Fry-bread food truck combines Native American, Mexican-American influences
Emerson Fry Bread serves up a menu with Mojave, Quechan and Mexican-American influences and, although fry bread may not be the healthiest option, uses organic and locally purchased ingredients.
Nonprofit group to sell thousands of used books for charity at annual sale
The Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association will hold a used-book sale at the Arizona State Fairgrounds this Saturday and Sunday. The inventory for Book Sale 56 is set to include about half a million books in 27 different categories.
Nutrition professor, cafe owner and chef discuss importance of eating healthy, local
An ASU nutrition professor, along with the owner and the chef of a local cafe, discussed food’s effect on our health and mood as well as the long-term health effects of processed food at Wednesday’s New York Times Nutrition Panel, sponsored by USGD.
Parking-meter hours change; city officials try to effectively inform public of adjustments
The City Council voted unanimously Feb. 1 to cut the downtown parking meter hours and install them with credit card readers. Although the adjusted parking-meter hours are currently in effect, many people remain unaware of the change.
Diamondbacks star pitchers play sandwich artist for a day
Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson and Joe Saunders served as Subway Sandwich Artists at a downtown Subway to promote this Saturday’s Subway D-backs FanFest at Chase Field.
New weekly lunchtime concert series kicks off at Civic Space Park
A new lunchtime concert series in the Civic Space Park will be taking over the Wednesday lunch hour from now until May. Every Wednesday from 11:45 a.m to 1 p.m. the park, located between Central and First avenues just north of Van Buren Street, will showcase different local artists in this free public event.
Phoenix architect uses desert landscape as inspiration, focuses on simplicity, sustainability
Bruder discussed Wednesday evening how facets of the desert landscape are transformed into his buildings at the Phoenix Art Museum during a lecture titled “Design for the Desert.”
CityScape’s Vitamin T offers week of discounts for one-year anniversary in downtown Phoenix
CityScape tenant Vitamin T is offering its customers discounts this week to celebrate the eatery's first year in downtown Phoenix.
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Student government election-code changes will impact candidates on the Downtown campus
Candidate applications for April’s student government elections will likely be available this afternoon, and Downtown candidates will be subject to several major election code changes this year.
ESPN recruiting team visits Cronkite School
A recruiting team from ESPN spoke to students about internships and careers with the company and also gave tips on improving resumes Tuesday night...