Valley Youth Theatre performs “Shrek The Musical”
The house was filled with children donning headbands topped with green or furry ears last weekend, as Valley Youth Theatre opened its production of “Shrek The Musical“ at the Herberger Theater Center. It’s their 30th production at the downtown Phoenix venue that’s also home to several stages, an art gallery and a café. Other VYT productions at [...]
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Banner opens medical center in Apache Junction, care expands for East Valley
Residents of Apache Junction and Gold Canyon can add another resource for health care to the list as the East Valley population grows. Banner Goldfield Medical Center, located on Ironwood and Southern roads in Apache Junction, re-opened the facility formerly known as Arizona Regional Medical Center (as it still shows on Google maps) on Friday, June [...]
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“Man of Steel” sacrifices story for special effects
Behind every Superman, there’s a supermom. Sometimes two. The new film “Man of Steel” opens with the sound, then sight, of a woman giving birth. Her husband frets nearby, but not for the usual reasons. They’re living on the planet Krypton, but Superman’s father senses its imminent demise. Barely born, the child named Kal-El is whisked [...]
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