Email Author Claire Lawton

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 30, 2010

  "Tag, You're Art"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 30, 2010

  "Hero Worship"

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2011 Stories by Claire Lawton

• Boehner Addresses House on Tucson Shootings, Brings Tissues

  published Jan 12, 2011

  We spoke too soon. Speaker John Boehner prepared for his tissue call yesterday and addressed the house as it debated over the resolution slated to honor the victims of the mass murder in Tucson. "... More >>

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  "Arizona On My Mind"

  published Jan 12, 2011

  Denise Bradfield, aka Threadbarestitcher on etsy, created a treasury (a curated group of goods by a variety of etsy accounts) in response to the tragedy in Tucson over the weekend. The collection,... More >>

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  Picture it in Words

  published Jan 12, 2011

  One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yoursrrA typogram created by Aaron Kuehn, a Los Angeles... More >>

• John Boehner Releases Statement on Giffords Shooting, Doesn't Cry

  published Jan 11, 2011

  rU.S. House Speaker John Boehner issued the statement in the video below after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Boehner's brief, unemotional comments were a far cry from his typ... More >>

• Roosevelt Row's First Friday Street Closure Meeting Tonight

  published Jan 11, 2011

  Downtown Phoenix's First Fridays could look a little different after a public discussion tonight at MonOrchid. The Phoenix Police Department and Roosevelt Row came to an agreement in June to postpo... More >>

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  Meet My Followers: A Conversation Beyond Twitter

  published Jan 11, 2011

  One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yoursr rKade Dworkin's bridging the 140-character gap b... More >>

• A Visual Guide to Jared Loughner's Attempted Assassination of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

  published Jan 10, 2011

  Click on the icons above to reveal more infomation about Loughner's home, schools and key locations in the case. And click here to view the city and places in a larger map. Twenty-two-year-old Jared L... More >>

• Magical Moment by Luster Kaboom

  published Jan 10, 2011

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• Stefan G. Bucher's Daily Monster

  published Jan 10, 2011

  One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yoursr rStefan G. Bucher starts every day with an ink s... More >>

• Cycle-able Fashion

  published Jan 09, 2011

  The above is proof that you can still look good while biking during the day. Given: This Bicycle Fashion Show was in Santa Barbara, where no one would have to bike to work at 114 degrees. But now tha... More >>

• Putting the Face Back in Facebook

  published Jan 08, 2011

  Leave it to the French to somehow make the new Facebook layout look artsy. If you're a little queasy about the new row of photos at the top of your profile or the overall stalker-ish feeling of the wh... More >>

• Downtown's First Friday (Jan. 7)

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We're here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide -- an evolving guide to art wa... More >>

• CityScape's Own Pop-Up

  published Jan 07, 2011

  If you haven't been to Workbench at CityScape, you're missing something pretty exciting (yep, we said exciting and CityScape in the same sentence) and quite possibly very temporary. The pop-up home ... More >>

• Scratching the Surface

  published Jan 06, 2011

  One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yoursr rAlexandre Farto goes by Vhils. The London-based... More >>

• Rynaga: A World-Building Project

  published Jan 05, 2011

  One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yoursr We first ran into Eric Torres, a local designe... More >>

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  Drop a (Seed) Bomb

  published Jan 04, 2011

  San Francisco may get a little more rain than Phoenix, but that's no excuse. Give us a seed bomb machine and we'll drop a few, especially on a rainy day along 16th Street.... More >>

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  Greg Esser to Open Gallery on Sixth Street

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Greg Esser loves a good project. We actually can't remember the last time he wasn't renovating a historic building, organizing an art show, or spaying a handful of feral cats -- all between his seem... More >>

• Mural Fan

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Last week, a group turned a few wires and some extra clothes into a dummy on Roosevelt and Fifth streets. Looks like the El Mac/Retna mural has a semi-permanent fan. (Via Roosevelt Row).... More >>

• Bring Your Bike, Downtown Edition

  published Jan 02, 2011

  One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yoursr rTurns out there are more than a few impromptu t... More >>

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  If I Had A Penny Project

  published Jan 01, 2011

  Randy Zucker's project is a pretty perfect fit for our first of 365 Ideas for 2011 -- for one, we share the same timeline. Zucker's a local artist who's collecting pennies for one year. She writes, If... More >>