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Mesa
Amphitheater
- Center & University - (480) 644-2178
Mesa Arts
Center - 1 East Main Street -Box Office 480-644-6500, Admin
480-644-6501
Mesa
Convention Center - 201 N. Center St.
Mesa
Historical Museum - 2345 N. Horne Street - (480) 835-735
Broadway
Palm Dinner Theatre - 5247 E. Brown Road - (480) 325-6700
Free Workshop
Offers Landscape Help
Get ready for the spring planting season by attending a free workshop
on Feb. 9 and 16 titled Xeriscape: Landscaping the Desert Southwest,
sponsored by the City of Mesa Utilities Department.
Join landscape designer Ron Dinchak for an in-depth, two-day workshop
as he demonstrates how to bring the natural beauty of the Sonoran Desert
environment to a landscape. Ron’s comprehensive introduction to
plant selection and design will help to take the guesswork out of which
plants will work best for your landscape.
“The timing of the class is perfect,” said Donna DiFrancesco,
utilities conservation specialist. “The City is now offering Mesa
water customers a rebate of $500 for removing grass and planting a water-saving
Xeriscape.”
The workshop will be held 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. each Saturday at the
City of Mesa Utilities Department Community Room, 640 N. Mesa Dr. The
workshop is free, but advance registration is required; call 480-644-4400
or e-mail conservation.info@cityofmesa.org. Residents should provide
their name, address, phone number and workshop title when registering.
A confirmation letter and map will be sent approximately one week prior
to the event.
For more information about the grass-to-Xeriscape rebate, visit www.cityofmesa.org/utilities/conservation.
Investing 101
The City of Mesa Library is offering two Investing 101 programs
in February and March.
Back by popular demand, Jeff Cutler of Cutler Financial Partners, Waddell
and Reed, and radio and television investing programs will entertain
while he educates.
The February program, scheduled for Feb. 26, is titled Appropriate Investments,
and will define different types of investments and their risks, as well
as which are proper for various age groups.
The March program, to be held March 25, is titled Analysis: Technical,
Fundamental and the Dartboard, and will help attendees determine what
type of investor they are, examine the two main types of analysis and
explain how to use analysis to determine when to buy or sell a stock,
bond or mutual fund.
Each program will be held 7-8:30 p.m. at the Library’s Main Branch,
64 E. First St., in the Saguaro Room.
Registration is not required. For more information, call Sandy Rizzo
at 480-644-3721, the City of Mesa Library at 480-644-2207 or visit www.mesalibrary.org.
Join EWN’s 5th Anniversary Celebration
On Feb. 16, the Empowered Women Network (EWN) will host a Garden Party
and Members Showcase at Furr Manor, 1555 E. Elmwood Circle in Mesa.
Everyone is welcome, and encouraged to wear a spring hat.
Come for a day of networking, and visit with members, who will be showcasing
their products, services and resources. Hors d’oeuvres and punch
will be served.
The Garden Party also will feature more than $2,000 in raffle items.
Tickets to the showcase cost $15 for members and guests and $23 for
non-members if paid by Feb. 13; after that date, tickets will be available
at the door for $20 per member or $30 per non-member. All tickets paid
for in advance will receive one free raffle ticket.
For more information, visit www.empoweredwomen.org
or call 480-969-7144.
Fun Match at Bark Avenue
Do you love dogs? Have you seen the dog shows on TV and wonder how
people start getting involved? That’s what a fun match is all about.
Bark Avenue Pet Supply will host a Fun Match on Sunday, Feb. 10. Dogs
will compete in conformation, obedience, rally obedience and junior
showmanship.
Fun Matches are for dogs and handlers who are new to the show ring.
This level of competition gives both dogs and handlers experience going
before judges.
Puppies as young as three months may participate. Junior-level handlers
are 6-17 years old. Purebred dogs of all breeds are invited to participate.
Rare breeds are welcome, as well, and will be judged.
Entry forms and the premium list may be picked up at Bark Avenue Pet
Supply and its website,
www.barkavepetsupply.com. Pre-entries must be received and accompanied
with payment by Feb. 6. Day of match entries will be accepted from 8:30
to 9:30 a.m.; classes start at 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend.
Call Bark Avenue Pet Supply at 480-832-2510 for more information.
Women’s Connection Dinner
Mesa’s Women’s Connection presents its “Love Hits
a Home Run” dinner Monday, Feb. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Oakwood
Country Club, 24218 S. Oakwood Blvd. in Sun Lakes.
