Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: 1. “for remorse” by Eric CoxYou have…
Arizona’s official state neckwear is making a loud comeback. The bolo tie, a signature Western accessory, gained popularity in the 1940s as a personalized neck piece for men and was worn by Western icons including Cisco Kid, Hopalong Cassidy, and Roy Rogers. Bolo ties were also known for exhibiting a…
Start your engines — Scottsdale’s Colores Gallery opens its doors this month to a new exhibition that’s bound to make any vintage and classic car fiend drool. “Vintage Cars and Country Classics” celebrates classic Cadillacs and Buicks, model trucks, and vintage beatuies by Connie Townsend, Bill Colt, Stephen Morath, and…
Three years after local poets Ricquia Ross, Anthony Haskins, Lisa Glenn, and Harold Branch III joined forces to create a performance group and recurring open mic event called HomeBase, they’re welcoming the public to a special anniversary show on Sunday, January 15, over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. The night,…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: The brains behind Ice House, specifically the…
Kenny Barrett’s no stranger to dirt and a few plants. The local creative and one of the founders of the Roosevelt Growhouse and the GROWop in downtown Phoenix spends most of his time tending to the boutique/urban garden’s produce and managing Valley of the Sunflowers, the two-acre lot-revitalization project across the…
On Sunday, The Arizona No Pants Light Rail Ride confused public transportation users for the fourth year in a row. (Hey, we warned you.) After a quick pants-less stroll down Mill Avenue, the group met for food and drinks at Robbie Fox’s Public House on Mill Avenue and Sixth Street. We…
Hairspray, meet the supersoldier ant.This week, scientists at McGill University in Canada announced that they’ve successfully re-created an ant genus that evolved (and became more likely to be killed by household products and squashed by a small shoe) 35 to 60 million years ago. …
1. Safwat Saleem’s Oh ExpletiveOh Expletive by Safwat Saleem Local designer Safwat Saleem released the Kickstarter video and page for his latest project, Oh Expletive: a “project of epic epicness.” The series of illustrations includes zombies, unicorns, flamethrowers, and knife fights — all things Saleem describes as “the most awesome things…
“Being drunk is not an excuse,” one says. “Believe it or not, we have changed. We never thought something like this would go so far.” Their apology — close to 11 minutes — details their apologies to anyone affected and to students who were “falsely accused” at Arcadia High School. Following…
Perhaps the brain trust behind AXE didn’t get the memo from every girl and woman — detailing the pounding headaches, temporary losses in vision, and great punchlines that come with every bottle of their men’s body spray — it decided, instead, to give the opposite sex a taste of the party…
Victor Moreno says he remembers checking out Andrea Beesley Brown’s Grindhouse Redux double features and events at the Paper Heart and Chandler Cinemas back when he first moved to Phoenix. The local movie fanatic and artist started programming with Beasley Brown (aka The Midnite Movie Mamacita) when she opened The Royale…
Now they just need a few painters. …
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: The very First Friday of the year…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town. From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and…
a high school principal has released a statement, and the Phoenix Police have confirmed that there will be no criminal investigation. The video, now dubbed “az racist girls,” features two young women who trail on (and on and on) about immigration, SB1070, and their views on the local Mexican community. It was…
In response to the video reposted to YouTube last night that included two girls spewing their long, racist diatribe about immigration and SB1070, Dr. Anne-Marie Woolsey, principal of Scottsdale Unified School District’s Arcadia High School released the following statement to students and parents this morning:Hello Titan Community:As you probably know, Arcadia High…
The Phoenix Suns announced yesterday that they would welcome a group of “high energy” youngsters to their entertainment crew, and today they announced their double whammy — seniors. Dance Fusion, a group of 15 women ages 42 to 73 (who are self-described seniors), will also perform for Suns fans on Friday…
es-butno. The collection, which she writes was “created break assumptions and stereotypes that everyone makes about various cultures, genders, sexualities, etc.,” takes submissions from readers around the country in a “yes — but no” format. She simply puts the words into a template and distributes. …
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: ASU Art Museum’s Social Studies series continues…
In the latest, grossest example of (lacking human dignity and) not anticipating social media backlash after releasing a long-winded, hateful tirade to millions of viewers on the internet, comes a group of Arizona girls who decided to get together to talk about “Mexican immigration” and the “new Arizona law that…
