Arts and Entertainment

Curtain Critic: ‘The Notebook Has No Legs’ is solidly clever, if a little inconsistent

While in some areas the humor lulled, director Shaun Michael McNamara found a generous amount of comedy content to play with in "The Notebook."

Heard Museum connects two generations of Native artists in ‘Confluence’

Multiple generations of Native American artists collaborated in the Heard Museum's latest exhibition, "Confluence: Inter-generational Collaborations."

Through long battle with cancer, Phoenix artist persists in work

Video and photos by Courtney Pedroza Jules Demetrius was in remission from three types of stage 4 cancer. A stencil artist, he was preparing...

‘Conjuring the Consecrated’ blends photos of the past to speak to women and feminism...

Cherie Buck-Hutchison manipulates photos from her midcentury youth to explore feminism and patriarchal societies in "Conjuring the Consecrated."

Downtown Angels: Local activist completes MonOrchid mural raising awareness for homelessness

“My daughter has a name and now she’s gone.” After receiving this Facebook message from a mother whose homeless daughter was murdered while living on...

‘Screaming Hand’ brings artists and skateboarders together for one night

An iconic 30-year-old piece of skateboard culture, Jim Phillips' "Screaming Hand' design, is in Phoenix for one night only, inspiring local artists.

Artist and ASU professor tackles tough side of birth with ‘Creative Push’ exhibition

Society often glosses over the less-attractive sides of birth, often alienating new mothers in the process. 'Creative Push' hopes to tackle the subject.

MonOrchid fills Shade Gallery with 10-year Chris Maker retrospective

While his solo MonOrchid show celebrates Chris Maker as an artist, the art itself largely reflects on his time in urban planning and architecture.

METROnome: Phoenix music fans support burgled bands, must do more

While local music buffs came out in droves to support robbed acts such as Sundressed, we all need to do more to cultivate Phoenix's music scene.

Phoenix Art Museum returns to Renaissance art with Michelangelo exhibition

A year after bringing in Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicaster, the Phoenix Art Museum introduces the "Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane" exhibition.