If you and your buddies aren’t making the outdoorsy pilgrimage to Tortilla Flat for this weekend’s Coachella-style camp-and-chill Apache Lake Music Festival, here are your best bets for a good time in town, whether you’re getting pumped for First Friday (don’t miss our monthly art walk map here), looking for…
Retrofitting sprawl. Latino urbanism. The evolving streetscape of greater Phoenix. These are all topics of interest at this Friday’s PURL Jam, an urban visual research exhibition hosted by the think tank (and branch of Arizona State University) Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory. The event, part of the ongoing Phoenix Design Week(s),…
As they stand outside an opera house waiting for tardy friends in Seinfeld’s “The Opera” episode, the titular Jerry serenades gal pal Elaine with The Bugs Bunny Show’s theme song “This Is It.” Both amused and humorously repulsed, she scoffs, “It is so sad. All your knowledge of high culture…
Paris Fashion Week ends on Wednesday, October 5, leaving the catwalk obsessed to pour over the event’s photos, reviews, and style implications until there’s a new season of cuts and colors to adore. But Arizonans can get a dose of designers on a more local level during Phoenix Fashion Week…
“You always know you’re at the right party when it feels like The Riddler is about to attack,” 30 Rock character Avery Jessup once said. We have good reason to believe that the 12th Annual Best of Phoenix A’Fare will be exactly that type of party: Full of fascinating, well-dressed…
Consider for a moment the bright lights of debaucherous Las Vegas, and the signs that bear them. To vacationers, the beaming bulbs signal good times ahead. But, among architects, the form of flashy commercial signage is a contentious subject. In the discussion “Signscape Architecture,” architects and co-founders of Seattle’s Lead…
Each week 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: These classically shaped black leather Kate Spade ballet flats mix sweet with flashy. Stones arranged as framed daisies give the skimmers personality without being obnoxious. A favorite of…
Buckle up, Lucille, Arrested Development is back from the dead. Creator of the short-lived but much loved series Mitch Hurwitz announced the good news at the New Yorker Festival last night: The cult comedy will return to the silver screen for a single season. The better news: after the season concludes, the highly dysfunctional…
If you can manage to put down your hefty Best of Phoenix issue this weekend, here are your best bets for a good time out on the town. Scottsdale International Film Festival @ Harkins SheaThe film fest kicks off tonight with a screening of Like Crazy and a Q&A with…
Betsey Johnson’s fall collection, “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not,” brought a fun dose of fashion to W Scottsdale. And before we brush on the awkward production or over-the-top fanfare, we will note: Yes. It’s Betsey Johnson. So, yes. It’s supposed to be quirky. Models strutted down the L-shaped catwalk, which…
All Gossip Girl fanatics (and their whipped boyfriends) know that any time one of the show’s scheming fashionistas holds a party — whether it’s a ball or a sleepover — it some serious drama is about to go down. Since the Moonlight Masquerade at Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 North Galvin…
If you’ve heard of the new Ryan Gosling vehicle Drive, then you’re tangentially familiar with local crime author James Sallis. Sallis penned the pulp novella, on which the movie is based. It’s a stark, sparsely worded story about a stunt man and getaway driver who’s double-crossed during a heist. “It’s…
Women’s wear designer Betsey Johnson has a fashion formula. “Take a leotard and add a skirt,” she once quipped of her punk-meets-feminine aesthetic. That might come as a surprise to Fashion FWD attendees who will catch a runway production of Johnson’s fall 2011 line “He Loves Me, He Loves Me…
The third annual Grand Avenue Festival takes over the Downtown street and its artsy outposts on Saturday, October 22, from 3 to 11 p.m.Attractions include art exhibitions, a recycled fashion show, a self-guided mural tour, and commercial building tours.To make it all go off without a hitch, festival organizers are…
Each week 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: A simple, casual Wrangler workshirt in lightweight chambray. It’s cut for gentlemen, but has serious potential as women’s top (and not for the next theme party).The pale blue…
Cashing in on the (ever younger) nostalgia market is proving to be seriously lucrative. There’s a Footloose reboot, a ’90s music revival (note: not sugary pop, but moody grunge), and dressing like Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes is all the rage. It’s easy to ignore or honestly be unaware of the majority…
If you’re gearing up for October’s Phoenix Design Week and still looking for fashionable (and animal-printed) inspiration, look no further than the W Hotel Scottsdale. Betsey Johnson’s Fall 2011 collection “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” will show on the W’s WET pool deck on Thursday, September 28, for some pre-Phoenix Fashion Week designer…
As the D-Backs fight their way through the weekend and keep ball fans on the edge of their seats, those who need a break from nail biting have plenty of other options for fun. Here are our top picks. BBQ Skate Jam @ Foothills Sk8 Court Plaza Celebrate the launch of…
When they’re not doing awesome relationship stuff like watching endless loops of 30 Rock episodes on Netflix and figuring out what a vegan and omnivore should make for dinner, New Times writers Becky Bartkowski and Jason Woodbury go to the movies.Last night they went to see Footloose. Yup, a remake of the…
Whether your experiences with poetry include wading through Walt Whitman or watching drama queen Judy Funnie, the beret-wearing beatnik sister on the cartoon Doug, chances are good that the literary art form seems more stuffy than fun. The Distinguished Visiting Writers Series at Arizona State University might change your perspective…
Luxurious materials, a unique build, and a healthy dose of fashion mag hype are key ingredients in the making of an “it bag.” From Proenza Schouler’s trendy PS1 to classics like the Hermès Birkin bag, there’s always a tote-worthy carryall to lust after. A variety of desirable handbags, including designs…
Each week 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: A BCBGeneration v-neck shift dress in a multicolor print, reminiscent of pointillism, with flecks of two essential fall colors: teal and eggplant. Both Versace and Gucci showed the…
