Festival to promote food, health, sustainability
The Arizona Science Center and Chipotle are concluding their Chew on This! film and lecture series with the Grow Phoenix Festival. Valley chefs, food trucks and local band Peppermint James will be at the event.
Third Friday guide: A 24-hour poetry reading, surreal photography and theDARKROOM
This week's Third Friday guide features Ziindi art with custom shoes, 24 hours of poetry reading, a film-world get together, surreal photography, interpretations of gravity and a pop-up darkroom show.
Spoken-word performer, soul and R&B artist to be featured at HomeBase poetry open mic
Phoenix based open mic organization, HomeBase Poetry, will hold its monthly show Saturday. The event will showcase Choklate, a soul and R&B recording artist, and Darnella Ford, author of five best-selling novels.
Organizers of The REAL Coachella prepare for the weekend’s show
April 20 is a big day for Ryan Avery. The artist and Vovomeena barista is one of three people putting on The REAL Coachella, an annual event of music and performance art by Phoenix artists held at the Trunk Space on Grand Avenue.
Local hula-hoop group partners with downtown community for performances
A local hula-hoop performance group uses downtown Phoenix’s culture as inspiration for local shows and art projects.
Final Downtown Devil Discussion of semester examines Phoenix’s identity and the arts
Four panelists and dozens of downtown Phoenix artists, entrepreneurs, community leaders and students gathered Wednesday night at the final Downtown Devil Discussion of this semester to tackle that very question: Does Phoenix have a realized identity?
Jazz education and performance center expands to educate aspiring musicians
Local jazz club The Nash is expanding its location to house its Nash Education Annex, a new program offering courses and practice space for aspiring and young musicians.
Slide show: PHX Sky Train station art unveiled to city in public art tour
In addition to the opening of the PHX Sky Train at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Monday, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program hosted an art tour of the public art projects that were added to beautify the train stations.
Valley mayors choose favorite tamales in Friendly House’s first Battle of the Tamales
Sixteen Valley mayors participated in the first Battle of the Tamales at CityScape on Friday during Friendly House's 78th annual Tamale Dinner.
Greg Esser helps launch Last Fridays in Kosovo
Greg Esser, co-founder of Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation, became the link that brought the cultural phenomenon of First Fridays from the Southwestern United States to Eastern Europe. Esser said the task wasn’t too difficult, because the event is highly adaptable.