Pools set to open this month
Registration opens Thursday, May 3 for the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department’s full schedule of affordable swim classes and teams. Swim lessons cost just $15. The full 2012 swim lesson schedule now is viewable online, along with comprehensive pool information, at phoenix.gov/parks. Information also is available by phone at 602-534-6587 or by sending an e-mail to aquatics.pks@phoenix.gov.
Twenty-eight city pools will be open this summer, including the Sunnyslope, Coronado and Encanto pools. Pools open for the 2012 season on Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28 from 1 to 7 p.m. Pools then will reopen for full summer operating hours on June 2 from 1 to 7 p.m. The 2012 season will run through July 29. Regular hours will be 1 to 7 p.m. six days a week (all pools will be closed Fridays).
Daily admission is $3 for adults and $1 for seniors age 50 and over and youth age 17 and under. A season pass for a family of four is $75 ($7 for each additional family member). A pass for an individual senior or youth is $20; adult passes cost $30. For more information, visit http://phoenix.gov/SPORTS/pools.html.

Art exhibit features works by Parkinson’s patients
The Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at St. Joseph’s Barrow Neurological Institute will host the 5th Annual Bruce Florence Parkinson Juried Art Exhibition in conjunction with the Fountain Hills Parkinson Support Group. Parkinson’s disease patients and caregivers participate in a five-week art workshop provided by the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center. The workshop concludes with an exhibition of their works.
Judging will take place on Friday, May 11 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Burton Barr Public Library, second floor, 1221 N. Central Ave. Art will be displayed May 9 through May 31.
St. Joseph’s Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and the Fountain Hills Parkinson Support Group will display 2-dimensional artwork from more than 60 artists who have Parkinson’s disease or are Parkinson’s caregivers. Members of the public can call 602-406-6903 to learn more about the art program. 

Goodwill, companies host join job fair
Goodwill of Central Arizona is planning a Job Fair Palooza on Wednesday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at all 14 of its Career Centers, including 1726 W. Camelback Road and 3901 E. Thunderbird Road. “With over 700 positions available at 14 locations, we’re providing job seekers with access to companies who are looking to hire now, ” said Richmond Vincent Jr., VP of Workforce Development at Goodwill.
Companies such as Lowe’s, American Valet, Chase Bank, Arizona Republic, Dish Network, BBVA Compass, Pro Em, Safeway, Boeing, Macy’s, Maricopa Community Colleges, Staples, Wells Fargo, Khalli Bottling Co., Arizona Dept. of Corrections, Macayo’s, Neutron Industries, Calvary Staffing, Securitas will be on site recruiting for sales, customer service, account executives, technicians, electricians, financial analysts, marketing and advertising representatives, retail associates, social workers and more.   
Job seekers are encouraged to arrive early, bring resumes, dress professionally and be prepared to talk to hiring managers. For more information, call 602-535-4000 or visit: www.goodwillaz.org. 

Documentary looks at bullying
GLSEN Phoenix presents the Arizona premier of Bullied to Silence, the 2012 feature documentary that gives a voice to bullied youth from all walks of life. The film will screen at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 12 at the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave.
The film, written and directed by local filmmakers and featuring a significant number of Arizona participants, tells the stories of children and teens whose ethnicities, physical challenges, and sexual orientations set them apart, and how they’ve coped with bullying by peers and adults alike. A question-and-answer presentation featuring filmmakers Tami Pivnick and Susan Broude and several of the cast members will follow each screening, and Nicole Stanton, wife of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, will offer opening remarks at the 11 a.m. screening.
The screenings are sponsored by GLSEN Phoenix in cooperation with the Scottsdale International Film Festival. GLSEN Phoenix will be present at the event, to provide resource information to support safe schools for all students.

Free workshop on how to use your NOOK
Struggling with your new NOOK? Wondering what’s available at the library for use on your e-reader? Phoenix Public Library and Barnes & Noble are sponsoring free workshops to assist customers with using their NOOK e-readers and to learn to download materials from the library’s website.
Upcoming workshops in the North Central Phoenix community include: 12-2 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, at the Century Library, 1750 E. Highland Ave.; 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at the Cholla Library, 10050 Metro Parkway East; and 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Saguaro Library, 2808 N. 46th St.
No registration is required. Bring your NOOK e-reader and Phoenix Public Library card. For more information, call 602-262-4636 or visit phoenixpubliclibrary.org.

Faces of Diversity Brown Bag Lunch set for May 18
 “Juneteenth and the Intellectual Emancipation of America” is the topic of the free Faces of Diversity Brown Bag series at noon Friday, May 18, at the Phoenix City Council Chambers, 200 W. Jefferson St. The speaker is Gershom Williams, Ph.D., historian, writer, teacher, lecturer and community activist. Williams has taught for the Maricopa Community College District for 18 years and is co-founder and chairman of the Bennu Institute of Arizona, an African-centered, community-based study group and educational collective.
Williams’ visual and interactive presentation will examine how most Americans of various racial and ethnic backgrounds are “mis-educated” about the history and cultural heritage of African Americans, due to popular, persistent racial myths and stereotypes. Thus most of us are still in need of “Intellectual Emancipation.” To tell the Juneteenth story, Williams will draw on his research and independent study of the African origins of humanity, the African/Nubian influence on western civilizations, and the role Africans played in the development of world religions and spirituality.
The free event is co-sponsored by the Phoenix Human Relations Commission and the city’s Equal Opportunity Department. The Faces of Diversity series features dynamic people telling their stories about diversity.  Bring your lunch and enjoy a cultural experience. No reservation is needed. For more information, call 602-495-0358 or visit phoenix.gov/eod/whatsnew.

Enjoy a movie in the park
Councilman Tom Simplot and Cox Communications present a free Moonlight Movie in the Park 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Steele Indian School Park, 3rd Street and Indian School Road
The free event kicks off at sundown in the park’s amphitheatre. The featured movie is “Overboard” starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. Bring some friends, a blanket and snacks while watching a free movie on a jumbo inflatable screen. No glass containers are allowed. For more information, call 602-262-7447.

Help turn brown, dirt lots ‘green’
Hundreds of people who prefer beautiful views over dirt lots will gather 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, May 21 for a fundraising event, Turning Brown Lots Green, benefitting the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation. The Roosevelt Row CDC is a mostly volunteer organization that works to beautify and promote downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row neighborhood.
Roosevelt Row is a walkable, creative district in the urban core of downtown Phoenix that is nationally known for its arts and cultural events, award-winning restaurants, galleries, boutiques and live music. The Roosevelt Row CDC is fostering an urban renewal with rehabilitated bungalows and new infill projects.
All proceeds from Roosevelt Row’s annual fundraiser will support A.R.T.S (Adaptive Reuse of Temporary Space), Valley of the Sunflowers, and volunteer community art projects.
All are invited to attend Turning Brown Lots Green at Bliss/Rebar, 901 N. 4th St. Tickets are $30 in advance and include appetizers and two drinks. Buy tickets online at: http://rooseveltrow2012.eventbrite.com.