8 MAY 2023 WHAT’S HAPPENING, ARCADIA? FRIDAY 5/5  SUNDAY 5/7 Maricopa County Home & Garden Show 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at WestWorld, 16601 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale. Looking to give your home a makeover but not sure where to start? Look no further than the Maricopa County Home and Garden Show! Over 1,000 exhibits showcasing home improvement, interior design, ask-the-expert seminars, make-and-take crafts and more will be on-site. Guests also have a chance to meet HGTV ’s David Bromstad. Tickets are $10. maricopacountyhomeshows.com SATURDAY 5/6 Fiesta De Taco 2 p.m. at Tempe Beach Park, 80 W. Rio Salado Pkwy. Cinco de Mayo may have happened yesterday, but that doesn’t mean the parties ended too! Fiesta de Taco will feature various taco trucks and vendors, tequila/beer/margarita vendors, Lucha Libre wrestling shows, art installations, and live music from 2 Chainz, Lil Jon, the Ying Yang Twins and more. Tickets start at $40 for general admission, with VIP available. fiestadetaco.com SUNDAY 5/7 Cinco de Mayo Festival 12 p.m. at Washington St. and Third Ave., Phoenix. Attendees can enjoy a full day of fun with this festival, featuring authentic foods, cultural performances by Baile Folklorico, and live musical performances from Latin Breed and Los Lonely Boys. There will also be a kid’s zone with inflatables, games and giveaways. Proceeds benefit the Arvizu Scholarships and Grand Canyon University. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $40 for VIP. cincophx.com Scottsdale Philharmonic 4 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd St. If the classical genre is one of your favorites, you might not want to miss this show. This afternoon’s Scottsdale Philharmonic performance will include Ravel’s Tzigane Jonathan O, Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody no. 15, Rákóczi March, and Anton Arinsky’s Symphony No. 1. Tickets are $15. scottsdaleperformingarts.org MONDAY 5/8 Floral Arrangement Class 7 p.m. at Thunderbird Lounge, 710 W. Montecito Ave., Phoenix. Grab your family and friends to celebrate the moms with a flower arrangement class. Phoenix florists Stem Swag will be on-site teaching students how to create beautiful bouquets that you can take home. Cocktails will also be available. Registration is $45 per person. thunderbirdloungephx.com THURSDAY 5/11 Celebration of Women Gala 6 p.m. at the Arizona Heritage Center, 1300 N. College Ave., Tempe. This evening’s event celebrates the 10th anniversary of Achieving My Purpose – a nonprofit focused on recognizing the achievements of women across the world. Starting with cocktails and light bites, guests will also be treated to a presentation by Lia Valencia Key, an expert in personal and professional development, plus a raffle with various prizes. Tickets start at $75. achievingmypurpose.org SATURDAY 5/13 Skate After School 5-9 p.m. at FOUND:RE Hotel, 1100 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. Skate After School, a local nonprofit that provides after-school programming and summer camps for youth, is hosting this free community skating event in honor of its 10th anniversary. Attendees can skate to their heart’s desire and partake in an auction featuring custom-painted skate decks, with proceeds benefitting Skate After School. foundrehotels.com Under the Lights Clinic 6-9 p.m. at Salt River Fields, 7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale. Kids aged 5-12 can come to the fields for an evening of baseball. Salt River staff will teach fundamentals and different hitting, pitching, fielding and catching drills. Players will be assigned to small groups based on age. There will also be a Memorial Day Clinic on May 29. Cost is $75 per person. saltriverfields.com Mama’s Makers Market 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Shops at Town and Country, 2021 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. Join Local Trade for its fifth annual Mama’s Makers Market. The marketplace will feature over 100 local vendors showing off their one-of-a-kind wares, including art, jewelry, handmade furniture, decor, clothing, health, beauty and sweets. There will also be food available for purchase and live music and entertainment. Admission is free. localtradeaz.com SUNDAY 5/14 Rock and Roll at the Railroad 7 p.m. at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, 7301 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale. Who doesn’t love a little live music on Sunday nights? This summer music series features all genres – and tonight’s band is the Rockin’ Divas playing your favorite 80s tunes. Bring your chairs and blankets, and don’t worry about snacks, as there will be multiple food trucks on site. Admission is free. therailroadpark.com THURSDAY 5/18  SUNDAY 5/21 Wrigley Mansion Wine Festival Times vary, at the Wrigley Mansion, 2501 E. Telawa Tr., Phoenix. The third annual Wrigley Mansion Wine Festival is a four- day celebration with dinners crafted by Chef Christopher Gross (and others!), interactive classes, cooking demos, tastings and visits from pups at Almost There Pet Rescue. Thursday and Friday