Constitution Week USA is holding its first adult fine art competition this year as part of the annual commemoration of the birth of the U.S. Constitution in Gilbert.

An extra point attempt following a touchdown is a lot like a free throw that is awarded when a player is fouled making a basket. It's a reward for doing something really good, a reward that, in theory, is supposed to be easy to claim.

The East Valley is the home to many interesting art and historical museums. They showcase art and artifacts from different cultural, religious and artistic backgrounds. Call the museums for current and upcoming exhibition schedules. For fans of drama, comedy and music, there are plenty of places to get out and enjoy a day or night at a show. East Valley performance venues include dinner theaters, youth theaters, community theater groups and college stages.

This weekend, the Southwest’s most accomplished artists and musicians will come together at the Wigwam Festival of Fine Art to feature their most spectacular works.

The Gilbert Fine Arts Association continues to operate in town — without a permanent home. The group is one of the few arts organizations in Gilbert, and volunteers say they continue to plan for a home base in years to come.

Q: I hate to throw my yard refuse away. Would you tell me how to make my own compost?

Q: I hate to throw my yard refuse away. Would you tell me how to make my own compost?

With its art galleries up and running, classes under way and an inaugural schedule of performing arts announced at the $94.5 million downtown Mesa Arts Center, we’ve been left with one pesky question.

Students registering for fine arts classes in Gilbert high schools will have a better idea of the costs involved after the Gilbert Unified School District governing board voted earlier this month to change the course catalog.

Crushed dreams have turned into jubilation for aspiring screenwriter Tommy Gaston as he prepares for his senior year at Scottsdale’s Desert Mountain High School.

July 5, 2004

Joani Castillo loves the Lord so much that she could just dance — or sing or act or mime. Yet she’s on a mission to help people cultivate and refine their skills of art and expression as callings from God to serve churches and the world.

Arizona State University’s fine arts program has distinguished the college in the 2005 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s best graduate schools, which arrived on newsstands this week.

More than 25 restaurants will come together in an outdoor, open-air setting to serve up samplings of their finest fare during Taste of Cave Creek.

If you’ve already lived through one Christmas in the Valley, two things are a given:

A favorite slogan among wine aficionados, frequently seen on their aprons and spoon rests, says, "I love to cook with wine — sometimes I even put it in the food."

First off, congrats to Arizona winemaker Kent Callaghan. His Back Lot Cuvee 2001 made Food & Wine magazine’s list of top 10 non-California "All-American" wines in the November 2003 issue.

The Gilbert Fine Arts Center is up and running — well, for six months, anyway.

The Gilbert Fine Arts Center is up and running — well, for six months, anyway.

The “big white tents” will soon set up shop in Scottsdale — but not without a bit of controversy.

It could be a new incarnation or just one last hurrah. An aging building in downtown Gilbert has become the town’s community fine arts center — at least temporarily.

It could be a new incarnation or just one last hurrah. An aging building in downtown Gilbert has become the town’s community fine arts center — at least temporarily.

“Prints From Wood: The Art of the Woodcut,” is the title of the West Valley Art Museum’s next exhibition at the Peoria City Hall Gallery.