It’s that time of year again. Time for things to get a little bit, well, chaotic. On Tuesday, September 23, artist Randy Slacks announced the return of his annual collaborative exhibition, “Chaos Theory,” at Legend City Studios. Now in its 15th year, “Chaos Theory” and grown from group exhibition to…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 2. Lisa R. Chow…
Phoenix Design Week is fast approaching and with it the deadline for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Arizona’s call to designers. To celebrate 25 years in the Valley, AIGA Arizona will be hosting a “25-Year Legacy” exhibition, featuring the work of local designers whose contributions over the last…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 3. Plastic Monsters. Plastic…
Is it just us, or is Junk in the Trunk getting a little intense? The bi-annual Vintage Market made its return on Saturday, September 20, at WestWorld of Scottsdale and was well-received by junk fiends and hoarders of handmade home furnishings. It was almost too well-received. There were long line,…
Mo’ money, mo’ art. At least that’s how things go for the The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The federal program that supports 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums across the country has just awarded a $144,000 grant to the ASU Art Museum. ASU will apply the newly acquired…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 4. Amy Radcliffe. Amy…
Ultimate Consignment, a well-loved mecca for vintage and second-hand home goods, will close its doors. The store’s Phoenix location has already closed and soon the 68,000-sqare-foot Mesa location will follow suit. The latter’s official closing day has not been announced yet…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 5. Cody Nathaniel Johnson…
Courting Disaster is Jackalope Ranch’s weekly column of dating horror stories, observations, how-tos, and more by Katie Johnson. Names of ex-boyfriends, past hookups, and bad blind dates have been changed to protect the guilty. I’ve dated all types of men: butchers, bakers, candlestick makers. Okay fine, I’ve technically dated no…
Downtown Mesa is about to bump up its artsy image. The East Valley city has teamed with local artists and businesses to build “Main Street Art Love,” a series of unique planters along Main Street. The up-cycled planters, which will bring additional desert foliage to the main drag, will make…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 6. Elizabeth Maria Naranjo…
Anthony Diaz realized when he was just a little kid that he wanted to be some kind of artist, but he didn’t really consider tattooing until his coworkers started asking him for tattoos. “Ever since I was little, I was always drawing,” Diaz says. “I always wanted to do art,…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 7. Dan Hull. “Storyteller…
Men say a lot of stuff while they’re trying to find their way into a woman’s heart (or bedroom). Sometimes it works. Sometimes it’s just plain stupid. Sometimes it works even though it’s just plain stupid. The bottom line is that our basic social interactions often depend on this possibly…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 8. Kendra Sollars. It’s…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 9. Nic Wiesinger. Nic…
While Phoenicians hardly need convincing that their city has culture, it never hurts to hear it from someone else. That’s why we were excited to see that not only is our Southwest metropolis being recognized for its artistic and intellectual endeavors, it’s being ranked among the best. On Friday, August…
Where did our obsession with nails — and particularly manicures — come from? Suzanne Shapiro broached the subject on Wednesday, September 10, with her lecture “A Century of the Modern Manicure” at Phoenix Art Museum. Her new book, Nails: The Story of the Modern Manicure, explores the growing popularity and…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 10. Rosalind Shipley. “I…
Courting Disaster is Jackalope Ranch’s weekly column of dating horror stories, observations, how-tos, and more by Katie Johnson. Names of ex-boyfriends, past hookups, and bad blind dates have been changed to protect the guilty. I have made quite a few mistakes in dating. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still making…
Goodbyes are never easy. So when street artist Mike “Mad One” Neely packed his bags and left for Portland a few years back, we took it pretty hard. Fortunately, the former Phoenix-based artist must have sensed our withdrawal because he’s just announced that he’s coming back for a one-night-only Sticker…
