Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend

From a documentary about botched immigration enforcement and an appearance by Coco to tattoos and Cinco de Mayo, we got you covered for the weekend, udig? You’re welcome. 9500 Liberty at Harkins Valley Art, TempeSimply put: Go. See. This. For real. The award-winning film – which chronicles a short-lived mandate…

Photo of the Day: Close Shave

A son gives his father a shave inside of a home that’s located in the original African-American neighborhood in Mesa near Center Street and University Drive…

Clean Water for Everyone: Local Artists Step In To Raise Dividends

Luis Gutierrez is a firm believer that art is transformational. (He should know, considering that the central Phoenix painter, who is living with multiple sclerosis, finds catharsis in art-making.) That’s why he decided to become personally involved in the Clean Water for Everyone art auction. Here’s the scoop: Gutierrez’s girlfriend,…

Phoenix Chorale: Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

It’s bumper-to-bumper gridlock in the Roosevelt Historic District as eager music fans rush to find the few remaining parking spots. Some who are fortunate to score parking aren’t so lucky when they reach the doors of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — many people are being turned away from the sold-out performance…

Phoenix Chorale

It’s bumper-to-bumper gridlock in the Roosevelt Historic District as eager music fans rush to find the few remaining parking spots. Some who are fortunate to score parking aren’t so lucky when they reach the doors of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — many people are being turned away from the sold-out performance…

Phoenix Chorale

It’s bumper-to-bumper gridlock in the Roosevelt Historic District as eager music fans rush to find the few remaining parking spots. Some who are fortunate to score parking aren’t so lucky when they reach the doors of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — many people are being turned away from the sold-out performance…

Thrown for a Curve

Before ASU Baseball squared off against the University of Arizona on April 20, we were so excited to write about the Sun Devils’ certain win that we blew deadline to listen to the game on the radio. After they took care of business, our angle was going to be that…

Coco Beware

What would we do if we got kicked to the curb and laid off from our job? We’d probably keep Beck’s Sea Change on constant rotation while pounding Jack In The Box meal deals, but only after hours upon hours of inhaling pitchers of Pabst Blue Ribbon at the local…

Gone to Pot

Let’s get one thing straight: We ain’t a pothead. In fact, we don’t even smoke weed. Ever. With that said, it’s fine by us if others do. We even think it’s keen that some rally for pot rights, which is the point of the Phoenix Worldwide Marijuana March. Luckily for…

Photo of the Day: Iron Lady

An interior shot of Iron Lady, an underground warehouse collective/venue/band practice space that had its final show last night. (The space near 24th Street and Thomas Road closes its doors at month’s end.)…

Gwynne Sullivan, What Are You Wearing?

Gwynne Sullivan is a co-founder of Bewilderknits and a Phoenix native who moved to Sunnyslope long before it was the hip thing to do. What are you wearing right now? A yellow singing-bird Threadless t-shirt called Ruido, blue-and-white vertically striped bellbottoms a size too large, round-toed black flats from Born,…

Phoenix Improv Community Scores a New Home in Central Phoenix

Homeless no more. Starting May 1, the downtown Phoenix-area improv community, which has really blossomed over the past few years, will have its own digs. The venue, which will most likely be called The Torch Theatre, is an approximately 1,400-square-foot space located at Central Avenue and Highland. Once they get…

Norah Jones at Dodge Theatre: Hmmm… Just So-So

“This place is BIG,” said Norah Jones in a self-effacing way to the nearly packed house at Dodge Theatre. The way she delivered the statement made it sound like she wasn’t worthy of playing such a fancy concert hall. Turns out it was half-true. Wearing an electric-green dress and yellow…

Laurie Notaro Q&A: Author In Town to Pimp Second Fiction Book

Although we still wish that longtime Phoenician Laurie Notaro hadn’t moved to Oregon, we’re always thrilled to know that the prolific scribe of Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood and We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive will crack…

Dwell Picks Three [merz] project Cribs For Worldwide Contest

Dwell, the ten-month-a-year bible for modern design, has nominated central Phoenix-based architectural firm [merz] project for a pretty big-deal award. In the mag’s annual “Houses We Love” contest, three of [merz]’s properties were selected out of thousands of nominations. Among the 20 worldwide finalists are the After Hours building on…