Modernphoenix.net and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art present the seventh annual Home Tour this year April 9-17. The week will feature rehabilitated midcentury homes in the mountainside neighborhood of Sunnyslope, free workshops and more.

Sake has been rapidly gaining popularity in recent years, with many more restaurants either adding or introducing it to their drink menus. Of course, if you were on the bandwagon long before it even was a bandwagon, then you already know the drink’s many pluses. Here are five great places to discover — or rediscover — great sake in the Valley.

Raise your hand if you were “Born This Way”! Lady Gaga will once again take the stage in Phoenix for round two of her Monster Ball Tour. But even if you didn’t score tickets to the show — and especially if you did — Bar Smith is where you’ll want to be post-concert for the official after-party.

Whether you prefer your crustacean stuffed, poached, broiled or served alongside a nice and juicy filet mignon, Phoenix has more than a few lobster dinners that will have you thinking we’re actually seaside. (Honest.)

Opera Ball 2011, a major fundraiser for the Arizona Opera, was held at The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, and featured the theme “The Devil Wears Opera,” celebrating the villains and villainesses of the stage, screen and runway.

On Saturday, March 26, Arizona Opera and the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present a free outdoor screening of “La boheme,” Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece and one of the most celebrated opera’s of all time, in the Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater.

Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn how to make a sinfully decadent breakfast in bed for your sweetheart … or how to start eating cleaner without giving up the flavor … or maybe how to create delicious cuisine representative of the western way of living. This month and next, the Arizona Biltmore presents “Inside the Chef’s Studio” classes led by noted personalities of the culinary world.

William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — a tale of romance and mischief that takes place in an enchanted forest — makes its way onto the local stage this month when New York’s acclaimed Aquila Theatre performs it along with Luigi Pirandello’s “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” both presented by Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

What could be more romantic than an elegant dinner for two under starry skies with the dramatic Sonoran Desert landscape for a backdrop? Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale is once again offering its popular Celestial Picnics that have couples from all over the Valley swooning.