Frances, oft-heralded one of central Phoenix’s best boutiques, continues its popular hands-on craft series this fall. Taught by local talent, the monthly workshops, which in the past have ranged from terrarium building to jewelry making to cocktail creation, are designed with both the craft capable and novices in mind…
Looks like Actors Theatre’s couch-surfing days are officially over (for now, anyways). The local theater troupe, which spent its 2013-14 season bouncing around between different Valley venues, announced in a press release on Friday, July 25, that not only would it premièring four new plays during the 2014-15 season, three…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 41. Brandon Boetto. Brandon…
Ladies, the time of female cosplay is here, and it’s a great thing. If you’re looking to inject a little escapism into your day-to-day grind, dressing up as your favorite superhero and stomping around a convention like you own the place is the way to go. All rude comments and…
Over the past 18-plus years, Joe Biel has become a DIY archetype. Through hundreds of books and zines with his Microcosm Publishing house, dozens of self-made films, and international “Dinner and Bikes” tours, Biel has invested his entire life in the promotion of underground and alternative culture. For his latest…
Jackalope Ranch is hitting the road this summer — and you’re coming, too. Well, sort of. With Going Places, our writers recommend the best things to do and see during your travels. We feel like we shouldn’t have to convince you to visit Washington, D.C. It’s our nation’s capital, it’s…
So your kids share your surname? Big deal. Some people have entire minor planets named after them, including professors Phil Christensen and Dave Williams of the ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration. The newly credited outer space insiders received their solar system namesakes from the International Astronomical Union (IAU),…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 42. Jaclyn Roessel. It’s…
This week talk isn’t just cheap, it’s free. From discussions about diversified dwelling in the Valley to lectures on high-end looks from the ’90s and conversations on contemporary versus traditional gardening, there’s plenty of opportunities to run your mouth without running out of funds. Here are our top three picks…
Now presenting your guide to arty events in Phoenix this week. Have at ’em. Art Unraveled Arizona artists, get ready to converse over canvas. The 11th annual Art Unraveled comes to Phoenix with more than 125 day and evening workshops in all manner of media including painting, jewelry, metals, books,…
Hell City? Hell yes. One of Phoenix’s most popular body art expos is returning to the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, Friday, August 15, through Sunday, August 17, for an all-inclusive weekend of ink, piercings, and perhaps a few other forms of body modification you didn’t even know were possible…
The setup: Orange Theatre’s industrially flavored, iconoclastic mounting of Lorca’s Blood Wedding is similar in many ways to the roughly two-thirds complete work-in-progress version we got to see last winter. The company develops a play in several periods spanning about a year, and viewing multiple iterations reveals some of the…
Despite the fact he’s been out of action the past couple months from an injury, WWE superstar and Phoenix resident Daniel Bryan is still a badass. On Thursday evening, the 33-year-old professional wrestler (whose real name is Brian Danielson) put the smackdown on the attempted burglary of his Arcadia home,…
Omar Delgado Macias’ career as a b-boy dancer has taken him a few place. As a matter of fact, the performer known as “RoxRite” has battled and busted out his slick moves and fancy footwork on six different continents and in dozens of cities around the globe, such as Tokyo,…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, Amy Nicholson of the L.A. Weekly and Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice interview film critic and author Karina Longworth, who’s just launched a fascinating new podcast on the history of Hollywood called You Must Remember This…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 43. Ashley Cooper. Late…
Say what you will about modernists, they are magnets for attention in the art world. Chippewa artist George Morrison had a long and varied career that included forays into Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. With work that took the form of drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures, Morrison often explored the…
Phoenix, we planned your weekend for you. From rough-and-tumble(ish) art events and a statewide poetry slam to a hefty helping of The Simpsons, staying in isn’t an option. Arm Wrestling for Art It’s going down, Scottsdale. In one corner, there’s a bunch of arts patrons. In the other, we have…
Who knew Phoenix had some many dinosaur fans? Arizona’s original dinosaur fan convention DinoCon comes to Phoenix Center for the Arts on Saturday, August 2, from 3 to 9 p.m., and sadly it’s not just these larger than life creatures that have gone extinct. Advanced tickets for the one-day convention…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 44. Abigail Lynch. For…
Nintendo fans of Arizona, put your 2DSes on pause for a second and listen up. We fully understand that Super Mario 3D Land is addictive as hell, but y’all might want to take a break from handheld gaming (or any other sort button-mashing activity, for that matter) over the next…
Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel are fictional characters, but you can find them on Facebook. Created by Argentinian multimedia artist Antonio Berni in the 1960s to address some of the socioeconomic stresses plaguing his home country, Juantio and Ramona have since gained cult status as popular folk heros whose stories…
