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Amy Osowski
As 2023 comes to a close, we're remembering several Arizonans you may never have heard of who passed away this year. We’ll hear about Amy Osowski, a Mesa resident who owned Lulubell Toy Bodega. But as her friend and fellow community activist David Crummey explains, Osowski did so much more than run a Japanese collectibles store.
Dec. 28, 2023
A gymnastics class for preschoolers
Starting Jan. 1, Peoria will collect sales taxes on dance, gymnastics, and martial arts studios that charge for dance, sports, athletic, or health-related instruction after. A random audit revealed the issue.
Dec. 27, 2023
Hand holding sports tickets
The Federal Trade Commission is targeting the charges that are often hidden or don’t show up until you’ve decided to buy something. For example, resort fees for a hotel room or convenience fees for ordering online tickets.
Dec. 26, 2023
Starting December 26, residents in metro Phoenix can drop off live trees and wreaths to be composted.
Dec. 25, 2023
On this season-ending episode of Word, we highlight some of those who appeared during 2023. It's a "Fest Of Us" celebrating literature and the winners of KJZZ's "Tiny Library" drawing.
Dec. 25, 2023
basketball
For decades, the NCAA has held the men’s basketball Final Four inside football stadiums – including the Arizona Cardinals’ home venue in 2017. Local preparations continue as the mega sporting event will return to Glendale in April for a second time.
Dec. 22, 2023
Illustration of the planned Ashler Hills Park in Scottsdale
Construction is underway for a new park in north Scottsdale that voters approved as part of the 2019 bond election.
Dec. 22, 2023
Band on stage
Jimbo Mathis is the founder of Squirrel Nut Zippers; the band will be performing Friday, Dec. 22, at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Mathis spoke with The Show about how their Christmas album came to be.
Dec. 22, 2023
basketball
The United Nations decided this year that Dec. 21 is World Basketball Day. And it’s to be celebrated every year on the anniversary of the first time the sport was ever played.
Dec. 21, 2023
Public safety crews in Mesa have been inspecting outdoor vendors selling fireworks in an effort to keep illegal fireworks out of their city.
Dec. 21, 2023
Nemanja Demic
This holiday season, This Show is bringing you true stories about — what else — food. Local educator Nemanja Demic shared a story of old traditions including pig on a spit.
Dec. 21, 2023
Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka
Timothée Chalamet stars in a “WONKA,” prequel of sorts to the famous “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.” But he’s not the first star to take on the role. Why do we keep returning to this odd and interesting character?
Dec. 21, 2023
21st Annual Juried Exhibition at FOUND:RE Phoenix Hotel
The Show spoke with Catrina Kahler, CEO of the nonprofit Artlink, about what she thought about the Phoenix arts scene this year.
Dec. 21, 2023
Fiestaware plates lined up
High school teacher Teri Woods has been collecting Fiestaware since the 1980s, and she tells The Show why she started, and why she keeps going.
Dec. 20, 2023
Headshot of man in suit and book cover
The Show spoke with author Anthony Macías about "Chicano Chicana Americana," which profiles the film work of Katy Jurado, Robert Beltran, Lupe Ontiveros and more.
Dec. 20, 2023
Smiling woman in tan shirt and book cover
Historian and author Alaina Roberts spoke with The Show about how some efforts to focus on diverse icons of the West are more successful than others, and more about the historical figure Bass Reeves.
Dec. 20, 2023
images of video thumbnails
For the end of the yearlong Saguaro Land series, The Show invited Arizona artists to map the Sonoran Desert. Here's what they came up with.
Dec. 20, 2023
Nina Newell
This holiday season, This Show is bringing you true stories about — what else — food. And Phoenix writer Nina Newell recalls a holiday meal prepared with love — and a heaping side of guilt.
Dec. 20, 2023
Collage of Arizona sports events in 2023 including fan-made SNAKES ALIVE Dbacks sign, State Farm Stadium before Super Bowl LVII, Britney Griner during a press conference, and ASU's football team taking the field.
The Show spoke with Paola Boivin, director of the Cronkite News Phoenix Sports Bureau at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, about what she thinks were the biggest sports deals of 2023.
Dec. 20, 2023
Regina Revazova with her family.
This holiday season, This Show is bringing you true stories about — what else — food. And Regina Revazova shares how her family celebrates the winter holidays growing up in a frozen town on the other side of the world.
Dec. 19, 2023

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