Good morning, Scottsdale. It is a dangerous stretch to be outside. The National Weather Service has an extreme heat warning up through Monday, with highs near 102, so run errands early and keep the middle of the day indoors.
- 🎒 A Scottsdale nonprofit is helping families get ready for the first bell. The Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children is providing school supplies as the SUSD year gets close.
- 🎸 Live music lands in Old Town on Sunday. Jourdan Rolland plays an intimate dinner set at Wayward.
- 🏫 The school calendar restarts. Coronado football tryouts Monday, Chaparral orientation the following week.
- 🏠 Rent check. The typical Scottsdale rent is about $2,173 a month, up 2% over the year.
- 🎤 Worth the drive. Darius Rucker plays downtown Phoenix tonight.
School supplies before the first bell
The Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children, a Scottsdale-based nonprofit, is providing school supplies to the children and families it serves as the new school year approaches.
The foundation supports Arizona kids in cancer treatment and the families around them, and back-to-school season lands hard on a household already carrying medical bills. New backpacks and a full supply list are a small thing that takes one worry off the table before day one.
The weekend
The heat pushes most of this weekend indoors, and the library carries the fullest slate.
🎸 Live music at Wayward, Sunday. Jourdan Rolland plays the Old Town dinner spot, which leans intimate and built for conversation. A good room for a quiet Sunday set. Details.
💻 Free tech help at Via Linda Senior Center, today. The library's Computer Learning Group takes walk-ins for 15 to 30 minute sessions. Bring the device and its passwords. Details.
💼 Interview techniques at Civic Center Library, today. City Career Services runs through answering questions and current interview strategy. Details.
🕹️ Teen and tween VR gaming at Mustang Library, today. Ages 8 to 17, drop-in. Pick up a ticket from staff 30 minutes before it starts, since space is limited. Details.
💃 Generations United at Via Linda Senior Center, today. The Boys and Girls Clubs teen summer series closes with a generational dance demonstration, 1:30 to 3:30. Details.
Around Scottsdale
🏠 The typical Scottsdale rent is about $2,173 a month, up 2% over the past year.
🌧️ The city broke ground on a new drainage project at WestWorld, the Bell Road event grounds that host Barrett-Jackson and the Arabian Horse Show each winter.
From the schools
🏈 Coronado football tryouts start Monday. The Dons open tryouts July 27, the first sign fall sports are back. Details.
🎒 Chaparral new-family orientation, August 5. An optional morning for incoming Firebirds and their families to meet the administration, tour campus, and pick up student laptops. Families gather in the auditorium. Details.
🏛️ SUSD Governing Board meets August 4. The regular meeting is at Coronado's board room on East Virginia Avenue, 6 PM. Details.
Around the Valley
A few shows worth leaving the city for this weekend, closest first.
Damage Inc., Friday. The Metallica tribute plays The Showroom at Casino Arizona, just across Pima Road on Salt River land. Loud, easy, and close to home. Tickets.
Darius Rucker, tonight. The Hootie and the Blowfish frontman turned country star plays Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix, 7 PM. Tickets.
Dear Evan Hansen, tonight. The touring Broadway production runs at Phoenix Theatre's Hormel Theatre. Tickets.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, tonight. The reinvented circus is at the downtown arena, an air-conditioned pick for the kids on a brutally hot night. Tickets.