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Grand Avenue Festival seeks support for cultural history through art

One of Phoenix’s arts districts is hosting an all day festival on Saturday in hopes of inspiring a following to join a movement that is making cultural history downtown.

Humanities festival promotes understanding of culture, diversity

Singing, dancing and storytelling will be the tools used this Saturday to showcase diversity at the Arizona Humanities Festival at Civic Space Park.

First Food Truck Festival to showcase local food, promote A.R.T.S. Project

Thirty of Phoenix's food trucks will come together Saturday to provide fresh gourmet food to downtown Phoenicians in the city's first festival of its kind.

DevilPass: Grand Avenue and Food Truck festivals, spooky theater, St. Vincent concert

Festivals and theater take center stage this weekend in downtown Phoenix.

Third Fridays draw art aficionados to downtown Phoenix

Although many businesses on Roosevelt Row depend on First Fridays for a majority of their sales, it is on the lesser-known Third Fridays when many art galleries sell their larger pieces and art patrons come out to enjoy downtown Phoenix.

Phoenix planners present ideas to breathe new life into city

Downtown Phoenix's FilmBar hosted seven brief and diverse presentations concerning urban development, sustainability and education in Phoenix on Wednesday night.

Slide show: Faces of Occupy Phoenix

While their demands may be disparate and multitudinous, demonstrators who have joined the ranks of Occupy Phoenix show solidarity in their discontent with the current situation.

Grand Avenue Rail Project seeks to reinvigorate neighborhood

A local architect hopes to revitalize the Grand Avenue area, an arts district that has struggled since the recession, by implementing a rail project that utilizes historic trolleys.

Parts of Pierce Street close as second phase of construction begins

In an effort to create greater pedestrian accessibility, the City of Phoenix's Streetscape Project began its second phase Monday with the closure of Pierce Street between Central Avenue and First Street to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Jobot employees perform to celebrate one-year anniversary

"Showbot at Jobot" celebrated the coffee shop’s first year anniversary Monday evening by having seven employees display their creative talent through music, poetry and comedy.