Phoenix Rising: D.C. and downtown housing
Amidst a seemingly endless parade of development debates involving luxury apartment complexes and special incentives, the much more subtle issue of federal housing policy...
A look ahead: Phoenix Urban Design Week 2017
The sixth-annual Phoenix Urban Design Week (PUDW) kicks off Friday with a variety of events meant to encourage attendees to reimagine our city.
Dorina Bustamante,...
Local First Arizona teaches local businesses how to leverage their story
In response to a massive chain-store-to-local-business shift in the Phoenix metropolitan area, nonprofit group Local First Arizona held a business seminar, which presented fundamental...
First new gallery in over a decade set to open at Heard Museum
The Heard Museum is celebrating the grand opening of it’s first new gallery in 11 years thanks to a donation from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.
Council members hold special meeting for update on transparency website
Some city council members took issue with Mayor Stanton trying to send a vote on a new transparency website to a subcommittee.
Possible desegregation fund cuts could cost schools millions
Eighteen school districts including, Phoenix Union High School District, can be negatively affected if the desegregation fund is cut.
Willie’s Taco Joint, the counterpart to Coach’s Corner, now open
Willie’s Taco Joint, the artsy, casual counterpart to the downtown Phoenix sports bar Coach’s Corner, is officially open in downtown Phoenix.
The new restaurant is...
Non-profit dance group MAC & Company reaches out with “Counting Cranes”
Non-profit dance group MAC & Company performed a show called Counting Cranes behind MonOrchid’s art gallery on First Friday.
The show earned its namesake because...
Recently-declared sanctuary church preparing for undocumented arrivals
A downtown church is preparing rooms and accepting donations for individuals and families threatened by deportation after church leaders declared it a sanctuary space last...
The Bosque owner opening second plant shop in Garfield neighborhood
Michael Lanier, owner of The Bosque plant shop inside MonOrchid, said he is set to open another plant shop "for people who like weird...