New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Monday, July 18, through Thursday, July 20. For more options, see our curated online calendar. Camera Obscura Workshop What happens when you mix an ice-fishing tent with a white board? If you’re hanging out with photographer David Emitt Adams,…
Arizona Theatre Company announced late Friday, July 15, that its efforts to raise $2 million to continue operations and begin producing its 2016-17 season have fallen short by $281,195. But the company is waiting until Monday, July 18, to make and announce a final decision about the company’s future. Founded…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Science with a Twist Whether you grew up watching Bill Nye the Science Guy or reading Carl Sagan, there’s no rule that science stops…
Although some staples of the Phoenix art scene, including Alwun House and monOrchid, won’t be open during Third Friday this month, there’s still plenty of good stuff to see – including several intriguing exhibitions and 12 performances happening in a trio of shipping container galleries where props will be the…
Julie Akerly announced on Friday, July 1, that [nueBOX] is moving from Phoenix Center for the Arts to Mesa Arts Center. It’s a significant step for the group, which Akerly co-founded with Matthew Mosher in December 2014. During its short history, [nueBOX] has had 24 visual, performance, and multi-disciplinary artists-in-residence…
Arizona Commission on the Arts has awarded 239 grants totaling more than $2.2 million to Arizona nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, schools, and community organizations for the fiscal year 2017, which runs from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. That’s more than twice the amount it awarded during…
Don Bluth Front Row Theatre of Scottsdale needs to raise $50,000 by the end of August 2016 to continue operations, the company announced via press release on Wednesday, June 29. The news follows Arizona Theatre Company’s announcement on Monday, June 27, that it needs to raise $2 million to stay…
New Times picks the best events and things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, July 8, through Sunday, July 10. For more options, see our curated online calendar. Dan Schay New Works Festival Following Theater Works executive director Dan Schay’s unexpected death on April 7, the company’s board of trustees…
When Spencer Tunick poses 100 nude women in front of the Republican National Convention this summer, some Phoenicians will get to say they saw him first – during the opening reception for an exhibition of his works at ASU Art Museum. Halfway through 2016, it’s one of the best things…
New Times picks the best things to do in Phoenix and Tempe during this abbreviated work week from Tuesday, July 5, through Thursday, July 7. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Dan Flores Book-Signing You’re not an apex predator — you’re merely hiding yourself from those who’d eat you…
It’s been nearly two years since we shared 40 of our favorite murals – all located in a trio of Valley mural hotspots including Roosevelt Row, Grand Avenue, and Calle 16. Since then, all sorts of street art has come and gone – and more murals have started popping up…
It looks like Arizona artists had landscapes on the brain last month — from desert sands to beaches of shells. One created a jewel-like installation using images with subtle variations of tree rings. Another wrapped walls in coral-inspired ceramic forms that mirror the blooming cactus flowers. Some chose urban landscapes,…
Two donors responded with significant gifts after Arizona Theatre Company’s recent announcement that it would need to raise $2 million by Friday, July 1, to stay afloat. The deadline for meeting its $2 million goal has been pushed back to Friday, July 15. Mike Kasser, president of the Tucson-based international real-estate…
“The road is endless for the true traveler,” says Thuong Nguyen, one of several dozen artists showing works at local galleries as part of July’s First Friday. Head to Roosevelt Row, Grand Avenue, or midtown if you need a good place to start the journey. You’ll find works exploring everything…
Arizona Theatre Company needs to raise $2 million by Friday, July 1, to continue operations, the company announced on Monday, June 27. Founded nearly five decades ago, the company has performed at both Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix and the Temple of Art and Music in Tucson since 1990. It’s…
New Times picks the best events and things to do in metro Phoenix from Monday, June 27, through Thursday, June 30. Myrlin Hepworth Picasso used a paintbrush, but spoken word artist Myrlin Hepworth uses spit poetry to make his point. He’ll perform “Eulogy in Blue,” a new body of work…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, June 24, to Sunday, June 26. For more events, see our curated calendar. “Breach: Log 16” During an artist residency aboard a restored 1840s whaling vessel in Mystic, Connecticut, Courtney M. Leonard made an intriguing discovery – the…
Take note if you’re making visual or performance art in metro Phoenix: Several local venues are looking for artists who’d like to show their works. We found 15 such opportunities for Valley artists to get a head start with finding creative places to show off. “Of Land, Sea & Sky”…
The same way art lovers see soup cans and think Andy Warhol, Phoenicians see oozing, cartoonish, funhouse-inspired murals and think Luster Kaboom. That’s the name used by Phoenix-born artist David Quan, who has several murals here in his hometown – including an untitled piece he says locals dubbed “Nerd Monster.”…
Animal lovers, take note. It looks like the animal kingdom will dominate June’s Third Friday offerings at Phoenix galleries, where you’ll find butterflies filling a shipping container turned gallery in Roosevelt Row and all manner of fur and fowl lining the walls of an iconic television studio turned art space…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, June 17, through Sunday, June 19. For more events, see our curated calendar. “Land Tracings” A trio of 55-gallon drum lids hang on a gallery wall, each featuring tintype photographs by David Emitt Adams, one of five Arizona…
Phoenix-area dancers have been busy this year, performing in diverse settings from the Crescent Ballroom to Desert Botanical Garden. And this summer, several of the dancers you’ve seen on local stages are sharing their tips and techniques in various dance classes around town. Some classes are for experienced dancers, but…
