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Sip and Celebrate: The 7th Annual Verde Valley Wine Festival Returns

(COTTONWOOD, Ariz.) — Mark your calendars for a delightful day of wine, food, and fun at the 7th Annual Verde Valley Wine Festival, returning to the...
A black and white image shows two people, a woman and a man, in shadow at a dining table within the interior of the Westward Ho hotel in downtown Phoenix. The pair looks out onto a busy swimming pool, surrounded by striped sunbrellas.

The Westward Ho: A Rich History

Bill Barry’s heart has always been in Phoenix — even during the rare times when the rest of him wasn’t. And Phoenix is in him, from his sun-kissed...
This painterly photograph by Esther Henderson shows autumn foliage and cloudy blue skies reflected in a lake with mountains in the background..
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One Hundred Years: Photography

Norman G. Wallace Photographed: Early 1930s Norman G. Wallace wasn’t a photographer by trade, but in his decades of work for what later...
Ted DeGrazia stands with brushes and palette in front of a mural-sized painting. COURTESY OF DeGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN
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One Hundred Years: Hall of Fame

Esther Henderson Photographer 1911–2008 Esther Henderson arrived in Arizona at the end of a winding journey that began in her native...
In this composite image, Hohokam rock art is illuminated against a Milky Way backdrop in Southern Arizona’s Picacho Mountains. The long swath of dots may symbolize the universe, along with other sky objects and serpents, which are thought to represent prayers being carried to the gods. | Frank Zullo
Culture

It Was a Dark Night...

Frank Zullo has a flair for the dramatic. He’s a photog­rapher by trade, which is pretty normal. But otherwise, he’s out there — a cross between...
Unobstructed views stretch to the horizon from Monte Vista Peak in Southeastern Arizona’s Chiricahua Wilderness, where the highest point is 9,759 feet atop Chiricahua Peak. By David Muench
In Depth

Desert Islands

Some places have water. Whole parts of the country leak from every pore and crack in the ground. Think of New Hampshire or the Pacific Northwest,...
A guest at the Tucson area’s Flying V Ranch examines a saguaro blossom during a guided horseback ride in the mid-20th century. Arizona Historical Society/Restoration by Richard Jackson
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Letters

June 1939 Boulder Dam and Lake Mead In your April issue, we were particularly interested in the article Sailing on Lake Mead. It seems that a...
Raymond Carlson (left) helps move furniture from our first office.
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Editor's Letter

It was a good year. Nineteen twenty-five. The Great Gatsby hit bookshelves, the Grand Ole Opry transmitted its first radio signal, and Leica marketed...