Community LIVING
Welcome to Tempe: A Butte, a Lake and a City You Can Learn by Its Mile Roads
Where Tempe sits, how its streets and shuttles fit together, how the seasons set the pace, and where a newcomer finds the library, city services and local news.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Community LIVING
Ten Things Worth Knowing About Tempe
A Greek name, a 150-year-old adobe, a hotel that hosted a president, a letter that used to be an N, and a lake that opened in 1999: ten Tempe facts you can show a visitor.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Community LIVING
Tempe, One Neighborhood at a Time
From Mill Avenue and Maple-Ash to University Park, Eighth Street, the postwar ranch districts and the Lakes, a guide to how Tempe's neighborhoods feel and how they came to be.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Community LIVING
Tempe's History, Told Through the Places You Can Still Visit
Hohokam canals and petroglyphs, two founding towns, an 1874 adobe, a Victorian ranch house and the traditions that still fill Mill Avenue: Tempe's story, landmark by landmark.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Entertainment
Tempe events, November 2026 to February 2027: parades, markets, lights and blooms
A Veterans Day parade on Mill Avenue, a lake full of lit-up boats, an art festival and a weekend of flowers: Tempe's cool-season calendar, with dates from each organizer.
Through February 28
Shopping
Shopping LOCAL in Tempe: Mill Avenue, vintage, antiques and books
From a fragrance shop that has been on Mill Avenue since 1969 to an antique mall that opened last year, here is where Tempe shops independent, street by street.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Health & Wellness
Parks, trails and outdoor places in Tempe: the lake, the buttes and the canal paths
A lake that still acts like a river, two desert preserves in the middle of town and miles of canal paths: how to get outside in Tempe this season, and what the city asks of you while you do.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Entertainment
Interesting places to explore in Tempe, from a Hohokam village to a Victorian ranch house
A 650-year-old village by the lake, a flour mill that turns into a screen at night, a pink adobe house on the hill: eight Tempe places worth a second look, and how to visit them.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Dining
How Tempe Eats: Sonoran Roots, a World of Students and a New Sunday Market
From the old flour mill and the date groves to Ethiopian and Pakistani kitchens on University and Apache, the new City Hall market and a fresh wave on Mill Avenue.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Family Life
Family days in Tempe, season by season
Ranger hikes and fishing lakes in the cool months, a Victorian Christmas and a boat parade in December, and a wave pool for July: how Tempe families can spend the year.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
