Things To Do

Here are 13 restaurants in Sedona, Flagstaff and Prescott open for takeout during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Elote Café, Pizzicletta and Macy's.        

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some bars on Mill Avenue in Tempe, located near the ASU campus, have reopened and are welcoming crowds.        

Arizona School for the Arts reinvented itself for the virtual classroom after COVID-19 took the live performing out of performing arts education.        

Need a socially distant hobby? You can build an indoor garden — and support local businesses — almost entirely from home.        

Arizona School for the Arts students and faculty have had to adapt to performing arts education during a time when they can't gather to perform.        

Rachel Levy, a Phoenix teacher who practices Orthodox Judaism, explains how to put together symbolic foods for Rosh Hashana, or Jewish New Year.        

Downloads of the TikTok app will be banned starting Sept. 20 and use of the video platform could be prohibited by Nov. 12. What that means for users.        

Unjoo Moo uses Helen Reddy's song "I Am Woman," to explore her life in a movie starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald and Evan Peters.        

Equality Arizona's Queer Poetry Salon features the poets of the LGBTQ+ community including CA Conrad, Raquel Salas Rivera and Cyrée Jarelle Johnson.        

Mill Avenue bar Varsity Tavern near ASU is under investigation for COVID-19 violations. Tempe City Council supports revoking its liquor license.        

From food pantries to free meal programs, here are programs for metro Phoenix children, families and adults facing food insecurity during COVID-19.        

Stephen Colbert's CBS All Access parody news show "Tooning Out the News" savages former Maricopa Country Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a brutal interview.        

Mackenzie Dipman, Aaron Owen, Sher Suarez and Jalen Noble leave the villa and are replaced with new men: Bennett Sipes, Noah Purvis and Bennie Bivens.        

A handful of pets are up for adoption at Valley shelters. To check the status of a specific animal, please contact the shelter directly.        

Drive-ins have made a comeback during the COVID-19 pandemic. These movies are showing in metro Phoenix, including Scottsdale, Mesa and Glendale.        

Hundreds of celebrities have birthdays in September, including Zendaya, Keanu Reeves, Beyoncé, Tommy Lee Jones and Colin Firth.        

Anderson Cooper led CNN's Joe Biden town hall, with questions about fracking and the Green New Deal. It was starkly different from Donald Trump's.        

Four Peaks Oktoberfest in Tempe will be virtual, but Arizona beer fans can still celebrate with these locally-made brews from metro Phoenix breweries.        

Many Oktoberfest events are cancelled for 2020. But 9 metro-Phoenix breweries have created beers to help celebrate. From Huss to Wren House, here's what to try.        

The federally-funded Summer Food Service Program lets Arizona schools give free meals to children under 19 even if they aren't enrolled in school.