Beer fans can get a lift to this weekend’s big brew party.

Hardboiled and dyed, plastic and filled with coins, or chocolate and oozing white and yellow fondant, eggs are a hot commodity this time of year.

I met Marcia Schafer four years ago while doing a story about an animal adoption event for a local agency. I talked to her about the organization and later asked what her real job was. She told me she was a business consultant but if I wanted to know more it had to be off the record.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Don Fiore, 75, started practicing T’ai Chi as a way to relax away from his stressful real estate job.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Don Fiore, 75, started practicing T’ai Chi as a way to relax away from his stressful real estate job.

You may be a bigger fan of jazz than you think. This weekend’s Chandler Jazz Festival could expose you to the genre and get you to embrace your previously unknown fondness for it.

You may be a bigger fan of jazz than you think. This weekend’s Chandler Jazz Festival could expose you to the genre and get you to embrace your previously unknown fondness for it.

Two monks were washing their bowls in the river when they noticed a scorpion that was drowning. One monk immediately scooped it up and set it upon the bank.

Two monks were washing their bowls in the river when they noticed a scorpion that was drowning. One monk immediately scooped it up and set it upon the bank.

It's believed that the ancient Babylonians were the first to make, and presumably break, New Year's resolutions because their customary eleven-day celebrations left them with a few regrets and a pile of resolving to do. (You know what they say: "What happens in Mesopotamia, stays in Mesopotamia!"^TM)

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For the second time, a federal appeals court has voided the confession -- and conviction -- of a former teen in connection with the 1991 murders of nine people at a Buddhist temple in west Phoenix.

The celebrated singing monks of Tibet’s Drepung Loseling Monastery have been at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts the past few days, performing ancient temple music and dances, hosting lectures and creating a painting with millions of grains of sand painstakingly laid to form a mandala, or sacred circle.

He's appeared on hit records, performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, published hundreds of original songs, authored a children's book, served his country for two decades, launched a production company and raised a family. Aside from enjoying the grandkids, what else does mid-life promise for Ahwatukee Foothills transplant, Tom Morrissey?

He's appeared on hit records, performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, published hundreds of original songs, authored a children's book, served his country for two decades, launched a production company and raised a family. Aside from enjoying the grandkids, what else does mid-life promise for Ahwatukee Foothills transplant, Tom Morrissey?

I heard the most wonderful story a while ago on satellite radio and I thought I would share it with you: A spiritual monk had a beautiful monastery in Northern Italy and he invited many of his students to spend time with him, fish in the beautiful natural lakes and enjoy the cleanest air imaginable.

I heard the most wonderful story a while ago on satellite radio and I thought I would share it with you: A spiritual monk had a beautiful monastery in Northern Italy and he invited many of his students to spend time with him, fish in the beautiful natural lakes and enjoy the cleanest air imaginable.

The owners have rebranded Buffalo Wings & Rings at 1760 W. Chandler Blvd. in Chandler and will reopen as The Hungry Monk Restaurant on Sept. 1. The new eatery and tap room is being billed as family friendly where great food, sports and craft beer collide.

The end of the world seems to be a popular theme these days. With the rotten economy, the never-ending wars and the general fear of change, Hollywood must feel a need to sensitize the masses with “worse case scenario” programming. First there was 2012, then The Road and now, arguably the best of the bunch, The Book of Eli.

I heard the most wonderful story a while ago on satellite radio and I thought I would share it with you.

I heard the most wonderful story a while ago on satellite radio and I thought I would share it with you.