Much of Andy Warhol’s New York has been romanticized, glorified, captured in so many Studio 54 and Factory snapshots. But its ugliness is explored in John Schlesinger’s grim look at a pair of struggling hustlers in Midnight Cowboy. Phoenix Art Museum screens the acclaimed drama at 1 p.m. on Sunday,…
Sustainability this, green that. We get it. The Earth is cool and maybe let’s not destroy it. So does Australia-based architect Glenn Murcutt. The Pritzker Prize winner and American Institute of Architects gold medalist embraces nature in designing buildings, which are constructed to connect with, instead of separate from, the…
Dinner and a movie? So passé. Thank Zorp for ASU’s Center for Science and Imagination (seriously a thing), because its recurring Sci-Fi TV Dinner events breathe life — bionic, alien, or otherwise — into the stale date night staple.Stretching your brain on Thursday, April 2, will be season-three Star Trek:…
Good jeans? They’re on the way. Purveyor of tomboyish wearables and choice denim Madewell is coming to Kierland Commons outdoor shopping center in Scottsdale. It will be the J. Crew subsidiary’s second location in Arizona. The first is located inside Scottsdale Fashion Square…
It would seem that nerds no longer need to seek revenge, as they’ve established a long-running event all their own, a decidedly squaresville soiree. For Nerd Nite 25, the self-proclaimed geek squad will venture to Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Avenue, to drink and discuss the original Renaissance Man…
It’s funny what big ideas little objects can inspire. Take, for instance, the paintings of Lee Berger in “Indispensable dispensable – lessons to still be learned.” Works put into perspective how small the daily life of a person is — from the home they inhabit to the can dinner came…
When H.T. Chen and Dancers take to the stage at Tempe Center for the Arts on March 27 and 28 to perform South of Gold Mountain, they’ll bring with them a multitude of stories. Through a series of interviews, compiled oral histories, historic photographs and footage, and traditional southern music,…
Winners of the 2015 Arizona Governor’s Arts Awards were announced in a Tuesday, March 24, ceremony at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel. The awards honor both individuals and businesses who have made substantial and outstanding contributions to arts and culture in Arizona and are presented by the Office of Governor…
Suzanne and Bud Selig have donated $2.5 million to Phoenix Art Museum, the museum’s board announced in a March 19 statement. Suzanne, a member of the museum’s board of trustees, and Bud, former Major League Baseball commissioner, reside in Scottsdale. Their donation will be used to fund a chief curator…
Consider yourself on notice, Phoenix. Here are 10 things to do in the next three years…
It’s time for some well-deserved applause, Phoenix. Today we’re announcing the 2015 Big Brain Award finalists. Each spring, these awards put the spotlight on emerging creatives and give them cash to keep up the good work. After sifting through a long list of Big Brain nominees, we’ve narrowed the field…
When Jackalope Ranch issued a 10-question survey asking Phoenicians (and anyone with an opinion of Phoenix) to sound of on the state of the arts in the Valley of the Sun, dozens provided insights on what’s happening in the city’s creative realm. We’ll present a selection of survey responses here…
It’s time for some well-deserved applause, Phoenix. Today we’re announcing the 2015 Big Brain Award finalists. Each spring, these awards put the spotlight on emerging creatives and give them cash to keep up the good work. After sifting through a long list of Big Brain nominees, we’ve narrowed the field…
It’s time for some well-deserved applause, Phoenix. Today we’re announcing the 2015 Big Brain Award finalists. Each spring, these awards put the spotlight on emerging creatives and give them cash to keep up the good work. After sifting through a long list of Big Brain nominees, we’ve narrowed the field…
Carrie Marill pauses. Over a hot cup of Earl Grey at Songbird Coffee & Tea House in downtown Phoenix, she’s considering what it’s like to be a working artist in a city where art isn’t a top priority, where artists get burnt out, where being talented isn’t enough. “It can…
When Jackalope Ranch issued a 10-question survey asking Phoenicians (and anyone with an opinion of Phoenix) to sound of on the state of the arts in the Valley of the Sun, dozens provided insights on what’s happening in the city’s creative realm. We’ll present a selection of survey responses here…
When Jackalope Ranch issued a 10-question survey asking Phoenicians (and anyone with an opinion of Phoenix) to sound of on the state of the arts in the Valley of the Sun, dozens provided insights on what’s happening in the city’s creative realm. We’ll present a selection of survey responses here…
When Jackalope Ranch issued a 10-question survey asking Phoenicians (and anyone with an opinion of Phoenix) to sound of on the state of the arts in the Valley of the Sun, dozens provided insights on what’s happening in the city’s creative realm. We’ll present a selection of survey responses here…
When Jackalope Ranch issued a 10-question survey asking Phoenicians (and anyone with an opinion of Phoenix) to sound of on the state of the arts in the Valley of the Sun, dozens provided insights on what’s happening in the city’s creative realm. We’ll present a selection of survey responses here…
When Jackalope Ranch issued a survey asking Phoenicians (and anyone with an opinion of Phoenix) to sound of on the state of the arts in the Valley of the Sun, dozens provided insights on what’s happening in the city’s creative realm. We’ll present a selection of survey responses here over…
Seems like innovation, and particularly the Internet, give way to more and more culture — and more opportunities for the public to embrace it. But Prescott artist Julie Comnick’s “Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra” considers a different outcome. The artist’s video and painting project looks at cultural decay through the…
Unless you are of exceptional means and/or very particular taste, chances are the label inside your shirt doesn’t read “Made in the USA.” But more and more, American designers are contemplating a return to and celebrating stateside manufacturing. And thanks to advancing technology, increased creative control, and better oversight, it…
