Melrose District’s M7 street fair rolls into its 12th year with crafts, cars and...
Saturday will mark the 12th year of the Melrose District’s M7 street fair, a well-known local event with festivities that offer a taste for every kind of appetite.
Panel discusses art as potential for rejuvenating, preserving downtown culture
There needs to be a balance between embracing density in downtown Phoenix and preserving the integrity of the arts community, panelists said Tuesday at the semester’s second installment of Downtown Devil Discussions.
Concert held at Lawn Gnome to protest proposed expansion of Loop 202
Protesting against potential expansion of State Route 202, a benefit concert for the No South Mountain Freeway group was held Saturday night at Lawn Gnome Publishing on Roosevelt Row.
Center for American Culture receives grant for conferences with Chinese universities
ASU’s Center for American Culture was awarded a large grant in January by the Ford Foundation that will allow it to host three conferences with Chinese universities over the span of three years.
Non-discrimination proposal passes, will affect LGBTQ community and businesses downtown
The Phoenix City Council voted 5-3 Tuesday on a proposal to end discrimination based on disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
Middle school students learn human anatomy in STEM club
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program formally known as STEM in the Middle held its final spring meeting at ASU Preparatory Academy Saturday as the students prepared posters on the human anatomy for an open house.
Art Detour 25: A look at artists that helped to shape the Phoenix art...
Though the many downtown art spaces we covered last week provided the physical space for the local art scene to grow, it is truly the people who make a place worthwhile. Each of the below faces has contributed something unique and valuable to Phoenix’s art scene since the inception of Art Detour. This list encompasses gallerists, painters, photographers, performers, property owners and sculptors. While there are certainly many vital figures missing, we feel this array provides a diverse set of men and women who have affected Art Detour’s past, present and future.
ASU sustainability graduate pushes for a stronger sense of community downtown
In the five years he has been in Phoenix, Arizona State University graduate Braden Kay decided to improve the city's sense of community, from planting sunflowers for a biodiesel fuel project to developing sustainability strategies along the Metro light rail.
FilmBar theater adds specialty nights and themed series to lineup as business grows
FilmBar, an independent movie theater and bar on Second and Garfield streets, is expanding it’s programming to include specialty nights eight days a month and a themed film series once a month.
University of Arizona Cancer Center breaks ground on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Officials from the University of Arizona, city of Phoenix and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center broke ground on the new University of Arizona Cancer Center Thursday.