We want you to close your eyes and visualize a huge room that’s bursting with racks of designer jeans. Beautiful, eh? Well, you won’t have to go to your mental happy place to experience this euphoria again because The Warehouse Sale is coming to the Hilton Scottsdale Resort. The Grand…
What can we say about peaches? They’re fuzzy. They’re delicious. And some crazy Canadian singer who wears flashlights on her crotch has adopted the word as her name. Well, we can also tell you that Schnepf Farms is using the fruit’s abundance as an excuse to throw the Queen Creek…
We women of today think we’re real tough. But compared to the women of the 1940s, we’re big-time wimps. These American ladies had to say goodbye to their men, keep a home, work in factories, and look smashing at the end of the day. They did it with the help…
Every Arcadian has a special place in their heart for family-owned Baker Nursery (this writer included).The 10-acre property is filled with every flower, tree, cactus and seed imaginable and has been a neighborhood institution for 42 years.See? Independent businesses can survive in Phoenix.While the weather is still tolerable, we recommend…
We’ve always loved the quirky cast of characters that artist Roy Wasson Valle has created over the years.On our last visit to his online store, www.fuzzyballsapparel.com, we fell in love with these plush ghosts based on Raul, a skeletal bear in a bear costume.Check out the Raul ghosts here (scroll…
Kate Crowley, the Marketing and Communications Manager at the Heard Museum in Central Phoenix, has a lot on her plate. She keeps media folks well-informed about the cycle of art shows and events at the Heard and is the mastermind behind the third Friday NU (Native + You) monthly evening…
Here at the ranch we live, eat, breathe and, well, you know what cultural events.The weekend starts tonight. And after reading this blog post, you’ll be ready for it.Arte Latino en la Ciudad Opening Reception at Phoenix Center for the Arts We took one look at the work, The Guardian,…
Now that our beloved music blog, Up on the Sun, has covered the music side of this event, we’ll get in on the art end of the action.For this year’s Hoodstock benefit event at Hoodlums Music & Video in Tempe, organizers recruited kids from local Broadmor Elementary School to create…
It’s May. We’re not sweating through every bit of clothing quite yet, but it’s warm enough to get away with wearing practically nothing . . . which is just the way we love it. So throw on your cut off shorts and strapless top (well, unless you’re a dude) and…
It’s the second Sunday in May. Does that mean anything to you? Come on, now, think. Still stumped? It’s Mother’s Day, you dolt. And you totally forgot. Again. Oh well. It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a healthy serving of gut-wrenching guilt. Feel shame, but don’t panic, because we’ve got…
We were trying to come up with something snarky to say but this event is funny enough all by itself.Yes, it’s true. All Valley Club Tattoo locations will offer any one of these select tattoos for just $100 in honor of Mother’s Day.The sale starts Friday, May 7 and runs…
Okay, folks, we’ve been doing Club Candids for almost three years now (yes, that’s a lot of hangovers) so we’d like to think that we know a good club night when we see one (here, check the slideshow).Such was the case on Friday, April 30, at the inaugural night of…
On second thought, don’t answer that.Yes, we’re totally depressed about SB 1070 and all the fall-out. But at least we found a coffee mug that expresses our frustrations.We came across this the other day on CafePress.com, a Website that features shirts, mugs, bumper stickers and all kinds of flair printed…
Tuesday, June 1.There. That’s your deadline.Five15 Arts has put out a call for artists to apply for membership to the artist collective. So, if you’re interested, you have four weeks to get it together (see more details after the jump)…
Out of 2,500 national entries, local painter Suzanne Falk was chosen by the Oil Painters of America (OPA) as one of the top 200 artists for their 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils.Falk is largely self-taught and paints whimsical still life works in a photo-realist style. You may…
Jared Tate Johnson designs some pretty bold looks for his jewelry line, Dear Raymer.So it’s no wonder this stylish man never shies from short shorts, sequins, headbands, loud vintage prints or a bare chest.Yes, Phoenix could take a page from Johnson’s book (you may have seen him in the fashion…
We’re covering an artist who paints horses, ranchers, and golfers. And she’s showing in a Scottsdale gallery. Sound awful? Trust us on this one — it’s really not. In fact, artist Sherri Belassen is pretty spectacular. She seamlessly weaves a southwestern-inspired color palette with a stunning manipulation of spatial geometry…
We’re covering an artist who paints horses, ranchers, and golfers. And she’s showing in a Scottsdale gallery. Sound awful? Trust us on this one — it’s really not. In fact, artist Sherri Belassen is pretty spectacular. She seamlessly weaves a southwestern-inspired color palette with a stunning manipulation of spatial geometry…
Mmmmm. Chocolate. Whether you indulge in white, milk, or dark, every person knows the pure joy of this decadent substance. No wonder the stuff has been used in ritual and worship since humans first discovered it centuries ago. You can learn all about humanity’s love affair with chocolate at the…
Life is stressful. While we don’t advocate habitual heavy drinking, we certainly believe that the busy and frazzled people who make up the fabric of our work-obsessed American society deserve to take a breather every once in a while. Even if that means it has to happen smack-dab in the…
We recently spied a new shop along Indian School (east of 24th Street) and just had to stop by…
Can SeeSaw Designs do wrong?Apparently not. We spied this ah-mazing vintage art piece for $80 through their latest creative endeavor, the SeeSaw Vintage Shop on etsy.Dig their taste? We do. SeeSaw, a local design firm, also happens to have a blog that makes us happy. The website features “daily inspiration”…
