While some people are starting to speculate about which hit will sweep the Golden Globes, how many Grammy nominations Taylor Swift will squeeze out of her latest album, or if Interstellar just clinched an Oscar win for Matthew McConaughey, Phoenicians have a different award ceremony on their minds: the third…
All right, all you Tributes and Panemaniacs, we know you’re freaking out right now. You have a right to be. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I is coming to theaters Friday, November 21, and it is a big deal. But in all this excitement, don’t forget to make plans…
All right, all you Tributes and Panemaniacs, we know you’re freaking out right now. You have a right to be. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I is coming to theaters Friday, November 21, and it is a big deal. But in all this excitement, don’t forget to make plans…
Writing a book is relatively easy, right? You come up with a beginning, a middle, and an end. You add in some characters, maybe a plot twist or two to keep your readers on the edge of their seats. Slap a catchy title on the front, and you’re done. Okay,…
Don’t know if you know this, but autumn is about more than just adding pumpkin spice to anything you can touch, smell, taste, or look at. Thankfully, people haven’t discovered how to listen to that overused flavor yet. If you’re surprised by this, sorry. If you’re not, then chances are…
It was about a year ago that Carrie Bloomston, fabric designer and owner of SUCH Designs in Phoenix, was sitting in the tree fort she and her family had built in their backyard and writing while batting away the last lingering mosquitoes of summer. Bloomston was finishing what would become…
Sure, it’s the beginning of November, but is it ever too early to start your holiday shopping? We didn’t think so. Lucky for you, the Heard Museum, 2301 North Central Avenue, is offering the perfect chance to check your family, friends, and even that co-worker who you drew in the…
Finally, Phoenix is starting to cool down and catch up to the rest of the country’s seasonal changes. But this weekend, the Valley of the Sun is about to heat up once again thanks to the 2014 CALA Alliance International Festival. The Celebración Artística de las Américas Alliance will take…
There are certain things in the world that connect people in often unspoken ways. With her honest greeting cards, Emily McDowell has discovered that wanting to simply lie in bed and look at your phone next to that special someone is one of those things. These kind of insights about…
No place does Día de los Muertos quite like the Desert Botanical Garden. Its 12th annual festivities begin Thursday, October 30, with the Cuisine & Culture of Día de los Muertos event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. During this dinner and show of sorts, multimedia artist Zarco Guerrero will discuss…
Books sometimes feel like the forgotten middle child. Squished between the renown of the authors and eye-catching covers, books in-and-of themselves are too often overlooked as pieces of art. But A Buncha Book Authors is once again shining a light on this underrated art form with their 14th annual members…
“Seriously, it’s all about making friends.” That’s one of the last lines in Phoenix photographer Hannah Minkner’s “about” section on her website Weekends Are for Lovers, or WAFL. But after spending even half an hour with Minkner, whose background is in design work, it is clear that this is not…
It hit him on a Friday night and was delivered by Jimmy Fallon. Josh Higgins watched as the Late Night host began writing his famous thank you notes on air. “Thank you, Barack Obama…” Fallon said as the image with the word “Forward,” white against a blue background with that…
You know how there are those pieces of art where, in order to wrap your mind around them, you have to close one eye and tilt your head to the side a bit? Well, the pieces in Bill Dambrova’s “The Body Remembers What We Forgot” at MonOrchid are kind of…
For those of us who visualize words when we hear them, have argued at least once about whether Helvetica is a timeless classic or so past its prime, and get nightmares about the abuse of kerning, Christmas does not come in December. It comes in late October and goes by…
After you’ve been charged by a rhino while riding an elephant and come face to face with some of the world’s largest cats in the wild, speaking in front of a packed auditorium must seem run-of-the-mill. At least, that’s how we imagine National Geographic photographer Steve Winter will feel when…
With the NSA peeking around every corner, Google analyzing every single thing ever searched, and Facebook showing you infant clothing ads just because you searched for baby panda photos that one time, it seems like nothing is really private nowadays. Thirteen national and international interdisciplinary artists explore these issues of…
People collect all sorts of things — stamps, coins, baseball cards, asphalt. Yeah, there’s an actual asphalt museum in Sacramento, California, dedicated to the stuff. Although you may have thousands of photos either on your phone or garnering likes on your Instagram account, we’re not sure you can call that…
Usually, it’s the spring that’s associated with new beginnings and turning over a new leaf. But why would you wait when all over the Valley fall workshops are offering fresh starts? Of course, there are autumn-themed ones, like Pith + Marrow’s fall floral workshop, but there are also more out-of-the-ordinary…
After the ARTELPHX Spring 2014 show this past May, we wondered how the fall show would measure up. But measure up it did. With more clearly scheduled performances and innovative, thought-provoking, and downright cool installations from over 20 artists spread throughout the exterior corridors of the Clarendon Hotel, ARTELPHX Fall…
As stores slowly switch out their stocks of beach towels and pool floaties for pumpkins, plastic ghouls, and even some fake snow-covered wreaths (for shame), something is happening in Phoenix that we care so much more about: Galleries and museums are presenting new exhibitions for fall. It would be impossible…
Chances are, you’re familiar with Laurie Notaro. If not, just type her name into that little search bar above, and you’ll find a smattering of pieces written by and about this hilarious bestselling author with a mouth like a 10-year-old sailor. Notaro joins some of Phoenix’s most entertaining storytellers on…
