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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 ...

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 ...

Six years ago a fossil of a 130 million-year-old creature with four wings and superbly preserved feathers was discovered in a stone quarry in China. Paleontologists had never seen anything like it. They aren't even sure how to reconstruct the fossils for an accurate depiction of the creature.

On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, NOVA, the highest rated science series on television and Public Broadcasting System's (PBS) most watched documentary series, airs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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Not all visitors come to Arizona to play golf. Some actually visit the state to hunt, fish and experience the many wildlife habitats found throughout the state. On November 13, 2007 these visitors, as well as local outdoors people, received an early holiday gift with the opening of the Arizona Game and Fish Department's new headquarters.

The 117,115 square-foot complex at 5000 W. ...

With Thanksgiving only days away, many people will be heading for the grocery store. Some will be picking up entire pre-cooked meals. Others will be grabbing last minute ingredients to complete or complement the enormous meals they are preparing. Unfortunately, an estimated 77,500 Arizonans will be relying on food banks or other emergency agency rather than going to the grocery store for their holiday meal.

According to the Arizona ...

"Toys connect us to our own past, providing meaningful memories of childhood interests, traditions and relationships continue into adulthood," explains Arizona Museum for Youth (AMY) Curator Jeffory Morris.

It is only fitting, therefore, that the Arizona Museum for Youth is wrapping up the TOYS exhibit by collecting toys for the annual Toys for Tots Charity Drive. Visitors bringing a new or gently used toy to the AMY front ...