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Q & A with Kimber Lanning, Founder of the Devour Culinary Classic and Local First

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The Devour Culinary Classic is a two-day festival that highlights the brilliant, unique and extended local food community that encompasses Arizona culture. At the heart of the festival is Kimber Lanning – a food connoisseur herself, Lanning is the founder of the nationally-acclaimed event, as well as Local First.

We had the opportunity to chat with Lanning about the Devour...

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Hospice of the Valley Charity Event Raises Record-Breaking Funds

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On Saturday, Feb. 16, AAHA!, An Auction of Heirlooms and Art…and More! netted a record-breaking $358,000 to support Hospice of the Valley charity care and dementia care programs.

A crowd of 350 gathered at the JW Marriott Camelback Inn to bid on beautiful paintings and sculptures, fine jewelry, exquisite dining, rare wines, exclusive trips and even a Goldendoodle puppy. The highest bidder will take to the skies by private jet for three nights at the exclusive Triple Creek Ranch in Montana, while another winner will experience the wonders of Italy for eight days visiting Roman ruins, viewing grand...

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10 Things to do This Weekend in Phoenix: Family Edition

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After a cold and rainy week, we're ready for some fun the weekend of Feb. 22 to Feb. 24. Here's a few ideas to jumpstart your plans.

Friday:

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“Grease School Edition”

Desert Stages Theatre announces the opening night of “Grease School Edition”—a family-friendly adaptation of the 1971 musical “Grease,” performed by actors ages 3 to 19—on Friday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Desert Stages mainstage. “Grease School Edition” will play...

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Tips to Maintain Fitness Resolutions Throughout the Year

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Photo courtesy of Raw Pixel on Unsplash.

New Year’s resolutions – while they may be great fun to make – are also really difficult to stick with. Particularly, those pesky fitness resolutions and the cliché promise we all make to “eat cleaner” after an otherwise calorie- and chocolate-filled, holiday season. As we settle into February though, it feels like those “new year, new me” goals that once motivated us to flock to the gyms, invest in a Nutribullet for those newly-incorporated, smoothie-based diets and pride ourselves on meeting our daily goal of 10,000 steps through our Fitbit, are now long...

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10 Things to Do This Weekend in Phoenix

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This weekend is the perfect opportunity to get out on the town and indulge in all of the things that you love – well, that is if you love food and craft cocktails. From the Devour Bartending Competition to the Sweets Festival, there’s something for every foodie and cocktail connoisseur to obsess over this weekend, Feb. 15 through Feb. 17.

 

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