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The top things to do at Phoenix's First Friday in Phoenix includes shows at Lost Leaf, Olney Gallery, New City Studio and Herberger Theater Center.

Mesa-based nonprofit Desert Sounds helps connect at risk kids to the community by providing access to musical instruments. Next year, as in the previous 11 years, it anticipates a $2,000 grant from the philanthropic outfit, The Arizona Women’s Partnership.  The grant is modest, but it goes a long way in the organization that is cash-strapped even without a pandemic. “It doesn’t matter if we have one child here or 3,000 children, we still have to pay rent and utility bills, so it’s made it difficult,” said Jennifer Crews, referring to the pandemic. “We have to ...