Bemoaning the state of the Disney princess is about as convincing as pretending you didn’t love Tangled — i.e., you are full of it, pal. We can’t blame you, though. Dorks that we are, we happily watched the Rapunzel retake, as well as The Princess and the Frog. While we…
If you’re still not ready to trade in the holiday ho-ho-hos for a 9-to-five time card, there’s the tiniest beam of light left at the near-end of the holly-jolly tunnel. Head to downtown Glendale for the city’s Glitter & Glow Block Party Saturday, January 12, starting at 4 p.m. The…
The 1920s made a whole lot of noise. On the precipice of the Great Depression, the decade made its mark on American history with glamorous living and social evolution. World War I had ended. The stock market boomed. Prohibition banned booze. Formality lost. Optimism won. Women got the vote. And…
January is a dumping ground. Here lie your already failed resolutions, holiday cookie weight, and all the movies that weren’t up to December’s Oscar-bait snuff. But don’t fret. Thanks to a few theaters, museums, and Phoenix-based movie buffs, this month won’t be all lost when it comes to moviegoing. Mark…
What: This week’s find is partially inspired by Sunday’s premiere of Downton Abbey, which found our royal Crawleys celebrating a wedding and fearing the aftermath of a ruinous railroad investment. Like that episode, these earrings with their aqua stones reflect on elegance and downfall, as some of the art deco-style…
Looking for ways to fill up your weekend? Here are your five best bets for getting out and about in the Valley of the Sun. “Youth” @ Willo North Bob Adams is back. The Phoenix artist who gave us the Hall of Mirrors at Phoenix Theatre, paintings in semen and…
Happy 2013, brainiacs. If you resolved to be a better, smarter you this year, you’re in luck. Phoenix is rife with opportunities to up your I.Q., and this January is no different. Here are five lectures to start the year off smarty pants-style. “Heels, Hemlines, and High Spirits: Shoe Fashion”…
No matter how giddy we get clicking through fashion week slideshows from whatever season of whatever year by whatever designer, the cringe-worthiest of get-ups are always the ones that immovably lock stitch themselves into our minds. Styles from the Spring 2013 shows proved no different, although we are stoked on…
Famously shoe-obsessed and unlucky in love, Sex and The City character Carrie Bradshaw mused that she would end up a most literal old woman who lived in her shoes, based on the whooping 40K she had spent on frilly footwear. While women of the 1920s likely didn’t have that kind…
Many have sought the bounty of gold rumored to be hidden in a mine at Lost Dutchman State Park, but the treasure never has turned up. Folks who attend the 41st Flagg Gem and Mineral Show might be tempted to mount their own search. On display at the expo will…
Hollywood and scandal go together like Lindsay Lohan and legal woes. One half without the other feels incomplete, and it garners much less attention. While the modern spectacle of sad starlets and crushed careers is entertaining, it’s no new phenomenon. For proof, there’s Billy Wilder’s L.A.-set noir tale Sunset Boulevard…
What: Reality, is that you? Prying us away from our cookie-induced holiday stupor? Surely, our fellow sluggards are about as ready for sugar plum-free days as we are. Which is to say: begrudgingly. Very Scrooge-y of us, we know. But this hooded duster (real talk: it’s a glorified/glorious robe) will…
Looking for ways to fill up your weekend? Here are your five best bets for getting out and about in the Valley of the Sun. PHX FMLY Fest @ Fifth Street In all likelihood, you have now spent on your family every last bit of love and understanding on you…
Sixth Street’s fashion offerings are about to get a little bit smaller. Nostra Style House is in the midst of moving to a new location at Artisan Village on Roosevelt Street, next to Tammie Coe Cakes and The Lab, leaving behind clothing shops GROWop and Butter Toast Boutique. Angelica Gonzalez…
When you’re still toting around a laptop you bought your freshman year of college, seeing a toddler play on a tablet like it’s no big whoop is nothing short of infuriating. At risk of yelling about hooligans on our lawn, et cetera, we’ll simply say that when we requested toys…
The tree’s dying, and the menorah stands ignored on the mantel. The holidays are all but over, and it’s likely those reserves of jolly you’ve stored up are tapped by now. Instead of mustering up the courage to brave New Year’s Eve, hit up to the decidedly mellow Holidays at…
Because I hunt for gems every week, I shop what feels like all the damn time. In 2012, I longingly gazed at handmade leather goods at Prada’s grand opening, nestled into plush couches at Restoration Hardware’s The Gallery, toured the back room at Jewelry by Gauthier, splurged like a good…
Looking for ways to fill up your weekend? Here are your five best bets for getting out and about in the Valley of the Sun. Doomsday Danse Party @ Apollo’s Lounge If you’re reading this, then the world has not ended — yet. That’s plenty cause for celebration (unless you…
We have the dubious distinction of having met and been uncomfortably hit on by Jeff Dowd, who you might know better as “The Dude” or the dude who “The Dude” is based on, anyway. In spite of the awkward advances (guy does not look like Jeff Bridges, okay?), we can…
If Jackson Pollock hadn’t fathered abstract expressionism, what would today’s art world look like? That’s a question Perrin McEwen has spent some time contemplating ®C not that he wants a definitive answer. “I don’t think our world would be possible,” McEwen says. “He forced us to look at art in…
Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: They say that clothes make the man, but too often we see gents who don’t apply that credo to their footwear. Thankfully, The Clotherie offers up trend-conscious shoe…
There is no cool way to spin the fact that I am obsessed with a teen soap opera. It’s one that airs on the CW, no less. The network is home to Rachel Bilson-starring Hart of Dixie, which finds yankee doctor Zoe Hart relocating to a small, southern town, and…
