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CityScape celebrated Black Friday with a vintage market, and set up its ice skating rink for the third year — this time on Central Avenue.

For many members of ASU's marching band who live downtown, the commute to Tempe via light rail can be a chore. These students can spend up to six hours a week commuting to Tempe and back for marching-band activities.

On Saturday Nov. 3, downtown Phoenix received a breath of life, and it smelled like pie. The Chow Bella/Roosevelt Row Pie Social started out as an event about food and evolved into a social experience that surpassed anything I have been a part of in my year and a half in Phoenix.

This First Friday takes Instagram to a whole new level with iPhonography and brings you one step closer to the moon with images from the sky.

The third annual downtown Phoenix Pie Social will return Saturday with more celebrity bakers, community bakers, food trucks and even a croquet competition.

Ultimate Consignment acts as a neutral third party between the buyer and seller. The seller leaves the item at the store where buyers are able to choose freely amongst the stock of goods.

The first annual Roosevelt Row Chile Pepper Festival was held Saturday in downtown Phoenix, including live music, chile roasting and participation from about 15 local restaurants.

A new academic year brings a slew of new bodies to downtown Phoenix. Lesson one of this metropolitan culture: First Friday arts walk.

Kicking off another school year, Sparky's Carnival drew hundreds of students from the Downtown campus to Civic Space Park and the A.E. England Building. The event featured carnival games, free prizes and free food for students who checked in with their Sun Cards.

As freshmen flooded downtown this weekend, nervously facing the start of their college careers, one event Sunday offered a much-needed icebreaker for both the incoming students and the community.