Kim Porter

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Kim Porter Loves a Relish Tray

Chow Bella has a valentine for you. For the rest of February, we're handing out Candy Hearts -- stories of food and love from some of our favorite writers. Enjoy. My sister approaches me with her baby on her hip, "Me and the kids have to go," she whispers, "I think there's about to be drugs." We' ... More >>

Big Brain Awards 2013: Nominate Emerging Culinary Creatives for Cash Prizes

Nothing beats creativity -- especially if it makes a difference in our community. Since 2010, we've been on the hunt for emerging creatives in the Valley who are working on cool projects. Call them designers, performers, chefs, singers, dancers, painters, sculptors ... We're sticking to Big Brain ... More >>

Big Brain Awards 2013: Nominate Emerging Performing Creatives for Cash Prizes

Nothing beats creativity -- especially if it makes a difference in our community. Since 2010, we've been on the hunt for emerging creatives in the Valley who are working on cool projects. Call them designers, performers, chefs, singers, dancers, painters, sculptors ... We're sticking to Big Brain ... More >>

Candy Hearts: Stories of Food and Love

Laurie Notaro and Others Tell Stories of Food and Love at Crescent Ballroom Feb. 12

What does spaghetti have to do with love? Only Laurie Notaro knows, and she's not telling -- not til Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. when Chow Bella presents Candy Hearts, our second public reading at Crescent Ballroom in downtown Phoenix. See also: - Laurie Notaro's Eight Food(ie) Terms Past Their Ex ... More >>

Resolution Guide: Manifesto -- Local Creatives and Their Words of Wisdom

Manifesto: Words to Live By

Jay Bennett's Phoenix Music Manifesto

In early 2012, Jackalope Ranch began inviting creative types around town to write a manifesto -- a personal list of 10 hard-and-fast rules of life or pieces of advice. Each manifesto was paired with a local designer who illustrated one lesson/rule in poster form. We loved the Manifesto series so m ... More >>

Eating Christmas

Judy Nichols Gets to the Bottom of the Casserole Dish

Ah, the holidays. Christmas is all about love, sharing, sweetness and light -- and keeping the antacids handy. In keeping with the spirit of the season, Chow Bella presents "Eating Christmas," in which some of our favorite writers nosh on the real lessons we learn this time of year. Today, Judy Nich ... More >>

Kim Porter Tries Manischewitz for the First Time, and Narrowly Avoids a Latke Fire

Ah, the holidays. Christmas is all about love, sharing, sweetness and light -- and keeping the antacids handy. In keeping with the spirit of the season, Chow Bella presents "Eating Christmas," in which some of our favorite writers nosh on the real lessons we learn this time of year. Today, we begin ... More >>

Eating Christmas: Crescent Ballroom Hosts Tania Katan, Robrt Pela, Kim Porter and More Valley Writers at Chow Bella's First-Ever Holiday Literary Event

Hey, what are you doing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12? Wrong answer. You're heading downtown to Crescent Ballroom to hear some of the Valley's best writers nosh on the holidays, in the form of "Eating Christmas" -- our first-ever Christmas/Food mash-up. See also: -Tania Katan's Gasoline-S ... More >>

New Times Writers and Designers Up for Six National Journalism Awards

New Times has come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass -- and we're all out of bubblegum.New Times writers and designers have been nominated sixfold for this year's Association of Alternative Newsmedia's AltWeekly Awards.This comes a month after raking in 30 journalism awards, including first-place ... More >>

Laura Hahnefeld and Chow Bella Up for National Journalism Awards

Last month, we were excited to report that Chow Bella won best opinion blog from the Arizona Press Club. Now results are starting to come in from some national writing contests -- and there's cause for more celebration. Food critic Laura Hahnefeld is a finalist in the Association of Food Journalist ... More >>

Stage Moonlighting

Kim Porter's Ham Taco Christmas

Claire Lawton​Christmas comes a little early to Chow Bella this year -- in the form of some darn good holiday storytelling. We had so much fun with our Misfit Thanksgiving last month we decided to do it again for Christmas and Hanukkah, and we're glad we did. Today, local playwright, actor ... More >>

Bitch, Please

Kim Porter

Big Brain Awards 2011: Meet the Winners

Theatre Artist Studio's Mama and Jack Carew Lasts Longer Than Adolescence

Kim Porter and Ben Kaplan, What Are You Baking?

​Even if your oven sits cold all year, chances are you're considering firing it up, right about now. As a holiday twist on our "What Are You Eating" feature on Chow Bella and "What Are You Wearing?" on Jackalope Ranch, for the next few weeks we'll be bringing you "What Are You Baking?" Comple ... More >>

The Coolio World

Local playwright unveils sexually explicit musical romance

Arty Girl: Writing Workshops Galore

By lowjumpingfrog on flickr Creative Commons.Here's a photo of someone writing because this is a blog about writing.​Apparently, Arty Girl is all about education this week.Monday, I blogged about the encaustic workshop at Eye Lounge and today, I'm going to tell you about a couple of writing worksh ... More >>

Short, Not Sweet

Urinetown playwright’s world-première highlights Space 55 opener

The Sorrow and the Pithy

World-première shorts get a remount

Theater Scene

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