Two local businesses — The Sweetness ice cream shop and the Fair Trade Cafe — have parted ways after 11 months of partnering after The Sweetness owner could not meet the financial terms of his lease.
Craig and Kris DeMarco, Lauren and Wyatt Bailey, and Tory DeMarce, who own and manage several other downtown Phoenix restaurants such as Postino and Windsor, collaborated once again to create Federal Pizza. The restaurant, located on the southwest corner of Central and Oregon avenues, will feature wood-fired pizzas and is set to open on Oct. 9.
ASU and the Downtown Phoenix Partnership are working together to organize pop-up parks in Civic Space Park with music, bean bag toss and other activities on Friday afternoons.
Cronkite students, staff and visiting fellows from the Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute were invited to a book signing with author, blogger and professor at City University of New York's graduate journalism school Jeff Jarvis on Wednesday afternoon.
The first Friday of every month is always alive with art and culture in downtown Phoenix. However, this month's event provided a different vibe for many attendees as the presence of Dia de los Muertos was unleashed throughout downtown festivals and galleries.
Dim lighting, coffins in plain sight, spooky background music: it didn’t take long for audience members of Lisa Starry’s A Vampire Tale to sense a dark twist looming in their future. Although most of the show was choreographed, this year’s rendition of A Vampire Tale left room for audience participation.
