Arts and Entertainment

Queer Artivismo celebrates with love and healing

Trans Queer Pueblo held their bi-monthly Queer Artivismo Saturday, a fundraiser event that honors the struggles of the LGBTQ community through art. The event centered...

Photos: Anime convention showcases local creativity

At Phoenix's annual anime convention, you'll stand out more if you're not in costume. Saboten Con, whose name derives from the Japanese word for...

Your guide to this month’s First Friday

People near and far come to downtown Phoenix’s First Friday, one of the largest art walks in the U.S. With arts and crafts and...

Saboten Con brings anime fans together

Colorful cosplayers filled the lobby of the Sheraton Grand Phoenix for the 12th annual Saboten Con over Labor Day weekend. Saboten Con is the...

Phoenix Public Market pays homage to the prickly pear

Phoenix Public Market celebrated one of Arizona's most versatile native plants on Saturday: the opuntia, also known as the prickly pear at the first...

Local actress takes the stage as Morticia Addams in Herberger musical

Renee Koher, who plays Morticia Addams in the Arizona Broadway Theater's production of The Addams Family, knew she wanted to star in musicals since...

“Spamilton” is uproarious fun in honor of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Classic

Hamilton refreshed America's historical memories with a founding father's story. Spamilton both celebrates and sticks its tongue at famous Broadway performances and honoring Lin...
Performers play the trumpet and saxophone at the Nash in downtown Phoenix on Oct. 6, 2018. (Jose Ivan Cazares/DD)

What’s going on with The Nash?

The Nash wants you to know: They want to stay on Roosevelt, but they’re keeping their options open. The nationally celebrated jazz venue has been...
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ATC’s “Things I Know to Be True” is a Painful, Poignant Family Drama

All alone in a foreign country, Rosie lists the things she knows to be true: Love exists, love is all-consuming, and sometimes love can...

Chatterbox takes the mic one last time before retirement

Storytellers and listeners packed Fair Trade Cafe Wednesday night to attend The Final Show from local storytelling show Chatterbox after it was announced last...