Gwynne Sullivan is a co-founder of Bewilderknits and a Phoenix native who moved to Sunnyslope long before it was the hip thing to do. What are you wearing right now? A yellow singing-bird Threadless t-shirt called Ruido, blue-and-white vertically striped bellbottoms a size too large, round-toed black flats from Born,…
Self-described “Quack Artist” Kenn Coplan is like a futuristic carnival sideshow barker from a parallel universe, driven into the Arizona desert on an endless quest for trash. The 39-year-old transplant from L.A. (not quite a parallel universe) treasures our ravaged beer cans, discarded car batteries, and sun-bleached bicycle seats. Because…
This tremendous trifecta was an idea born of Kate Benjamin (Modern Cat Studio), Lisa Jacobs (Sticker Club Girl) and Megan Olesen (Lucky 15 Creative)…
Kathy Cano-Murillo, a.k.a. The Crafty Chica, says it takes a lot to get her fired up about politics. But Arizona’s new immigration has this Phoenician particularly hot and bothered. Instead of making a pinata in the likeness of one of our government leaders (also a good idea), Cano-Murillo made herself an ID…
Michael Monti is perhaps best known as the proprietor of Monti’s La Casa Vieja at 100 S. Mill Avenue in Tempe, but the married father of four is a proud Phoenician, too, and his enthusiasm for the East Valley shines through in his blog, 100 S. Mill Ave. Although Monti’s…
An upstairs view of the Continental Apartments in downtown Phoenix…
Have you had the urge to whack Sheriff Joe Arpaio upside the head? Soon you’ll have the chance, thanks to Provocative Pinatas Inc., the brain child of Scott Jacobson. Jacobson (best known as the one-time director of Valley Leadership and corporate relations guru for Arizona Public Service, he’s now a…
Dugaldo Estrada, a.k.a. “Blogaldo,” asks an interesting question at the top of his blog: “If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?”Estrada’s answer: “How would I get higher?”This is the sort of cheeky humor that permeates Estrada’s musings. By day, he’s a server…
When John O’Hagan isn’t running the Golden Rule Tattoo shop on Roosevelt (in the same strip as Carly’s Bistro), the vegetarian 20-something is at home caring for his puppy and pot-bellied pet pig.What are you wearing right now? (And if you’re not wearing anything, for Pete’s sake, go get dressed!)Haha,…
This past Friday night, fashionistas (and fashionistos?) from across the Valley packed into the pool area at Scottsdale’s retro-chic Hotel Valley Ho for the 4th Annual Spring into Summer fashion show featuring Beach Bunny Swimwear and up-and-coming L.A. designer Katharine Story. If the show was any indication, this summer’s fashion trends will highlight…
Homeless no more. Starting May 1, the downtown Phoenix-area improv community, which has really blossomed over the past few years, will have its own digs. The venue, which will most likely be called The Torch Theatre, is an approximately 1,400-square-foot space located at Central Avenue and Highland. Once they get…
In the latest installment of Surreal Estate, Robrt Pela introduced us to the Statue of Liberty that lives down the street from his house. Impressive, but not quite as impressive as this yard we found on the westside…
Are you a hot mess of fashion sense with mad sewing skills and a catch phrase? Project Runway wants you for its Season 8 New York showdown of crazy-creative divas, criers, and throw-other-designers-under-the-bussers. The deadline to receive submissions is tomorrow, April 27 (first challenge, designers!) For the link and application…
If riding a bike across a cable in the air, watching metal shavings dance to “Technotronic,” and differentiating moose poop from dinosaur dung sounds like a good time to you, then check out the Arizona Science Center on 6th Street and Washington. The 120,000 square foot facility houses tons of…
The Lost Dutchman (from this week’s cover story) imagined as a wizard and other art, as seen over the weekend at Conspire…
Yes, it’s roomy and picturesque here at Jackalope Ranch, but I think my favorite thing is the ottoman — best reintroduction of a piece of furniture in the past two decades! Remember footstools? Fuck that. And if you want to go back to read any of the older Curtains reviews,…
Chris Fiscus is a Valley native, a local musician, a kid disguised as a husband and father, and a newspaper guy turned ad agency guy…. What are you wearing right now? My Phoenix ad agency outfit: untucked longsleeve black shirt, old jeans, black Dr. Marten boots and Swiss army watch…
The woman behind “A Bookish Blog” at www.iheartmonster.com doesn’t reveal much about herself. On her blog, she says she’s an Arizona native in her late 20s that likes hiking and domestic travel, and loves her husband, “Monster.”That’s all cool, but the only thing we really need to know about “A…
That’s the crazy scheme nationally recognized poet and former LA Weekly writer S.A. Griffin is planning. Griffin purchased a defunct U.S. military practice bomb for $100 from some dude on Craigslist in November of last year and set about drilling, grinding and refurbishing it into a sleek pinstriped capsule filled with poetry…
Urban acrobat Francesco Caban will demonstrate how to swing from trees and crawl up walls this weekend at Madcap Theaters in Tempe. The super fit Movement Arts instructor from ASU will give demonstrations in parkour before a screening of the movie District 13: Ultimatum on Saturday night, and it’s bound…
We’re rounding out our very first week at the Jackalope Ranch and we know (ok, we hope) you’ll miss our posts over the weekend.Although, we firmly believe that in this town, you shouldn’t be stuck to your computer screen on Saturdays and Sundays. You should be out, out, out!Check out…
