Arizona Storytellers Project's most recent event focused on the theme "Big Ideas, Big Lessons.” Individuals told stories about overcoming obstacles in the workplace such as the economy and company divorces.

The Arizona Science Center and Chipotle are concluding their Chew on This! film and lecture series with the Grow Phoenix Festival. Valley chefs, food trucks and local band Peppermint James will be at the event.

This week's Third Friday guide features Ziindi art with custom shoes, 24 hours of poetry reading, a film-world get together, surreal photography, interpretations of gravity and a pop-up darkroom show.

Pallets Food and Bar located on Roosevelt and Third streets is a hodgepodge of Asian cuisine from Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches to Korean BBQ. They have an impressive list of pho soups and an even more extensive sushi menu.

Phoenix based open mic organization, HomeBase Poetry, will hold its monthly show Saturday. The event will showcase Choklate, a soul and R&B recording artist, and Darnella Ford, author of five best-selling novels.