Community

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU offers a variety of classes and lectures to adults ages 50 and over. To register for classes, members pay a $15 fee per semester plus an additional $35 per four-session class or $10 per one-time lecture they wish to take.

The first Phoenix Festival of the Arts, which took place this past weekend at Margaret T. Hance Park, was vibrant with local art vendors, live music and Mayor Greg Stanton presenting awards to local artists, but the winding figure of plywood boards snaking around the fenced-in festival stole the show.

The third annual Phoestivus open-air market will return to the Phoenix Public Market lot tonight after its first event drew hundreds last Wednesday. Visitors can expect holiday goods, food trucks, a beer garden and much more.

Artlink Phoenix, an organization that supports local artists in downtown Phoenix, will expand their 25th Anniversary of Art Detour larger than ever with the help of a grant by the city of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.

Last Exit Live, a music venue and bar specializing in rock and blues, is settling in the former Ruby Room building located near Central Avenue and Grant Street and is set to open early next year.

Boogüd, a bamboo bicycle company started by an ASU graduate as a senior capstone project, donates one hand-crank wheelchair attachment to a disabled child in Kenya every time a customer purchases a bicycle.

Food City held its 2012 Tamale Festival on Saturday and Sunday in downtown Phoenix between First and Fourth avenues on Washington Street.

Five organizations and individuals were honored Saturday with the first annual Mayor’s Art Awards in conjunction with the Phoenix Festival of the Arts in Margaret T. Hance Park.

Mayor Greg Stanton hosted a bike riding event for local residents to promote bike riding awareness in the community, riding from the Nina Mason Audubon Center near the Salt River through downtown to Margaret T. Hance Park.

Wayne Rainey, owner of MonOrchid, followed his vision of creating an affordable arts scene in Downtown Phoenix and helped build up the arts community that is now known as Roosevelt Row.