Whether you use the social media/online dating platform known as Tinder, you’ve probably at least heard about it by now. For the three of you who don’t know what it is, Tinder is an app that allows you to communicate with people with whom you have a mutual attraction (based…
Be still our beating hearts. After sorting through 1,100 submissions, independent literary journal and 2014 Best of winner Four Chambers is releasing its second issue. The new paperback which is now available for purchase online, features the poems and prose of 64 authors, both emerging and established, as well as…
Bargain hunters, this is a big deal. Nordstrom Rack’s grand opening at Tempe Marketplace is set for Friday, October 3. The 35,000-square-foot store is the sixth Rack location in Arizona and the fifth in the Valley of the Sun, offering discounts between 30 and 70 percent on Nordstrom items, as…
UPDATE: Simpsons World launches on October 21 at www.simpsonsworld.com. With FX’s “Simpsons World” set to launch sometime in October 21, it’s only a short matter of time before fans of The Simpsons find themselves glued to the couch, calling in sick to work, and binge-watching episodes until their eyes fall…
The designers are coming. Phoenix Fashion week revealed its final 2014 lineup of emerging and established designers on Monday, September 29. And the event, which will return to Talking Stick Resort October 2 through October 4, will feature a few familiar faces…
Usually, it’s the spring that’s associated with new beginnings and turning over a new leaf. But why would you wait when all over the Valley fall workshops are offering fresh starts? Of course, there are autumn-themed ones, like Pith + Marrow’s fall floral workshop, but there are also more out-of-the-ordinary…
Say hello to your new neighbor, downtown Phoenix. After saying farewell to its Chandler location back in September of 2013, Xico Arte y Cultura, a local Latin and Native American arts nonprofit, has finally completed its move to Phoenix, opening up a community space and gallery at Chicanos Por La…
Some people say that it takes money to make money. We prefer the motto, “It takes nothing to spend nothing.” With so many free events happening around the Valley, it’s easy to stay busy while staying on a budget. From bike-based happy hours to football-themed fitness and explorations in early…
The wait is over. Southwest Gardener is now open at The Newton at Third Avenue and Camelback Road. The gardening store had outgrown its original location of 15 years at 2809 North 15th Avenue and moved a few miles down the road to a more spacious spot at The Newton…
After the ARTELPHX Spring 2014 show this past May, we wondered how the fall show would measure up. But measure up it did. With more clearly scheduled performances and innovative, thought-provoking, and downright cool installations from over 20 artists spread throughout the exterior corridors of the Clarendon Hotel, ARTELPHX Fall…
“Cultural Savant: The Art and Collections of Joe Willie Smith” Some might call him a scavenger, others a “picker.” The Valley prefers to think of Joe Willie Smith is an artist — albeit an unconventional one. The local talent has participated in Art Detour and events throughout downtown Phoenix, and…
As stores slowly switch out their stocks of beach towels and pool floaties for pumpkins, plastic ghouls, and even some fake snow-covered wreaths (for shame), something is happening in Phoenix that we care so much more about: Galleries and museums are presenting new exhibitions for fall. It would be impossible…
Ask and you shall receive. For those who’ve wished that Comicon could happen more than once a year, your voices have been heard, loud and clear. After a suspenseful three-day countdown, organizers of the annual summer convention announced on Saturday, September 27, that they would be hosting a new sister…
The Martha Stewart American Made Awards recognize makers across the country who create innovative and beautiful products. And this year, a few of the Valley’s top creators have been recognized as finalists. Samantha Irwin and Andrew King’s Chandler-based Standard Wax and Sebastian Sandersius’ Phoenix-based Bison Made were named finalists in…
As Bob McCall in The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays a regular Joe who turns into an eye-gouging, brain-drilling nightmare for Boston’s Russian mob. At first Washington “toodles about a Home Depot-like store, helping customers, decked out in New Balance shoes and jeans so last-century you’ll be looking for pleats,” writes…
Pick up the September issue of Esquire magazine and you might see a familiar face. In a special editorial titled “Style Across America,” the men’s magazine traveled around the country to showcase the 22 men who are redefining fashion. Arizona was featured twice on the list, first with Flagstaff-based astronomer…
ARTELPHX Art meets hotel during ARTELPHX, but don’t expect boring wall art and bland elevator music. The event brings performance and installation pieces from area artists to The Clarendon, where they’re installed throughout the midtown hotel…
Looks like Roosevelt Row is getting a new yoga studio. On Monday, September 22, Sutra Midtown owners Matthew and Rebecca Fritz announced their plans to open a second location in downtown Phoenix. Sutra Downtown will be located at 1029 North First Street, the former space of Terros Behavioral Health Services…
Once upon a time, there was a city. It was not the largest city, or the smallest. It was not the richest or the poorest. But this city had a reputation, nonetheless. It was known throughout the land as dry and inhospitable — heated to unimaginable temperatures for several months…
Listen up, mountain bike gearheads: One of your favorite NoPho bike shops is moving. Don’t get your spandex all in a bunch, though. Sunday Cycles is moving just four miles south, which is actually four miles closer to some of the best trails on the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Best of…
A lot can change in a decade. Tilt Gallery, a Phoenix photography favorite, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary this fall by letting go of one old space and saying hello to a brand new one…
Courting Disaster is Jackalope Ranch’s weekly column of dating horror stories, observations, how-tos, and more by Katie Johnson. Names of ex-boyfriends, past hookups, and bad blind dates have been changed to protect the guilty. All the single ladies, all the singles ladies… No, seriously. For those who feel alone in…
