Miss Cave Creek: Preparing Her Peers for Prosperity
Nineteen-year-old North Phoenix resident Celine Enke is the very first young woman to ever hold the title of Miss Cave Creek.
Miss Scottsdale: For a Brighter Day
Tempe resident Stephanie Deleon, 22, has dedicated her pageant platforms to educating others about suicide and mental illness. That is especially true of her reign as the current Miss Scottsdale.
No Place Like Home: Optima McDowell Mountain Village
Writer Amanda ChristmannPhotography Courtesy of Optima Every generation leaves its mark on our collective culture. Technology, world events and education mold our views of the world and our place within it, shaping our values and defining what is — and what is not — important in life. Those values are undergoing a monumental shift. We…
Theater Without Limits
At Detour Company Theatre, the performers just happen to be adults with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities who are dedicated to their craft and to sharing the joy of theater with the community.
Setting the Scene for Success
Despite the obstacles of masks and COVID-19 testing, Musical Theatre of Anthem’s producing artistic director Jackie Hammond wholeheartedly believes that the nonprofit performing arts organization’s 2021–2022 season was by far the best in its 14 years of educating and entertaining the community.
A Viticultural Celebration
At this year’s Verde Valley Wine Festival — which benefits the Arizona Vignerons Alliance and the Arizona Wine Growers Association — wine enthusiasts can taste the best of what the region has to offer.
Suspended in Spring
Photographer Dean Hueber takes tremendous pride in his collection of hummingbird images.
Backyard Blooms
Arizona’s gardening community is full of flower-growing enthusiasts who have found connections on social media — particularly Instagram — where they share photos of seedlings to bouquets as well as trade tips and even seeds.
It Takes a Village… of Vegetables
Established in 1976 by former Scottsdale resident Mark Miller, the Scottsdale Community Garden Club occupies about seven acres at the northeast corner of the Scottsdale Community College campus. More than 200 garden members and co-gardeners bring 186 plots to life with green lettuce, red tomatoes, yellow squash, white cauliflower and everything in between.
Wading Through Worldly Waters
Boulder Creek High School seniors Abby Maxwell-Todd and Norah Lindsay are raising funds to drill a deepwater borehole to give children and their families in the Ugandan village of Nainala A. access to clean, life-saving water.
