Reading Rainbow

Something about summertime and reading just gels. Maybe it’s the longer days or the beckoning hammocks. Either way, books and warm weather make a great pair.As if you needed another excuse to head to the library (you know they have free books there, right? Also air conditioning), artists Roy Wasson…

Poor Marie

Considering the end she met, it might be in poor taste to make a doubleheader joke about Phoenix Art Museum’s screening of two vaguely biographical Marie Antoinette movies. So we won’t. Instead, let’s just say that no cinematic adaptation of the French queen has been particularly brainy.But, as any film…

Spend a Weekend at Chateau Marmont

The Chateau Marmont is a beautiful anomaly. It’s an old Hollywood building in a town of youth worshipers, a quiet refuge and a party palace, and a luxurious spot that thrives on bohemian vibes. Make a slight right heading west on Sunset Boulevard and, suddenly, you’re somewhere else. The strip…

Spend a Weekend at Chateau Marmont in Hollywood

The Chateau Marmont is a beautiful anomaly. It’s an old Hollywood building in a town of youth worshipers, a quiet refuge and a party palace, and a luxurious spot that thrives on bohemian vibes. Make a slight right heading west on Sunset Boulevard and, suddenly, you’re somewhere else. The strip…

Phoenix Designer Julieta Felix: 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: 80. Julieta Felix. For…

Glendale Artist Larry Madrigal: 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: 81. Larry Madrigal. “Drawing…

Phoenix Artist Lisa Albinger: 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: 82. Lisa Albinger. Forget…

Cole Reed of GreenHaus in Phoenix: 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: 83. Cole Reed. Much…

Phoenix Choreographer Angel Castro: 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: 84. Angel Castro. Halo…

Catrina Kahler of Phoenix’s Coe House Gallery: 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: 85. Catrina Kahler. Catrina…

Phoenix Filmmaker Travis Mills: 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: 86. Travis Mills. Travis…

Phoenix Artist Courtney Price: 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: 87. Courtney Price. You…

Phoenix Artist Olivia Timmons: 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: 88. Olivia Timmons. “At…

Home Run

The stillness and serenity of summer’s nearly upon us. Before you start munching on ice cubes and renouncing sleeves, know that the seasonal slow-down hasn’t rendered your calendar empty. In fact, a new exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art embodies the type of summery static the coming months hold.Bill…

Vantage Pointe

Ballet Arizona’s founding a new tradition this year. Instead of having artistic director Ib Andersen present another work of his own, Andersen is putting the spotlight on emerging choreographers among the company’s dancers. Under Andersen’s direction, dancers Tzu Chia-Huang, Nayon Iovino, Myles Lavalee, and Astrit Zejnati will present new, original…

Phoenix Designer Chris Reed: 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: 90. Chris Reed. Chris…

Ballet Arizona Artistic Director Ib Andersen: 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: 92. Ib Andersen. Ib…