Falling for Autumnfest
The leaves may not change color in Phoenix, but that doesn’t mean autumn has forgotten us. The Valley celebrates the beginning of a new season..
Labor of Love
By the time the day’s first light washes over the vineyard, granting it warmth, the volunteers have been working for several hours…
Sharing the Secrets of Golf
There are few, if any, pastimes that are as addictive as golf. Once the so-called golf bug bites, its victim often becomes obsessed with the game…
Born to be Wild
In the searing heat of summer, brittlebush and cholla take long pauses, scorched and tested by unforgiving rays of the desert sun.
Pumpcasso
In a certain “Peanuts” cartoon that runs this time of year, a boy named Linus explains what the last night of October is really about: “This is the time of the year to write to the Great Pumpkin…
Baroque Beauty – The Orpheum Theatre
The year was 1929. The madcap era of the Roaring ‘20s was over and the country plunged into the Great Depression with the Wall Street stock market crash…
Saquaro Splendor
Amidst the sprawling Sonoran Desert, the saguaro cactus makes its exclusive home. It is here, and only here, that the largest and perhaps most treasured cactus…
A Piece of History – Cartwright’s Arizona History Dinners
In many ways, Cave Creek has escaped the pen strokes of time. Sports cars still share the road with horses and there are just as many Tony Lamas as there are Christian Louboutins.
Growing Community: The Orchard Phoenix
Step onto the two-acre grounds of The Orchard Phx and and you’re hit with the keen desire to relax and stay awhile. What began as a citrus farm in the early 1900s…
Learning by giving – Lexis Prepatory School
While the students at Scottsdale’s Lexis Preparatory School might not fit the mold of typical learners, they positively demolish the notion that being different precludes…