Single Scene Newsletter 8-31-01 issue 59b Copyright Single Scene 2001 sing-@primenet.com! In this issue: * New Single Scene online service -- TalkShop! We need YOUR input. * September Date & Mingling Ideas AZ SINGLES SCENE.COM ADDS CHAT BOARD FOR SINGLES. The Arizona Singles Scene web site -- Azsinglescene.com -- has added a singles chat board for online web use by Arizona readers. This will make a place for the area's singles to discuss single life. Help create a singles community on the web...a safe place where both newly-single and well-adjusted long-term singles can ask questions, offer advice, share concerns and experiences, laugh, cry, learn. You are invited to participate. To go directly to Harlan's new chat board, enter or go to http:azsinglescene.com and click on talkshop. This online feature is a new experiment and we need some help getting it started. We are adding one to our divorce recovery site as well, and we need your help to get it off the ground by adding your comments on single life, joys and sorrows, on the divorce recovery submission page: . Then add them on the Talkshop site too! We appreciate your participating and gettings comments up for singles to check out regularly what fellow singles are saying, suggesting, and concerned about. Your experiences can be helpful to others. Of course, WE'D ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER, about Single Scene, about our web sites, and your comments about other people's comments. For instance, do you use the "dating and mingling" list? (See September's list below.) Do you know of events you'd recommend for the list? Are there web sites you use regularly and would recommend that we feature in the newsletter? You can e-mail Single Scene directly with your suggestions at sing-@primenet.com. THANKS! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ September Dating & Mingling: Sat., Sept. 1 (& Sun./Mon., 2-3): Rendezvous of the Gunfighters, Ok Corral, Tombstone. $4. 520-457-9465. Sun., Sept. 2: Sunnyslope Rock Garden, 10023 N. 13th Pl., Phoenix. Sculptures made of broken china, rocks & trinkets. 1-5 p.m. Free. 602-997-4627. Mon., Sept. 3: 7 pm, chess night at Borders Books & Music, Biltmore Fashion Park, 24th St. & Camelback, Phx. Watch; play! 602-957-6660. Tues., Sept. 4: Movie Tuesday, Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central, Phoenix. 5:30-7 pm. Free. Discussion of the film "Amores Perros." 602-262-4636. Wed., Sept. 5: Introduction to Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix. 7-9 pm. Free program. 602-495-0901. Adults' Night Out, Arizona Science Center, 7th St. & Washington, Phoenix. 5:30-9 p.m. Includes a special program or lecture. $5 adm.., plus $2 for giant-screen film or planetarium. 602-716-2000. Thurs., Sept. 6: Art Walk (every Thurs.), Scottsdale galleries, 5th Ave. area. 7-9 p.m. 480-990-3939. Fri., Sept. 7: Every Fri., Rodders Fellowship Club classic car "Friday Night Cruise-In", parking lot, ne corner Baseline & Stapley Dr. in Mesa. Begins 6 pm. Sat., Sept. 8: The Phoenix Friends of Old Time Music hold a Contra Dance at the Kenilworth School, 1210 N. 5th Avenue in Phoenix, from 7:30-11 pm. 480-759-2382. Sun., Sept. 9: Every Sunday free admission day at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington, Phoenix, on southwest archeology and culture. 1-4:45 Sunday. 602-495-0901. Mon., Sept. 10: Still hot! Buy ice cream cones in a good neighborhood for a walk, such as downtown Scottsdale, Tempe or Glendale. Tues., Sept. 11: Most Tuesdays there's a backgammon tournament at 7 pm at the George and Dragon pub, 4240 N. Central in Phoenix. Tourney entry is $10; bring your own board. 