See also: A Sneak Peek at Frances Studio’s Summer Pop-Up Arcadians, vintage fiends, and style hounds alike have reason to rejoice — Frances Vintage is expanding its retail venture. The locally owned boutique, which specializes in vintage-inspired clothing, gifts, and accessories, announced it will be setting up (another) shop at…
See also: 100 Creatives – Tiffe Fermaint See also: The Alternative Fashion Society Debuts with Animal Royale See also: Three Phoenix Fashion Designers to Watch in 2012 Fashion designer Tiffe Fermaint always brings a certain edgy glamour to her work, whether it’s a sartorially savvy lush white coat or a…
See also: Pejazzling: A New Kind of Bling for Your Balls See also: DickHats: The Wearable, Chocolate Dickoration that Still Won’t Get You Laid A few of our ink-loving friends at sister paper New Times Broward-Palm Beach checked out the 17th Annual South Florida Tattoo Expo over the weekend and…
Jacob Mulligan is an undergrad student at Northeastern who just kicked off a website with a simple question: “What the fuck has NASA done to make your life awesome?” The creative is a self-taught developer whose projects include Notely, PerkStreet Financial, and Readable, which simplifies and “cleans up” content on…
Whether it feels like it or not, summer is coming to an end — well, the vacation part of it anyway. And if you’ve already signed up for your classes then Phase 1 of your back-to-school agenda is complete. Time for Phase 2: Shopping. Here are seven local businesses that…
Who said date night had to be on the weekend? Next Monday, Urban Beans and Short Leash Hotdogs are teaming up for their free monthly movie night. This month’s feature: the Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning Sideways. Urban Beans will start the show with classic cartoons at 7 p.m…
The Great Paint Escape at 335 W. McDowell On Saturday night, people of all ages gathered at 335 W. McDowell for a community event to help raise money for Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona. Art supplies provided by Calle 16 were available and several local artists were on…
When we last put the spotlight on 100 creative forces in Phoenix, it was no secret there were more than 100 individuals who were making waves in the local arts community. So as we count down to our annual Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome (back) to 100 Creatives. Daniel Shepherd…
We know, Monday sucks. But if you take a quick look at the calendar, you’ll see we’re off to a pretty good week of art events, sports games, dance parties, and more. Here are our must-see events from now to the weekend… Monday, August 13: Meghan McCain Book-Signing @ Changing…
Laurie Notaro is an author, crafter, and expert at finding a good cocktail. She grew up in Phoenix, but is currently based in Eugene, Oregon. Each week, she’ll be joining us to share a crafting adventure, draw a flowchart, or remember a few of her favorite things about Phoenix. Today,…
If Bob Ross were alive today, he’d be painting happy little trees all over the place in ecstatic fervor for all the arts and culture happenings in Phoenix. To help you see the forest for the trees, here’s a recap of the top arts and culture stories of the week…
There’s no more construction fencing around the installation by Arizona-based artist James Turrell on ASU’s Tempe Campus, and if you have a minute to spare around sunset or sunrise, you’re going to want to spend it on one of the benches inside. The structure was designed and built by Turrell…
In today’s example of bizarre medical mysteries and reasons to be totally thankful you just have a hangnail comes the “unknown condition” of Shanyna Isom. The 28-year-old beautician suffered an asthma attack last year and was pumped full of steroids. And then she had an allergic reaction that caused dark…
When we last put the spotlight on 100 creative forces in Phoenix, it was no secret there were more than 100 individuals who were making waves in the local arts community. So as we count down to our annual Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome (back) to 100 Creatives. See also:Joe…
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of stickers. And if you’ve been to the annual Sticker Phiends show put on by the artist who goes by “Mad One”, you’re likely to understand our obsession. When the then-Phoenix-based artist packed his bags for Portland last year, he said he wasn’t…
We tend to think of Olympians as super humans, so skilled in their sports that an average person could never come close to their superior echelon of awesome-ness. OK, so that might be true (looking at you, Michael Phelps), but there still are plenty of Olympic moments to remind us…
Who doesn’t love staring at the night sky watching shiny objects fly around? Well, rejoice stargazers, the Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend on the nights of August 11 and 12. The best time to see the “shooting stars” is late Saturday night and into the wee hours of Sunday…
See also: Meghan McCain Talks Hot Arizona Guys, Romney, and America, You Sexy Bitch See also: The Great Paint Escape: Harder Development and Local Artists Team up to Benefit Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona Looking for ways to fill up your weekend? Here are your five best bets…
Commercial artwork — or the production of artwork for hotel lobbies, office hallways, airport corridors, stock image websites, hospital rooms, Ikea canvases, and Pottery Barn coasters — is hardly a new concept. Classical painters were commissioned to (and then often had their apprentices) paint landscapes and portraits to fill the…
See also: Ruby Sparks: Finally, the Fantasy Girlfriend Is Fiction See also: Scottsdale International Film Festival Announces 2012 Lineup Sometimes a movie screens for one night only, and other times it shows for weeks, even months. That’s why when it comes to Valley moviegoing, planning ahead is crucial. Planners that…
When we last put the spotlight on 100 creative forces in Phoenix, it was no secret there were more than 100 individuals who were making waves in the local arts community. So as we count down to our annual Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome (back) to 100 Creatives. Ashley Harder…
Fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks tend to get pretty nutty about bobbleheads. Visit Chase Field in the hours prior to certain games where the seven-inch-tall plastic figures are given away, each portraying various D-backs players, and you’re likely to see more than a thousand people waiting in line to get…