This month’s dinner features event planner Rachel De Venuto from
“Absolutely You,” who will demonstrate how to plan the perfect
party.
In addition, Jerry Kindall – former UA baseball coach – and
his wife, Diane, will share the story of how they teamed up to find
a “Love that Lasts Forever.” Music will be performed by Larry
and Debbie Ambrose.
Reservations are required for the dinner; the fee is $20. For more information
or to make a reservation, call Judy at 480-830-9136.
The dinner is sponsored by the Mesa Christian Women’s Club and
Stonecroft Ministries.
Neighborhood Yard Sale
Stop by the neighborhood yard sale on Feb. 23, 8 a.m. to noon at
2530 E. Melrose St. in Mesa, near the half-mile intersection of 24th
St. and Hermosa Vista in the Glenwood Parke neighborhood.
This yard sale is a fund-raiser for an Eagle Scout project by Brandon
Burrell from Troop 564. Items for sale will be donated by residents
of several neighborhoods in the nearby vicinity. The funds raised at
this sale will be used to buy medicine for less-fortunate residents
of Honduras during a spring break service trip that will include a free
medical clinic conducted by Brandon’s father, Dr. Andrew Burrell,
a Groves area family physician.
Book Discussion
Group at Main Library
The City
of Mesa Main Library is offering a monthly book club.
The Page Turners Book Group will meet the second Thursday of each month
in the Main Library’s Board Room from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The group
will read and discuss a variety of fiction and occasional non-fiction
titles.
The following books will be discussed on these dates:
• Feb. 14: “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss
• March 13: “Atonement” by Ian McEwan
• April 10: “These is My Words” by Nancy E. Turner
• May 8: “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
• June 12: “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller
• July 10: “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim
Edwards
Registration to join the group is required. For more information and/or
to register, call Marian Reisman, 480-644-5899.
Citrus
Pickers Needed
It is citrus season in Arizona, and United Food Bank (UFB) is in
need of volunteers to help pick fruit.
Many generous homeowners who have citrus trees would like to donate
their fruit to UFB, but are unable to pick it. UFB will provide the
equipment and is asking the public to provide the labor!
This is a great group project for service clubs, schools, scouts and
businesses. Individual volunteers are also encouraged to call.
To help, please call DeAnna Yazzie at 480-926-4897 x218 or e-mail dyazzie@unitedfoodbank.org.
Out to Lunch Concert Series
Mesa Arts Center invites music lovers to enjoy their Thursday lunch
hour at Mesa Arts Center’s Wells Fargo Garden for the Out to Lunch
Concert Series.
The concerts begin at 12:30 p.m., and will feature local soloists and
duos playing a variety of music, including folk, classic rock, reggae,
country, classical and world music. Chairs and some lawn seating is
available; stadium cushions and blankets are welcome, as are brown bags
and picnic baskets.
These Performing Live concerts are free and open to the public.
• Feb. 7: Paul McDermand. Exuberant steel drums and soft, sensual
marimba lead the listener through a vast array of standard, romantic
and popular works.
• Feb. 14: Bill Taylor’s Early Birds. Features big band and
swing music.
• Feb. 21: Traveler. This band offers a fusion of cultures using
Flamenco guitar, gypsy and Celtic violin, Greek bouzouki, Arabic oud
and hammered dulcimer.
• Feb. 28: Mariachi Viva. The premier Mariachi in the Northwest
represent and bring the best “Musica Mexicana.”
For more information about the Out to Lunch Concert Series, visit www.mesaartscenter.com.
Donate for Eye Care Mission
Central Christian Church of the East Valley and the Lions Vision Center
of Phoenix are sponsoring the 3rd-Annual Medical Mission to Poltava,
Ukraine June 18-28, 2008, and need your donations.
The group screens hundreds of low-income people for eye disease and
brings donated eyeglasses, medical supplies, glaucoma and antibiotic
eye drops. The Lions provide slit lamps for the exams at churches, orphanages,
prisons, clinics and remote villages. The need is great and the people
are very grateful, many seeing Americans for the first time.
All donations are tax deductible. Please make checks to Central Christian
Church with “Ukraine trip” as the note, or donate online at
www.cccev.com.
For more information, contact trip leader Dr. Robert Spurny at Lwolf@evglaucoma.com.
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