Downtown Digest: Week of 7/3-7/9
“Downtown Digest” is your weekly preview from Downtown Devil. Here, we’ll share information about community meetings, arts and culture events, and more. If you...
Three free events to celebrate El Día de los Ninos
Downtown community members will be able to participate in activism, events and learning in celebration of El Día de Los Niños this year.
El Día...
Lawn Gnome set to close location, moving on to next chapter
Lawn Gnome Owner Aaron Hopkins-Johnson sat on the benches in front of the Fifth Street book store Thursday reflecting on memories there.
Hopkins-Johnson spent the...
Phoenix Rising: An updated Visual Artist Rights Act could protect downtown artists
As debates over the future of Augustine Kofie’s mural on the western wall of the Flowers building at Fifth and Roosevelt streets continue, it...
New artistic collaboration reflects history of migration
Culture and community combined this past week for a unique artist-in-residence program that brought a renowned Mexican artist to downtown Phoenix.
Betsabeé Romero, a contemporary...
Group builds bridges through international folk dance
In an increasingly divided country, a group of people are bridging different backgrounds, cultures and ages by coming together through the love of music...
Phoenix Lights 2017 moves out of Phoenix in last-minute venue change
Just two days before the festival, organizers announced that Phoenix Lights will be moving from downtown Phoenix to Chandler.
The Marquee Relentless Beats EDM festival...
Curtain Critic: Bird City Comedy Festival swoops into downtown Phoenix
Dozens of comedians are flocking to downtown Phoenix this weekend for the second annual Bird City Comedy Festival.
The alt-comedy festival, which runs from Thursday...
Downtown photographers crowdfunding for community darkroom
Phoenix Film Revival, a group dedicated to the art of film photography, is crowdfunding to build a darkroom and studio for the community's use...
‘Mister Roger’s’ spoof to hold in-person debut at Bird City Comedy Festival
What happens when you put together puppets, “shirtless Ted Cruz” and two Arizona State University alumni?
"Mister Chris’s Apartment Show," a new show to be...