The Phoenix Art Museum will soon be showing more than just a few documentaries and classical films — they’re bringing in a live theater. The museum recently joined up with National Theatre Live and the Arizona Theater Company to bring broadcast performances of Broadway musicals and powerful plays to museum…
After more than 25 years in the knitting business, Rebecca Deeprose is closing up her shop in Scottsdale at the end of February. Arizona Knitting and Needlepoint, on 3617 North Goldwater Blvd, was known for its huge assortment of supplies and project opportunities as well as its classes and community…
A local Phoenix artist is organizing an exhibit based on a New York City-started concept and she wants your contributions. Patricia Sahertian is putting together “A Book About Death” — a show that debuted at NYC’s Emily Harvey Foundation in 2009. The exhibition, as its title implies, explores the concepts…
Cassandra Hunsdon and Julie Mardian work in two of the cutest spots in town, so it makes sense that we want nearly everything in both of their closets. The two friends manage Phoenix sister stores Frances Vintage and Smeeks, where they style fabulous parties, clothes and gifts. What are you…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? Not much beats feeling creative in the morning with the help of caffeine and a good pep talk. Luckily, Creative Mornings has both areas…
We’ve been pretty clear about manscaping in the past: Do pluck your unibrow, don’t shave funny patterns into your body hair; do pluck or trim nose and ear hair, but don’t do this in front of us. Simple. But for the ladies (and men) who’d like their men to be…
Forget horses — the guys at AZ Bike Polo invited teams of pedal pushers to the Grace Community Church parking lot in Tempe on Saturday and Sunday for a two-wheeled showdown. We checked out a few matches and took a few notes. Per usual, the Good’s above, the Bad and…
Want to voice your opinion on arts in Arizona? Local arts educators, legislators, business leaders, and artists are looking for feedback and participation in the the 25th annual Arizona Arts Congress. Scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, February 7, anyone with $15 can show up…
Tyler: Alright, well, I’m not sure where to start with The Rite …Jackie: How about we start with the best part, Anthony Hopkins who plays Father Lucas Trevant.Tyler: Alright, I can agree with that. Hopkins’ performance was really the best part. He is the only reason that I wanted to…
Capes, top hats, goggles, and plasma cannons may seem like extravagant outerwear for a Sunday morning, but was in fact the standard at the downtown Phoenix filming of the steampunk miniseries Mantecoza. Mantecoza is a steampunk/fantasy miniseries in which an ordinary office worker named Sebastian King comes upon a magic…
Motherland Design is the blogging bin New York-based designer Chris Streger uses to store inspirational design he finds, well, everywhere. While counting down to the new year, he asked a handful of his designer friends and heroes to design their own New Year’s resolutions as iPhone wallpapers for daily (and…
When Julie Pace was frustrated with the immigration debate in Arizona, she turned to her photography. Pace is an attorney in Phoenix, and a fourth-generation Republican Arizonan, who’s been taking photographs of nature, and butterflies for years. She recently used a collage of her butterfly images to visualize her argument…
Marcus Wallander’s a self-described “curious guy” who was tasked to create a campaign for WeSC (We Are the Superlative Conspiracy), a street fashion brand based in Sweden. Wallander’s big on interaction, and the above video shows one of the shopping windows he created with background designs submitted online and a…
Exhibition of Graffiti Art @ Eric Fischl Gallery Fine Arts Building, Phoenix College Today from 1 to 8 p.m., check out the work of four graf artists, who transformed a movable eight-by-nine-foot wall at Eric Fischl Gallery. At 5, there will be live b-boying and dance. It takes place on…
Almost six months after its soft opening in July, POOL Together announced it will close its doors on Feb. 5.The indie co-op was the brain child (and trust fund baby — at an estimated $3 million) of a California investor, real estate developer and retail consultant, who took over the…
You can ignore the fact that this woman is clearly standing on a cooler in boots that look like she shoved her foot into a dead raccoon. Believe it or not, those offenses are besides the point, being: Your feet are ugly. Everyone’s are. And they’re even worse during the…
The creators of a locally filmed internet miniseries are calling all airship captains, mad scientists, and various other steampunk lords and ladies to help out with their latest shoot on Sunday in downtown Phoenix.The series is called Mantecoza, a steampunk-themed web show that features an average guy thrust into an…
It’s no secret: We heart art. And we’re happy Valentine’s Day is around the corner because Phoenix is about to throw down some major Valentine exhibition love … OK, and hate, which makes us love it even more. So if your plans fall through, you just broke up, or you…
The idiot spy comedy Archer came back with a vengeance on Thursday for its second season premiere, which proved to be just as full of raunchy, underhanded humor as fans remember. After thousands of fans flocked to the likes of Facebook and Twitter to plead with FX to renew the…
Rob Strabala knows how to deal with drunk people. Not because he’s good at manhandling and intimidating with his biceps (those baby blues don’t exactly scream DFWM) but because he knows that patience (and often times a little flirting) goes a hell of a long way with someone who has…
Note: This blog has been updated with information since its initial publication.Marshall Shore is from New York, but you’d hardly guess that based on how much he knows and loves about Phoenix. Shore’s blog, Lost Phoenix, highlights historical places and events that helped shape the culture of the Valley, but…
