Don’t know if you know this, but autumn is about more than just adding pumpkin spice to anything you can touch, smell, taste, or look at. Thankfully, people haven’t discovered how to listen to that overused flavor yet. If you’re surprised by this, sorry. If you’re not, then chances are…
Tales of the Old West continue to make up a significant portion of our cultural narrative, mostly because we still like to comfort ourselves with stories showing that ours is a land of opportunity. Making the trek to the American frontier promised a new life, or at the very least…
In celebration of Farmers Market Week (which is apparently a thing), burrito behemoth Chipotle is heading to one of our local farmers markets to give away produce vouchers and coupons for Chipotle burritos. This Saturday at the Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. the restaurant…
A lot of people mistakenly think Nick Swardson is gay. It’s understandable. He played Terry Bernadino, a gay, roller-blading male prostitute, in Reno 911. And Hector, an obsessive fan who stalks a male figure skater, in Blades of Glory. And a gay robot in the made-for-TV movie, Gay Robot. Plenty…
It’s no secret that Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland were pretty much terrifying. Being trapped in an alternate universe accessed by rabbit hole and full of rude caterpillars and murderous queens sounds like the premise of one trippy nightmare. That’s the idea behind choreographer Angel Castro’s Underland:White Nightmare.His evening-length piece reinterprets…
Grab your forks and head down to Roosevelt Row on Saturday for the fifth annual Pie Social. The community event, sponsored by Chow Bella, has one mission and one mission alone: to bring people together to eat pie.This year, 15 celebrity chefs will be slinging sample slices of their competition…
Forget about the exhaustion, forget about the cramps, forget about the dehydration and forget about the chafed nipples—we think the big challenge with running is boredom. If you’re not running competitively, the whole activity can get a bit dull, which makes it really tough to stay motivated.If you’re looking to…
For the love of agave spirits, it’s that time of year again when small batch tequila makers line the halls of US Airways Center and pour up shot after shot of their boozy wares at Phoenix Tequila Fest.While the event features all day tastings of anejos, reposados, and blancos, you…
We can’t be the only people bored by the Real Housewives shows, right? After nearly a decade, the duplicitous deeds and squawk-filled squabbles seem so half-hearted. If you’re ready to significantly upgrade your level of drama, the Arizona Opera’s take on Giuseppe Verdi’s 1851 masterpiece Rigoletto is playing Friday, November…
We’d never claim to be foodies (because ew), but we are staunchly in favor of chefs who take their cooking seriously and know how to have a seriously good time. James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock is that type precisely.Based in Nashville and Charleston, where he owns restaurants, Brock has…
On Tuesday, November 18, stop by the Downtown Phoenix Public Market for this month’s segment of RadiatePHX. This community-driven event gives Phoenix locals the chance to network with some of downtown’s biggest movers and shakers — as well as stay up to date on the latest happenings in the city…
If you ever find yourself perusing the upcoming event calendars at phoenixpubliclibrary.org, you’ll quickly be amazed at the wealth of educational opportunities that the Phoenix public libraries offer. From math tutoring to toddler time, our libraries are one of the Valley’s richest resources for, well, enrichment. But this Wednesday they’re…
We love to follow the development of new works by local playwrights, starting with workshopped readings and continuing through critiques and rewrites and . . . okay, we don’t always love it. We frequently crave a nice fully-mounted show: production values, design concepts, and a clutch of artistic egos in…
Between appearances in magazines around the globe, art auctions abroad, and exhibitions across the country, including the upcoming Art Basel in Miami, Gabriel and Isaac Fortoul are finding themselves more and more in the cultural spotlight. Hard to believe that it was only 2002 when these two brothers left their…
Bright lights flash. Dance music blasts. A towering model struts down the runway in a sparkling full-face mask, a cloud of a headpiece, and a jaw-dropping strapless white and khaki gown with a plunging neckline and billowing skirt. Welcome to Phoenix Fashion Week. It’s one of those first fall nights…
Full-length story ballets like Swan Lake are all good and fine, but there’s something to be said for mixing it up a bit. Hence the appeal of Dancers’ Choice, a program being presented this Friday by Ballet Arizona inside their own Dorrance Theatre. It’s a one-night only affair that raises…
UPDATE: Jennifer Sudul Edwards is the applicant whose curator job offer was rescinded. Phoenix Art Museum will be without a curator of contemporary art for a bit longer. The museum’s human resources department was in the process of hiring an applicant to take on the curatorship, confirms museum public relations…
I have a confession for you. I’m a little bit basic. I have a Pinterest board. I binge watch Gilmore Girls on Netflix. Buzzfeed thinks my spirit animal is Jennifer Aniston. And when I don’t feel like getting dressed up to go to Target, I wear Uggs, yoga pants, and…
You might be planning a long road trip or maybe you’ve just exhausted all of your go-to bands on Spotify while sitting at your desk. Never fear — the time to dive head first into the world of comedy podcasts is here. Whether they’re talking about the biz, literature, movies,…
If you can’t buy me love, a new life, or even some peanuts and Crackerjacks, it might be worth sitting down and looking at what you actually can afford. From free dog days in the park to pop-up flea markets and movie bike nights, there’s plenty of no-cost events in…
It was about a year ago that Carrie Bloomston, fabric designer and owner of SUCH Designs in Phoenix, was sitting in the tree fort she and her family had built in their backyard and writing while batting away the last lingering mosquitoes of summer. Bloomston was finishing what would become…
It’s been seven years since the Fortoul brothers had an art show in Phoenix. That’s because artist Isaac Fortoul and his manager, curator, and older brother Gabriel run what they call “a nomadic gallery.” Together, under their signature art brand, 40 Owls (a phonetic play on their last name, “for-t-ouls”)…
