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This downtown Phoenix museum is pretty much guaranteed to bring out the nerd in anyone. Whether or not you think you care about science, the Arizona Science Museum offers hands-on experiences that make learning about gravity and electric circuits fun for visitors of all ages. With more than 164,000 square feet of space, the museum […]
Press Release – 11th Annual NAMI Valley Walk, Phoenix, AZ by Rebecca Duke On Saturday, October 17, 2015 NAMI Valley of the Sun, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will conduct its 11th Annual 5k Walk on the streets in front of the State Capitol Grounds. Registration begins at 8:30am and […]
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We may not have the newest fairgrounds here in Arizona, but we do have plenty of history behind our west Phoenix locale. The story of the fairgrounds goes way back to the time before statehood in 1912, when a group of volunteers created the Arizona Territorial Fair Association in 1905, bought the current property and […]
The gone-to-seed home of the Arizona State Fair in the fall, the Maricopa County Fair in the spring and various special events at melted-horseshoe-shaped Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum (where Bruce Springsteen filmed his video for the song “Rosalita” in 1976) and other permanent facilities the remainder of the year.
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. opened its downtown Phoenix beer garden (the original’s in Gilbert) in 2019 with the goal of becoming the living room of Roosevelt Row. To say it has succeeded would be an understatement. The massive patio, sun-shaded and full of native plants meant to attract local birds and bugs, is a major […]
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Arthur Murray International, Inc., the country’s second oldest franchise organization, has franchises located throughout the United states, Canada and Puerto Rico, Europe, the Middle-East, Japan, South Africa and Australia. In Phoenix it’s a reliable place to learn to dance like the stars to see if you really can dance, because we know you think you […]
Artizen Crafted American Kitchen & Bar is a stylish New American restaurant situated inside the hip Camby Hotel, aka The Camby, in Phoenix’s upscale Biltmore district. Chef Dushyant Singh, whose official title is Director of Culinary Experiences, has put together a New American menu that occasionally diverts from fine dining standards – cheese boards and […]
Whether entering from the small parking lot or the surrounding neighborhood, you’ll smell the kitchen — grilled meat, aromatic onions, some array of spices — before you even reach the doorway to Asadero Norte De Sonora. Asadero may be one of the coziest Mexican restaurants in the Valley. The dining room is homey and brightly […]
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Asadero Toro is the kind of nondescript, standalone Mexican restaurant that seems to fade into the metro Phoenix landscape without notice. But if you’re the kind of Mexican food aficionado who can appreciate a well-made side of beans, it’s worth taking note of Asadero Toro. First, there’s the bean and cheese burrito, a simple classic […]
Formerly known as Conspire, this Roosevelt Row restaurant specializes in vegetarian and vegan eats. Found in a off-the-radar house in the Evans-Churchill district, the indie biz is ever-popular with artsy-types and the occasional anarchist.
Astor House has traded in shared plates for a pair of hickory-wood smokers that have turned out some delicious (and a couple of ho-hum) smoked meats. Brisket is moist and delicious, as is the pulled-pork shoulder, tender and flavorful and just pink enough. Baby back pork ribs are crusty with a crunchy dry rub coating […]