Arts and Entertainment

This First Friday features an experimental film series, Nao Matsunaga, decorated stilettos and more.

Dancers will perform under the lights of Roosevelt Row Saturday on the A.R.T.S. Market lot for the sixth annual Expresiones Seis dance festival.

Phoenix-based EMMA Magazine offers young women something they had previously been missing - a chance to explore the world of domestics, crafting and fashion in a non-threatening, creative and modern way.

An exhibit featuring rare Arizona gay rodeo memorabilia engaged Valley residents and the local arts community with its unique perspective on the West last month at the Burton Barr Central Library.

The third Downtown Devil Discussion of the semester focused on the impact of design in downtown Phoenix.

Comedy and theater space Soul Invictus is closing its doors, leaving theater groups in search of a new home and creating a hole for the entertainment community of Grand Avenue.

Local nonprofit organization Arizona Citizens Action for the Arts received a $50,000 grant in late February to help bolster the bond between Phoenix businesses and the arts through a community outreach program.

This week's Third Friday guide features a recreation of a classic play in modern mixed media, a dynamic duo teaming up for the first time since their Scottsdale-based gallery closed, a lecture on installation art, an exhibition on the human experience and a fundraiser that goes to local students in art programs.

People invested in the future of arts and entertainment gathered to listen to community panelists and a nationally known speaker at Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust’s “Thought Leader in Residence” at Phoenix Center for the Arts Wednesday.

Robrt Pela, a well known member of the Phoenix art scene as the former curator of Willo North Gallery and a columnist for the Phoenix New Times, will be opening his own art space in May. The R. Pela Contemporary Art Gallery will be located on McDowell Road.