Nicole Neri

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What it takes to make a Cinderella dress

https://vimeo.com/255515704 Ballet Arizona's "Cinderella" is set to run February 15-18 at the Phoenix Symphony Hall. Currently, the Ballet Arizona costume team is working on creating the production's 32 costumes. Ballet Arizona cuts the costume costs in half...

Idiotarod was a booze-soaked shopping-cart race

The 12th annual Phoenix Idiotarod attracted 29 teams this year for its costumed, sometimes drunken shopping-cart race through more than 3 miles of downtown Phoenix. The event is put on by the AZ Cacophony Society, and every year...

Melt set to close by the end of the month and relocate

Melt ice cream shop will be leaving Fifth Street by the end of the month. “You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” said owner John Sagasta. “It’s bittersweet for sure, leaving Fifth Street. Been here a...

Connect2STEM boasts record attendance

Over 7,500 children and parents interacted with hundreds of hands-on exhibits at the fourth annual Connect2STEM event at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix. This year’s event had record attendance, making it the largest STEM event...

Slideshow: Women’s March draws at least 20,000

At least 20,000 people participated in the Women's March on Sunday morning, the anniversary of the first Women's March in Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Sunday's march began with several speakers addressing issues like gender bias...

Slideshow: Thousands walk in MLK Day march through downtown Phoenix

Thousands of people participated in the two-mile Martin Luther King Junior Day march through downtown Phoenix Monday. The march began at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church on 14th and Jefferson streets and ended at Margaret T. Hance Park with...