John Henry’s Revenge blends jazz, electronica
The five-man band of ASU jazz students John Henry's Revenge will showcase their unique mix between jazz and electronic music at their gig during the Mardi Gras celebration in CityScape.
Gallery hosts centennial photography show
Photographers and artists share their different perspectives of Arizona with nontraditional landscapes at "The Forty Eighth: Contemporary Photography at Arizona's Centennial" exhibit at the MonOrchid gallery.
Places, Spaces and Faces community dinner boasts home-cooked meals, human connections
A monthly potluck that brings together community members from all walks of life celebrates its second anniversary in central Phoenix this year.
Arts commission approves future designs for Roosevelt Street improvements
Downtown Phoenix is looking at a concrete facelift with a potential $40,000 contract to bring an award-winning architect to improve the streets through an artistic touch.
Fry-bread food truck combines Native American, Mexican-American influences
Emerson Fry Bread serves up a menu with Mojave, Quechan and Mexican-American influences and, although fry bread may not be the healthiest option, uses organic and locally purchased ingredients.
Nonprofit group to sell thousands of used books for charity at annual sale
The Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association will hold a used-book sale at the Arizona State Fairgrounds this Saturday and Sunday. The inventory for Book Sale 56 is set to include about half a million books in 27 different categories.
Diamondbacks star pitchers play sandwich artist for a day
Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson and Joe Saunders served as Subway Sandwich Artists at a downtown Subway to promote this Saturday’s Subway D-backs FanFest at Chase Field.
New weekly lunchtime concert series kicks off at Civic Space Park
A new lunchtime concert series in the Civic Space Park will be taking over the Wednesday lunch hour from now until May. Every Wednesday from 11:45 a.m to 1 p.m. the park, located between Central and First avenues just north of Van Buren Street, will showcase different local artists in this free public event.
Phoenix architect uses desert landscape as inspiration, focuses on simplicity, sustainability
Bruder discussed Wednesday evening how facets of the desert landscape are transformed into his buildings at the Phoenix Art Museum during a lecture titled “Design for the Desert.”
Slide show: 6th annual Phoenix Idiotarod race
Wearing everything from fake nun habits to body-sized beer-pong cups, more than 200 people took to the streets for a part of this year's Idiotarod -- a cross between the famed Iditarod sled-dog race and drunken revelry that lands more closely to the latter.