Community

A new weekly lunchtime concert series launched Thursday at the Civic Space and will continue for 14 weeks.

Kids and their families visited the Historic Heritage Square on Dec. 5 to sit with Santa, ride a train and decorate cookies as part of a fund raising event to support the museum at the Rosson House, a historic home built in 1895.

Forget about New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and the pride people who live there feel. For Kimber Lanning, Phoenix, a city that has long sought its own identity, is the only city that matters.

When customers wander through the doors at Circles Records and Tapes, the florescent lights glare off of the sale CD cases and draw them to explore rooms full of records, cassette tapes, CDs and music videos.

At the sixth annual State of Downtown Tuesday evening, Mayor Phil Gordon said ASU continues to pump life into downtown Phoenix and lead its revitalization efforts.

While cases of the swine flu have not been reported at the Downtown campus, medical officials at the ASU Health Center said they are not ruling out the possibility that the virus has surfaced.

Over 100 float entries participated in the Veterans Day Parade on Wednesday with a theme of “Home of the Free Because of the Brave.” The march started at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center on North Seventh Street and continued more than two miles west on East Camelback Road and north on North Central Avenue.

St. Mary’s Basilica is a hub for local culture that brings together art, music and religion. This historical church is located on Third Street between Van Buren and Monroe streets.

Fair Trade Cafe hosted an event Nov. 6 in the Civic Space Park in honor of the traditions of El Dia de los Muertos. Around 30 community members and guests made an appearance at the event where there were multiple interactive activities for those in attendance, live musical performances, and several local artist exhibitions.