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South of Florence, Arizona, the desert offers little to suggest what lies ahead. Greasewood, scrub brush and cholla cactus stretch across a flat, sunburned expanse of the Sonoran Desert, the kind of …

August in Arizona is so hot that even the lizards stay hidden until dark. People cocoon in front of the air conditioner, and travel for anything non-essential slows to a crawl. But in downtown …

The streets of Victorian England will come to life when the Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program presents “Oliver! JR.”  Based on the Broadway Junior version of Lionel Bart's classic …

One hundred years ago marked the birth of the Main Street of America. Better known as Route 66, the country’s iconic 2,400-mile highway stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles was originally …

The 10th Annual Old Dominion Days brings four days of mine tours, vintage baseball and community celebration, honoring the copper legacy that continues to build this region. Old Dominion Days …

The 14th Annual Miami Loco Arts & Music Festival is coming back to Miami and includes a diverse line up of artists and entertainment. The festival transforms Miami’s main street into a huge hub …

Don't miss “Rooted in Resilience,” where art, science, and community power come together and community science takes center stage at this first ever exhibition at the Center for the Arts in Globe. …

They called them the Old Dominion Walkers. Miners by trade, ballplayers by passion, they worked the copper-rich earth beneath Globe, and spent their Sundays on a field giving the boys from town …

Unbeknownst to some, each state and territory in the United States has its own replica U.S. Liberty Bell. In 1950, as part of its marketing campaign for savings bonds, the U.S. Department of the …

This photo of Peridot Mesa on the San Carlos Apache Reservation was taken last Thursday. According to AZ Poppy Fest, “The yellow bladderpods are going to seed, but there are still patches of …

This year offers several local Valentine’s Day celebrations suited for music lovers and dancers around Globe-Miami. From classic country and crowd-pleasing covers to hometown favorites, three …

Superior, Arizona — The 18th Annual Superior Home Tour & Antique Show will take place on Jan. 24 and 25 in the historic mining town of Superior, Arizona. Hosted by the Superior Chamber of …

The creative and immersive sounds of Synthesis Microfest II will soon be filling the streets of Miami. This annual mini festival returns to Thee 23 Skidoo in downtown Miami on Jan. 23 and 24 to …

A black light fluorescent rock display, gold-panning, jade-carving, and hourly door prizes are just a few of the highlights of the 68th annual Gem and Mineral Show. The show is hosted by the Gila …

“The first time I heard music that made me want to play, it hit something that makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time,” he says. “And that feeling alone is the reason I play music, because I can cultivate that feeling and I can share that feeling.”

Tom Foster — the soft-spoken, endlessly curious, skillful and deeply passionate historian with an uncanny ability to repair, restore and even recreate historic treasures — would almost certainly have been chagrined to learn that a day had been named in his honor.

Long before the plastic pink flamingo became a mid-century lawn icon, the elegant bird had already made its mark on American design and popular life. The flamingo’s visual appeal—graceful curves, vivid color, a

Copper Planet Improv puts on a show with first improv 101 graduates  By Jenn Walker At the beginning of the year, improv actor and instructor Javier Gilmore brought the art of improv …

In this area, discrimination was prevalent, and Mexicans were almost “non-citizens,” he added. At church, the left side was designated for the Mexicans, and also the balcony of the theater. “Even though division was going on in town, we never felt it in school,” he says. “Sometimes we got a little rap on our knuckles for speaking Spanish.”

‘The Christmas Elf - How Chuckles Saved the Day’ The Copper Cities Community Players take to the stage with Christmas spirit By Kim Stone The annual Christmas show at the …

 This has been a year like no other. We’ve been tested by floods, detours, and setbacks that touched nearly every home and business — yet what stood out most was the outpouring of …

Wanda Mitchell-Tucker: A lifetime in color On exhibit at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts through November The Cobre Valley Center for the Arts is proud to feature the work of Wanda …

Two men — both steely-eyed and poised for a fight — faced each other across a small-town courtroom in the early 1900s. One was there for truth, the other for freedom, but how could the people of a rough Arizona territorial town like Globe tell the difference and deliver real justice? …

Reveles says he wants to share the history of living in the Miami-Globe area during a very challenging time — the Great Depression. 

The old Rainbow Flowers building on Broad Street had been on the market for a while before being purchased by partners David Huber and Christine Cirillo-Ching , who have transformed it into an …

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