Upscale French restaurant Francine will open in the luxury wing of Scottsdale Fashion Square on Aug. 14. Francine is a French-Mediterranean fine dining restaurant headed by Laurent Halasz, who is best known for his other venture, Fig & Olive. The restaurant, which moved back its originally scheduled July opening date, is looking to fill about […]
Read MoreArizona Restaurant Week: Dine in or Take Out is set to kick off Friday at 11 a.m. following additional operational requirements for restaurants and bars in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The statewide restaurant festivities will occur through June 28, and there are 114 establishments currently set to participate. Arizona Restaurant Week: […]
Read MoreA Phoenix nonprofit is working to keep the homeless healthy during the coronavirus outbreak in Arizona. As the city’s new mandatory mask policy took effect, Circle the City has partnered with the city of Phoenix, receiving 500 masks from Mayor Gallego’s office which in turn, they are handing out to the homeless population. Circle the […]
Read MoreThe federal government could give Americans $4,000 a piece to take a vacation if U.S. Sen. Martha McSally’s proposal takes off. McSally (R-Ariz.) introduced the bill, the American TRIP Act, on Monday, the day before President Donald Trump arrived in Arizona. The legislation is meant to act as an incentive to travel domestically. Couples would […]
Read MoreThe Phoenix Police Department on Monday encouraged residents not to use the city’s emergency line to report individuals who are not wearing face masks in public. In a video posted to Twitter, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams told residents that such calls are more appropriate for the city’s public information line or the police department’s […]
Read More“No Small Matter” is a feature length documentary film about the benefits of childcare and early education. You can stream it for free on June 25th from home. According to a press release, “No Small Matter is built from stories of real children, families, and teachers, illustrating the impact of high-quality early childhood experiences. We […]
Read MoreAMC, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, and others across metro Phoenix have announced plans to reopen amid the coronavirus outbreak. AMC said Thursday it planned to open about 450 of its locations on July 15 and an additional 150 locations by July 24 for the opening of Disney’s “Mulan” and Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” the […]
Read MoreA popular vacation spot for Arizonans has reopened after being closed to tourists for three months due to COVID-19. Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point or Arizona’s Beach for its proximity to our state, is now welcoming tourists, but with many restrictions. “All we ask our visitors is to get informed before they come […]
Read MoreCoronavirus pandemic or not, an investment advisory company is leaving Seattle and moving its headquarters to Phoenix’s Camelback Corridor. ” … The unrest that has taken place in the city of Seattle … there really is not a downtown business community today,” Smead Capital Management, President and CEO Cole Smead said. Smead said that although […]
Read MoreAfter 47 years and at one time one of the biggest of the Valley’s malls, Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix is closing its doors for good, according to a letter from the mall’s general manager. “It is with a heavy heart that after 47 years of operation we had to make the extremely hard decision to […]
Read More