You submitted nominations for the best and brightest emerging Valley creatives, and the results are in. Presenting the 2015 Big Brain finalists. Leading up to the announcement of winners at Artopia on May 9, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will introduce the finalists. Up today is…
Front Porch Pickins If trekking through troves of vintage vestments is your thing, then we’ve found a mecca for you. While the Valley has no shortage of antique shops filled to the brim, Front Porch Pickins Market offers another chance with a variety of goodies. Browsing through everything from Midcentury…
Girl power is coming to Phoenix. And no, we’re not talking about the Spice Girls. The Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference takes place Sunday, April 26, through Tuesday, April 28, at the Hotel Palomar in downtown Phoenix and spotlights the success and innovation of women in the tech field. Almost…
Childsplay founder and artistic director David Saar announced in a press release on Wednesday, April 22, that he will retire at the end of the 2015-16 season. Saar started the acclaimed professional children’s theater company in 1977 as a graduate thesis project. Its aim has been to engage children with…
Two years ago, shortly after her father’s death, Phoenix-based artist Casebeer was going through his effects. As she read one letter he had written, a line jumped out at her. “In the second paragraph, after all this stuff, it just said, ‘everything is fine here,’ and I — knowing my…
Long-distance relationships are tough, there’s no way around that. A lot of people would tell you they never work, but we can speak to the contrary from personal experience. Truthfully, the key to a solid long-distance relationship is the same as any other relationship, it has to be between the…
Becky Nahom, chief curator and director for Halt Gallery, is moving to New York City in June for a two-year graduate program in curatorial practice. She’s been a mainstay of the local arts scene for several years — curating exhibitions with curatorial partner Julia Bruck for shows at Modified Arts,…
There is no shortage of places around the Valley to party at on Cinco de Mayo, to say the least. Ditto for all the events that will transpire during the days and nights leading up to the big drinking holiday. For proof, look no further than our annual Cinco guide,…
“I hope they’re not scared off and think it’s like The Cove,” Jonathan Franzen said on Monday evening. He was referring to potential audiences for Emptying the Skies, Roger and Douglas Kass’s new documentary based on his 2010 New Yorker essay about songbird poaching in the Mediterranean. “I never saw…
A post-Wikipedia biographical documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck finds Brett Morgen constructing a feature-length collage of notebook entries, demo tapes, rehearsal footage, home movies, archival photos, and drawings and artwork by the late Nirvana frontman. It’s an impressive, comprehensive assemblage, designed to impart not a point-by-point historical account but,…
In the digital age, it might be hard to remember that the Postal Service is more than a hip band from the early oughts. Luckily, Frances, 10 West Camelback Road, is offering a little refresher on mail correspondence IRL on Thursday with a Handmade Snail Mail workshop led by crafting…
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Avengers: Age of Ultron is a complicated, ticking machine — a cuckoo clock under attack. Returning helmer Joss Whedon is earnestly trying to make a movie out of a bag of bolts: six stars, nine cameos, three enemies, and at least 10 films to go before the climactic Avengers: Infinity…
I dread explaining man-child dramedies to the ghosts of the dead. “You see, Grandpa, after your time, a generation paralyzed by the economy and indecision stopped growing up — and started churning out indie movies justifying why not.” In the ’40s, men fought wars at 18. In 1967, Benjamin Braddock…
When it comes to downtown Phoenix, bicycles and art kind of go hand in hand. Artistically made bike racks? Bike tours to notable landmarks? They can’t keep their metaphorical hands off each other. KAYRAE Art is bringing this pair together in a new way during Velo Artifex, on Friday, April…
The sixth annual Filmi-Fusion Dance Championships dazzle and delight with costumes and dancing when Bollywood America brings India’s cultural phenomenon downtown this weekend. Shows blend belly dancing and Hindi cinema to create an electrifying take on storytelling.Eleven teams from around the country — and Canada — compete for the title…
If trekking through troves of vintage vestments is your thing, then we’ve found a mecca for you. While the Valley has no shortage of antique shops filled to the brim, Front Porch Pickins Market offers another chance with a variety of goodies. Browsing through everything from Midcentury Modern furniture to…
Down and dirty; slick and sweaty. What sounds scandalous is actually a description of what’s in store for participants of the Phoenix Mud Run, presented by Terrain Racing. Mud lovers will encounter a variety of obstacles during their 5K, 10K, and 20K bouts complete with grand prizes.Muck around from 9…
When familiarizing yourself with a culture, literature is one of your best ways in. This is über-true of Ireland, where virtually everyone, from toddling bairn to tottering crone, is driven by the gift of gab to become a fanciful storyteller or silver-tongued versifier at the bare minimum. Then there are…
The Pinewood Derby is wasted on the young. Kids comprehend nothing of the physics behind a lightning-fast race car, hewn from nothing but your hands, your dreams and your adult-supervision-required power tools.This is why we need the Pinewood Classic. It’s a Pinewood Derby race just for grown-ups, which means tasty…
There are people who drink alcohol. And then there are people who drink alcohol, hold it in their mouth, suck in air between their teeth, and try to pick out the drink’s flavor notes. Hey, no judgment here, fellow booze enthusiasts. Whichever camp you’re in, Chandler Craft Spirits Festival will…
Joey Coco Diaz owns the mic and stage with the ease of a mobster walking through his own neighborhood. Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in North Bergen, New Jersey, Diaz found his calling in comedy after a rough start in life. The guy unleashed his personality in comedy clubs…
