By David M. Brown Tribune Contributor Mesa artist Linda Glover Gooch is traveling north this summer and taking some cool canvases. “Intertwined with Living Waters: The Art of Linda Glover Gooch” is featured at the Hockaday...
By Claire Natale Tribune Contributor Named one of the Seven Wonders of the World 2020 by Conde Nast Traveler, Winslow’s Meteor Crater is awe inspiring. As one of the world’s few meteorite impact sites, Meteor Crater is...
By Alison Bailin Tribune Guest Writer For more than 43 years, Child Crisis Arizona has served the Valley’s vulnerable children and families and is committed to ending child abuse and neglect through prevention, education and...
TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF The Chandler-based Children’s Cancer Network is helping parents deal with back-to-school costs. For most children, back-to-school season means new shoes, new clothes, a new backpack and excitement about the...
By Sandra Draper Tribune Contributor After starting with one simple outfit, a Mesa woman has built a charity – and an assembly line – that makes clothes for orphans worldwide. When Darlene Carpenter semiretired in 2009, she...
TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF The estate of a departed Leisure World resident is enabling the American Association of University Women (AAUW) East Mesa Branch to help more young women get a college education. AAUW several years ago was the...
By Melody Birkett Tribune Contributor Mesa native Shanice Malakai remembers her initial time in the film industry. “I didn’t always have opportunities afforded to me,” she said. “I was also the only woman in the room and...
By Srianthi Perera Tribune Contributor The future of theater, at least in the next few months, may well hinge on the video conferencing tool, Zoom. Mesa-based Southwest Shakespeare Company features some of the country’s best...
By KATHERINE NOWICKI Tribune Contributor In the eyes of Pawsitive Friendships, dogs – and pigs and goats and other animals – can be a child’s best friend. The East Valley nonprofit has a menagerie at its disposal to help...
TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF At 13, Jonathan Okseniuk has become a musical superstar of sorts. The Mesa violinist recently placed first in the Music Teachers National Association Junior Performance Competition’s string category. The...
