For the first time since late-’60s urban renewal chased Phoenicians from the city’s core and into the suburbs, sales of condominiums are passing those of single-family dwellings here. The Valley is home now to a record number of townhome, condominium, and loft developments. In 1997, Phoenix topped the nation’s list…
Still recovering from that post-holiday financial slump? That doesn’t mean you need to sit around waiting for that next paycheck to roll in. Take a stand against boredom this week with these totally free events. “Buckhorn Baths I: Identity – Authenticity – Eternity of a Landmark” Once a thriving bathhouse known for…
Arizona Commission for the Arts announced on January 11 that 10 Arizona artists had been awarded a total of $50,480 in research and development grants, as well as the Bill Desmond Writing Award. Valley-based artists who received up to $5,000 in funding include Juan Freitez of Phoenix, Carla Keaton of Tempe, Cristóbal Martínez…
After news broke on Monday, January 11, that musician, artist, and fashion icon David Bowie had died the night before, Phoenicians were quick to commemorate the life and work of the late creative force. Valley Bar promised an evening of spinning nothing but Bowie’s records on Monday. And this weekend,…
The hair salon and art space Palabra is moving to a new location on Friday, January 15, according to owner Jorge Ignacio Torres, who was a visual arts finalist for the New Times’ Big Brain Awards in 2015. Torres revealed the new address, which is 909 North First Street, via Instagram…
Few shows capture life in your 20s quite as well as HBO’s Girls. Lena Dunham’s project covers everything from employment and financial struggles to friendships and relationships. Of course, sex — realistic sex, at that — has always been one of the show’s major topics (both because it’s appropriate and…
Roosevelt Row underwent some serious changes in 2015. The small section of downtown Phoenix renowned for its thriving arts scene saw several buildings, including those that were home to GreenHaus and Bodega 420, demolished to make way for new multi-level residential developments. Lauren Lee’s iconic Three Birds mural was torn down in…
New Times picks the best arts and culture events from January 11 to 16. Naughty or Nice Bingo It’s barely two weeks into 2016 and we’re willing to bet you’ve already settled into a boring routine. Don’t give up! Buy a motorcycle! Get a tattoo! Live the dream! Or just make…
The seventh episode of Transparent’s second season, now available on Amazon, takes place on Yom Kippur. The holiest day of the year in the Hebrew calendar, it’s a holiday on which Jews fast to symbolically atone for their sins. It’s also a significant occasion for Transparent, which, like the Pfefferman…
It’s hard to imagine a more unsettling setting for a horror movie than Aokigahara, the famed “suicide forest” of Japan to which scores of pilgrims travel every year to end their lives. At the edge of the woods — which, per Japanese mythology, are rife with demons — is a…
“Free beer” is coming, Phoenix. That’s thanks to Danish art collective SUPERFLEX, Welcome Chicken + Donuts, Flowers Bottleshop, and Mother Bunch Brewing. Now, before you get too excited (and as you might know if you are familiar with the ways of SUPERFLEX), “free beer” does not mean no-cost sudsy beverages…
Hey, the 1990s called. And actually, they are mad stoked about your nostalgia for them. Not only are all your favorite shows from the era — Full House, Twin Peaks, The X-Files — getting the reboot treatment, but ’90s Saturday Night Live heavyweights are banding together and stepping into the spotlight, too. Case…
Phoenix artist Eric Kasper caused quite the stir in Bisbee last fall, when Windows Gallery at the Copper Queen Plaza displayed his work alongside that of Ty McNeeley in an exhibition called “Spirits of the West.” The show’s aim was to blend Kasper’s eerie, sometimes ghostly figures with McNeeley’s photographs…
Murals abound in metro Phoenix – where local and international artists regularly add to the city’s vibrant street art scene. You can’t turn a corner without seeing some sort of street art, whether it’s a large-scale mural or a tiny wheat paste work. It’s part of what makes Phoenix look…
Hey Phoenix, thanks for all the love you’ve been giving Bar Flies! New Times’ new(ish) live reading event at Valley Bar has been selling out for months now. We suggest you get your tickets (just $5!) early for the Thursday, February 4, installment of Bar Flies. Doors open at 6…
Hey Phoenix, you ready to get schooled in storytelling? Better start taking notes now: Arizona School for the Arts faculty Julie Hampton and New Times are teaming up to present Shooflies, an occasional reading series that puts the spotlight on stories from ASA high school seniors who are encouraged to explore…
The 16th annual Phoenix Film Festival has been announced for this spring, leaving you just enough hours to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens roughly 960 more times. While the festival’s lineup has yet to be released (and won’t likely feature anything from J.J. Abrams), the festival itself will return to…
The light rail is going to be busy this weekend, especially in and around downtown Phoenix. Like, crazy busy. After all, there will be some big concerts and a Phoenix Suns game taking place, not to mention that gigantic fan event for the College Football Playoff National Championship that will…
Charlie Kaufman is a cartographer of the soul. You can picture him hunched over parchment accurately inking each dark river and, off to the side, cautioning that there be dragons. What makes Kaufman cinema’s best psychoanalyst is a contradiction. He sees people for who we are — hurtful, hopeful, lovely,…
What’s been missing for years in Hollywood’s adventure films? Verisimilitude. Correspondent with the rise of the computers, and the ability to show us any place that filmmakers can imagine, has been the fall of immersiveness — that sense that the actors are in a place you can’t go yourself rather…
January in the Valley of the Sun means just one thing: Car auctions are back. But you don’t have to be a car aficionado to love the auctions, as just about anyone can get excited about the high-stakes bidding, flashy autos, and great people-watching opportunities that abound. While Barrett-Jackson is…
The Winnie Ruth Judd “murder house” is safe. Locals assumed the notorious house, where Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best friends in October of 1931, was about to be demolished after it was recently surrounded by chain link fencing. Purchased last year by Phoenix attorney Robert Warnicke, the duplex…
