A 400-room art-centric hotel — a mix of glamping, capsule rooms, and “absurd luxury suites” near Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row artist district. A 75,000-square-foot art exhibition and a 10,000-square-foot performance hall. Unfortunately, those plans for Meow Wolf’s first immersive hotel project in downtown Phoenix are no longer, two years after they were announced. However, the...
Read MoreInternational cream puff chain Beard Papa’s is coming to Arizona, opening a bakery in Scottsdale on Saturday, according to a press release. The Scottsdale location of Beard Papa’s is based inside Scottsdale Quarter, near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Butherus Drive. The bakery will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday...
Read MorePhoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has launched the Mayor’s Birthday Book Club for kids with the help of book company, Scholastic. During the first year of the program, 500 books will be sent to kids ages Pre-K through 3rd grade on their birthday. Each book will come with a special birthday message from the mayor...
Read MoreMajor changes are coming for the Paradise Valley mall area, after receiving rezoning approval from the city of Phoenix city council. Macerich and RED Development are moving forward with major redevelopment plans for Paradise Valley Mall. According to a statement released on the afternoon of Feb. 17, the redevelopment will transform the 1.2 million-square-foot shopping center...
Read MoreDespite the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers behind the International Dark Sky Discovery Center project are beginning an $18-million capital campaign to get the facility off the ground. “It’d be the only facility in the world that relates the importance of dark sky preservation to the study of astronomy, the space program, the universe, and life...
Read MoreThe Fiesta Bowl and Desert Financial Credit Union announced Tuesday morning that the Fiesta Bowl Parade rescheduled for April 2021 has been cancelled. Organizers have replaced the event that draws more than 100,000 people to the streets of Central Phoenix with “Kindness Arizona,” a caravan of buses and cars that will hit the road...
Read MoreAdvocates of using public money for private education are pushing a wide-ranging new school voucher program that would vastly expand Arizona’s current system just two years after state voters overwhelmingly rejected a universal voucher system. The proposal from Glendale Republican Sen. Paul Boyer would make all children attending schools with a high percentage of...
Read MoreTreatments for COVID-19 patients in the hospital are continuing to evolve. Now there is an option for those with mild to moderate symptoms, as a way to prevent it from progressing. Ken and Eileen Wells are both recovering from COVID-19. They say a fairly new monoclonal antibody treatment they received just may have saved...
Read MoreA 30-acre canyon tucked away in the middle of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve will be home to 12 new mansions with prices starting at $9 million. BedBrock Developers is breaking ground for the first home within the new exclusive community being called Crown Canyon near 40th Street and Lincoln Drive in Paradise Valley. The...
Read MoreThe Arabian Horse Association of Arizona (AHAA) is returning for the 66th annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show at WestWorld of Scottsdale. The world’s largest horse show runs Thursday, February 11 through Sunday, February 21, 2021. To ensure the safety of the riders and teams along with the community the show will be closed to the public. Instead,...
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