Garden of Eaten

Brelby Theatre Company’s known for putting on (and often premièring) plays that are offbeat – if not unknown – such as She Kills Monsters, a comedy centered on Dungeons and Dragons, and David Mamet’s Revenge of the Space Pandas. That’s why it came as a bit of a surprise to…

Line Backers

This summer Scottsdale of Museum of Contemporary Art has presented a collection of works that inspire viewers to consider an oft-overlooked artistic building block. The line is a versatile yet inescapable element that, frankly, doesn’t get its due. Until recently, that is.With pieces from SMoCA’s permanent collection, “Linear Thinking” explores…

Sarah “Saza” Dimmick of EPIK Dance Company: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 25. Sarah “Saza” Dimmick…

Phoenix Comedian Anwar Newton: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 26. Anwar Newton. Yeah,…

Bassim Al-Shaker’s Phoenix Studio Robbed; 10 Paintings Stolen

Bassim Al-Shaker’s Phoenix art studio was robbed on the morning of Monday, August 18. Ten paintings were stolen from Al-Shaker’s space at Fourth and McKinley streets in the former location of Nancy Hill’s Hazel & Violet. He’s been painting there since July. The studio is a quick walk from his…

Tempe Artist Mikey Estes: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 27. Mikey Estes. Consuming…

Mary Stephens Leaves Phoenix Hostel and Cultural Center

Mary Stephens announced via Facebook on Sunday, August 17, that she had left Phoenix Hostel and Cultural Center as of August 15 to focus on other projects. The Phoenix native, who won a Big Brain Award earlier this year, had owned the 25-bed hostel since 2010, when she bought it…

Tempe Artist Tyson Krank: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 28. Tyson Krank. Tyson…

Phoenix Designer Brian Cresson: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 29. Brian Cresson. Fashion’s…

Drama Queen

If life reflects art, then those who watch soap operas must lead the most dramatically tangled webs of lives. While we’ll readily admit to getting sucked into a soap or two on sick days, we have to say that our lives have never exactly reflected the, ahem, art we were…

Nicole Michieli of Gilbert’s Floating Specks: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 30. Nicole Michieli. Arizona…

Lauren Bacall Dead at 89

Actress Lauren Bacall has died. She had a massive stroke on Tuesday, August 12, in New York City, according to TMZ. She was 89. The Golden Age of Hollywood film star was known for her husky voice and “The Look,” Bacall’s way of posing for stills in which she’d put…

Tempe Artist Ben Willis: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 31. Ben Willis. “I…

Carley Conder of Tempe’s CONDER/dance: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 32. Carley Conder. Carley…

Nathan Blackwell of Phoenix’s Squishy Studios: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 33. Nathan Blackwell. There…

Phoenix Artist Yai Cecream: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 34. Yai Cecream. Yai…

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Did you know that the first North American ubran civilization pre-dated the Aztecs?Yeah, neither did we. Which is why all of us should head to Deer Valley Rock Art Center to bone up on our ancient history – particularly that of Teotihuacán, a city in central Mexico that’s home to…

Phoenix Artist Jesse Perry: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 35. Jesse Perry. Jesse…

Pith+Marrow Announces Fall Floral Workshop Series

Show up, grab wine, learn a skill. That’s the premise of Katherine Thornhill, Teresa Wilson, and Misha West’s upscale educational events series Pith+Marrow, which launched earlier this year. After a quick summer break, the trio is back with a fall series of classes that’ll appeal to anyone with crafty aspirations…

Mesa Comics Artist Josh Kirby: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 36. Josh Kirby. “Illustration…

Phoenix Artist Monica Robles: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 37. Monica Robles. Creating…