On Sunday, the popular PBS restaurant review show, “Check, Please! Arizona,” hosts its first food festival at CityScape in Phoenix. While attendees enjoy a plethora of food and wine samples and live demonstrations from award-winning chefs like Robert McGrath and Chris Bianco, one humble festival booth — Pittsburgh Willy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs — takes the next step in its Cinderella story.

Ballet Etudes stages its version of this classic fairytale, set to Prokofiev’s timeless score. After most performances, backstage tours are available.

Children will listen to other children in a way they don’t to adults, says Bobb Cooper — and he’s hoping an awful lot of them get to do just that over the next two weeks.

The worn boxing gloves and yellowed punching bags tell only part of the story.

NEW YORK — Shoes are having a 21st century moment as they've pushed from mere accessory to the center of the fashion stage.

The Cardinals are back to drafting in the top 10, back to enduring losing streaks that last months. They have fired the coach that guided them to the Super Bowl and have no quarterback in a league where it is the No. 1 requirement.

Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream: Watch Disney princesses including Rapunzel, Tiana and Cinderella dance the night away in this glittering extravaganza on ice. The 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 performance will be entirely in Spanish.

From elaborately decorated trees to drive-through lighting displays to boat parades and train shows, a variety of holiday spectacles are being staged through the end of December and into early January around the country. Here are a few of them.

Thirteen games into the season, and Matt Guida is still doing things that impress Queen Creek quarterback Carson Jones.

Hamilton vs. Desert Ridge

With Hamilton, Brophy and Peoria Centennial still alive in the postseason, there are plenty of powerhouse programs aiming for yet another state title.

After homework and chores are done, most kids like spending their free time after school watching TV or playing video games.

NEW YORK — Social media will be a big component of a new program announced by Disney Wednesday in which the company's parks in California and Florida will feature weekly surprise themes and events.

After homework and chores are done, most kids like spending their free time after school watching TV or playing video games.

The Mesa High football team’s run to the Class 5A Division I state championship game in 2009 is still the standard among recent Cinderella stories.

Performing Arts 2012-13 theater season preview

We’ve had athletes come to Arizona for the money when the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks were free-spending franchises bent on building fantasy teams.

HONOLULU  — Coconut bras aren't Hawaiian. Neither are grass skirts. Tiki bars? They're from California. Yet they're all among the most recognizable symbols of a Hawaiian vacation.

Ron Wisniewski could afford to be picky.

“Cinderella”: Spend an enchanted evening watching Actor’s Youth Theatre’s original stage production of the princess who lost a shoe and found a prince.

“Cinderella”: Based on the Disney remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, this show stars local children ages 4-19 and features a princess, a full-sized coach and plenty of royal attire. Audience members can arrive early to have their picture taken with princesses from various fairy tales.

When Pixar was given the opportunity to make a feature-length animation in the early ’90s, they strived to distinguish themselves from Disney by not telling a fairytale. The studio has maintained this custom for almost two decades with unique stories about monsters, toys, superheroes, and so on. Among all the Pixar films, “Brave” is certainly the most loyal to the Disney fairytale formula. The movie comes equipped with several familiar themes, such as a princess who wants more, a disapproving parent, and witchcraft. It’s interesting to see Pixar tackle a more Disney-like story and for the most part “Brave” is executed quite nicely.

When Pixar was given the opportunity to make a feature-length animation in the early '90s, they strived to distinguish themselves from Disney by not telling a fairytale. The studio has maintained this custom for almost two decades with unique stories about monsters, toys, superheroes, and so on.