Downtown Digest: Resumes, Spooky Stories, and Workshops

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Good morning, downtown Phoenix! It’s Yoori, I hope you’re having a great Monday so far. Here are the events for this week!

Here comes Halloween
Tuesday, Oct. 13
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
$20
**A zoom link will be sent an hour before class begins**
Join instructor Dina for a night of painting! Enjoy a step-by-step tutorial on how to paint some fun, spooky paintings from the comfort of your kitchen table… or artist’s desk. Click the link above to see what you’ll be creating.

Coffee with Kiewit
Wednesday, Oct. 14th
10 a.m.
**Click on the link above for the link and access code**
Want to learn about the light rail project in the area? Connect with Kiewit for a discussion on the latest construction update.

Genealogy Workshop
Tuesday, Oct. 14th
11:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Nonmembers: $20
Member: $15
The McClelland Library is offering a comprehensive workshop on how to trace Irish ancestry with resources and techniques.

Resume Refresh & Career Advancement Strategies
Wednesday, Oct. 15
2 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
FREE for Chamber members
Link with Brenda Cunningham, a professional career resume coach to vamp up your resume.

By the Pale Light: Classic Tales of Fright
Saturday, Oct. 17th
7:30 p.m.
$8
The Arizona Theatre Community will be narrating spooky stories, poems, plays, and more for their second episode in the series of By The Pale Moonlight.

Garden Days at Growhouse
Saturday, Oct. 24th
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Roosevelt Grow Collective Garden is a volunteer-driven event, where you can help out with building garden projects such as: planting, weeding, watering, and art projects. There is a limit of 10 volunteers, so sign up quickly! Please keep in mind that the age minimum is 18 years of age. Children who are 8-year-olds can volunteer with a parent or guardian.

First Friday Virtual Tour
First Fridays in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row, has gone virtual! Click on the link above for a list of vendors, arts, and more. There’s also to-go restaurants available in this downtown tradition.

Empty Bowls
Arizona Center
455 N 3rd Street
Friday, Oct. 16

$20
The Arizona Center is hosting an Empty Bowls bowls event to benefit the charity Waste NOT and raise awareness about those in our community struggling with hunger. Artists and members of the Arizona Clay association have created and donated beautiful handmade bowls for attendees to purchase. All purchases come with a to-go lunch. Social distancing and masks will be mandatory to participate.

Contact the reporter at yhan99@asu.edu.

Yoori Han was the politics editor at Downtown Devil during fall 2021 and part of spring 2022.