Small World, Big Sparkle
Step into a Mesa family’s Disney-inspired winter wonderland, where 80,000 synchronized lights, magical effects and community spirit transform an ordinary neighborhood into an extraordinary holiday experience.
Spirits Arise
Discover the colorful tapestry of Día de los Muertos celebrations across Arizona, where ancient traditions meet modern revelry in a heartfelt homage to departed loved ones.
Curiosities & Collections: Arizona’s Must-See Museums
Discover Arizona’s most unique and fascinating museums, from a treasure trove of copper artifacts to havens for train and car enthusiasts. Join Images Arizona on a captivating tour of the state’s lesser-known stories and passions, sure to surprise and delight curious visitors.
Hollywood Heat Wave
From Monument Valley’s iconic buttes to the desert dunes of Yuma, Arizona’s diverse landscapes have served as the backdrop for thousands of movies, establishing the state as a premier filming destination for classic Westerns, sci-fi hits and more.
Nativity Narratives
Mesa Temple Visitors’ Center this month hosts a display that features more than 100 nativities from around the world — each one an inspiring work of art that depicts the birth of Jesus Christ and communicates a narrative about its country or culture of origin.
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Arizona is home to the largest rose garden in the Southwest — a public space at Mesa Community College that is open year-round as a living laboratory and a place of beauty that celebrates the rose as a national floral emblem; promotes education and community involvement; attracts cultural events; and provides a resource for partnership, volunteerism and the testing of new roses.
Springing onto the Stage
Possibilities begin to bloom this month in the form of concerts and performing arts productions that reflect all of those sensational things about the season that reinvigorate us with a sense of hope, wonder and imagination.
Saguaro Lake: Caribbean Contentment
The 22-mile shoreline of Saguaro Lake is rimmed by mountains and canyon walls and has a bounty of its namesake cactus scattered all around the landscape.
‘Run Away Home’ by Mimi Francis
Images Arizona caught up with Mesa resident Mimi Francis to ask the author a few questions about “Run Away Home” — the latest selection in its summer book club.
‘Sparky and the Twins’ by Dan Baldwin
Proud to announce “Sparky and the Twins” as the inaugural selection in its summer book club, Images Arizona recently caught up with Mesa resident Dan Baldwin to ask the celebrated and award-winning author a few questions about the novel.