Downtown Phoenix’s First Fridays could look a little different after a public discussion tonight at MonOrchid. The Phoenix Police Department and Roosevelt Row came to an agreement in June to postpone road closures, citing the summer’s heat and lack of sufficient patrolling resources. The heat faded, but Phoestival — the…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? Kade Dworkin’s bridging the 140-character gap between himself and his followers, who know him better as @kadedworkin. The Scottsdale-based entrepreneur was looking for connections…
Click on the icons above to reveal more infomation about Loughner’s home, schools and key locations in the case. And click here to view the city and places in a larger map. Twenty-two-year-old Jared Loughner grew up in Tucson. He went (and dropped out of) high school there, and attended…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? Stefan G. Bucher starts every day with an ink splotch. Add a few gusts of air and strokes of a pen and he ends…
The above is proof that you can still look good while biking during the day. Given: This Bicycle Fashion Show was in Santa Barbara, where no one would have to bike to work at 114 degrees. But now that it’s winter and layers are semi-necessary, we should all have plenty…
Leave it to the French to somehow make the new Facebook layout look artsy. If you’re a little queasy about the new row of photos at the top of your profile or the overall stalker-ish feeling of the whole thing, check out how to toss things up on techcrunch, courtesy…
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…
If you haven’t been to Workbench at CityScape, you’re missing something pretty exciting (yep, we said exciting and CityScape in the same sentence) and quite possibly very temporary. The pop-up home design shop’s lease is only 3 months (January being the third month), with a possibility of extension. The collaborative…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? Alexandre Farto goes by Vhils. The London-based Portuguese artist is known for his large-scale wall art, but especially for his style, which includes chiseling…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? We first ran into Eric Torres, a local designer and illustrator at TEDxPhoenix, an idea and speaking series in October. He’s since been working…
San Francisco may get a little more rain than Phoenix, but that’s no excuse. Give us a seed bomb machine and we’ll drop a few, especially on a rainy day along 16th Street…
Greg Esser loves a good project. We actually can’t remember the last time he wasn’t renovating a historic building, organizing an art show, or spaying a handful of feral cats — all between his seemingly countless arts jobs in two states. Esser’s the Director of the Civic Art Program for…
Last week, a group turned a few wires and some extra clothes into a dummy on Roosevelt and Fifth streets. Looks like the El Mac/Retna mural has a semi-permanent fan. (Via Roosevelt Row)…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? Turns out there are more than a few impromptu trick spots for BMX bikes in downtown Phoenix. It doesn’t take more than a minute…
Randy Zucker’s project is a pretty perfect fit for our first of 365 Ideas for 2011 — for one, we share the same timeline. Zucker’s a local artist who’s collecting pennies for one year. She writes, If I had a penny for every time someone said, “I like your work,”…
Happy New Year! Have a ball, er, sprinkle. See you in 2011…
Save your napkins, envelopes and scrap pieces of paper, because DOODLES is looking into what you’re drawing while you’re supposed to be doing something else. Artist: Claire Warden Warden’s doodle is the last in our series, which means we’ll be kicking off our largest (and perhaps craziest) project yet. Check…
As we bid farewell to the year and look ahead to 2011, Jackalope Ranch contributors will bring you some greatest hits from 2010. Today we’re taking a look back at a few local art happenings that caused a stir in the scene … 1. Chaos Theory 11 at Legend City…
In today’s edition of “You know you live in Phoenix when …” Here’s a tiny white piece of crap proof: It’s snowing. A few of our Twitter friends have been tweeting their own snow photos (above and after the jump). For an up-to-date, pretty funny conversation about the snow, follow…
It’s about time Phoenix sees some serious mural love. In the interest of giving credit to their artists and because we’re losing track of the times we’ve said, “Woah, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their…
This week’s New Times print issue, The Year in Music & Film is a look back at Up on the Sun’s Nothing Not New project and the best in local music, as well as a survey of the best films to hit the silver screen in 2010. But what you…
