Family Fun

Chandler Film Festival ready to roll downtown

By Ken Sain, GetOut Staff Running a film festival during a pandemic is a challenge. It was more so last year, when most Americans had not been vaccinated. The president and director of the Chandler International Film Festival...

Urban Air Adventure Park picks region for showcase

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF Urban Air Adventure parks are not new to Arizona, with their family-fun locations in Ahwatukee, Peoria and Queen Creek. But the one that will be coming to Gilbert will be a lot different from those three and...

Ostriches, cottons and fun at Chandler Museum

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF Chandler Museum, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive, Chandler is offering a variety of free programs this month. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. It is closed...

Unique skills on display at Renaissance Festival

Connor Dziawura Staff Writer Renaissance fairs around the nation are breeding grounds for people with interesting talents. From unique skills to thrilling performances, these popular events tap the best they can find in medieval...

Family fun events abound in January

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF ZooLights: Glow Wild To Jan. 19 The Phoenix Zoo’s iconic yearly holiday light show is on until Jan. 19, allowing families one (or more) opportunities to enjoy the city’s zoo, with the illumination of...

Alice Cooper reforms band for Christmas Pudding

Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Staff Writer Alice Cooper has been embedded into the Valley since he moved here in the late 1960s, but it doesn’t mean his heart isn’t in his home state of Michigan. “Go Lions!” he exclaims as...

Pueblo Grande Museum a worthwhile visit

By kate bacon Contributor Some 1,500-plus years ago, at the intersection of the complex canal systems that supported their ancient agricultural-based society on the Salt River, the Hohokam established a pre-Columbian village...

Museum offers free programs this month

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF The Chandler Museum is offering a number of free programs and activities for people of all ages this month. The museum, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m....

STEM camps occupy kids’ minds in summer

By COLLEEN SPARKS Contributor Children and teens can stay cool indoors while they build robots, design video games, make movies, create instruments and write code in unusual classes and day camps in Chandler this summer. Various...

Museum offers a good i.d.e.a. for family fun

By Srianthi Perera Contributor With summer around the corner and road trips beckoning families, the i.d.e.a. Museum in Mesa has just opened an exhibition to spur those plans. “Roadside USA,” running through Sept. 6, aims to...