In honor of the fifth annual Big Brain Awards, New Times is recognizing five Urban Legends, established creative pioneers who have made Phoenix a better, cooler place. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will…
Get ready to mix and mingle with some of the Valley’s most compelling up-and-coming creatives in the fields of performing art, culinary art, visual art, design, and urban vision at New Times’ Artopia on Friday, April 25, at Bentley Projects. Those creatives? They’re the 2014 Big Brain Award finalists. We’ve…
Well, we’ve got some good news and some great news. The good news is that Game CoLab, the independent co-working organization dedicated to developing the local gaming community, has just received a good chunk of change: a one-time $33,798 grant from the City of Phoenix, plus a $4,000 grant from…
When Ayo Skeete was 10 years old, she had a make-your-own-jewelry birthday party. When she was in middle school, she made her own jewelry and sold it. In college, she began making pieces she loved and sold them in her very own Etsy shop, Ayo Femi Jewelry. At 25, the…
In honor of the fifth annual Big Brain Awards, New Times is recognizing five Urban Legends, established creative pioneers who have made Phoenix a better, cooler place. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will…
Between the pool parties, the creative mingling, and the growing bike community, we can totally understand why Phoenix is a great place for Millennials. Now, as if those weren’t enough, Time magazine has just given up-and-comers another reason make a trip to the Valley of the Sun: jobs…
After Pepper boutique owner Cathy Beach completed her master’s in clinical psychology in California, she began a career in fashion merchandising. She’s done everything from working as designer Rachel Pally’s assistant to overseeing visual display for Bloomingdale’s and Free People stores along the West Coast. She had just begun developing…
In honor of the fifth annual Big Brain Awards, New Times is recognizing five Urban Legends, established creative pioneers who have made Phoenix a better, cooler place. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will…
She fed you, bathed you, and clothed you. She dried your tears, kissed skinned knees, and changed your diaper. And don’t you forget it. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11, and gone are the days when a card colored outside the lines will cut it. Yes, pedicures are pretty, and…
Just because the temperature’s rising doesn’t mean your art career can’t rise with it. Rather than let your art supplies melt and separate in the garage this summer, Practical Art is encouraging local artists to put their tools and talents to good use by entering work into the third annual…
Everyone we love on Game of Thrones dies. Well, actually, pretty much everyone dies on the show regardless. Some of the hurt of losing beloved characters is lessened by the way George R. R. Martin crafts his bad to the bone villains, making their eventual demise that much more satisfying…
Fewer baby humans means more baby animals. Stay with us; it’s going somewhere. On Tuesday, April 22 (yes, Earth Day), recycled clothing retailers Well Suited will team up with the Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based nonprofit that advocates for endangered animals, to hand out free Endangered Species Condoms to…
Arizona’s street cred in the national arts and culture scene has been seriously on the rise this month — what with downtown’s Lost Leaf being named one of the best art bars in America, Phoenix being named one of the best Midcentury Modern metros, and Sedona getting featured in Smithsonian…
We’re about halfway through the two-week run of Jodorowsky’s Dune at Harkins Camelview 5 in Scottsdale, so time is running out for you to go check out the funny, thought-provoking, and painfully frustrating documentary about experimental filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ill-fated attempt to make the book Dune into a movie. Obviously,…
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. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Nerd Wallet’s recent conclusion that Phoenix is a great…
The Big Brains are here. We’ve profiled the 15 up-and-coming creatives who are finalists in the categories of performing art, culinary art, visual art, design, and urban vision. We’ll announce the five winners (one in each category) at Artopia, an evening of food, drink, and art, at Bentley Projects on…
Between the upcoming launch of the Grid Bike Share program and the arrival of the IV vitamin bar trend, it seems like life in the Valley couldn’t get much more convenient. Cue Handybook. The new on-demand cleaning service, which launched in Phoenix on Monday, April 14, is setting out to…
Megan Kaslly frequented a lot of thrift stores growing up. The 24-year-old, who was born and raised near Seventh Avenue, knows a thing or two about the best spots around town to pick up funky vintage. She’s also got some big plans for the future of Phoenix fashion…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives, and the results are in. Introducing our 2014 Big Brain finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch and Chow Bella will introduce the finalists. Up today: Kristopher Pourzal. Kristopher Pourzal…
If you were born somewhere between the late 1980s and the early 2000s and are currently living in metro Phoenix, good news: You’re doing at least one thing right. That’s according to Niche Ink, the satellite website of Niche.com that specializes in helping people make major life decisions such as…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives, and the results are in. Introducing our 2014 Big Brain finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch and Chow Bella will introduce the finalists. Up today: Ashley Weber. Disembodied dragonfly…
Between the anticipatory shipping , the proposed use of drones, and the fact that you can purchase almost anything from anywhere at virtually anytime, we wouldn’t put it past some customers to assume that Amazon runs on magic. Well, soon those customers can see for themselves…
