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Calling all Artists, Painters and Sculptors for the 2nd Annual ‘Good Neighbor Initiative’

Calling all Artists, Painters and Sculptors for the 2nd Annual ‘Good Neighbor Initiative’

Calling all artists out there! The 2nd annual “Good Neighbor Initiative” is making its way to Phoenix, and Trellis AZ is looking for a total of 12 artists to each decorate a front porch bench. The completed benches will be

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Cinco de Mayo Phoenix Festival @ Downtown Phoenix

Cinco de Mayo Phoenix Festival @ Downtown Phoenix

For some, Cinco de Mayo is just another random holiday. For Chicanos, it’s a chance to get out and enjoy la raza, and a small but important part of Mexican history. Come celebrate the 23rd annual Cinco de Mayo festival

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Día de las Madres: The Best Valley Food Offers to Celebrate Mom

Día de las Madres: The Best Valley Food Offers to Celebrate Mom

By: Brian Garrido In 1905, American social activist Anna Marie Jarvis invented Mother’s Day as a celebration honoring her mother’s legacy, Ann Jarvis, who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. Interestingly, a few years

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Disney’s Wildly Witty World of “Zootopia” Arrives Home on June 7th via Digital HD, Blu-ray™ and Disney Movies Anywhere

Disney’s Wildly Witty World of “Zootopia” Arrives Home on June 7th via Digital HD, Blu-ray™ and Disney Movies Anywhere

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ (WDAS) comedy-adventure, “Zootopia” has broken records worldwide earning more than $900 million at the global box office to date. The best reviewed movie of 2016, critics and audiences around the world have fallen in love with

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Phoenix Soccer Teams Outplay All in Inaugural Neymar Jr’s Five Global Signature Tournament

Phoenix Soccer Teams Outplay All in Inaugural Neymar Jr’s Five Global Signature Tournament

(Phoenix, AZ) – Phoenix area teams came to impress as soccer players from around the Valley of the Sun convened in the heart of Downtown Phoenix on Saturday to test their skills at the first-ever Neymar Jr’s Five global tournament.

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Recap: Arizona United SC Draws With Portland Timbers 2, 1-1

Recap: Arizona United SC Draws With Portland Timbers 2, 1-1

(Peoria, AZ)  —  Arizona United Soccer Club fought to a 1 – 1 draw with Portland Timbers 2 in front of 3,374 friendly fans in its United Soccer League home debut. The match was the first regular season home match

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Is There Any Truth to ‘Crazy Cat Lady’ Nickname? Study Says Maybe…

Is There Any Truth to ‘Crazy Cat Lady’ Nickname? Study Says Maybe…

By: Ben Brown Cronkite News (Phoenix, AZ) – Cats have always been that furry friend that provide a form of stress relief and companionship. But a new study links them to the exact opposite. Researchers from the University of Chicago have

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Arizona State University Partners with PayPal and Education Nonprofit to Help Students Lower College Debt

Arizona State University Partners with PayPal and Education Nonprofit to Help Students Lower College Debt

By: Alexis Dominguez Cronkite News (Tempe, AZ) – Arizona State University has teamed up with PayPal and a nonprofit, Education at Work, to help students gain real-world experience and lower financial debt. Students can earn up to $6,000 of tax-free tuition assistance

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Suns, Coyotes, Diamondbacks Wandering in the Desert, Pondering New Homes

Suns, Coyotes, Diamondbacks Wandering in the Desert, Pondering New Homes

By  Cuyler Meade | Cronkite News Arizona’s professional sports teams have wandering eyes. Three of the state’s four major clubs – the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Coyotes and Arizona Diamondbacks – want to move into new, swankier venues, and all three are getting

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The Tony Award-Winning Production ‘Annie’ Opens at the ASU Gammage this Week

The Tony Award-Winning Production ‘Annie’ Opens at the ASU Gammage this Week

The world’s best-loved musical returns in time-honored form. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed by Liza Gennaro, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new incarnation of the iconic original. Featuring book and score by

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