ArtLink’s 16th Annual Juried Exhibition moves to downtown Phoenix IceHouse
ArtLink's 16th Annual Juried Exhibition moved to the IceHouse this year. The event features 26 artists selected by a panel of 3 jurors.
Bocafloja performs interactive show in ASU ‘Performance in the Borderlands’ series
Rap artist and slam poet Bocafloja performed a live concert at the Herberger Theater Center on Thursday evening to bring people of color together and unify them under music.
Two Phoenix events combine festivities to promote arts and local business
The Grand Avenue Festival and Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts are teaming up to bring even more live music, art and local businesses to the Phoenix community.
Curtain Critic: A comprehensive guide to the fall 2014 theater season in downtown Phoenix
As this year’s season begins, the variety of theaters and troupes in downtown Phoenix have some fantastic new shows starting up over the next three months. For the downtown theater-lover (or dance-lover, or general performance-lover), we’ve laid out some shows as they’re scheduled for September, October, November and early December.
Local comedy scene continues to evolve with events like the ever-growing Comedy on Fire
Comedy on Fire, a monthly show at the Firehouse Gallery, has grown immensely in the past year. Some of the most recent shows have included well-known road comics, but the show still focuses on strengthening the local comedy scene.
Focus. Flash. Phoenix: Meet the new assistant photography editor
The Downtown Devil photography column welcomes the new assistant photography editor, Amanda LaCasse.
Curtain Critic: ‘By the Way, Meet Vera Stark’ asks powerful race and identity questions
Through humor, drama and a dash of desperation, “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” illustrates a black woman in film who refuses to back down from her creative dream, even as it means taking roles that may support stereotypes. Thought-provoking and humorous, “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” presented by iTheatre Collaborative is well worth watching.
Phoenix Center for the Arts to host screening of ‘Woodstock’ for festival’s 45th anniversary
Phoenix Center for the Arts will host a screening of "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music," the nearly four-hour concert documentary about the iconic Woodstock music festival. The festival turns 45 this weekend.
Dinosaurs and pop culture soar to ‘Jurassic’ heights at second annual Phoenix DinoCon
Dinosaurs attacked downtown Phoenix on Saturday -- well, at least ones from popular culture -- in the second annual Phoenix DinoCon, held at the Phoenix Center for the Arts. The event, which drew close to 400 attendees, had panels and booths that celebrated the dinosaur-lovers among us.
Devil’s Pass: 5 First Friday activities to praise the passing of July and arrival...
If you survived another month on the stovetop, you may want to celebrate by going out Friday, Aug. 1, for Phoenix's First Fridays art-walk festivities. So before the kids are back to school and the art walk becomes the welcome madness that it is during the fall, take your time to enjoy this one in comparable calmness.