Tempe may have bid farewell to the Twin Palms Hotel in May of 2014, but it’s about to welcome a new hotel venue in the exact same space. On Tuesday, September 23, Chicago-based company A.J. Capital Partners will open Graduate Tempe, a 141-room boutique hotel that’s one of the first…
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: 18. Jon Arvizu. Artist…
When gaggles of local geeks stroll down University Drive in Tempe on November 1 for this year’s PBS Nerd Walk, many will be clad in cheery, gold-colored T-shirts adorned with a particularly nerdy bit of artwork. And exactly what piece of art will be featured on said shirts? Well, that’s…
Mark you calendars, Phoenix. On Tuesday, September 2, Mary Stephens is putting on a special Banned Plays reading of Kia Corthron’s Force Continuum at Phoenix Center for the Arts. The play, which will be performed by Arizona State University alumni and staff as well as other members of the community,…
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: 19. Christina You-Sun Park…
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: 20. Mike Olbinski. Photographer…
Phoenix artists are no stranger to The City Different — that is Santa Fe, New Mexico. And last week some major things happened for Phoenix artists in the Land of Enchantment. During the third weekend of August, artists, and creative types gather in New Mexico for the annual Indian Market,…
When Mikey Sarratt was growing up, he wanted to be a hockey player. Sarratt’s NHL aspirations didn’t work out, but now, after a stint in semi-pro hockey, he gets to be involved with the Arizona Coyotes in a different way. He tattoos most of them…
Care to take your business venture outside the box? Then the Arizona Commission in the Arts might be interested in hearing from you. The organization is bringing back Arizona Art Tank to invest in arts-based ventures that are “not business as usual but business unusual.” These creative entrepreneurial ideas will…
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: 21. Shawnte Orion. Shawnte…
Get ready to lose your Sulu-loving mind. Actor, activist, social media star, and part-time Arizona resident George Takei and his husband Brad are hosting a special screening of the new documentary To Be Takei: A Star’s Trek for Life, Liberty, and Love in Scottsdale tonight, August 26. The film, which…
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: 22. Laura Spalding Best…
Laugh it up, Phoenix. Another new comedy venue is coming to the North Valley. Comedy club owner and Arizona snow bird Rick Bronson is opening up House of Comedy at the up-and-coming High Street (formerly known as City North) in Phoenix. The club, set to open Thursday, September 4, is…
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: 23. Jorge Torres. For…
Jonathan Adler is known to visit Arizona every once in a while, but as of Friday, August 22, he’s here to stay. Well, his aesthetic is anyway. Today the New York-based modern home furnishings designer opens a boutique that’s his fourth largest and 27th overall at Phoenix’s Biltmore Fashion Park…
It’s onward and eastward for Jester’Z Improv Comedy. The family-friendly comedy club, established in 2001, said goodbye to its Papago Plaza location of 13 years with a final show on Saturday, July 26. But don’t take the Scottsdale departure as a sign of bad things to come. If anything, Jester’Z…
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: 24. Tato Caraveo. Tato…
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. Remember when Phoenix made NerdWallet’s list of best places to meet singles? Yeah, we all had…
Arizona may be spread out, but we’re certainly not spread thin when it comes to public art. Just ask Scottsdale Public Art (SPA). Since starting the IN FLUX initiative in 2010, the organization has been using temporary public art installations to connect the Valley arts community throughout Phoenix, Scottsdale, Chandler,…
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: 25. Sarah “Saza” Dimmick…
When she was 13, Meg McNiel, now co-owner of Love and Hate Tattoo & Piercing in Phoenix, hand-poked a moon tattoo on her ankle in her home outside Seattle. “I don’t even know how I knew it, but I knew that if you wrapped a sewing needle in thread so…
Moonbeam Le May is a maker. Like many makers, she sells on Etsy, and has a community of people around her who share and support that passion to create. A few months ago, Le May began utilizing those community connections to host a monthly second Saturday market at a University…
