Heart Ball committee gathers Oct. 5 to address invitations for Nov. 21 event.

Arizona best polo player Andrés Camacho saddles up for America’s biggest polo event on Oct. 24.

First ever 56th Street Festival brings entertainment to Paradise Valley.

ORGANIZATION SOUNDS Academy LEADERSHIP Founder & CEO | Kirk JohnsonBoard Chair | Ian Fischer ANNUAL BUDGET $440,000 ORIGIN: SOUNDS Academy began in September 2014 with 10 students and one teacher at Buchanan Music in Mesa. The students worked hard and used the community as their stage, performing at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, the Orpheum Theatre and […]

The everyday classic embraces statement-making design and welcomes back the flare.

The path back for arts and culture in the Valley winds through a 140-acre garden in Papago Park, down Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row, through venues downtown, through the Civic Center in Scottsdale, and on around the entire metro area. As the pandemic loosens its grip, theaters, orchestras, opera companies and art galleries are rehearsing, hoping and […]

Arizona Science Center opens CREATE, a place where science, design and engineering collide.

We desert-dwellers appreciate an occasional break from the heat. And Flagstaff, a favorite Valley escape, has earned a reputation as an emerging art and culture destination. Try these attractions the next time you travel to the cool pines. MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA Nestled at the base of the towering San Francisco Peaks, the Museum of […]

Couple celebrates spring wedding at Brophy Chapel.

Allan Naplan and Arizona Musicfest are igniting minds with music As a young man, he played the trumpet. This wasn’t a surprise since Allan Naplan’s mother was a music teacher who started taking him to performances at a very young age. “And then I found an even more powerful instrument,” Naplan said. “My own voice.” […]