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The new Pecan Plaza studio at the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs roads includes seating for over 50 guests, a birthday party area and hundreds of pottery items to choose off of the shelves.

At a recent Literacy Night event hosted at Schnepf Elementary, children's author Shelly Sheldon visited the campus to read her book "Heart of a Child" to students and parents.

Since its establishment in 2012, Fearless Kitty Rescue has taken in more than 2,700 cats. In 2022 alone, the nonprofit took in 362 kitties and facilitated 325 adoptions.

“Corteo,” which means “cortege” in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.

Free, one-of-a-kind event will feature world’s finest Arabian horses, various classes to watch, exhibitors, food and more.

West Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. and Arizona reports about 100 cases a year on average. It’s important to know that mosquitoes can bite any time of the day or night, so we should continue to take precautions at all times during mosquito season.

Lead Out Loud is an organization unique to the Queen Creek Unified School District. It was designed to give select students opportunities to develop leadership skills where they may not have been able to otherwise.

Vorsanger, who has served as a project manager and field director for numerous cultural resource projects throughout the Southwest, will share the results of archaeological investigations at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport with the San Tan Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

The full North-South Corridor is a proposed 55-mile future transportation route in Pinal County that would stretch from U.S. 60 in Apache Junction to Interstate 10 in Eloy and pass through the Town of Queen Creek, City of Coolidge, Town of Florence and portions of unincorporated Pinal County. The North-South corridor is also proposed to connect with the future extension of State Route 24.

On Monday, Sept. 11, the Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery opened at 20952 S. Ellsworth Loop Road, Suite E-1, in the Queen Creek Marketplace, directly behind the In-N-Out Burger drive-thru, next to a new Pilates reformer studio, north of PetSmart and Mountainside Fitness. Reach them at 480-616-2536.