Arts and Entertainment

New exhibition aims to bring awareness to LGBTQ struggles

The LGBTQ: Rights & Justice exhibition displays art revolving around the theme of struggles that the LGBTQ community has faced.

Artists and community groups clash over graffiti downtown

By Keerthi Vedantam and Stephanie Morse Downtown Phoenix sees its fair share of graffiti, as any city does. But, from those who clean it up...

Female entrepreneurs discuss how to bounce back from failures

Three female entrepreneurs shared their stories of failure and the lessons they learned at "Fuckup Nights" at Trunk Space Thursday. The purpose of the event...

ArtDetour 29 kicks off with a call from Stanton to protect federal arts funding

Artists and community members helped kick off ArtDetour 29 at the Art D'Core Gala with art, dancing and celebration Thursday night. ArtDetour will showcase 16...

METROnome: Flume, locals rock McDowell Mountain

The lineup at Hance Park for the McDowell Mountain Music Festival had some hits and misses, but oh did the hits hit hard. Day 1: Upsahl...

METROnome: Luxxe prepares for big break with Bon Jovi

Forget the glamorized starving artist trope: Americana band Luxxe will certainly be Livin' on (far more than) a Prayer if it continues on its...

Curtain Critic: Light Rail Plays spice up daily commutes

The Light Rail Plays are an annual series of public theatre and music performed to an unsuspecting audience on the Phoenix light rail. https://vimeo.com/205837575 Video by...

History of communism, culture in Vietnam come to life at new Phoenix Art Museum...

The Phoenix Art Museum welcomed a new multimedia exhibition this week that highlights a uniquely modern take on Vietnamese art. The Propeller Group, a team...

METROnome: Taylor Upsahl preps for second M3F performance, and high school graduation

Phoenix musician Taylor Upsahl is preparing for two of the biggest shows of her career three months before preparing for her high school graduation. Upsahl...

Curtain Critic: “La Esquinita” could use some edits

Rating (out of four stars): ★ “La Esquinita, USA,” a one-man show about impoverished Mexican-Americans, debuted at the Herberger Theater Center Friday evening. The play was...