{"id":413477,"date":"2010-03-10T19:18:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T00:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2010-03-10T19:18:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T00:18:57","slug":"weekend-forecast-mostly-sunny-with-a-chance-for-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/413477","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Forecast: Mostly Sunny With a Chance for Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this post it&#8217;s 52 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><em>52!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a New England basement, not Downtown Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Worry not, fellow Downtowners.\u00a0If you believe\u00a0our local\u00a0weather prognosticators, the\u00a0generally poopy\u00a0weather that has plagued us this week will soon be moving\u00a0out \u00a0to make way for the glorious sunshine and highs in the mid-70s we&#8217;re\u00a0accustomed to.<\/p>\n<p>Which is fortunate, because Downtown is\u00a0blessed\u00a0with a treasure trove of fun\u00a0things to do this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2090\" title=\"chelsea-handler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/chelsea-handler.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-handler\" width=\"155\" height=\"113\" \/>Comic, late-night talk show host, author, vodka lover and self-appointed floozy\u00a0Chelsea Handler skewers celebrities, friends and family alike in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/34418-chelsea-chelsea-bang-bang-tour\" >show at Dodge Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since we&#8217;re talking about weather, Class 6 Theatre presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/34462-its-always-sunny-in-phoenix-presented-by-class-6-theatre\" >It&#8217;s Always Sunny In Phoenix<\/a>, three short plays by award-winning playwright David Ives, who has been making people laugh for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kobe Bryant and the\u00a0detestable Lakers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/33217-phoenix-suns-vs-la-lakers\" >bring Showtime to the Valley <\/a>for a tussle with Steve Nash, Grant Hill,\u00a0and that\u00a0Stoudemire fella Suns fans should be thankful the team\u00a0didn&#8217;t trade away for\u00a050 cents on the dollar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Actors Theatre Company presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/27551-actors-theatre-company-presents-secret-order\" >Secret Order<\/a>, a bio-medical psychological thriller about an upstart scientist on the verge of curing cancer. Intrigued? Read Downtown Blogger Liz Fichera&#8217;s review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/secret-order-big-play-big-questions\/\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2089\" title=\"fitness_pr_bootcamp_fitness\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/fitness_pr_bootcamp_fitness.jpg\" alt=\"fitness_pr_bootcamp_fitness\" width=\"158\" height=\"142\" \/>Need to get in shape? People of all fitness levels can head to Civic Space Park for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.personalpowertraining.net\/fitness_bootcamp_phoenix_arizona\" >Personal PowerTraining Boot Camp <\/a>with trainer Scott White\u00a0at 6:30 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. Boot Camp classes are $10 a person, with multi-class packages available. If you&#8217;d rather not go the Biggest Loser route, check out the FREE\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/33479-community-yoga-project\" >Community Yoga Project<\/a> that happens at 10 a.m. every week. Just bring a yoga mat or towel.<\/p>\n<p>Want a part-time job working for the 2010 Census?\u00a0Representatives will be recruiting workers at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/33634-phoenix-public-market\" >Phoenix Public Market <\/a>from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. While you&#8217;re there, grab a Caramel Addiction brownie from Sherrye&#8217;s Kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>The finest amateur pugilists in Arizona will be on display at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/35792-arizonas-best-boxers-olympic-style-top-amateur-boxing\" >Alice Cooper&#8217;stown for Independent Events&#8217; Olympic Style Boxing <\/a>at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rained out last weekend, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/35506-wheels-of-britain-car-show\" >Wheels of Britain car show <\/a>has been rescheduled for Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.\u00a0at Heritage &amp; Science Park.<\/p>\n<p>Adam awakes one morning to find himself alone and locked in a strange, sterile room with four beds.\u00a0 One by one, three more people join him &#8211; but nobody knows why they are there. Want to know more? Go see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/what-to-do\/event\/34070-itheatre-collaborative-presents-indivisible\" >Indivisible at the Herberger<\/a> at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no better\u00a0place to\u00a0wind down a weekend than at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6575-district-american-kitchen-and-wine-bar\" >District American Kitchen<\/a>, where on Sundays bottles of red and white wines are half-priced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DowntownPhoenixBlog\/~4\/x_I7YL9IQLQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this post it&#8217;s 52 degrees. 52! That&#8217;s a New England basement, not Downtown Phoenix. Worry not, fellow Downtowners.\u00a0If you believe\u00a0our local\u00a0weather prognosticators, the\u00a0generally poopy\u00a0weather that has plagued us this week will soon be moving\u00a0out \u00a0to make way for the glorious sunshine and highs in the mid-70s we&#8217;re\u00a0accustomed to. Which is fortunate, because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5072,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5072"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}