Arts and Entertainment

The Revival Art Collective, a cooperative gallery, studio and tattoo shop, is described by a co-owner as a way to combat the separation between the type of art found in a gallery and the type of art found on someone’s skin -- a tattoo.

If you're spending your Thanksgiving weekend in Phoenix, check out a notorious animator, an acclaimed Broadway play, a true science-fiction classic, a long-running talk show and two rising rock groups.

Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation has made its New Year’s resolution – place six businesses into 40 feet by 8 feet by 8 feet repurposed shipping containers along Roosevelt Street by April 2013.

The McDowell Mountain Music Festival will be held in downtown Phoenix for the first time in 2013, featuring bands like The Roots, The Shins, Edward Sharpe and the Zeroes and Dr. Dog at Margaret T. Hance Park.

Downtown Phoenix business and gallery owners Kimber Lanning, Greg Esser and Cindy Dach bought two vacant lots on the south side of Roosevelt Street between Fourth and Fifth streets. The trio is celebrating with a free concert at the space Friday.

This weekend, is all about heavy-hitters. The long-running Downtown Chamber Series is performing an encore of one of its most revered pieces. A mural all-star debuts his brand-new solo show. Local hip-hop aficionados hold down the fort at downtown’s hottest (and only) book shop welcoming hot DJs from the past, present and future. And a multimedia artist shares her latest film work, incorporating improvised music into her emotional constructions. Step outside and walk (or bike) to one of these shows.

Lawn Gnome Publishing held the first event of its ongoing Books and Beakers Science Cafe series on Tuesday to connect the public with local scientists from a variety of fields.

Artlink Phoenix is starting a new series of Collector's Tours on Nov. 16 so that people can engage with local art and artists. The first trolley tour will visit Modified Arts, Willo North Gallery and Jackson Street Studios.

The Lab, an art gallery at Roosevelt and Sixth streets, celebrated its first anniversary on Saturday with live music, free t-shirts and other festivities.

This week we embrace the fringe. Local ska-turned-psychedelic stars collaborate with a massive jazz group, while an experimental theater troupe makes its triumphant return to the public.