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Herberger Theater Festival of the Arts October 27 11:30am to 5:00pm Herberger Theater 222 East Monroe St Phoenix, AZ 85004 The ninth-annual Festival of the Arts celebrates the arts in our community with performances by more than 25 arts organizations, live music and performances...

First New Life Hallelujah Night Celebration October 31 6-9 PM First New Life Church 1902 W. Roeser Road Phoenix, AZ 85041 Hallelujah Night Celebration is a free community experience filled with carnival games, moon bouncers, free giveaways, children’s prizes, food, candy...

Local First Arizona presents Arizona Fall Festival November 3 10 AM to 4 PM Hance Park 200 E Moreland St Phoenix, AZ 85004 The Arizona Fall Fest presented by Local First Arizona is a free, family-friendly (and dog-friendly!) celebration of all things uniquely Arizona. The...

4th Annual Children’s Free Book Fair November 10 11 am to 4 pm Booker T. Washington Child Development Center 1519 E. Adams Street Phoenix, AZ 85034 Pre-registration open for new high quality FREE books, school supplies, backpacks, and Phoenix Suns caps for children. Click...

One of our great, local Black community traditions – the Arizona Black Rodeo – returns to the Rawhide Western Town & Event Center on the Gila River Indian Community every spring. Thousands of Valley residents pack the stands for two shows on one magical night at...

From an outsider’s point of view, Chandler may look like paradise. Well-manicured lawns, nice spacious homes, restaurants, office buildings and great parks. But something ugly is happening inside the school system and local residents attended a Chandler Unified School Board...

In order for our children to survive and excel in today’s world, it’s extremely important for them to have responsible, caring and knowledgeable adult role models in their lives. PhxSoul.com feels that it is extremely important to help Black youth find ways to build...

Submitted by Crystal Lewis Brown The Phoenix AKARAMA Foundation and Delta Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., presented $22,500 in scholarships during a luncheon on May 21 at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix. The 10 scholarship recipients were graduating...

By now, we’ve all heard about what happened at Desert Vista High School in the Phoenix suburb of Ahwatukee (if you haven’t heard, click here). Many people were outraged, some defended the stunt as a dumb prank, some even called it “Freedom of Speech.” Many...

Editor’s Note: You must have been living under a rock if you have not yet heard about the six girls at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix who posed for a photograph on their Senior Day in January with the word N-I-*-*-E-R spelled out on their shirts. Needless to say, the...

Perforated Fiber is the autobiographical story of two brothers who describe their life of desperation, poverty, dysfunction, drug abuse, alcoholism and murder within their family, as they lived in the ghettos and semi-rural areas of Connecticut and Massachusetts in the late 1970s...

Looking for a COOL indoor place for your younger children to play during these HOT Arizona summers? Jubeelieve Indoor Playland in Avondale is the perfect location for tiny tots to run, jump, slide, and just be the adorably playful kids they are. Jubeelieve Indoor Playland is...