As a child growing up in Phoenix, I always looked forward to the Fourth of July. My family would sit on top of our patio roof with an enormous bowl of popcorn while we enjoyed the fireworks from Turf Paradise.

A photo spread by Don Boorse

Northwest resident Barbara Loving captured a few shots of the fireworks set off at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf and Tennis Resort. She said she took her shots with a Nikon d90 after taking a single photography class.

Planning for Marana's Fourth of July celebration is moving along, with Comcast agreeing to sponsor the fireworks show for $10,000, and a number of Arizona Pavilions businesses offering to participate.

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Kicking off the Independence Day festivities this Friday, June 29, The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain will be hosting a whole weekend of dining and entertainment for guests big and small. Friday evening features a CORE Wine Experience for adults, and a Cosmic Slide Party at the pool for all ages.

Any jazz band that calls itself Fattburger is going to be a lot of fun.

When a movie franchise consists of four films, typically the series stars to fall apart. Examples of the "not knowing when to stop" syndrome are "The Fast and the Furious," "Terminator" and most notably "Indiana Jones."

Canyon Del Oro

The prospect for a formal, public Fourth of July celebration in Oro Valley this year looks slim.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords plans to attend July 4th celebrations in both Marana and Oro Valley.

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More than 30 authors and a number of presenters are lined up for the fourth annual Oro Valley Book Festival on Saturday, Feb. 13.

Marana town government pulled off its relocated Star-Spangled Spectacular Fourth of July celebration for $30,000, less than the $35,000 anticipated and nearly half what the town spent in previous years at Ora Mae Harn Park, parks and recreation director Tom Ellis told the Marana Town Council last week.

Those who prefer their fireworks in the form of up-tempo, sizzling jazz may want to spend this Fourth of July at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, grooving to the sounds of jazz / funk guitarist Nick Colionne.

It could be the first year in a decade that Oro Valley won’t have a Fourth of July celebration.