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Three Phoenix Fashion Designers to Watch in 2012

Talented fashion designers are a rare find in Arizona -- though the state does have some sparkling specimens of style. It feels like I've been to a million local shows, and if the audience is lucky enough not to be shown the latest denim/T-shirt combo straight from a Dillards rack,...
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Faith Austin ’50s Handkerchief at Alchemy Vintage

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: Hankies are happening, people. Whether knotted around the neck or peeking out of a pocket, this is one summer trend we can get behind (unlike these seven that...
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2 Days in New York‘s Julie Delpy Rocks the Big Apple

"My son is sick right now, covered in zits. It's not contagious — I mean, it's contagious, but don't worry: Grownups don't catch it. It's called mouth-foot-and-butt disease or something." Julie Delpy materializes on the patio of Hollywood's Chateau Marmont on a wave of nervous energy. Hair pinned up away...
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Push It

In 2009, friends and artists Matt Brown and Jay B Fail opened the doors of Push PHX Gallery at 1145 East Roosevelt with a vision of “pushing” the local arts movement forward with exhibitions and events. For three years, the duo brought in local artists in a variety of media...
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Downtown’s PUSH Gallery Returns with “2.0”

In 2009, friends and artists Matt Brown and Jay B Fail opened the doors of PUSH Gallery at 1145 East Roosevelt with a vision of "pushing" the local arts movement forward with exhibitions and events. For three years, the duo brought in local artists in a variety of media for...
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Leather Tulip Dress by Bethany Yellowtail

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: From Native designer and FIDM grad Bethany Yellowtail (who's a member of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes), this sculptural, structured black leather mini dress with an exposed...
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Orange Blossom Charm Necklace at Mignonne Handmade

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: It's no easy task to feel (or for that matter look) cute when you're sweating buckets between drying out in hyper-air-conditioned buildings. Flushed faces, thighs sticking to seats,...
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Kevin Binkley Stiffed at James Beard Awards

This just in: Valley chef Kevin Binkley -- the guy pretty much everyone agrees owns the best restaurant in Arizona -- did not win the 2012 James Beard Best Chef Southwest award this year. Instead, the honors went to Paul Qui, executive chef of Uchiko in Austin, Texas. Last year,...
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Tyler Perry’s Madea Gets Less Melodramatic But Not Less Grotesque

For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry's Madea is little more than a mammy — an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to celebrate. And unforgivably, when compared to Flip Wilson's Geraldine or even Martin Lawrence's Big...
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Luminaris: An Illuminating Stop Motion by Juan Pablo Zaramella

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning:  Luminaris is a stop motion short from...
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Pinned Turquoise Ring from Against the Grain

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: Pinned together with a sterling silver band are three turquoise discs that serve as the focal point of this ring from Tempe-based jewelry designer Ashley Weber's Against the...
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Whit Stillman Returns Triumphant with Damsels in Distress

Whit Stillman made a name for himself making semiautobiographical, deadpan, highly literate comedies about the night lives of idle heirs (his 1990 Oscar-nominated debut Metropolitan), privileged Americans abroad (Barcelona, 1994), and resilient yuppies in decadent early '80s Manhattan (The Last Days of Disco, 1998). But for more than a decade,...
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Bomberos Winebar Back in Action at End of April

Oh, my, this is exciting. For those who thought Bomberos Winebar, the hip little neighborhood hangout in Sunnyslope that shuttered last March after failed lease renewal discussions with the landlord (the space is now occupied by Timo), was ancient history, it's time to write a new chapter. Just over a...
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Farah Dress from kt jean

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: We caught up with Katie Walker of kt jean last week when one of her designs appeared on The Martha Stewart Show's Etsy-centric episode. And since then, well,...
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Your Guide to Highly Anticipated Summer Films

In a movie season worshiped for its CGI-boosted, spiritually bankrupt juvenilia, it's heartening to know that filmmakers still create — and maybe more significantly, that studios still distribute—summer entertainment for grownups. Not that those buckets of popcorn are going to empty themselves, but who needs to be reminded of yet...
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The Oscars: The Good, The Bad, and a Whole Lot of Right Leg

​ Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning: Today's buzz is bound to...
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Orla Kiely Willow Tote at Frances

Every Wednesday Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: There's no beating around the gorgeously manicured bush, we are Orla Kiely fangirls. The Irish designer's bedding will be available stateside at Bed, Bath & Beyond...
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Oscars Fashion: Five Dresses We Want to See on the Red Carpet

Like all good celebrity worshippers, we enjoy the Oscars telecast, the jokes from Billy Crystal, the awkward mispronunciations during foreign film awards, feigned surprise, looks that could kill, and incidental swearing in acceptance speeches. But, we gotta say, our favorite part of the movie-maker merriment is the red carpet.  Our penchant...