Summer Music Series: Shades of Green
An Irish band in the park meadow, moved here after July rained out. Free, bring a blanket, and the light is already going by the second set at this point in the season.
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High School Park Workday Weekend
Two hours of pulling invasives, tending the nursery and working the gardens across eleven acres. Tools and gloves are provided. Wear long pants and closed toe shoes.
Friends of High School Park Workday Weekends
Volunteer stewardship morning in an eleven acre native green space, ten to noon on the first and third weekends. Tools and gloves are provided. Wear long pants and closed toe shoes.
Youth Meditation Circle
Forty five minutes of guided quiet for children in the park's new Tookany Creek outdoor classroom, led by Melia Anthony of Heart Sanctuary. Free. Park in the lower lot across from the track.
Around the same time
Phoenix Chamber Inaugural Concert
The first concert of a brand new chamber ensemble's first season, built around Beethoven ahead of his 2027 bicentennial. New group, new series, ground floor.
Rice's Market
Four hundred vendors across thirty acres of indoor and outdoor stalls: antiques, produce, tools, clothing, food. Gates open at seven and the lot fills early. Bring cash.
Executive Scramble at The Willows Golf Lounge
Tuesday morning scramble on the indoor simulators, twenty five dollars for nine holes. Reserve ahead, since pairings get set before the eight o'clock start.