Melissa Manchester wears many hats, including a crown on the cover of her 2015 album “You Gotta Love the Life.” This singer, songwriter, musician, actress and teacher has been in the business for more than 40 years. “You Gotta Love the Life” is her 20th album and she still performs about 70 shows a year….
People often ask Gelie Akhenblit if she’s fearless. As a CEO, entrepreneur, mentor and single mother, Gelie seems to juggle a million things at once, and still flourishes. In 2008, she took a leap of faith, quit her corporate job, and launched NetworkingPhoenix.com, now a successful online platform and calendar of networking events across the…
Phoenix Jewish Community Foundation welcomes new board members The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix welcomes three new members to its governing board. AJ Rosenthal, a junior at Phoenix Country Day School, was elected to a two-year term, replacing Joey Lernor, who left the JCF Board of Directors last spring to begin his college career at the…
Click here to watch a video of the amazing sea life at OdySea Aquarium. OdySea in the Desert in Scottsdale is a 35-acre entertainment complex encompassing OdySea Aquarium, Butterfly Wonderland, OdySea Mirror Maze, Dolphinaris, Polar Play and various shops and restaurants (opening soon) and is poised to become, “The number one ‘man-made’ destination in the…
“Last year I read a book called Forbidden Music – I don’t know how I got the book or why I did – which is about composers whose music was forbidden to be performed by the Nazis. I found it fascinating,” says Daniel Asia, composer and professor of music at the University of Arizona. The…
The 16th Scottsdale International Film Festival kicks off Oct. 6 with an opening celebration complete with live music, food, beverages and the screening of “Denial,” based on the book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah E. Lipstadt. “Denial” recounts Lipstadt’s legal battle for historical truth against historian David…
The rich diversity of Jewish music comes alive for music lovers of all denominations and levels of observance at this fall’s 4th Annual Desert Gathering Jewish Music Fest. Roots rock, soul, Americana, classic rock and traditional Jewish song are among the musical styles showcased at the free outdoor community gathering on Sunday, Nov. 6, noon-5…
On Nov. 5, Israeli-American singer/songwriter/percussionist Noa brings her distinctive musical style to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. “I am very happy to be coming back to Arizona,” says Noa. “This tour is very intimate and passionate; it’s a sort of musical biography in many ways, diverse and personal, rhythmic and lyrical. It will…
You may not know Walt Chase by name, or be able to pick him out of the 10 men who make up the a capella group Straight No Chaser. But, if you’ve seen them on tour or seen a video of “The Christmas Can-Can,” you just might recognize him as the “dreidel guy.” Although Walt’s…
Being in my 40s, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is vital, even more so as I get older. It’s important for both genders to eat an array of healthy foods. But for women, science shows these seven foods could offer that extra edge by promoting bone, breast and heart health and even weight loss: salmon, flax…
