September 14, 2004

A school holiday, free admission for young tire-kickers and dirt-cheap entry fees for their parents should attract a crowd today to the usually posh and pricey Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction.

The Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction — one of the biggest events of the year in the entire Valley — cranks up Jan. 13 at WestWorld of Scottsdale.

The Musical Instrument Museum invites families to ring in the new year with a Junkanoo festival — a Bahamain street festival celebrating Boxing Day (Dec. 26) and New Year’s Day. Activities, including mini tours, jazz performances, story time and crafts, run throughout the day.

From the moment they step out of the glaring sun and into the dark shade of its cool concrete corridors, kids can dig the ASU Art Museum. With fountains, a staircase leading up its backside, and a generally cave-like feel, just exploring the exterior of the pink-gray structure can feel like an adventure.

Make a bolo tie, watch performances by the Great Arizona Puppet Theater, dance with Zumbatomics, and visit with PBS characters Maya and Miguel at the ASU Art Museum.

Eating dinner as a family can have many positive effects on children and that's why Dream Dinners is encouraging everyone to celebrate National Family Day on Monday.

Eating dinner as a family can have many positive effects on children and that's why Dream Dinners is encouraging everyone to celebrate National Family Day on Monday.

If the last time you visited ASU Art Museum was as an undergrad, you ought to go back — with your kids.

If the last time you visited ASU Art Museum was as an undergrad, you ought to go back — with your kids.

If the last time you visited ASU Art Museum was as an undergrad, you ought to go back — with your kids.

LOS ANGELES — Brittany Murphy was ill with flulike symptoms in the days before her death and prescription medications were taken from her home, the Los Angeles coroner's office said Monday.

ABC Family is barely letting our Thanksgiving turkey settle before leaping right into its annual “25 Days of Christmas” programming. The event presents 200 hours of holiday-themed shows, movies and specials, beginning at 8 p.m. on Dec. 1 with “The Year Without Santa Claus.”

Thirty-five Scottsdale families are on the hunt for a new adult day care center, but they are finding few solutions.

What a difference five years makes. In 2001, Memorial Day was a time for for barbecues, a breather at the end of the school year and a time to look to the summer with anticipation or, in the case of Valley residents, with dread.

You heard it here first: Three-year-old Jimmy O’Connor does not have horns growing out of his head.

Choosing to adopt their boy Nicholas was not an easy decision for Jason and Janet Howard to make.

In Queen Creek, Mary Gloria asks men who are reluctant to even say their names for the size of their shoes, pants and shirts.

In 1978, James Bailey was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard working out of Long Beach, Calif.