It was a humid, soggy weekend for Art Detour 24. And the weather was as unpredictable as the artwork. The weekend, officially organized by Downtown non-profit Artlink, is two days of studio tours and gallery openings (we’d argue that it should have included the night of Third Friday, but more…
It’s about time Phoenix sees some serious mural love. In the interest of giving credit to their artists and because we’re losing track of the times we’ve said, “Woah, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their artists,…
Continuing Manifestos, a collection of 10(ish) life lessons and rules written by local creatives and illustrated by local designers. Up today, lessons learned by local writer Deborah Sussman, illustrated below by Anton Anger: Read Sussman’s manifesto below …..
The “Ultimate” St. Patrick’s Day Block Party could only happen in Scottsdale. Participating bars including Dos Gringos, Upper Deck, and Roc Bar hosted a morning, afternoon, and evening full of live music, street food, and drunk green people. We checked out the scene and took a few fashionable notes. The…
As spring makes a quick appearance in Arizona, the days for camping and hiking are perfect (and numbered). Luckily, there are tons of places in the Valley where you can take advantage of the natural beauty, gorgeous weather, and off-the-beaten path hikes. Here are just 10 of our favorites: 10…
In the six months since the Crescent Ballroom opened, the renowned concert venue has hosted fashion shows, comedy gigs, dance nights, and (of course) plenty of concerts. As for art shows? Eh…not so much.That all changes starting tonight as painter Hugo Medina, Xico, and Cuervo Studios unveil “Celebrating Beauty,” a…
Downtown Phoenix’s Third Friday and Art Detour combined make a weekend full of local artwork. The 24-year-old event, officially organized by Artlink, will take over galleries and studios on Grand Avenue, Roosevelt Row, 16th Street (and a few in between). Here’s a peek at our Field Guide for Art Detour…
Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Cars? isn’t the sexiest of offerings, but it makes for a cringe/chuckle-inducing title for The Believer’s new book of collected answers to burning questions from writers, funny people, musicians, other notables, and readers. To be clear: This read isn’t full…
There’s a massive dust cloud that hangs over the fenced-off site at Fourth and Roosevelt streets every weekday as a flurry of construction workers are busy digging the foundation for the enormous residential complex being built by developer Concord Eastridge.Construction is in full swing on the $52 million dollar housing…
Between St. Patty’s shenanigans (see our full guide to partying here) and the arty madness that is Art Detour 24 will surely be (there’s a map for that), you’re in for a busy weekend. Should you find a gap in said days off, here are five options for filling it…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: To the glee of caffeine addicts and…
Another Spring Break, another round of warnings from the State Department, your mom, and your agoraphobic friends: Don’t go to Mexico. Lo que sea. You’re going anyway (blame our flowchart). And that’s awesome.Whether this is your first time to Rocky Point or you remember what it was like to camp…
Hanny’s is famous for its classic $5 martinis, but don’t feel limited in your cocktail choice. The pomegranate julep is a refreshing twist on its minty predecessor and is a perfect sweet treat to cap off the evening (or get it started)…
Clayton McDougall, Ben Kitnick, and Saxon Richardson chat excitedly around a table at Cartel Coffee in Tempe. The ASU film students are in their freshman year, and between worrying about mid-terms and what they’ll do for spring break, they’re planning the big release of their web series, K.C. Carrington Presents:…
Christina Pruitt says that the idea for her latest exhibition, Swept, came from growing up in a culture of façades. The local artist was raised in West Texas. When she moved to Phoenix and joined Eye Lounge, she had the opportunity to work auto-biographically for the first time. In Texas…
It must have been intimidating. Less than six weeks on the job and Sean Malone, CEO of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, had to announce that he was installing solar panels at Taliesin West, making it one of the first structures in the National Register of Historic Places and on…
It’s Spring Break in my household. Spring Break means you have all the time in the world to make stuff, lounge around, surf Pinterest, whatever. Or at least that’s what I thought it meant — until I found myself floundering for a project to share with you.Now, I have lots…
A big-time deadline is coming up on March 30 — it’ll be your last day to submit to Ignite Phoenix. The deadline is just 15 days away, which should give you plenty of time to put together a sentence or two about your unique interests, passions, or life experiences that…
The 12th Annual Phoenix Film Festival opens on Thursday, March 29 with more films, more seminars, and even bigger parties.More than 160 films will be screened this year over the eight-day festival, from horror shorts to documentaries to star-studded feature films. Weekend seminars, with topics like “Life as an Indie…
When Legends Entertainment District announced it would be unveiling a “community-building six-story mural” on the west-facing wall of the Luhrs Building, we grabbed our cameras. The historic 10-story building at 11 West Jefferson Street opened its doors in 1924 and its red-brick exterior has gone virtually untouched since. A mural…
When one writes of her here, she is “Broadway’s Kathy Fitzgerald.” In New York, for which she left us more than a decade ago, she is one among a few: a character actress who’s always in demand; who’s appeared in Broadway shows like Wicked, 9 to 5, and in the…
