Poetry. Circus Performance. Improvisation. Sewing. Video projections. They’re all part of innovative projects moving forward thanks to funding from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, which announced late last month the names of 13 artists receiving 2015 Artist Research and Development Grants. Ninety-five artists applied for the grants, which provide…
Mark your calendars and make sure you have Thursday nights off, because ASU School of Art recently announced its Visiting Artist/Scholar programming for Spring 2015. Just like last year, the lectures will take place at ASU’s Grant Street Studios near downtown Phoenix. Each lecture will take place on Thursday evening…
Put down the hammer and step away from the piggy bank. Hitting the scene doesn’t mean hitting all your favorite ceramic knickknacks to pieces. From gem shows to block parties and Sunday a’fairs, here are our top three picks for keeping Porky the Penny-saving Pig intact…
Cold weather did little to deter the party atmosphere as colorful club-style lights and music blared along Roosevelt Row during the first First Friday of the year, although things were considerably calmer in some other parts of the Phoenix arts scene. Never fear if you missed it, because most of…
Six local theater companies have announced that they’ll honor tickets purchased for canceled Actors Theatre productions. The professional company announced in December 2014 that it would close after nearly 30 years. Originally, Actors Theatre representatives had said that refunds would not be granted for purchased tickets to shows in the…
“Steampunk: The Exquisite Adventure” Flight-bound explorers have yet another reason to arrive at the airport early thanks to Scottsdale Public Art’s Wendy Raisanen and artist Susan Rubin’s co-curated exhibition, “Steampunk: The Exquisite Adventure.”…
Once you’ve done the whole ringing in the New Year thing, it’ll be time to jump back on the First Friday horse to show your love for local artists is still going strong. Weather and hangovers be damned. Make the year’s first First Friday one to remember. Art 360: Nicole…
Four Chambers, a Phoenix-based literary magazine and small press, has partnered with Phoenix Art Museum to “assemble a small collection of poetry and prose responding to exhibits and collections within the Phoenix Art Museum.” There’s a lot to respond to these days, with a total of seven exhibits currently on…
Native + You: Rockabilly If you’re freaked out that we’re midway through the second decade of the third millenium, the Rockabilly-themed edition of the Heard Museum’s monthly Native + You event on Friday, January 2, might be the blast from the past you need to ease into 2015…
After recent visits by the ghosts of art exhibits past, present and future, we awoke with five resolutions certain to help all sorts of artists up their creativity and community engagement. Work outside your comfort zone. Maybe you’ve been so keen on supporting the arts in your own familiar venues…
An agreement to develop the empty lot at Roosevelt and Second streets along and revamp the historic Leighton G. Knipe House has been terminated, according to a report from the Downtown Phoenix Journal. The development was highly contested by the Roosevelt Row arts community. Several Roosevelt business owners spoke out…
This year we’re killing two resolutions with one stone. In order to save money and our figures, we taking stock in some of the more affordable fitness events in the Valley. For those who want to lose 15 in 2015, or perhaps just climb a flight of stairs without wheezing,…
Many people will use the first few weeks of 2015 to recommit to their health, kicking up diets or exercise plans on Thursday, January 1. If you attend Talking Stick Resort’s New Year’s Day Ballroom Brunch, you will not be one of those people. Among other dishes, the brunch buffet…
Let’s be honest: In terms of what happens on the field, college football is an inferior product. The level of play and the coaching are several cuts below what the NFL puts out. Where the college game makes up ground is everything happening off the field. College football is a…
If you’re freaked out that we’re midway through the second decade of the third millenium, the Rockabilly-themed edition of the Heard Museum’s monthly Native + You event on Friday, January 2, might be the blast from the past you need to ease into 2015.The shindig will include the Native ladies…
Performers know there’s a difference between Friday night and Saturday night audiences. The Fridayers are more, shall we say, desperate to relax and enjoy themselves. It makes sense, then, that The Torch Theatre presents The Trifecta on Friday evenings. Improv from three different entities in one crazy show makes up…
What do Aaliya’s “Try Again,” 50 Cent’s “In Da Club,” and Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” have in common? They all reached number one as R&B and hip hop favorites during the 2000s — a not-too-distant decade we’re suddenly nostalgic for.If 2015 is already getting you down, you can party along with…
Many of Christine Sandifur’s monoprints on display through Sunday, January 4, in the Herberger Theater Gallery look like Persian rugs. Other’s have an abstract Picasso-like appearance. Still many more are reminiscent of trippy 1960s acid blotter. Whatever the prints in the “Chasing Patterns” exhibit look like to you, this colorful…
Comedian Chris D’Elia is coming to Tempe, and we just have two questions for him – where do you take yoga and where can we sign up? If you’ve never seen D’Elia perform, just imagine the unlikely yet incredibly entertaining combination of hilarious insights, master yogi level physicality, and flowing,…
Common lore holds that the first few days of a new year sets the tone for the rest of the year. With that in mind, you’d have to be a total kwyjibo to not catch Nerd Night’s Simpson Trivia on Saturday, January 3.If your real-life memories have mostly been replaced…
It’s not quite midseason but the Phoenix Suns seem to have hit the blahs characteristic of the middle of the season, going on a six-game skid at press time. They’ll try to avoid the inevitable when the Toronto Raptors, currently at the top of the Eastern Conference, visit on Sunday,…
In Mexico, it’s not Santa Claus wearing the pants around Christmastime. In fact three men share the gift-giving responsibility of the season: The Three Kings or los Reyes Magos. In fact they even get their own night, la Noche de Reyes, on the 12th Day of Christmas, full of celebration…
