The public got its first opportunity Monday to travel on an automated inter-terminal train at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Spotlight Youth Theatre Artistic Director Kenny Grossman chose “Sweeney Todd: School Edition” for the current season to challenge his young actors. “We’ve never done a Sondheim show before, and this is some great material for our older kids to get involved with,” Grossman said. “It’s important for us to have something for everyone, and we’re not the type to shy away from material like this.”

The League Barbershop and Salon in Ahwatukee Foothills prides itself on its ability to cater to the diverse East Valley community.

The cast of Arizona Broadway Theatre’s “Steel Magnolias” received firsthand information and instructions from their director about the ways of a beautician. Before becoming a professional actor and director, Jimmy Ferraro worked for a number of years as a hairstylist in New York.

Stu Leck has been singing in quartets for decades, and for the past 30 years he has spent the time around Valentine’s Day doing the same thing, whether in Minneapolis or Duluth or Sun City.  Leck and his quartet sing love songs to sweethearts young and old.

One of Ahwatukee Foothills' prime commercial areas, the intersection of 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard, has seen numerous businesses go under this year, but those who remain say things are beginning to look up.

One of Ahwatukee Foothills' prime commercial areas, the intersection of 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard, has seen numerous businesses go under this year, but those who remain say things are beginning to look up.

One of Ahwatukee Foothills' prime commercial areas, the intersection of 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard, has seen numerous businesses go under this year, but those who remain say things are beginning to look up.

The fall Out to Lunch concert series will run from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays through Dec. 16 (except Nov. 25) at the Mesa Arts Center's Shadow Walk/Wells Fargo Garden, One E. Main St., Mesa.