Kelsey Havens

Whether you’re purging your body from human vices in the name of Lent, or still recovering form that Mardi Gras bar crawl, now’s a good type time to regroup and rejuvenate before the official arrival of spring. What better way to refresh than with a celebration of birth and transformation?...

Americans seem to have an increasing fondness for Brazil’s finer things. Think soccer, empanadas, a perfectly blow-dried mane, and, of course, hairless hoo-has. Our most recent cultural craving? Samba. Grupo Liberdade and Capoeira Brasil AZ bring together Brazilian music, food, and culture for Friday’s Carnaval AZ 2012. The energetic and...

It must have started with zombies. Add a little apocalyptic action to a Jane Austen novel and once dry social commentary becomes riveting comedy. But years after Pride and Prejudice and Zombies hit the stores, it seems bookish scholars and college dropouts alike still revel in the wondrous comedic potential...

Maybe it’s the smell of popcorn, the mystery of a suddenly appearing striped tent, or maybe it has something to do with our love of Saving Silverman character Sandy, a trapeze-artist-gone-nun. Whatever the intrigue, there’s something simply thrilling about the arrival of a circus. For the first time in years,...

Not all Phoenix fun comes with dim lighting and fancy cocktails. Sometimes, there's nothing better than endorphins, sunshine, and sweat. Lover of all things outdoors, The Outsider explores the more natural side of Phoenix.People look kind of ridiculous when they workout. They really do. But in the eyes of a fitness devotee,...