kick off with multiple dinner experiences. Saturday’s events are the Grand Wine Tasting, where guests can sample more than 100 wines from across the world, plus interactive masterclasses. The festival closes with brunch. Ticket prices vary. wrigleymansion.com FRIDAY 5/19 Music in the Garden 7 p.m. at Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix. Take in the beauty of the Sonoran Desert with Music in the Garden, a series presented by Desert Botanical Garden. Guests can walk the trails, experience the latest art installations and listen to live music from The Sahnas Brothers, a contemporary/ Spanish guitar quartet. Tickets are $37 for general admission. dbg.org SATURDAY 5/20 Spirit of the American West 7 p.m. at North Canyon High School, 1700 E. Union Hills Dr., Phoenix. North Valley Symphony Orchestra presents a concert of Wild West proportions, with tunes inspired by the American West. Guests will hear film scores from classic westerns, including Silverado , Dances with Wolves , The Magnificent Seven , and more. Tickets are $5. northvalleysymphony.org SUNDAY 5/21 Jazz Series - Artemis 7:30 p.m. at the Ravenscroft, 8445 E. Hartford Dr., Scottsdale. Artemis, an ensemble of six of the most acclaimed musicians in modern jazz worldwide, will close out the jazz concert season at Ravenscroft. Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Alexa Tarantino, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda and Allison Miller are known for their sleek, rhythm-forward sound. They will perform songs off their debut and brand-new albums. Tickets are $78 per person. theravenscroft.com Celebration of Women Gala in Tempe. By Eileen Bailey, copyright 2000 On Mother’s Day, do you usually think about what your mom meant to you? I do. My mother, Bernice Bailey, was a practical mother. Around the time I got my first job at 15, she began showing me how to be a responsible adult. On Mother’s Day years later, I wrote this and sent it to my mother. That same week, I mentioned it to my editor at The Arizona Republi c. He read and published it that Sunday, and the following year as well. Turns out he had a practical mom, too. My mother was never one to preach. Yet by example she taught me: • That if you take your kids to the library, they’ll love to read for the rest of their lives. • To always vote and to support my elected leaders. • How to count back change and balance my checkbook. • That the best things in life aren’t things. • That a good education is worth any price. • To laugh every chance I get. • To spend mostly time, rather than money, with my family. • To always smile, even through gritted teeth. She had that down to an art. • To use common sense. Anything too good to be true is usually just that. • That true friendship is one of life’s greatest blessings. • To stay in touch with my birth family. “Call your cousins,” she’d say. • That the other side of grief is joy. • That no one ever said, on their deathbed, “I wish I’d kept a cleaner house.” • That most people are basically good, and the bad egg you sometimes run into—or marry—is an exception. Thank you, dear Mama. Love, Eileen What my mother taught me

t u c k e r b l a l o c k m a n a g i n g b r o k e r & c o - f o u n d e r 6 0 2 . 5 6 1 . 0 4 4 5 o l e g b o r t m a n a s s o c i a t e b r o k e r & c o - f o u n d e r 6 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 2 2 9 6 p a i d a d v e r t i s e m e n t KEEP IT LOCAL For better or worse, our local real estate market is on the map. After decades of flying under the radar, neighborhoods such as Arcadia and Paradise Valley are now becoming known nationally as luxury hotspots within the Southwest. Similar to Santa Monica and Brentwood in Los Angeles or Bellevue and Kirkland in Seattle, our submarkets are beginning to make noise...maybe too much noise. As prices rise, so do the stakes. It won’t be long before publicly traded companies and large private equity backed firms infiltrate our ecosystem to get their take. Just last week, Compass, a publicly traded company and the largest real estate company in the U.S., entered our market. In our opinion, this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of these bigger companies inserting themselves into our neighborhoods. As a locally owned business, we know what makes our neighborhoods great and we can tell you that it isn’t Applebee’s and Denny’s. As the stakes rise, so will our commitment to the neighborhood to stay “Relentlessly Local.” Last year, we invested over 50% of our company profits directly back into the neighborhoods that we serve through new employees, office redevelopments, community and charity events, and more. As the only real estate company who actually owns real estate in the neighborhood, we have skin in the game. Our investments back into the neighborhood mean that our goals stay in alignment with your goals and that we will be here even when times get tough. Nobody knows the neighborhood like we do and we will be here to assist you when the time is right. As always, thank you for the support and we look forward to delivering exceptional results for our neighbors for decades to come!