A special event celebrating the art of expression by our current featured gallery artists Pamela Fingerhut, Diane J. Huff, and Margit Kagerer.
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This can’t-miss line dancing class features an expert instructor guiding beginners and seasoned dancers through easy routines set to country and pop music. Wear comfy clothes and enjoy movement, rhythm, and laughter in a welcoming environment; there's no audience watching while you learn—just fun, low-impact exercise while learning new steps with others.
$10.00
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Bring age-appropriate literature to life through acting, movement, storytelling, and theatre games. This one-day homeschool theatre arts and literacy workshop uses Mary Pope Osborne’s "Magic Tree House" series to explore adventure and friendship through scene work and character analysis. Students build creativity, confidence, collaboration, and social-emotional skills, then showcase their learning in a mini performance for parents. |
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Discover how chemistry explains the world through hands-on experiments with molecules, states of matter, acids and bases, and chemical reactions. Taught by accomplished STEM students, this free session helps grades 1–5 learners build curiosity and critical-thinking skills while exploring what chemistry can look like as a future career. Each participant will create a colorful fizzing reaction and learn the science behind it. |
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Art Gallery Exhibit: Across Mediums – Sept 22 thru Nov 25 | 2026
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Youth students will be introduced to beginning basic sewing skills using a sewing machine as they each make their own fun and festive Halloween Treat Bag. Students will learn about sewing machines and how to thread the machine, and sew straight lines as well as following follow shapes as they sew together their own reusable fabric bag.
$15.00
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Discover how cacti survive brutal heat, scarce water, and hungry animals with remarkable adaptations. Dr. Ken Sweat of Arizona State University explores the unique features, survival strategies, diversity, and habitats of this fascinating plant family. Presented by Desert Foothills Land Trust and The Holland Center, this program kicks off this year’s Foothills Speaker Series. |
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Art Gallery Exhibit: Across Mediums – Sept 22 thru Nov 25 | 2026
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This can’t-miss line dancing class features an expert instructor guiding beginners and seasoned dancers through easy routines set to country and pop music. Wear comfy clothes and enjoy movement, rhythm, and laughter in a welcoming environment; there's no audience watching while you learn—just fun, low-impact exercise while learning new steps with others.
$10.00
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Desert Foothills Theater Presents: “Little Women” – This Weekend!
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Experience the magic of live theater under the stars at Carefree’s beautiful Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion! Join Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March in Little Women the Musical, a heartwarming story of family, love, laughter, and chasing your dreams. With memorable music and a timeless story, this is a wonderful evening of outdoor theater you won’t want to miss!
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Meet award-winning local authors, talk all things books, and purchase signed copies of your favorites while supporting local writers and our community. Reading is fun—and even better when you meet the people behind the stories! This free community event is open to all. |
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Art Gallery Exhibit: Across Mediums – Sept 22 thru Nov 25 | 2026
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Desert Foothills Theater Presents: “Little Women” – This Weekend!
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As the future of the Colorado River hangs in the balance, learn how history, policy, drought, and changing conditions are shaping Arizona’s water supply. Explore the agreement governing Colorado River allocations, why reservoirs are critically low, and how evolving water management decisions could affect communities, economies, and the future of Arizona. |
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Join Master Gardener and Monarch Tagger, Adiane Hopkins, Director of Education at Butterfly Wonderland, as she shares how small changes in your yard can make a big difference for Arizona butterflies, including monarchs. You will also learn why monarchs are tagged, what we have learned by tracking them, and how each of us can contribute to their protection. |
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Discover how paleontology reveals the ancient world through fossils, prehistoric life, excavation, and scientific clues. Taught by accomplished STEM students, this free session helps grades 1–5 learners build curiosity and critical-thinking skills while exploring what paleontology can look like as a future career. Each participant will uncover “fossils” and use evidence to reconstruct prehistoric life. |
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2 events,
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Art Gallery Exhibit: Across Mediums – Sept 22 thru Nov 25 | 2026
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This can’t-miss line dancing class features an expert instructor guiding beginners and seasoned dancers through easy routines set to country and pop music. Wear comfy clothes and enjoy movement, rhythm, and laughter in a welcoming environment; there's no audience watching while you learn—just fun, low-impact exercise while learning new steps with others.
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Teens ages 14–18 are invited to join the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Cadet Program — a unique opportunity to learn about law enforcement, build leadership skills, and serve the community. Weekly Tuesday afternoon sessions provide hands-on training and real-world insight into public safety. This is a drop-in program—students can start at any time. |
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Join in for this free session and become a weather scientist for the day where you will discover what makes our atmosphere so exciting! Students will learn how clouds form, why storms happen, and how meteorologists predict the weather. Then students will participate in a fun, hands-on cloud-in-a-container experiment and create a tornado model to explore air movement and pressure. |
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Come to our haunted desert for the 7th Annual Prickly Pear Festival! This free, family-friendly event features prickly pear treats and products, demonstrations of juicing, jojoba oil pressing and mesquite flour preparation, plus face painting, caricatures, a haunted-desert photo opportunity, and an interactive storytelling performance. Come in costume and kick off Halloween with fun, food, and desert-inspired festivities for all ages! |




