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Q&A with Jason Carney of The Phoenix Film Festival
As The Phoenix Film Festival kicks off today (through April 2), AZFoothills.com chatted about what this year's festival holds and the Valley arts scene with Jason Carney, festival director.
AFM: How long have you been with the film festival? How did you get your start?
JC: I started with the festival in the first year way back in 2001. I...
Arizona Couple donates $2.5 Million to Arts
Breaking news... A well known Arizona and Wisconsin couple are donating $2.5 million to the Phoenix Art Museum. Click here for Kathy Shayna Shocket's report on their generous donation.http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/the-az-insider/7187-az-insider-famous-couple-donates-25-million-to-arts.html
March 22: Silverleaf Luxury Home Tour
The luxury community of Silverleaf in Scottsdale hosts a public home tour on Sunday, March 22. Silverleaf will open its gates to a limited number of visitors for a self-guided luxury home tour featuring exquisite custom estates in the Upper Canyon of the McDowell Mountains.
Visitors will be welcomed at the Windgate Pass Guard Gate. The tour is complimentary but there are a limited number of tickets available for this special event. The event is from 1 to 4 p.m. An RSVP is requested for gate access: www.silverleaf.com or http://www.silverleaf.com/luxury-tour/.
Phoenix Suns Dancer Gets the Surprise of Her Life
Suns Dancer Tasha received the surprise of a lifetime when her boyfriend, Trevor Cruz, popped the question during the Dancers’ performance at Friday's Suns-Hawks game. Her now fiance' planned this surprise with the help of the entire dance team and staff who were able to keep this little secret from Tasha. During the dancer's half-time performance, the music stopped and quickly transitioned to Ed Sheeran's love ballod, "Thinking Out Loud." To watch the behind the scenes surprise video of what happened next, click here.
ABC15 Announces News Director
Congrats to Chris Kline who has been named news director at ABC15. He will oversee all cross-platform story gathering. In his new position, Kline will lead the newsroom to distribute stories across both television and digital channels to better serve Arizona communities and meet changing audience habits.
“Chris is a passionate, innovative leader with the vision to help us reinvent local journalism in this digital age,” says Anita Helt, vice president and general manager at ABC15. “His proven track record of success as a digital journalist, combined with an entrepreneur’s drive to innovate, make him an ideal...