Artists’ Breakfast Club: 20 Years of Building Community and Supporting Creativity
Writer Joseph J. Airdo wo decades ago, Beth Ames Swartz had the idea to bring Arizona artists together to develop not only their professional...
Musical Instrument Museum: 10 Years of Exhibiting Innovation, Creativity and Virtuosity
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography Courtesy of Musical Instrument Museum here is only one place in all of the U.S. that is dedicated to...
25 Years of Happy Tails
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography Courtesy of Foothills Animal Rescue and Maren Sater Photography hink about the time that you first invited a cat...
Big Bronco Kicks Off 20 Years
Writer Shannon Severson Photography by Art Holman ig Bronco has long been a fixture in Cave Creek as a place for beautiful, artisan-made furniture,...
Ib Andersen: 20 Years of Ballet Artistry
Writer Shannon Severson Photography Courtesy of Ballet Arizona and Alexander Iziliaev wenty years ago, the future of Ballet Arizona—and ballet in Arizona—hung in the...
Herberger Theater Center 30 Years of Cultural Contribution
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography Courtesy of the Herberger Theater Center ark Mettes Sr. has seen downtown Phoenix develop and grow around the Herberger...
Royal Palms Resort: 70 Years of Grandeur
The year was 1926. World War I had ended eight years prior, and the Roaring 20s were in full swing. While Phoenix’s once-booming cotton industry had all but dried up following the war, a new era of growth had begun in the Valley of the Sun—one writer Scott Fitzgerald referred to as the “greatest, gaudiest spree in history.”
Melodic Men: 90 Years of the Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix
One of Arizona’s oldest performing arts organizations is about to receive a long-overdue honor. And if that was not enough, the prestige arrives in the midst of the group’s best season yet—a season that builds upon its storied history and provides audiences with the symphonious sounds of the Valley’s most talented male singers.
40 Years of Philanthropy, Food and Fun
The Scottsdale Culinary Festival, one of the longest running food festivals in the country and the signature fundraising event for the Scottsdale League for the Arts, celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2018. Over time it has expanded from a weekend food festival to several culinary fundraising events throughout the year. Through these events, the Scottsdale League for the Arts has raised more than $4.5 million to support the arts in Maricopa County since 2000.
Singing Together: 25 Years of Sonoran Desert Chorale
For 24 years, the Sonoran Desert Chorale has delighted audiences in the Valley, singing an eclectic selection of music that transcends our differences and accentuates our commonality. The group begins its anniversary season in October with the first of four concert series that founding director Jeff Harris calls “a celebration of 25 years of music.”