602-265-1992. Wed., Sept. 12: 7 p.m. every Wednesday night is fun skate for adults, El Dorado Park, 2311 N. Miller Rd., Scottsdale. Winds thru city. Free 480-942-4156. Thurs., Sept. 13: Every Thursday, "Live at the Library" features entertainment, especially musical groups. Free. Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St., 7 pm, auditorium. 623-930-3573. Fri., Sept. 14 (also Sat., 15th): Fiesta Glendale, 4-10 pm, in downtown Glendale, including music, dances, food and arts & crafts. Free. 623-930-2299. Look for other celebrations of Mexican independence in many cities and parks. Sat., Sept. 15: Bye Bye Buzzards. The turkey vultures begin their annual migration from Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park in Superior. Event 7 am to 3 pm. Adm. charge. Every Saturday, classic car exhibits 5-9 p.m. around Mcdonald's at the Scottsdale Pavilions, Pima & Indian Bend Roads in Scottsdale. Sun., Sept. 16: "Those Funny Guys," four short silent comedy films, including Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams, Phoenix. Begins 2:30 pm with organ concert; post-show discussion. Tickets $9 and $12. 602-262-7272. Sun., Sept. 16: Phoenix Irish Festival, Heritage Square, 7th St. & Monroe, Phx. 11 am - 5 pm. Free. Music, dancing, crafts, food. 602-262-5029. Mon., Sept. 17: Spend an intellectual evening -- play chess, or checkers! Serve popcorn. Tues., Sept. 18: The new cars are on exhibit. Stroll one of those neighborhoods of endless car dealerships. Wed., Sept. 19: 7-10 pm, coffee house with performers and a jam session, Encanto Park Clubhouse, Phoenix. 602-261-8993. Thurs., Sept. 20: Antique Walk, evening, downtown Glendale. 623-435-0556. Fri. Sept. 21 (20th thru 23rd): Yavapai County Fair, fairgrounds, Prescott Valley. Livestock, food, entertainment. 520-445-7820. Sat., Sept. 22: Most Saturday nights: Centerpoint, Mill & University, downtown Tempe. 6-9 pm., live music, magicians and other entertainment. Free. 480-947-3500. Sun., Sept. 23: Stage your own "dinner theater" -- rent a movie with a strong ethnic orientation and have a potluck with friends serving that type of food. "Big Night" or "Enchanted April" work well for an Italian theme. Mon., Sept. 24: The evenings are cooling off now. Have dinner at a restaurant with outdoor seating. Tues., Sept. 25: Poetry in the Park, Encanto Park Clubhouse, Phoenix. 7:30-10 p.m. 602-261-8993. Wed., Sept. 26: Royal Scottish Country Dancing, 7 pm, Scottsdale Senior Center, Civic Center & 2nd Ave. Free. 480-834-5662. Newcomers welcome. Thurs., Sept. 27: Every Thurs., Sc. Center for the Arts, Civic Center Mall, is open til 8 p.m. 480-994-ARTS. Fri., Sept. 28: Family Night Out, Roadrunner Park, 36th St. & Cactus, Phoenix. Carnival, games, food, entertainment. Free. 6-9 pm. 602-262-7782. Evening poetry reading, Changing Hands Bookstore, McClintock & Guadalupe (sw corner), Tempe. Sat., Sept. 29 (also Fri. & Sun.): Fall Beautiful Home & Landscape Show, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 1826 W. McDowell, Phx. $4. 800-995-1295. Hogs in Heat, all-you-can-eat barbecue & dance, Rock Springs Cafe, Black Canyon City (exit 242, I-17 n. of Phx.). 4 pm-? 623-374-5794. Sun., Sept. 30 (also Sat., 29th): 26th Annual Fall Festival, Pinetop-Lakeside, held at Blue Ridge High School. Crafts, car show, entertainment (Have friends who are struggling through a divorce? Suggest they visit www.divorcerecovery101.com. Our new web site is loaded with practical, useful advice.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----------------------------------------------------- SHARE WITH A FRIEND-- PLEASE FORWARD THIS ISSUE ! ---------------------------------------------- If you haven't already done so, please forward this issue to your single friends and associates. 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