Get a child’s ticket free with the purchase of an adult ticket when your child colors a coloring page for the Chandler Chamber Ostrich Festival on Friday, March 8.

No self-respecting bucket list is complete without a live look at this oddity: jockeys aboard galloping camels and ostriches.

A look at key Chandler facts and figures

Whether you want to explore a classy art festival or cheer at the ostrich, or even Chihuahua races, the East Valley has it! Let’s take advantage of our Arizona paradise and dance outdoors to live music, indulge during a cook-off, put on our boots for the rodeo and Old West Days, or run foot races.

Caffe Boa (398 S. Mill Ave., Tempe [480] 968-9112). Tasty offerings at this red-brick Italian wine bar include paninis, pastas and a very tasty tiramisu. Looking for lighter fare? Boa has a nice list of tapas and flights as well as one of the best happy hours in town. $$$

Ostriches may not be able to fly, but they’re pretty darn good runners.

A band leader and music teacher for multitudes of young singers throughout the East Valley has died, but family and band members promise Vicki Reader’s vision for children’s music will continue on a high note.

The beautiful models seen in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition aren’t just wearing designer swimsuits, some of them are also showing off jewelry made by Ahwatukee Foothills resident Beverly Moore.

When the Chandler Ostrich Festival first began 24 years ago, its founders didn’t just look to their fair-feathered friends for inspiration.