Arts and Entertainment

“The Bad and the Beautiful” was a fitting title for Center Dance Ensemble's season opener at the Herberger Theater Center this weekend. The work in the show ranged all the way from the organically beautiful work of guest choreographer Diane McNeal Hunt, to the archaically bad premieres of choreographer and artistic director Frances Smith Cohen.

The Ray LaMontagne concert at Comerica Theatre on Wednesday night brought real emotion that allowed an intimate connection between the artist and the audience -- a connection that started with LaMontagne's opening band, The Belle Brigade.

Hordes of zombies of all ages roamed the streets of downtown on Saturday during the sixth annual Zombie Walk. The event, hosted by Downtown Phoenix Inc., began with a festival at Heritage Square Park, located between Monroe and Washington streets and Fifth and Seventh streets.

1Spot Gallery hosted a celebration of the Arizona-Sonoran landscape and its many offerings with a Saturday event called the Edible Desert Experience. More than 40 guests gathered on the outdoor patio of 1Spot Gallery, located at Sixth and Roosevelt streets, to enjoy an evening of natural food, art, music, people and culture.

The Primavera Folklorico Dance Company has been performing around Phoenix and Arizona since 1975. On Oct. 26, they'll bring their unique blend of traditional Mexican folk dancing to Margaret T. Hance Park for the third annual Día de los Muertos PHX Festival.

The Arizona School of the Arts will debut a play this weekend that they commissioned from local playwright Dwayne Hartford. A grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts made the project possible.

I was excited when I heard this week’s challenge: to manipulate a photograph I’ve taken, using a Photoshop Tutorial. I finally ventured outside of the effects of brightness, the magic wand and the saturation feature.

Musician Tristan Jemsek plays in a variety of local bands, including Dogbreth and Diners. A little more than ten years after his first Trunk Space show, Jemsek continues to create pieces that blend creativity and maturity.

Following the Oct. 14 release of their fourth album, “Hungry Ghosts,” OK Go will be taking the Crescent Ballroom stage on Friday. Emily Liu spoke with the group's bassist, Tim Nordwind, about their new album and what to expect at the show.

Capture12 is a new gallery on Roosevelt Row with a single focus: photography.