Community

The gallery and studio on Second and Adams streets promotes cultural communication through art. It also holds free events and rents out space in order to expose Latino culture and education.

Ryan Gabrielson’s investigative reporting for California Watch on Fairview Developmental Center won him the newly developed Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.

Nonprofit organizations, like StreetLightUSA and Catholic Charities, help young girls in prostitution as an alternate to jail time. They provide services for the girls including therapy, rigorous classes, housing and medical treatment.

Construction on a four story, 266-unit apartment complex in Midtown called Elevation Central is slated to begin this December on the southwest corner of Central and Highland Avenues. Verdura Residential is the residential development company in charge of the complex, which will be located near two light rail stations - Campbell and Central, and Central and Camelback.

Music Together's music and movement classes are aimed at developing children’s social and motor skills. The music organization has classes in downtown Phoenix and the greater Valley area.

The Bar on Central is currently open to anyone 18 years or older once a week. Its College Night, which began in mid-October along with the bar's grand opening, happens every Wednesday starting at 10 p.m.

A conference at the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse on Friday featured two keynote addresses and three panel discussions about mass shootings in the wake of several high-profile rampage killings throughout the country.

A Monday afternoon meeting will be the third in a series of four put on by the Arizona Department of Public Services. It is meant to gauge public opinion and educate Phoenicians about being prepared for a crisis and the ethical concerns that come with crisis care.

Hosts Jayson Chesler and Miguel Otarola talk in-depth with Director of Community Initiatives Connor Descheemaker about ASU’s involvement and interaction with the downtown Phoenix community.

Students and faculty at ASU joined the community in a round of positive feedback for the ASU Herberger Institute's recent announcement that it will be moving half its Master of Fine Arts programs to a renovated warehouse downtown that is near other arts facilities.