On April 25, Grand Avenue's Frontal Lobe Community Space and Gallery became home to art created by students from Carl Hayden Community High School. The school, known for its acclaimed robotics team, used the show as an opportunity to add the "A" for "arts" to its STEM-based curriculum and create STEAM.
Phoenix elementary school students struggling with reading can get some help from members of the AARP Experience Corps starting in the fall. The literacy program joins others including Read On Phoenix.
The Rising Youth Theatre meets in a room at the Phoenix Center for the Arts, and the group writes and produces a show in four to six weeks. The upcoming show is "Light Rail Plays," to be performed June 6-8.
The Downtown Phoenix Partnership and Logan Simpson Design Inc. hosted a community conversation about how to fill the empty lot between Taylor Place and the Valley Youth Theater Wednesday as part of Urban Design Week.
Envisioning Phoenix: An Urban Film Series combined forces with Phoenix Urban Design Week for a special screening of the documentary "Detropia" at FilmBar Tuesday night. A panel discussion with downtown leaders, planners and architects followed the film.
