Quick PHX, our annual pocket guide to art, shopping, and partying in Phoenix, is on stands now — just in time for Viva PHX on Friday, March 7, and Art Detour 26 on Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9. Illustrated by Sarah Hurwitz, the hand-held guide will keep you…
Secrets don’t make friends, but the little (and big) things we keep to ourselves can inspire compelling art. As time goes on, those hidden stories accumulate, sometimes in diaries and sometimes compiled and translated for the stage. The latter is the case when it comes to Center Dance Ensemble’s new…
Where to begin? That is the ultimate question when it comes to the annual free festival and self-guided tour that is Art Detour.Now in its 26th year, the celebration of Phoenix’s growing arts scene covers more than 100 stops, including galleries, pop-up shows, art spaces, cultural venues, and studios.Lucky for…
Arizona native, artist, and new mom Sarah Hurwitz brought her singularly imaginative style to this year’s Quick PHX — and answered a few questions, too. What made you want to be an artist? I never have a great answer to this question! I decided to major in art without ever…
Other Quick PHX chapters: PARTY | ART | EAT MELROSE DISTRICT VINTAGE For vintage hunters, no nook in the Valley compares to the Melrose Curve. Marked by an iron arch erected late last year, the stretch of road’s a go-to destination for home décor of yesteryear. Upscale Modern Manor is…
Other Quick PHX chapters: PARTY | SHOP | EAT ROOSEVELT ROW GALLERIES Though Roosevelt’s longest-running galleries can’t be described as old (the early 2000s don’t qualify as vintage just yet), they most definitely are reliable when it comes to showing must-see exhibitions. MonOrchid often offers large-scale group shows to fill…
Leading up to this year’s Big Brain Awards, we’re checking in with past winners. Up today: Justin Katz. Justin Katz has kept plenty busy since winning the Big Brain Award for design last year. The Emmy Award-winning motion design director, producer, and editor at Flock of Pixels has taken on…
Meat Market Vintage owner Ben Funke announced via Facebook on Saturday, March 1, that his shop, known for its cheeky throwback T-shirts and offbeat casual style, will shutter its Mill Avenue storefront where it’s operated for the past two years. While Meat Market will say farewell to its first-ever brick-and-mortar…
If you’re one of those procrastinator types who works best when time is of the essence, we’ve got some good news. Today is your deadline to nominate up-and-coming Phoenix creatives for the 2014 Big Brain Awards…
Consider your parade officially rained on. Citing The Weather Channel’s forecast of a 100 percent chance of rain in Phoenix on Saturday, March 1, organizers have canceled the fourth annual Downtown Phoenix Mardi Gras Parade and Festival. But the news isn’t all bad, Mardi party animals…
Pain and passion; you can’t have one without the other. That sentiment, beautifully and strikingly expressed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, is at the root of Brazilian dance company Mimulus’ work, Dolores.Drawing direct inspiration from Almodóvar’s oeuvre, which includes Volver, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and Tie…
Art Detour turns 26 this year. And to pre-celebrate the citywide art walk, which takes place Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9, some of Phoenix’s biggest players are hosting a decidedly grown-up gathering.Hosted by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Downtown Phoenix, Inc., and Artlink, the Art d’Core Gala will feature…
And you thought we at Jackalope Ranch were a bunch of negative Nancys with our tirade against spring’s worst fashion trends (which, for the record, are still repulsive). But, dear fashionables, you were wrong. Without further ado, we present our five favorite trends that will hit the racks this coming…
Bigger is just plain better — when it comes to creative ideas, that is. That’s why every year since 2010, we’ve searched high and low for emerging creatives doing exceptional things in metro Phoenix. They’re on the cusp of something major, these painters, chefs, designers, dancers, innovators, and visionaries. That’s…
Bigger is just-plain better — when it comes to creative ideas, that is. That’s why every year since 2010 we’ve searched high and low for emerging creatives doing exceptional things in metro Phoenix. They’re on the cusp of something major, these painters, chefs, designers, dancers, innovators, and visionaries. That’s what…
The bingo’s back in town – specifically, the Jackalope Ranch variety. The New Times arts and culture blog presents another one-off evening of B-I-N-G-O in the ballroom of Crescent, 308 North Second Avenue.On the mic this go-round are a few of National Comedy Theatre Mesa’s finest and funniest: Dorian Lenz,…
If, in a guessing game, you were to wager that Phoenix’s longest running film festival was the, ahem, Phoenix Film Festival, you’d be dead wrong. The Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival would be the correct answer – and it’s got the ID to prove it.In its 18th year, the festival…
You gotta have faith. Or, at least, that rings true for Phoenix Comicon 2014 organizers when it comes to this year’s guests. The annual massive nerdfest has added Eliza Dushku to its roster. Dushku played bad girl slayer Faith Lehane on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The chocolate to Buffy’s vanilla,…
Heavy subject matter meets a 600-pound man in Obie-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale.In Stray Cat Theatre’s production and with the help of a fat suit, Damon Dering of Nearly Naked Theatre brings the hefty lead, Charlie, to life – though he’s not living much of one. He has…
Ballet Arizona’s production of La Bayadère will be a feast for the eyes. With costumes and sets designed by Sergiy Spevyakin, borrowed from Boston Ballet’s 2010 production, the show will offer the vibrancy of India’s most fantastical palette with rich silks and crystal embellishments.Those beautiful trappings come with a story…
Mark your calendars, film buffs. The Phoenix Film Festival returns to Harkins Scottsdale 101 from Thursday, April 3, through Thursday, April 10, and, if its opening night is any indication, we’d bet that this year’s lineup will be a good one…
Big things are afoot for Raychel Diane Weiner. The Ballet Arizona company dancer was recently cast in Flesh and Bone, an upcoming Starz dance drama created, written, and produced by Moira Walley-Beckett, who produced and wrote for Breaking Bad. Not much has been revealed about the show — except that…
