This is an odd thing to say about a team that won a title five years ago, but the Phoenix Mercury just can’t seem to get over the hump. The team has plenty of star power (Diana Taruasi, Penny Taylor and, more recently, Britney Griner), but all they’ve had to…
Storytelling’s all the rage, and Space 55 is getting in on the action with the monthly event Storyline, during which “the themes of our lives intersect.” In collaboration with Lawn Gnome Publishing’s Aaron Hopkins-Johnson, the blackbox will host a pair of events featuring two yarn-spinners’ takes on June’s theme: Bad…
Attention span. What? Oh — how about eight tiny plays by the up-and-coming playwright members of Scottsdale’s Theatre Artists Studio in the seventh year of “New Summer Shorts”? (Ours don’t get out enough to need replacing. Oops, another tangent.)The playlets’ subjects include the only time the three famous 19th-century American…
Namaste, night owls. Looking to take your yoga practice to the moon and back? Look no further than Sutra Midtown’s Lunar Flow. This summer series of vinyasa flow classes is led under the night sky with the purpose of charging your body and mind through the power of the full…
Chances are, if you’re an amateur photographer, then you’re nighttime work is lacking some serious flash. But the good news is, you’re not alone. In fact, the folks at Desert Botanical Garden are so set on getting you of out the dark and into the nighttime photography know-how, they’re offering…
On an unseasonably cool evening in late May, a woman hanging by a hook embedded in the flesh on her back is elevated several feet in the air, onstage at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. She is holding a marionette control in each hand, and below her, the strings are…
Once, while on trash duty at the Chinese restaurant he worked at, Amiel Cruz found a beautiful painting of a woman wedged between some dumpsters. The 20-year-old kept the painting, took it home, and made it his own by placing thumbtacks through the woman’s face. Cruz’s eye for art and…
Every month Kathy Cano-Murillo, a.k.a. The Crafty Chica, dishes crafty tips and tricks in La Vida Crafty on Jackalope Ranch. ‘Tis the season for red, white, and blue. If you’re looking to have some patriotic fun with your crafts in time for the fireworks, here is a cool folding technique…
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: 75. Cody Carpenter. It’s…
It’s that time again, when soccer fans around the world crowd into pubs at every hour of the day to watch their teams battle it out in the World Cup. Some fans travel the world to attend the games, but many watch from the comfort of their local pub. The…
ARTELPHX still fresh in your mind? Good. Because the large-scale hotel art installation, which made its spring return to the Clarendon Hotel and Spa just last month, is already gearing up for a second show this year. And they’re looking for new talented artists to make it happen…
This week the Valley arts community is mourning the loss of Janis Leonard. The accomplished designer, former board member of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and Phoenix arts scene pioneer passed away on Sunday, June 8. She was 55. An environmental design graduate of the Parsons School of Design,…
If you wore any sort of costume out to Phoenix Comicon 2014 this past weekend, then we salute you. It took a lot of gumption to wear anything other than shorts and a T-shirt when temperatures were as hot as 110 degrees, particularly if it was made of spandex, pleather,…
Earlier this year, we got the news that Lisa Sette Gallery would leave Scottsdale and relocate to a beautiful space in midtown Phoenix. This month, we will finally have the chance to take a look at the new digs, while enjoying the gallery’s inaugural group exhibition “Hello Midtown!”…
A new home. A Big Brain award. A knockout run of successful pay-what-you-can productions. Think that’s enough for downtown Phoenix’s Orange Theatre? Not quite. Recently, the company launched its latest IndieGoGo fundraiser. While past fundraisers have gone towards basic (by this group’s standards) production expenses and moving into a new…
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: 76. Carrie Leigh Hobson…
A photo-based app deserves some photography-specific love. We’ve already featured 10 Phoenix artists to follow on Instagram, and we’ve also talked to local experts about the intersection of photography and technology. Today, we’re continuing down this path to bring you some of our favorite Phoenix area photographers to follow on…
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, a citizen-powered initiative formed in October of 2013, is kicking off its initial series of Imaginings this summer. These public gatherings, which aim to promote discussion and ideas about where the arts community will be by 2034, are set to take place in…
You don’t need big bucks to make big change. Whether it’s gaining artistic inspiration, making your voice heard in the community, or taking your entrepreneurial ambitions to the next level, metro Phoenix is making DIY improvements a whole lot more affordable. Here are our top three picks for priceless events…
In William Eubank’s new sci-fi thriller The Signal, three friends are driving across the country when they have an online run-in with a creepy, enigmatic hacker named Nomad. When they chase after the hacker’s IP address, they find something very unexpected. It’s hard to talk about the film without giving…
“Summer Juried Graduate Exhibition” School may be out, but the summer exhibitions are just getting started. As the academic year comes to a close, artistic hopefuls will be showing off their higher-learning art skills for a chance to feature their work at R. Pela Gallery in Phoenix. The “Summer Juried…
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: 77. Thomas Porter. Knock…
