Out@SMoCA at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, March 23
This colorful celebration of Arizona’s LGBTQ community includes access to the museum’s spring exhibitions, “Betye Saar: Still Tickin’” and Bruce Munro’s “Ferryman’s Crossing,” and offers guests cocktails and refreshments, raffle prizes, and entertainment from a DJ and the One-N-Ten Dance Troupe. Free with RSVP at smoca.org. 6-9 p.m. March 23 at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. smoca.org
Pink Floyd Experience at Celebrity Theatre, March 26
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Pink Floyd Experience are the truest flatterers to ever pick up instruments. The New Zealand-based tribute band has been emulating the esoteric, moody sounds and bright laser-show sights of Pink Floyd since 1994, and this year, their tour tries to recreate the spectacle of PF’s 1995 “Pulse” live double-album with 20 tons of equipment, elaborate sets, state-of-the-art lasers and lighting, psychedelic projections and a ten-piece band. $39-$49. 8 p.m. March 26 at Celebrity Theatre. celebritytheatre.com
Ballet Arizona: Today’s Masters 2016 at Orpheum Theatre, March 24-27
Ballet Arizona dances into spring with this compendium of contemporary ballet works that includes the new piece “Pacopepepluto” choregraphed by Alejandro Cerrudo, an excerpt of “Symphonie Classique” choreographed by Ballet Arizona Artistic Director Ib Andersen (and featuring costumes by Tony Award-winning designer Martin Pakledinz), and “Konservatoriet” choreographed by August Bournonville. $25-$159. Call for showtimes. March 24-26 at the Orpheum Theatre. balletaz.org
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Grandparents vs. Grandkids, March 25
Local comedians aged 50 and older take on local twentysomething jokesters in this light-hearted battle of wittiness. $10-$25. 7:30 p.m. March 25 at Tempe Center for the Arts. tempe.gov/city-hall/community-services/tempe-center-for-the-arts
