The 2013-14 theater season may be over but the rounds of applause are just getting started. On Monday, July 28, the nominees for the 2013-14 AriZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence were announced at Phoenix Theatre with numerous categories ranging from the overall production of contracted and non-contracted plays to original…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 40. Melissa Dunmore. “I…
Mark Walters is just another victim of the evil subject known as math. The owner and one of the artists at Living Canvas Tattoos in Tempe didn’t intend to go into tattooing, he wanted to work with his dad as an architect, but he always found himself struggling with the…
Frances, oft-heralded one of central Phoenix’s best boutiques, continues its popular hands-on craft series this fall. Taught by local talent, the monthly workshops, which in the past have ranged from terrarium building to jewelry making to cocktail creation, are designed with both the craft capable and novices in mind…
Looks like Actors Theatre’s couch-surfing days are officially over (for now, anyways). The local theater troupe, which spent its 2013-14 season bouncing around between different Valley venues, announced in a press release on Friday, July 25, that not only would it premièring four new plays during the 2014-15 season, three…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 41. Brandon Boetto. Brandon…
Ladies, the time of female cosplay is here, and it’s a great thing. If you’re looking to inject a little escapism into your day-to-day grind, dressing up as your favorite superhero and stomping around a convention like you own the place is the way to go. All rude comments and…
So your kids share your surname? Big deal. Some people have entire minor planets named after them, including professors Phil Christensen and Dave Williams of the ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration. The newly credited outer space insiders received their solar system namesakes from the International Astronomical Union (IAU),…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 42. Jaclyn Roessel. It’s…
Hell City? Hell yes. One of Phoenix’s most popular body art expos is returning to the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, Friday, August 15, through Sunday, August 17, for an all-inclusive weekend of ink, piercings, and perhaps a few other forms of body modification you didn’t even know were possible…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 43. Ashley Cooper. Late…
Who knew Phoenix had some many dinosaur fans? Arizona’s original dinosaur fan convention DinoCon comes to Phoenix Center for the Arts on Saturday, August 2, from 3 to 9 p.m., and sadly it’s not just these larger than life creatures that have gone extinct. Advanced tickets for the one-day convention…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 44. Abigail Lynch. For…
Nintendo fans of Arizona, put your 2DSes on pause for a second and listen up. We fully understand that Super Mario 3D Land is addictive as hell, but y’all might want to take a break from handheld gaming (or any other sort button-mashing activity, for that matter) over the next…
Courting Disaster is Jackalope Ranch’s weekly column of dating horror stories, observations, how-tos, and more by Katie Johnson. Names of ex-boyfriends, past hookups, and bad blind dates have been changed to protect the guilty. Like any person riding the existential roller coaster that is their 20s, I bounce back and…
It looks like some pretty big congrats are in order for one of Arizona’s own. On Tuesday, July 22, The National Endowment for the Arts announced that President Barack Obama would be awarding the National Medals of Arts as well as the National Humanities Medals on Monday, July 28, to…
Phoenix Fashion Week’s 2014 emerging designers are about to emerge just a skosh more. The group of 14 up-and-coming designers and labels from across the country has been working through an educational program and competition in which they learn how to build successful brands with the help of Phoenix Fashion…
For those who claim corporate counterculture, buy from brick-and-mortar businesses, and do their spending stateside, we have some news for you: you may just be localist. And while showing local love has always had its benefits for the community, Local First is making sure some of the rewards return directly…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 45. Allyson Boggess. Allyson…
To selfie or not to selfie? That is the question. On the one hand, who doesn’t love to indulge their narcissistic side every once in a while? But on the other hand, selfies are terrible, embarrassing, and sometimes dangerous byproducts of a self-indulgent, technology-obsessed culture. Teens have it easy. We…
If you’ve checked out the colorful kid-catered installation that is Camp Dreamtree, you know one thing about the Scottsdale Civic Center Library: their gallery is anything but by the book. And while the installation created by local artists Roy Wasson Valle and Koryn Woodward Wasson has done well to inspire…
Mark your calendars, fashion fanatics. Angelica Gonzalez and Liliana Gomez recently relocated their Phoenix boutique Nostra Style House, leaving Roosevelt Row for a new storefront at Seventh and Pierce streets. The store has been open at its new location (formerly home to Palabra Collective) for a little more than a…
