Arts & Entertainment

Let music lift winter-weary mood

The Tonto Community Concert Association has just the right remedy for that winter-weary mood. The TCCA will host a performance by Jason Coleman, grandson of the legendary Nashville pianist Floyd Cramer, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Payson High School Auditorium.

Second-generation pianist in concert

Next Thursday (Feb. 21) at 7 p.m. in the Payson High School Auditorium, the Tonto Community Concert Association is presenting “The Legacy of Floyd Cramer,” a musical tribute to Cramer by his grandson, Jason Coleman. It promises to be a finger-pounding-ivory good time.

At The Movies-Broken City

Crime drama keeps us watching

“Broken City” is a tight, intriguing crime drama set in the seedy, sinful city with two names, New York, New York.

Piano Man

Let music lift YOUR winter-weary mood

The Tonto Community Concert Association has just the right remedy for that winter-weary mood.

At The Movies-Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

Just relax and watch the pictures go by

OK, if you liked “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” you should like “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” even more.

PHS theatre company stages comedy

The Payson High School (PHS) Longhorn Theatre Company will present a production of the “Star-Spangled Canteen” on Thursday, Feb. 7 in the auditorium.

A basketball carnival is coming

Many moons ago, my small Midwestern town had the wonderful opportunity to host a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game, complete with all the pomp and comedy and showboating talents of the New York-based team, led by the hilarious Meadowlark Lemon and the amazing dribbling prowess of Fred “Curly” Neal.

At The Movies - Silver Linings Playbook

For movie lovers that want something more meaningful

What a huge difference between a movie nominated for best picture like “Silver Linings Playbook” and the average movie.

New blood

Down the Street features first show of new artist

She grew up around art — her mother was an artist. In fact, every summer her mother cleared out the garage and gave art lessons to all the children in their neighborhood.

Getaway Around Rim Country

Payson Public Library Director Emily Linkey, will present stories and puppet shows for children at 11 a.m. every Saturday.

Memory benches growing in the park

A couple of months or so ago, while on my cool-down-from-jogging lap around Green Valley Park, I noticed what appeared to be a new park bench on the lake’s north side, with a shiny plate attached to the middle of the bench’s back.

At The Movies-Zero Dark Thirty

A riveting, powerful film

“Zero Dark Thirty” is a grim depiction of the war that Al Qaeda declared against the United States in 1998 and continues to this day.

Payson groove a good fit

Town’s new events planner escapes the bustle of the Valley to plot recreation and tourism comeback for Rim Country

David Roehrig first experienced Payson from the cockpit of a Chaparral Pines golf cart — now he works in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department as the new event planner.