Scottsdale Economic Development E-Newsletter, Jan. 24th
January 25, 2018 Click below to review the January 24th issue of Choose Scottsdale: City of Scottsdale Economic Development E-Newsletter. You’ll find information about new business and educational initiatives, activities and events, including: Downtown Small Business Gathering Draws Full House Private Bike Sharing FAQ Scottsdale Economic Development Attending SXSW 2018 Human Resources Event, And More. Newsletter (PDF) The Peak...
Desert Foothills Theater: All Ages, Register Now for Spring Classes!
January 25, 2018 The Desert Foothills Theater and the Desert Foothills Youth Theater offer a variety of Spring Classes. There’s something for everyone who is older than five, probably everyone reading this. Spring Break Camp Teen and Adult Dance Acting Class, and Pop Star Musical. Spring Classes: Information & Registration (PDF)...
MIM: New Music Lectures on Sale + Upcoming Concerts
January 19, 2018 Robert Greenberg will lead engaging lectures as part of the Phoenix Symphony Chamber Music Series. In addition, this newsletter summarizes upcoming concerts at the MIM. The concerts at the Musical Instrument Museum’s Music Theater feature a variety of genres performed in the acoustic intimacy of MIM’s 300-seat theater. For concert information, click below. MIM Upcoming Concerts (PDF)...
Desert Edge Alert: Exciting Year for Scottsdale’s Desert Educational Center
Newsletter Courtesy Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale January 19, 2018 The proposal for Desert Edge was unveiled last summer. The proposal was prepared by a variety of participating organizations, including Thinc Design, ASU, Swaback Partners and Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale. In this newsletter, Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale gets 2018 off to a fresh start by describing the major features and benefits identified in the...
New PAC Seeks Public Vote on Desert Edge
January 17 Courtesy Preserve Our Preserve By Howard Myers NoDDC and Protect Our Preserve Launch Signature Gathering Campaign As you may know, the city wants to build a large tourist attraction in the Preserve called the Desert Edge (DE), formally the Desert Discovery Center (DDC). The claim is that it will educate both residents and visitors about the desert and also provide labs for ASU to conduct research from. They want to put it...
Scottsdale Update, Jan. 18: City News, Events, Meetings, Classes
January 18, 2018 Newsletter Courtesy City of Scottsdale For City of Scottsdale headlines, news, video of the week, events, and information, including contact information, for city programs and services, click below. Scottsdale Update Newsletter (PDF) The Peak Welcomes Your Comment Use the “Submit a Comment” box at the bottom of this page. All comments are reviewed based on The Peak’s Comment Policy prior to...
Everest Base Camp Trek: A Photo Journal, Part 4 of 4
January 15, 2018 Story and Photography by Bob Conklin Part 4. Adventure-Filled Finish Congratulations. You’re almost there. Welcome to the conclusion of this four-part series. Adventure of a Lifetime, Part 1. [Read More] described my pre-trip research and preparations. Starting Place Surprise, Part 2. [Read More] covered our Everest Base Camp trek from our weather-revised starting point of Phapla, Nepal to Namche Bazaar. Onward...
Have an opinion about Bike Share? Share it.
January 14, 2018 Courtesy City of Scottsdale Bike Share update scheduled for Transportation Commission meeting Bike share companies have been up and running in Scottsdale since November. The companies use smartphone apps to enable customers to locate a nearby bike, rent it, ride it to a destination, then park and lock it for the next customer. The yellow and green bikes have generated a wide range of reactions. For some...
Interested in archaeology? Take advantage of two unique opportunities.
Updated: January 11, 2018 By Les Conklin It was more than 20 years ago. I’ve never forgotten seeing a pit house excavation in an archaeology museum in Xi’an, China. I was amazed. The size, post hole locations and shape seemed to be almost identical to a Native American pit house floor that I had seen at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Although some don’t agree, artifacts, such a pit house evidence, and more recently DNA studies...
Peak Contributor’s Photo Selected for 2018 AZGFD Calendar
December 28, 2017 Tom Mangelsdorf, a frequent photography contributor to The Peak, has won an “Honorable Mention” in the 2018 Arizona Game & Fish Department’s 2018 calendar contest. More than 600 photographs state-wide were entered in the contest. Tom learned about the contest from an article published in The Peak several months ago. In his winning photograph a Gila woodpecker and a honey bee make visual contact. They were both...
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