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Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to enjoy some quality time with your family. Fortunately, Phoenix is the hub for all things fun and feasible this weekend, with dozens of unique activities and events that will truly make it a memorable moment for the whole family. Check out our roundup of the best things to do around the Valley this weekend, May 24 through May 26:

Friday

From a classic movie or ballet performance under the stars to a variety of moving award-winning musicals, the Valley is brimming with incredible ways to ring in the weekend of May 31 to June 2. 

 Friday:

Date Night Drive-In Movie Nights: “When Harry Met Sally”

The Promenade in Scottsdale hosts the last of its Date Night drive-in movie nights for the month with a...

Maisie Williams (left) and Kristina Baskett (right) on the set of Game of Thrones.

As the dust settles following the jaw-dropping series finale of “Game of Thrones” last night, critics and fans alike are reminiscing on what truly made the show of the decade – and arguably one of the greatest of all time – so special. For eight years, audiences were dazzled by beloved scores and stunning cinematography that seamlessly swept them up in the world of Westeros and the antics of the complicated characters who inhabited it. While the series will...

by Dr. Kristen Ray

While there’s growing acceptance of common mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, overall, the stigma of mental illness still permeates our society. Depictions of the mentally ill in media are particularly troubling, as they’re too often hyperbolized and grossly altered to fit long-standing stereotypes of people with mental illnesses as menaces to society. This dangerous trend helps perpetuate the viewpoint that people who have a mental illness or mental health issue are hazardous to others. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many mental...