College Times

Issue date: 12/4/08 Section: Calendar

Media Credit: Oskar Enander

If you didn’t grow up in Arizona, odds are that when winter comes to mind you imagine thick snow, shoveling it away from sidewalks and driveways in the bitter, bitter cold. If some of your fonder memories include fun in the snow – skiing, snowboarding and sledding – you might be a child of winter.

For us in the Valley, a different image comes to mind. Near perfect temperatures are mixed with constant sunshine. Tank tops can be worn comfortably in the dead of winter. Plus, if we do want to see snow, we only have to travel two hours north.

But if for some warped reason you’re missing the snow and cold, Warren Miller, the world-renowned ski and snowboarding filmmaker, has a solution for you.

Miller brings his 59th film to Gammage at Arizona State University December 5, just in time to get Arizonans into that more traditional winter feeling. Except his “Children of Winter” can make Alaskan mountain peaks their bitches, while you’re still trying to master the bunny slope.

Not to worry, though. You can live vicariously through “Children of Winter’s” athletes as they take on dangerous heights and peaks in Japan, Iceland, Colorado, Vermont, Utah, Idaho, Austria, British Columbia and Alaska.

And until you master the skiing and snowboarding arts, head north where you can partake in these snowy activities that are less likely to end in a bloodied death:

Make snow angles. That’s not a typo. Angels are out, angles are in. Make your angle the same amount of degrees you wish the weather to be.

Shave a snowman. Odds are that snowman you made isn’t quite perfect. Give the guy a shave! That is, unless he’s smoking a pipe. Nothing looks better with a pipe than a snowbeard. On that note …

Wear a snowbeard. Splash a little water on your face and stick snow to it. Smoke a pipe. Very classy.

Warren Miller’s Children of Winter, ASU Gammage Auditorium, 1200 S. Forest Avenue, Tempe, 480.965.3434, Friday, December 5, 8 p.m., $20

 

Other Options

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant, Grade school children portray Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta in this traditional holiday pageant with a Scientology twist. Stray Cat Theatre, 500 N. Gila Springs, Chandler, 480.820.8022, Friday, December 5, 8 p.m., $20 for adults, $15 for students

Tempe Festival of the Arts, Join 250,000 fellow art aficionados (or kettle corn enthusiasts) for this 40th annual Tempe tradition. Mill Avenue, Tempe, 480.355.6075, Friday, December 5 through Sunday, December 7, 10 a.m. to dusk, free

Holiday Toy Drive, Bring a new toy to Fibber Magees and get a free banger in a bun. Plus 15 percent of bar sales go to support Tempe Community Action Agency. Fibber Magees, 1989 W. Elliot Road, Chandler, 480.772.9434, Friday, December 5, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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