Valley Life

Reason number 8: You don’t have to pretend to like the awful gift your partner bought you.

Parades, lectures and music are on the agenda to honor the late Dr. King.

Arizona is home to 1,300 native bee species, and they need our help.

The demand for sustainable fashion is helping local merchants turn reselling into a full-time career.

Save yourself a DUI and hop on the light rail this Dec. 31 in metro Phoenix.

Mitchell S. Jackson’s “Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion” gives the reader photos of everyone from Devin Booker to Dr. J.

The costumed holiday bar crawl organized by the Arizona Cacophony Sociery on Dec. 15 invaded bars like Phoenicia Music Lounge and Seamus McCaffrey’s.

Arcadia’s “Christmas Lee” has scaled back his famous holiday spectacle.

Santa Claus and his posse of costumed revelers will invade downtown Phoenix for a massive bar crawl on Friday night.

Everything to know about checking out the biggest and “most reliable” meteor shower of the year.

Enjoy food, music and trivia to celebrate the Jewish holiday.

Where to see the biggest and most over-the-top Christmas lights and holiday decorations around metro Phoenix this year.

Phoenix has plenty of things to be thankful for. So the New Times editorial staff offers our favorites to kickstart the holiday season.

Here’s when and where to find the popular attraction and what collectibles it’s selling.

The people – attendees, artists and entertainers – slayed the annual Pride festival in Steele Indian School Park.

Celebrate the Day of the Dead with festivals, performances and ofrendras all around the Valley.

Festival organizers expect 55,000 people to show up for the Oct. 21-22 event, which includes entertainment, food and a massive parade.

The central Phoenix store sells more than 100 products in a zero-waste format.

The Phoenix-area store sells furniture and home accessories that are hundreds of years old – and every piece has a story.

Where to find the biggest and scariest Halloween haunts, hangouts and home displays in Phoenix, Mesa and elsewhere during the spooky season.

Also on tap: Comedy from Iliza Shlesinger and Eddie Griffin, an Arizona Derby Dames doubleheader and more.

Enjoy our annual guide to the top things to do, see, eat and enjoy in metro Phoenix.