Tempe Performing Artist Julie Rada: 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: 52. Julie Rada. “We…

Tempe Artist Bobby Zokaites: 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: 54. Bobby Zokaites. Bobby…

Dirty Pop

There are plenty of reasons to hate on Jay-Z’s guest rap in Beyonce’s “Drunk in Love,” apart from its glaring mediocrity. Dude compares himself to both Ike Turner and Mike Tyson, in addition to spitting about eating Queen Bey’s “breasteses” for breakfast. Ew. For pop art fans though, Hova’s line…

Flashback Dance

The 1980s were a magical time. You could buy leg warmers without visiting an American Apparel. New episodes of The Cosby Show were being made. And Simon LeBon’s babe status was unquestionable. Scorpius Dance Theatre revisits the era with its summer production of Catwalk… I Love Duran Duran.Fashion, pop music,…

Phoenix Animator Lisa Poje: 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: 55. Lisa Poje. For…

Phoenix Designer Ruben Gonzales: 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: 56. Ruben Gonzales. “I’m…

Phoenix Artist Nathaniel Lewis: 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: 57. Nathaniel Lewis. Hot…

Phoenix Fashion Designer Vara Ayanna: 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: 58. Vara Ayanna. Vara…

Arizona Artist Kerstin Dale: 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: 59. Kerstin Dale. You…

Two for the Road

Antonio Berni saw the world a little differently. Inspired by impressionists in subject matter, realism in tone, and surrealism in execution, the Argentinian artist looked to working class struggles for inspiration. This fusion of styles made him a vanguard in the movement of nuevo realismo (or new realism). Perhaps most…

It’s a Sign

Laura Spalding Best’s latest works are all about connections.Through a painted series of scenes depicting street lights, telephone poles, wiring and signage along Roosevelt Row, Best explores communication through city dwellers’ shared language of reds, greens, one-ways, and don’t-walks. Painted on the back sides of aluminum traffic signs, these works…

Intermix Coming Soon to Scottsdale Quarter

Hold on to your Vogue-approved Birkenstocks, Scottsdale. Intermix is coming. The Gap, Inc.-owned retailer is known for its laidback luxe stock of designers including Chloe, Proenza Scouler, and Stella McCartney. Intermix’s first Arizona location will open Monday, July 14, at Scottsdale Quarter…

Phoenix Artist Emily Costello: 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: 60. Emily Costello. Four…

Scottsdale Designer Kevin Goldman: 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: 61. Kevin Goldman. There…

Phoenix Artist La Muñeca: 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: 62. La Muñeca. Mystery…

Tempe Designer Jeremy Hamman: 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: 63. Jeremy Hamman. Jeremy…

Phoenix Artist Mo Neuharth: 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: 64. Mo Neuharth. Mo…

Vision Quest

What will Phoenix look like 20 years from now? It’s a good question – one that’ll be up for discussion during Imagining PHX.Organized by the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (a recently founded group that’s non-governmental but nationwide) and Practical Art’s Kara Roschi, the event invites community members to…

Mollen It Over

Wait, where do we know you from? We have a feeling actress Jenny Mollen is asked that a lot. And it’s certainly not for her lack of being places. You might’ve spotted her on the latest season of Girls (as an actress in a Broadway play), and she played Nina…