Besides doing fun domestic partner stuff like arguing about why dirty socks don’t go on the couch and whose last name will come first in their hyphenated union, Phoenix New Times staff writer Niki D’Andrea and her girlfriend, Esther Groves, like to occasionally get out of the house for “dates.”…
Joshua Ward’s been busy painting for the past eight years in his residence at the Arizona State Hospital — a state-funded facility, which provides long-term care and recovery for the state’s severely mentally ill population. You can see a small collection of his works at “Art From the Inside” at…
For its tenth year, the 2010 Scottsdale International Film Festival plans to roll out a collection of seriously dynamic feature films. The five-day, thirty-film festival will screen several award winners, such as Reykjavík-Rotterdam, a thriller that, to date, is one of the most expensive films in Icelandic cinema history; the…
FYI, Julie Hampton is currently on a pogo stick. During the day, she can be found teaching literature and creative writing at the Art Institute of Phoenix, or making a variety of things including (but not limited to) dryer balls out of wool yarn, restaurant-quality Thai tea, and homemade pasta…
New Times has confirmed with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office that longtime downtown Phoenix artist Steve Bass was the driver of the Dodge 3500 pick-up truck that collided head-on with a car carrying three Yavapai County Sheriff’s detention officers over the weekend. Officers…
There’s been a bit of talk in the creative community about the Valley’s canal system (read this Arty Girl blog from last year about the Canalscape project) and now the City of Phoenix Office of Cultural Affairs is accepting applications to enhance the design of major street bridges that cross…
The Cactus City Softball League’s Spartans celebrated their upcoming appearance at the Gay Softball World Series with a party on Saturday at the Wyndham Hotel’s rooftop pool. We hung around to check out some swimsuits and, um, lack thereof. The good is above, but who made the bad and ugly?…
Writer Hal Ackerman will visit The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale tomorrow night to sign his “soft-boiled murder mystery” novel Stein, Stoned (Tyrus Books). After reading the book this weekend, we’d like to thank Ackerman for penning such a funny and engaging tale, and also to respectfully recommend he get a…
ペチャクチャTranslation: PechaKucha (pronounced “Peh-cha Kuh-cha” with emphasis on the first syllables). It’s another way to say that anyone with the gift of gab, public speaking, or creative ideas can present whatever they have cooking in the brain cavity.The creative networking event geared toward up-and-coming designers was invented in Tokyo in…
46: Andrea Hanley Andrea Hanley’s work is guided by and focused on the work of contemporary American Indian artists and the American Indian fine arts. She’s currently the Manager of the Berlin Gallery at the Heard Museum. “All of my projects are guided by a mantra: A never-ending quest to…
Phoenix Phreaks Phabulous Phirst Phriday Phreak Bike Ride @ The FirehouseSo if the title of this event isn’t enough to get you interested, read on for the details. The Phoenix Phreaks Bike Militia is the Phoenix chapter of the national Freak Bike Militia. These are folks who love riding bikes…
courtesy of Great Arizona Puppet Theater It’s Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb, the title characters of Two Bad Mice. I try to bring a kid along (a friend or relative, not a random kid I’ve abducted from the street) when I’m reviewing a kids’ show. I can’t really gauge audience…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town. From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and…
That’s right, the ladies from SeeSaw Design, Kobina Banning, Nina Miller and John Takamura will be in one room on August 19. And all you have to do for the chance to rub elbows is apply. TEDxPHXDC is part of the TEDx program — the local-level baby of conference nonprofit…
The Arizona Pop Culture Museum is unlike anything else in the CityNorth shopping district. While the surrounding businesses offer gourmet yogurt, upscale dining, and brand name clothing, the APCM offers the largest collection of colorful plastic action figures we’ve ever seen. There are more than 10,000 of them, spanning more…
Beverly Burch’s Willows Home and Garden blog is pure eye candy for the home-design mind. She shares images of her shabby-chic home décor shop’s newest merchandise and occasional peeks inside her own residence.Burch and her daughter-in-law take most of the blog’s photography, usually within the shop. “I just know that…
It’s about time this stuff was seen on a bigger stage. Beatrice Moore, owner of Bragg’s Pie Factory, Kooky Krafts, and many other central Phoenix art spaces, announced this week that several pieces from the Moore-curated “Mutant Piñata” show have been selected for the “People’s Biennial.” Phoenicians can check out…
A FedEx plane brought six American White pelicans to the Phoenix Zoo yesterday. The pelicans all have wing injuries that prevented their ability to fly away from the oil slick left by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April. They’ll be in quarantine for the next 30 days, and will…
47: Matt Moore Matt Moore grew up in Waddell, Ariz. on his family’s farm that has been around since the ’20s. He started college as a economics major and a Spanish minor in anticipation of running the family business. He couldn’t stay awake in his first macro-economics class, and got…
To be honest, we’re not too into musicals. Then again, when Robrt L. Pela gives a show like Hale Centre’s Annie Get Your Gun a favorable review, the least we can do is give it a shot. Robrt L. Pela on Annie Get Your Gun: It hardly seems fair to…
Mercedes O’Bannion will admit her first name’s a little funny for a girl whose mother collects bicycle knickknacks. Her grandfather actually collected Mercedes Benzes, but Mercedes’ insists her mother named her after the small town of Mercedes, Texas. She grew up in Poth (another small Texas town), watching VHS tapes of her…
Comfortable, casual and … coastal? In Phoenix? Yes, we know it’s an odd combination in the desert, but Blueseeds, an Arcadia home store on Indian School Road, makes it work and then some. Owner Carla Bonner grew up on the East Coast and her aesthetic — with cool tones, easy…
