ION ARTS

Dixie Longate

This bawdy, lusty, Tupperware totin’ tootsie from the Heart of Dixie brings her own heapin’ helpin’ of Southern hospitality to the stage in an uproarious one-gal show you won’t want to miss, darlin’! Chandler Center of the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave. Tix: 480-782-2680 or go to ChandlerCenter.org You might even win a Sippy Cup!

Thursday, March 16 at 7 p.m.

Desert Overture

Who care’s if Mercury’s in retrograde? Desert Overture, the Valley’s premiere LGBT and Ally Wind Ensemble with over 50 musicians presents What’s Your Sign? Music of the Zodiac. It’s a cosmic celebration, baby! Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy. in Tempe. Get your tickets at DesertOverture.org

Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m.

The Magic Flute

Mozart’s imaginative, melodic genius is at it’s zenith in this fantastical fairytale of darkness and light. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl with lots of twists and turns. Not to mention the fabulously bitchy Queen of the Night. Arizona Opera Co. at Symphony Hall, 75 N. 2nd St. in Phoenix. Tix at ArizonaOpera.org or call 602-266-7464

April 7-9