SEATTLE — It's hard to miss the enormous 20-foot-wide American flag on the side of Richard Ormbrek's home. Comprised of around 180 tiles painted with scenes of Americana against a background of red and white stripes, the flag pops from the orange cedar shingles with traffic-stopping audacity.

Indie-folk artist Jay Nash will be performing in the Valley’s very own The Rhythm Room Wednesday, May 22 with fellow performer David Ramirez.

Boz Scaggs knows he has a reputation for being something of a perfectionist. The casually stylish singer-songwriter recalls the endless tinkering and expansive budgets that went into making his multiplatinum 1970s albums “Silk Degrees” and “Down Two Then Left.”

Chaparral southpaw ace Dallas McBride was a bit wild early on, but didn’t flinch.

The Bistro at Kokopelli Winery will close on May 26, with plans to re-open in September as Crust.

The top seed in the Division II baseball state tournament got off to a rocky start on Thursday.

New York • When he first started working with Imagine Dragons, music producer Alex da Kid was looking for some inspiration for the Broadway musical, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”

It may not be as mainstream a form of expression these days as, say, Instagram, but poetry, that old-fashioned art of arranging language to create an emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm, is alive and well.

Sherrelle Jordan and Ky Westbrook finished with the same impressive result on Saturday.

Amidst a gloomy batch of nominees – addressing themes such as lost love, sacrifice and coping with death – “Curfew” springs forth as a welcome jolt of energy to the live action shorts. The premise is fairly simple: a dejected young man gets a call from his estranged sister, asking that he look after his 9-year-old niece for a couple hours. What transpires is a droll, heartfelt and often tender story that explores forgiveness and discovering a renewed sense of purpose in one’s life.

It didn’t matter that Paradise Valley's boys basketball team was facing a No. 1 seed. It didn’t matter that it was the state tournament semifinals.

Perhaps it's because the senior year for a core group of Pinnacle girls basketball players. Perhaps it's because that same core group has been in championship games three times and had its collective heartbroken each time.

Pinnacle had a height advantage and good game plan in its Division I state girls quarterfinal matchup with Dobson on Monday afternoon.

All Gilbert needed was to take a deep breath and relax.

On Valentine’s Day, the Arizona Lindy Hop Society is asking East Valley residents to grab their partners and enjoy a night of dancing and fun in the grand opening of the Swing Lounge in Tempe.

As was the case back on Nov. 24 when Pinnacle and Mountain Pointe got together in the championship game of the Lady Hawk Basketball Tournament, Saturday’s Division I, Section III girls final showcased two of the bigger stars in Arizona: the Pioneers’ Sydney Wiese and the Pride’s Kayla Lupoe.

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s childrens book and popularized by Steven Spielberg’s feature film of the same name, “War Horse” follows the fate of a horse named Joey, who is sold into the British army and serves on both sides of the conflict during World War I.

For any other squad – a less-experienced or certainly less-tenacious one – an unfulfilling half of soccer could derail a season.

The Division II girls soccer state tournament brackets said it was a matchup between No. 7 Peoria Sunrise Mountain and No. 10 Notre Dame, but there was no mention of a third opponent.

Stomp, on stage Wednesday and Thursday in Phoenix, has been making international headlines since it burst onto the music scene in the early ’90s. The renowned street performers continue to wow audiences, using everything from brooms and boots to trash cans and Zippo lighters to create a percussive experience like no other.

Since it broke into the music scene in the early ’90s as a street performance troupe, Stomp has been making international headlines.

Good times are slowing coming to reality for a Desert Vista girls basketball team that has been missing out.

"Promised Land" offers an experience that's alternately amusing and frustrating, full of impassioned earnestness as well as saggy sections.

‘S Wonderful - Stroll through the past century via five mini-musicals inspired by music from the prolific Gershwin brothers, including “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I’ve Got Rhythm,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Our Love is Here to Stay,” and many more.