Looking for something to do this week? “Night Owl” is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Wednesday nights at Vintage in Tempe have a DJ, a dance floor, and drink specials. This week,…
Described in the bar as “Bikini Tuesdays” with a black and white painted sign describing “funky mutant dance music,” Tuesday nights at the Bikini Lounge in downtown Phoenix are a favorite among Valley dive-bar aficionados. It’s easy to find a seat and there’s more than enough room to go around…
Designers spend hours sketching designs, making patterns, and hunched at sewing machines preparing to show their looks to the world. This Thursday night, Valley designers will get their moment in the spotlight to reveal their hard work at Scottsdale Fashion Week’s community runway show. Plucked from the group of local designers…
Looking for something to do this week? “Night Owl” is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Wednesday nights mark Madwomen Wednesday at The Duce in Phoenix. Ladies’ nights are a dime a dozen, but mix…
Throw on a circle skirt and grab your pearls — the ladylike fashions of the 1950s will be on display at the inaugural Valley Vintage fashion show at the Hotel Valley Ho tonight. The event will feature styles from vintage fashion connoisseur Robert Black, vintage-inspired swimwear from Monique Fagre, and music by…
Looking for something to do this week? “Night Owl” is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Friday nights mark Sticky Fingers at Rips in Phoenix. While hipster dance parties seem to dominate…
“If you don’t have lye, you don’t have soap.” This is the soap gospel according to Kari Bower, creator of Emelmahae Soap Company, who makes all-natural, eco-friendly body products including soaps and lip balms.Bower says unlike many “detergents” and “beauty bars” on the market, hers is real, safe soap that…
Tempe artists Mary Ann Rodriguez-Veatch and Gina Santi were strangers when they were paired up to collaborate on an exhibit at the Tempe Public Library. The two women come from different mediums — Santi, a photographer, and Rodriguez-Veatch, a painter. After seeing their exhibit “Heart & Soul,” the pairing seems…
Looking for something to do this week? “Night Owl” is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Wednesday nights mark flamenco night with Flamenco Por La Vida at Gallo Blanco. Gallo Blanco and Flamenco Por…
Phoenix Fashion Week kicked off the first shows for its sixth year at the W hotel in Scottsdale Thursday night. The event, benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure Phoenix, raised funds and awareness to fight breast cancer. Check out some highlights (and low lights) from the shows and a…
Forrest Solis reads children’s books — more specifically antiquated children’s lesson books — a little differently. The Phoenix artist and ASU Assistant Professor of Art will be showcasing her painted reactions to these books in her latest exhibition, “Acting Out: Prescribed Lessons” at the Artlink A. E. England Gallery Oct…
Looking for something to do tonight? “Night Owl” — Is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Sunday nights mark “Sunday Service” at Sidebar. SideBar’s Sunday Service pays tribute those hard workers in…
Friday night at the Heard Museum was all fashion. And in this installment of the Heard’s “Third Fridays,” Phoenix fashion’s Robert Black pulled out some of his vintage collection from his Scottsdale boutique and paired it with the Heard’s extensive collection of Southwest accessories. Before the 10-minute show began (more…
Looking for something to do tonight? This week, we’re starting “Night Owl” — a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Wednesday nights mark “The Scenario” at Bar Smith, which is just where…
The all-female cast in the new exhibit titled “A Closer Look” isn’t looking to throw feminism in the face of gallery wanderers. Instead, the seven artists are aiming to open up a dialogue about personal identity and social issues through their paintings, photographs and drawings. The show, curated by Annie Waters,…
In with the new — Downtown hot spots Fate/Nine05 shut down in March leaving plenty of room for what’s now Bliss and ReBar. (No word on whatever happened with Nine05’s chef-owner Matt Carter and his plans for other projects on the corner of Fourth Street and Garfield. They included a…
Just a skip away from Mill Avenue and ASU’s Tempe campus, Here on the Corner’s Tempe roots have been firmly planted for the past 8 years.The locally owned women’s fashion boutique (and sorority girl haven) will host its first fall fashion preview to celebrate its history and keep Tempe dwellers…
