The Chandler Children’s Choir is presenting its spring concert, “Dancing Around the World,” a collection of songs representing different nationalities and cultures in different languages.

You may better know her sister, Dakota, from box-office smashes like “War of the Worlds” and “The Twilight Saga,” but 14-year-old Elle Fanning has already made quite a name for herself among the arthouse set, appearing in such acclaimed works as “Babel,” “Somewhere” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” This month, she takes center stage in a new drama from writer/director Sally Potter entitled “Ginger & Rosa” – a coming-of-age tale set in 1962 London as the threat of the Cuban missile crisis looms overhead.

The biggest trend in fashion for the new year might just be that there isn’t anything especially trendy.

A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Deb Fedasiuk is launching her first jewelry line next month, a project 10 years in the making.

For most people, the life of a music superstar is a far-off dream, but for 14-year-old local Denium Elle it could soon be a reality. Last year, Tate Music Group signed the local teen after she attended the Actors, Models and Talent for Christ (AMTC) convention in Florida, and she has since released her first album.

Arizona’s system for educating English Learners has undergone substantial restructuring in the past 12 years, including new funding levels and formulas. While this has resulted in changes to some long-languishing but important indicators of success for many of these students, other crucial indicators have changed only incrementally.

Just over a month after the anniversary of the Phoenix Lights some mysterious lights appeared over Ahwatukee Foothills.

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre presents “Legally Blonde the Musical” Oct. 6 through Nov. 12.

Day care is a big problem for working parents and while many are rushing around trying to pick kids up from a facility or working around the schedule of their baby sitter one Ahwatukee Foothills resident has found that a live-in sitter, called an au pair, is the way to go.

Day care is a big problem for working parents and while many are rushing around trying to pick kids up from a facility or working around the schedule of their baby sitter one Ahwatukee Foothills resident has found that a live-in sitter, called an au pair, is the way to go.

Just as Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" evoked the same essence of Stanley Kubrick, J.J. Abrams' "Super 8" is a love letter to the work of Steven Spielberg, who coincidentally acted as a producer on the film. "Super 8" shares the thrills of "Jaws," humor of "The Goonies," sentimentality of "E.T.," and sense of mystery in "Close Encounters." "Super 8" might not be as perfect of a blockbuster as Spielberg's earliest works. Of course if I were to compare every summer movie to "E.T." and "Close Encounters," this season would be a yearly letdown. While the comparisons to Spielberg are hard to ignore, "Super 8" still stands out as a wonderful and nostalgic picture and one of the year's most exciting entertainments.

Just as Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" evoked the same essence of Stanley Kubrick, J.J. Abrams' "Super 8" is a love letter to the work of Steven Spielberg, who coincidentally acted as a producer on the film. "Super 8" shares the thrills of "Jaws," humor of "The Goonies," sentimentality of "E.T.," and sense of mystery in "Close Encounters." "Super 8" might not be as perfect of a blockbuster as Spielberg's earliest works. Of course if I were to compare every summer movie to "E.T." and "Close Encounters," this season would be a yearly letdown. While the comparisons to Spielberg are hard to ignore, "Super 8" still stands out as a wonderful and nostalgic picture and one of the year's most exciting entertainments.

Who knew doing something so good for you could be so easy.

Who knew doing something so good for you could be so easy.

School districts are likely to see increases in English-language learners and the costs associated with the program after the federal government demanded that Arizona change a survey it uses to screen students, school officials and observers say.

School districts are likely to see increases in English-language learners and the costs associated with the program after the federal government demanded that Arizona change a survey it uses to screen students, school officials and observers say.