The Valley celebrated the end of a harsh drought in 1941 with a fiesta de H2O that attracted 50,000 revelers for food, fireworks and fun.
Tomaso’s celebrates 40 years of serving authentic Italian cuisine in the desert.
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Pioneer aviator Francesco de Pinedo, dubbed the “Italian Lindbergh,” was on an epic four-continent flight when his seaplane was destroyed at Roosevelt Lake in 1927.
Every May since 1981, parties unknown have run a cryptic, full-page ad in the University of Arizona’s student newspaper. Locals call it the May Day Mystery.
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Under renovation by the NCAA as part of its Final Four outreach, the Harmon Park gym in south Phoenix is a pickup basketball mecca that produced generations of the city’s best players.
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