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Chef Freddie Bistoie Celebrates the Harvest Festival at the Heard

​Does the idea of Thanksgiving get your politically correct panties all in a bunch? Good news, you can still enjoy gorging yourself on Mother Nature's autumn bounty without having to sell your soul to the controversial Hallmark holiday. Instead, celebrate the season by letting Chef Freddie Bisto ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our October 20 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What ten songs did we pick to soundtrack the Occupy protests? What legendary country stars are coming to t ... More >>

One Taste At A Time, Indian Fair Chef's Demos and Holy Grilled Cheese in Today's Eater's Digest

www.pipandebby.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Heard Museum Indian Fair & MarketJoin the Heard Museum this weekend for the 53rd Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market. The Fair kicks off tonight at 5:30 with a preview recepti ... More >>

Cool Out

Score rad deals at the Heard

Native Flavor

Valley’s own world famous museum has its doors wide open

School Daze

Here’s a lecture that won’t make you go all zzzzzz

Movie Monday: In the White Man’s Image: The Indian Boarding School @ Heard Museum

Here’s a lecture that won’t make you go all zzzzzz

History's Mystery

Ancient southwestern people come to life

Club Candids: An Evening of POP! at the Heard Museum's Native You

​It's summer. The nights are short. Therefore, so is the nightlife.This time around, instead of waiting for nightfall, we decided to head out while the sun was still up (gasp!) to check out "An Evening of POP!" at the Heard Museum (click here for the slideshow). It was all a part of the monthly th ... More >>

Cocoa Loco

Okay, chocolate freaks. We've got something for ya.

"POP!" Exhibition Opens Tonight at Heard Museum's NU (Native You)

"POP corn #5," 2010 by Stephen Wood, Cherokee, b. 1980, Acrylic on canvas.​Fridays are glorious.Especially when art by Andy Warhol and Fritz Scholder (one of my all-time faves...check out the review I wrote about him a while back) can be found in the same place.Such is the case tonight at NU (Nati ... More >>

Culture Comeback

Head to the Heard for sophisticated partying

Arty Girl: SMoCA, ASU Art Museum, and the Heard Museum Go Off Tonight

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecity/2337456192/Please, take your time to think about this important decision.​Life's full of tough choices.Tonight, Valley art enthusiasts have their pick of the litter with three big events happening at three different museums across town: Scottsdale Museum o ... More >>

Seen and Heard

Don’t leave these poor souls by their lonesome

North by Southwest

It may be a snowbird magnet, but it’s a really good one

Arty Girl: New Exhibit at the Heard Museum North Opens

Red Top II by Norman Akers.​I live in a small apartment fourplex that was built in 1927. Sometimes when my mind wanders, I imagine what has happened within these walls. What kind of people lived here? How many times has someone gotten freaky here? And has anyone ever died?Then I start to get a lit ... More >>

Arty Girl: Heard Museum Names New Director

Image by Craig Smith, Courtesy of the Heard Museum.​Talk about some big shoes to fill.Back in April 2009, Heard Museum Director, Frank Goodyear announced plans for retirement for the end of this year after a decade of service. The man is responsible for the expansion of programming and the additio ... More >>

Arty Girl: Heard Museum West Sets a Date for Closure

Goodbye, sweet prince...​I know, I know...so sad.The West Valley doesn't seem to be doing so well these days. Earlier this month, West Valley Art Museum "temporarily" closed (read my blog about it) and now, Heard Museum West is calling it quits.

Heard Museum West Will Close By the End of 2009

www.heard.org​Citing the recession and financial hardships, officials for the Heard Museum West location in Surprise announced today that the museum will close by the end of the year. Like the other Heard Museum locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, the Heard Museum West housed Native American exhi ... More >>

Brave Nu World

Heard shoots for the hip with new series

Arty Girl: NU at the Heard Museum

Courtesy of Heard Museum.Your Friday night looks like this...Looking for something to do tonight? Okay, listen to me...I've got it all planned out.And I promise I won't just tell you to hit Third Friday.Not that you shouldn't! Yes, go to Third Friday. This is just something to do in addition to Roos ... More >>

Geronimo Miniseries Preview

Courtesy of Heard Museum.Your Friday night looks like this...Looking for something to do tonight? Okay, listen to me...I've got it all planned out.And I promise I won't just tell you to hit Third Friday.Not that you shouldn't! Yes, go to Third Friday. This is just something to do in addition to Roos ... More >>

Heard Museum's Director, Frank Goodyear, Announces Retirement; Presided Over Expansion

Frank Goodyear, the director of the Heard Museum for the last 10 years, will retire at the end of the year. Goodyear's tenure coincided with a period of expansion and growth at the Valley's best-known museum, and he was appreciated for his fundraising skills. According to the news relea ... More >>

Arty Girl: Let's Talk About...at the Heard Museum North

If you're a native Phoenician, you may see the Heard museum's permanent collection as a total snooz-fest. Thank the public school curriculum for drilling us with annual field trips to the Heard during elementary school for that. You can only mash corn in a stone bowl so many times until it becomes a ... More >>

Arty Girl: Will Wilson and Steven Yazzie at the Heard Museum

"The Sitting Room" by Steven Yazzie.I have a feeling this Friday night is going to be one of those nights where I'm so overwhelmed with art options, I become socially paralyzed and don't know what to do with myself.Already, we've got Third Friday art walk and the ASU Kurt Weiser opening, but I'll ju ... More >>

Arty Girl: Shopping at the Heard Museum

By Lilia MenconiSee more ornaments like this at Heard Museum North Scottsdale.It's black Friday. How could I blog about anything else but shopping? Now, I'm not the type to hit a mall on a day like today. Or most days, for that matter.But I do love to shop. And I have to say that there's nothing lik ... More >>

House Muses

By Lilia MenconiSee more ornaments like this at Heard Museum North Scottsdale.It's black Friday. How could I blog about anything else but shopping? Now, I'm not the type to hit a mall on a day like today. Or most days, for that matter.But I do love to shop. And I have to say that there's nothing lik ... More >>

Heard Mentality

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Indian Reservations

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Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations

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Abstract Relief

Cold, cold art

Art Scene

Current exhibitions, shows, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhbitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Capsule Reviews: Our critics survey the local art scene

Open Season

The Heard Museum taps into after hours

World's Fare

International movies are screened in the Valley

Hoop Dreams

The World Championship Hoop Dance Contest

Without Reservation

'Indian School Days' revisits a past to which no native should return

Leave It to Weaver

Navajo textiles loom large in Heard Museum blanket show

Running Against the Heard

Contemporary Indian art is a bust at museum shows

CANADA DRY

Contemporary Indian art is a bust at museum shows