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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Experience the 4th Dimension on July 5



What is the nature of time? How do dreams and reality connect?

OK, these questions might be a bit deep for a long holiday weekend. Or maybe not, the Founding Fathers dreamed of freedom and we experience the reality of that freedom every day. Either way, the folks at No Festival Required and Space 55 are offering us the opportunity to delve ...

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Are You Feeling Lucky?



June 13th is a Friday. This Friday, to be exact. But before you hunker down in hopes of avoiding the curse of Friday the Thirteenth, you might want to consider trying to turn the luck around with a trip to the Arizona Museum of Natural History.

It was inevitable that one of the Night at the Museum events scheduled for the second Friday of the month would fall on the 13th ...

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Five Freebies for Memorial Day Weekend



High fuel prices have many people sticking close to home this holiday weekend. Controlling costs doesn't mean you have to stay at home, however. Here are five free events taking place in the Valley that are definitely worth more than the price of admission:

Avenue of the Arts - Start the weekend off right with the Valley's newest art festival! Juried artists from the East Valley Art Guild will present original ...

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Meet A Real Rock 'N' Roll Beetle



It's comforting to think we know all the creatures, great and small, that we share the Earth with. The truth is, new creatures are being discovered and identified around the world all the time. They just usually aren't introduced at rock concerts.

On January 25, 2008, Arizona State University (ASU) entomologist and professor in the School of Life Sciences, Quentin Wheeler announced the discovery of a new beetle species ...

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Another Phoenix Photo Op for Nature Lovers



Wildlife photographer Bruce Tucker is hosting two wildlife photography seminars at Mesa Public Libraries in January and February 2008. Attendees will hear how this noted nature photographer got many incredible shots which have graced the pages of Arizona Highways Magazine, Southwest Sportsman, Bird World and Reptile World magazines. He will also share his techniques for photographing birds in a 60 foot Saguaro cactus, getting close to the Southwest's native wildlife ...

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Arizona Through the Lens of David Muench



If your image of Arizona is countless strip malls interspersed with numerous golf courses, expensive destination resorts and endless suburbs filled with cookie-cutter houses, you have never seen Arizona through the lens of photographer David Muench.

The Arizona he sees is a complex world of stone and water, air and light, almost totally devoid of people. It is an Arizona few urbanites or visitors see ...

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

The Valley's Christmas Pudding Tradition



What would the holidays be without Christmas pudding?

It's not just the edible version that's a tradition in Phoenix, although it does have a role. The Valley's Christmas Pudding tradition is a star-studded charity affair hosted by rocker and restaurateur Alice Cooper.

The 7th annual Christmas Pudding festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight, December 15, at the ...

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Explore the Art of Great Gifts in Mesa



Believe it or not, this year's "hot" gadgets, toys, jewelry, clothes, etc. are not on everyone's holiday wish list. If you are looking for unique gifts that are not identical to what the masses are getting or giving, make plans to visit downtown Mesa on Saturday, December 8.

"People love a gift of culture, it has a story," explains Andrea Robinson, the Store Manager at the Mesa Arts Center.

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Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Welcome AANEM



The the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnositc Medicine (AANEM), the world's largest organization of physicians dedicated to advancing neuromuscular, musculoskeletal and electrodiagnostic medicine, is being held this week at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Scottsdale. A record-breaking 1,000+ members are expected to attend.

The plenary session for the meeting is entitled “Gait and Motion: Stepping into the 21st Century” and features medical experts ...

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Lederhosen and Cowboy Hats at the Way Out West Oktoberfest



Okay, it sounds like a weird combination. Something a beat poet might have spouted when a hallucinogenic experiment went awry. It isn't. It's the 35th Annual  Way Out West Oktoberfest being held at Tempe Town Lake this weekend.

The Way Out West Oktoberfest is where Bavaria meets the Wild West. Thirty-four years ago, the Tempe Sister City organization produced the first Oktoberfest to celebrate a new relationship with a Bavarian Sister ...