday is Anything Goes, playing at Mesa’s Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. Where else can you watch a sardonic, tap-dancing musical while gorging on all the chicken breast, mashed potatoes and cheesecake you can handle? Or, check out I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center. You’ll nod often in agreement, picturing your significant other in front of the boob-tube. broadwaypalmwest.com, desertfoothillstheater.com.

ASU Faculty Quintet
For a dressed-up music experience, check out the ASU Faculty Quintet perform a wind concert at the Tempe campus. Or the same day, catch So-Yi Ahn perform Mendelssohn & the Organ at Organ Hall. herbergercollege.asu.edu/calendar.

Celebration of Fine Art
Scottsdale is hosting more than 100 local and national artists in big, white tents along Scottsdale Road and the Loop 101 that weekend. Watch all manner of artsy types practice their craft, from sketchers to sculptors, and enjoy demonstrations, workshops and food. (No Doritos, they promise.) celebrateart.com.

Sculptures in the Streets
The game is in the West Valley, so head due east for a day in downtown Mesa. (You’ve been meaning to check it out anyway, right?) In February, you can catch this ninth-annual, open-air exhibit with 70 sculptures scattered throughout the streets. Every piece is for sale. downtownmesa.com/sculpture_exhibit.htm.

Used Book Sale
The annual VNSA charity sale is six days after the Super Bowl, but true bibliophiles know not to enter the State Fairgrounds amid thousands of books and shopping-cart-wielding buyers without a game plan. Take advantage of Sunday to plot your attack. Go to a bookstore or library – sure to be deserted – and make a list of new titles you want and old standbys you’ve never read. (Perhaps Understanding Football Hooliganism?) vnsabooksale.org.

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