“The Dark Side of Dr. Seuss” at MADCAP Theaters

The Dr. Seuss name often translates to tall red-and-white striped hats, cats, grinches, wockets in pockets, and towers of turtles. But Who-ville and green eggs and ham aside, Ted “Dr. Seuss” Geisel produced a body of adult work that was accused of being propagandist and racist. And it’s that side…

Build a Float for the Parade Of The Arts

There are a lot of things that can be done at the last minute — cramming for tests, writing articles, buying birthday presents, and building a float for this weekend’s 5th Phoenix Annual Parade Of The Arts in downtown Phoenix. While float-building on a large, fancy scale can take a…

Slammed: Phoenix Poetry Events in October

Phoenix is a city with many unsung virtues, one of which happens to be its active poetry scene. With open mics scattered across the Valley happening almost every night, there are plenty of opportunities to hear and speak the written word. And over the next two weeks, a few additional…

Ignite Phoenix 8: Entertained and Enlightened on a Friday Night

photo by Ashley NaftuleJason Silberschlag, of Cartel Coffee Lab, presents “Building a desert compound impregnable by the Federal Government”. ​If the eighth installment of Ignite Phoenix that happened last Friday at the Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts wasn’t outright the most entertaining and diverse Ignite Phoenix event yet, it…