The ASU Kerr Cultural Center hosts a diverse annual season of jazz, classical, world music, storytelling and theater in this one-of-a-kind performing arts venue. This season features the popular Jazz in AZ concert series, classical music stars Ying Quartet and Ang Li, Latin world music luminaries Las Cafeteras, Grammy-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux, globetrotting African/world music…
The rich diversity of Jewish music comes alive for music lovers of all ages, ethnicities and denominations at this fall’s third annual Desert Gathering Jewish Music Fest. Acoustic folk, dancehall electronica, traditional Jewish song, pop and hip hop are just some of the music styles festival goers can explore during the Coachella-esque outdoor community music…
Desert Foothills Theater, a division of the Foothills Community Foundation, brings Sirius/XM radio’s Seth Rudetsky to Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N 60th St., in Scottsdale, “Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Show” at 7:30 pm, Sunday, Oct. 25. This special fundraising event features Rudetsky’s trademark “deconstructions,” in which he uses his audio/video collection to break…
Tips from the experts at Desert Botanical Gardens By Tracy Rhodes, Gardener Il As summer heat gives way to autumn coolness, gardeners look forward to a time of renewal, a second spring of sorts. The mild months ahead means myriad planting possibilities. For those who prefer to harvest what they plant, fall is prime time…
By Viva Sarah Press Cimagine, which lets you use a mobile or wearable device to visualize products in life-like 3D at the click of a button, announced today that it is partnering with the UK’s leading retailer, John Lewis Partnership. The Israeli company is a leading developer of markerless augmented reality (AR) technology for retailers…
The Tucson Jewish Community Center and local nonprofit Community Gardens of Tucson will partner to open a new 24-plot community garden on the grounds of the J in late autumn 2015. Groundbreaking for the garden is anticipated within the coming months. “To the best of our knowledge, it’s really the first community garden in Arizona…
Photos by Matthew Strauss With a new generation of NO’s to all kinds of foods, what are we supposed to eat if we’re trying to avoid them? In my household alone there’s about 10 solid no’s – and the list seems to be growing. My husband and I love food, but most importantly food with…
Food Festival: Phoenix Cooks $$$$ Benefiting Banner Children’s Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Eating at a food festival is a lot like going to the movies. It’s a larger than life experience shared with a crowd. At the movies, people laugh when you laugh, cheer together and jump all at once when the knocked-out bad…
Retiring attorney Donald Harris is taking on a new challenge. We talked to him in the barely controlled chaos of his longtime law offices, where he was closing shop after 42 years to devote his efforts to his role as president of the Maricopa County branch of the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement…
Pens move and thoughts flow the fourth Saturday of every month at Congregation NefeshSoul in Chandler when Susan Price leads “Journaling for Spiritual Growth.” The class gives participants a chance to explore the myriad benefits associated with writing from the heart, while seeking new heights in self-discovery. They also mine experiences, hopes, dreams and Jewish…
