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Jamie Kilstein is looking forward to playing Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy this week at High Street in North Phoenix. 

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Today I would like to pour out on you readers a potpourri of perspectives I have gleaned from others regarding life and living in 2020. You can access their thoughts on social media and the internet. Courage, my friends. Read on!

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The local, family-owned pizzeria chain Barro’s Pizza is giving away $10,000 to one local resident in the 2020 Arizona Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway. 

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Josh Peters has always prided himself on being different. 

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Despite COVID-19 shutting down gyms, Boulder Creek High School quarterback Bear Milacek stayed fit, hoping for his football season to start. 

A Cave Creek artist is featured on an upcoming episode of the “AZ Creates!” web series about creatives in Arizona. Graphite artist Jack Schilder of Cave Creek is the “Creative Connection” interviewee for the November 5 show on the AZ Creates YouTube channel. He reflects on his international …

Greg Douglass admitted he’s nervous about his Saturday, October 31, show in the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion in Carefree. 

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Rock Springs Café will deliver pies in the Phoenix and Prescott areas this holiday season, with a portion of the proceeds of all bulk pie sales benefiting the Black Canyon Fire and Prescott Police departments. 

While enjoying the view of the desert mountain landscape from her bed, Madison Hosea gave birth to a healthy baby boy, marking a milestone moment for the first-time mother, the new hospital and the future growth of the North Valley. 

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Cait Huble isn’t an artist herself, but she’s doing the next best thing she can do for the art form. She’s advocating for it. 

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Ray Villafane’s playful, carved pumpkins are synonymous with Halloween in Carefree. But when COVID-19 hit, he was forced to make a change when the town canceled its events.

Sailing and the desert usually don’t go hand in hand. But Doug Payne, commodore of the Lake Pleasant Sailing Club, thinks otherwise.

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Austin Walashek’s friends have called him the “male Taylor Swift.” His penchant for writing about broken hearts and broken relationships has earned him that nickname. 

Life for the Clough family was once much easier than it is now. 

William Swearingen is passionate about senior living communities.

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Unknowingly, Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children’s tale “Where the Wild Things Are,” describes the journey of artist Marjie Risk when he wrote, “…and she set off through night and day, and in and out of weeks, and almost over a year to where the wild things are.” 

As a result of ongoing restrictions on large-scale events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthem’s Autumnfest will move online this fall. 

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The owners of Aioli Gourmet Burgers saw their business decline more than 75% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, between the brick-and-mortar and food truck establishments.

MSNBC anchor Lindsey Reiser said all journalists possess an inherent “curiosity.” Some call it being nosey—she contends it’s an insatiable thirst for knowledge. 

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Dynamite Mountain Ranch resident Tyler Hall heard a folktale that was passed down in his wife’s Polish family about how the ocean became salty.

Just when one thinks they know most everything there is about Deer Valley Unified School District, more great achievements become known. It is almost impossible to track all of the accomplishments students and staff achieve every year.