Tempe a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece.
Tempe is the headquarters and executive office of two Fortune 500 companies US Airways (formerly America West Airlines) and Insight Enterprises. Limelight Networks, LifeLock, First Solar, the Salt River Project, Circle K, Fulton Homes and Mobile Mini are also headquartered in Tempe. Cold Stone Creamery was originally headquartered in Tempe and location #0001 is still in operation today at 3330 S McClintock Drive in Tempe, Arizona.
Tempe houses several great performance venues including Gammage Auditorium and the Tempe Center for the Arts.
One of Arizona's largest shopping malls, Arizona Mills, sits near the border with the town of Guadalupe. The city also serves as the first Arizona IKEA branch location, also near the southern boundary. Tempe Marketplace a large open air mall featuring live music and water and laser shows is located just southeast of Tempe Town Lake. Tempe can boast an array of wholesalers and manufacturers including Gummow Manufacturing, specializing in handcrafted wholesale Native American Jewelry.
The median income for a household in the city was $42,361, and the median income for a family was $55,237.
Many of the reasons people visit Tempe are events like P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, Tempe Marketplace, Arizona Mills, Mill Avenue, and Tempe Town Lake. Downtown Tempe offers more than 175 restaurants, nightclubs and retail shops to cater to city guests.
Radio Stations:
K204DR (KXRD) 88.7 FM Laveen, AZ Christian Contemporary
KVIT 90.7 FM Apache Junction, AZ Top-40
KTAR 92.3 FM Glendale, AZ News/Talk
K224CJ (KNRJ) 92.7 FM Phoenix, AZ Hip Hop
KYOT 95.5 FM Phoenix, AZ Smooth Jazz
K241BQ (KBSZ) 96.1 FM Fort McDowell, AZ News/Talk
KZON 101.5 FM Phoenix, AZ Hip Hop
KZZP 104.7 FM Mesa, AZ Top-40
KLVA (CP) 105.5 FM Maricopa, AZ Christian Contemporary
KFYI 550 AM Phoenix, AZ News/Talk
KMVP 860 AM Phoenix, AZ Gospel Music
KGME 910 AM Phoenix, AZ Sports
KFNN 1510 AM Mesa, AZ Business News
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BEAUTY CARE - BLACK HAIR SALONS - MULTICULTURAL
Ako International Market - Category: Beauty Supply - 1400 S. McClintock Dr. #14
Tempe, AZ 85281 (480) 317-9000
Just About Locs & Dreads - Category: Hair Salons - 2700 W. Baseline Road
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Miss Malibu Hair Salon - Category: Hair Salons - 2121 S.48 Street Suite 102
Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 232-2239 - (visit website)
Pink the Salon - Category: Hair Salons - 671 E Apache Blvd
Tempe, AZ 85142 (480) 632-7465 - (reviews)
M H and Associates Funding - Category: Legal & Financial Services - 3135 S. 48th Street Suite #93 Tempe, AZ 85282 (602) 243-6965
DINING - CATERING
Big City BBQ - -Category: BBQ - Menu items include pulled pork sandwich to sides macaroni and cheese, cole slaw and french fries and more! - 5118 S. Rural Road Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 241-2291
Honey Bear's BBQ - -Category: BBQ - Tennessee barbecue,
pork, chicken and hot links. Sides include french fries, cole slaw, potato salad, cornbread. -
7670 S. Priest Drive Tempe, AZ 85284 (480) 222-2782 - (visit website)
VIDEO CONNECTION
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SPECIAL EVENTS - HAPPENINGS
FIRST TIME AFRICAN AMERICAN HULA TEACHERS WILL PERFORM AT THE ARIZONA ALOHA FESTIVAL
Peoria, AZ -- Tropical Polynesian Productions, led by Kumu Hula (Teacher of Hula) Kalena of Glendale, Arizona, will perform a Hula Kahiko (Ancient Hula) dance at the Arizona Aloha Festival in March 2012 at Tempe Town Lake with their sister Hula Halau (Hula School) Napua O’ Polynesia from Rhode Island, led by Kumu Hula Carolyn Castro of Providence.
The two will be the first African American Kumu Hulas to perform at the festival. Their performance will be on Saturday, March 10th at 3:45 p.m. Carolyn and Kalena are honored to have been given this opportunity to perform. They are known for their energetic and upbeat dances. Both have been dancing since childhood.
Tropical Polynesian Productions’ mission has always been “Keeping It Alive and Passing It On” and honors Kalena’s Polynesian ancestry. It is her desire to continue to perpetuate Polynesian culture through events, educational programs, classes, and seminars. She will travel out of state to conduct seminars, as well as perform.
Kalena teaches the following monthly dance classes, as well as 1- or 2-day seminars: Hawaiian (Ancient and Modern), Tahitian, Fijian, Tongan, Maori New Zealand, and Samoan. In addition to dance classes, she conducts Tahitian drumming and Samoan fire/knife dance seminars. She welcomes all shapes and sizes to participate and performance opportunities are available.
Kalena founded Tropical Polynesian Productions in 2007.
Kalena is currently teaching Polynesian dance classes at the Arrowhead Montessori, 14801 N. 83rd. Ave., Peoria, AZ. She teaches Polynesian dance to the preschoolers on Tuesdays. New classes start the first Thursday of every month. You may contact Kalena at 623-255-8491 and/or visit her website at www.tropicalpolynesianproductions.com for class location and times.
Carolyn Castro, Artistic Director, for Napua O’ Polynesia has been joyously leading this multicultural dance troupe since 1988. Napua O' Polynesia's dancers continue to perform throughout Rhode Island, the New England region, and nationally, too. Troupe members have competed three times at the International Hula competition in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Carolyn currently teaches on Saturdays from 3 pm to 5 pm, at the Carriage House Theater, 7 Duncan Ave, Providence, RI 02906. Carolyn will spear-head the 2012 season with seminars/workshops in RI. She can be contacted at 401-273-8928 for further information or visit www.tropicalisland-dancers.com
For more information about the upcoming Arizona Aloha Festival, see their website at http://www.azalohafest.org
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