Super Bowl XLIX is expected to bring in 1 million attendees, and many of them are flooding downtown Phoenix. With the vast majority of them coming from in-state, the hope is that after experiencing the city, they'll visit again.
At the end of October, the city of Phoenix installed new 2-hour-limit parking signs on one side of Sixth Street and both sides of Fifth Street in between Roosevelt and Garfield streets. Businesses in the area asked for the signs to help promote higher customer turnover.
Ana Tijoux is a French-Chilean rapper who combines layers of cultures and causes in her music. Her appearance at Crescent Ballroom on Tuesday night presented a blend of advocacy and music.
Hot Box Gallery, a shipping-container gallery on Fourth and Roosevelt streets, was joined by two new container galleries for October's First Friday Art Walk. The galleries received funding to be temporarily transported around different areas of downtown Phoenix.
Art4All, a program presented in collaboration with Valley Leadership and Phoenix Center for the Arts, provides art education to students in districts with small arts budgets. The program recently received a large van that was donated by Valley Metro and is used to take the classes around the city.
The Phoenix Hostel on Ninth and Portland streets kicked off cultural events about a year and a half, inspired by the Mexican phenomenon known as Casas de las Culturas, or culture houses.
