The yearly Art Detour extravaganza begins is just a few hours (and Arty Girl’s got all the details on the biggest and best shows), but it ain’t the only action happening around town. To wit: This weekend is gonna be a big one for the brawling beauties of the Valley’s…
Oh, yeah, baby, it’s a party.Sure, Art Detour is filled with stellar art shows (see for yourself here) but, it’s also a great time to get down and cut loose a little.Let Jason Hill show you the way with his Art Detour Art Party at Studio 8 in the Bragg’s…
Allow me to repeat that: Katherine Zsolt, Lori Fenn, Luiz Gutierrez, and Kaori Takamura are at the Icehouse for Art Detour 22.That is one heck of a lineup.The featured artist, Katherine Zsolt, will take up the majority of the space. Phoenix is invited to experience her monumental multi-media installation this…
Big City Dreamer Artist Catherine Slye wasn’t always in love with Phoenix. She grew up in Wisconsin, later moving to Vermont and Washington, D.C., before relocating to her husband’s downtown Phoenix condo in 2007. “I begged him to sell the property. I thought it was dismal here,” she says. Slye’s…
Cherry on Top When it comes to sweet, Cherry Bomb’s the sugar rush of Phoenix rock ‘n’ roll. A self-described “rebel child,” Cherry Bomb defied her suburban Scottsdale upbringing by playing drums, joining local girl-band rockers The Green Lady Killers, and moving to Central Phoenix as fast as her black…
QuickPHX: Candyland • Shopping • Art • Food • Nightlife • Last page Sugar, Baby Have you noticed? From Camelback Road to Grand Avenue, someone’s sprinkled Pixy Stix on our city. At the southern end of this sweet spot, Emily Spetrino-Murtagh and Liam Murtagh are spinning a lot of plates…
All that remains of Antoine Fuqua’s Training Day is Denzel Washington’s Oscar-winning performance, his baddest and best. The rest of the movie? A blustering stumble toward parody — an overwrought, operatic buddy-cop flip-flop also starring Ethan Hawke as the rookie put to the test again and again by the devil…
Heaven Sent Even before it opened its doors on Labor Day weekend 2009, St. Francis was the talk of Central Phoenix. People driving past the early-’50s Harold Ekman building couldn’t help noticing the high-style renovation that Wendell Burnett Architects gave the place — the striking structure’s painted chalk-white — and…
With her sweet twist on taxidermy, Amanda Williams has turned the idea of a hunting trophy on its head. Instead of a gun, she wields a scary-long six-inch needle soldered to another equally long needle to turn piles of felted wool into a fox, a raccoon, a deer. Williams is…
Theater queens are no doubt rejoicing that [title of show] is playing now at the Herberger. Others, though they may see and enjoy Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell’s charming homage to musical theater, might — even as they’re laughing and tapping their feet — be puzzled by the endless references…
You needn’t bother trying to get hold of Brian O’Carroll on St. Patrick’s Day, because he’s gonna be a wee bit occupied. The bearded guitarist and frontman for local Celtic rock outfit The Biffos will be busy bounding around town with his bandmates during Lá Fhéile Pádraig, staging gigs at…
Walt Disney mulled an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland for decades before producing an animated feature in 1951, although by all accounts, he didn’t much care for the prim little protagonist, let alone her supporting cast of “weird characters.” One wonders what Uncle Walt would have made of his studio’s…
Fashion Forward Vintage Fashion is nothing new — no pun intended. But the good news for fans of vintage couture is that, after 10 years of appointment-only shopping, Vintage Fashion Inc. owner David Sheflin has moved his fabulous fashions into a storefront where anyone can drop in and behold better…
Just as the Mutant Piñata show has become a new tradition for Art Detour weekend, Five15 Arts Gallery hits us once again with a budget-friendly exhibition. This year, it’s the “$99 Only Art Show”…
Tara Logsdon must have a big heart.The artist has dedicated her talents to “rescuing” discarded and unloved teddy bears she finds at thrift stores. You can see the results of her teddy bear makeovers at the “Right to Bear Arms” show at The Artlink Heritage Square Gallery during Art Detour…
You know, it just wouldn’t be Art Detour Weekend without the Mutant Piñata Show at Bragg’s Pie Factory. Curator Beatrice Moore delighted the Detour audience when she initially launched this exhibition in 2008. Now, in its third year, it’s fast become one of our very favorite shows to cover…
Nice painting, eh? You can see others like it this weekend during Artlink’s annual (and totally blog-worthy) Art Detour 22.Brian Boner and Lee Hazel present “The New, Old World” at MonOrchid. And, in the same building, Bokeh Gallery will continue to show its fabulous “Ballerina Series” photography exhibition by Bob…
Yes, Art Detour 22 is upon us!I know, I know…already?This week, I’ll be blogging my booty off about the art events that will bombard our downtown arts district this weekend. Today, we’ll kick things off with a little coverage about the opening of the Westwind Studios. From this Friday evening,…
Have you ever been shopping and seen a cunningly-styled, uniquely flattering, bargain-priced evening coat and been a little bummed because it’s such a lovely, accessible object of obvious quality, but who really needs an evening coat, like, ever? This is the predicament of Kennedy, a rather enjoyable and beautifully presented…
You dig ceramics?Well, ASU’s Ceramics Research Center has four days of events just for you. It runs from March 4-7 and you need to make your reservation by March 1st.Btw, March 1st is this upcoming Monday. So get on it…
We love Calaca Cultural Center’s scads of year-round, Valleywide programs and super-fun events. Look for a perfect storm of Latino and indigenous art and culture during Calaca Community Mercado. Distinctive works from local artisans, live music, muy sabroso snacks, and visits from internationally known artists and authors should be enough…
If you happen to be a smart resident of the Valley (who actually realizes that the desert is freaking gorgeous), there’s nothing worse for you than missing wildflower season. We’ve kicked ourselves in the butt cheeks for spacing on it before, so be sure to get the max exposure of…
