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Hip Veggies dinner features orange-themed food

Hip Veggies teamed up with local artist Hugo Medina for their showcase of locally produced food and art, including new grocery bag designs and a live mural painting at Vovomeena Thursday.

Slide show: Car show unites young and old with restored vehicles

The Motoring Thru Time car show in historic Heritage Square featured approximately 100 restored vehicles Saturday.

Welcome Diner reopens with Southern-style cooking

Welcome Diner celebrated its reopening Friday night during February’s First Friday event.

Community members, journalists discuss politics at the Cronkite School

Politics and the Press, the first installment of the Walter Cronkite School and the Arizona Republic’s joint Community Conversations series, took place on Friday at the Cronkite School.

Community developer’s neighborhood passion makes city’s dreams a tangible reality

A month after her high school graduation, her lung collapsed. That same year, she cracked a joke to Robert Downey Jr. while working at a movie set. The joke missed its mark and got her banned from the beauty trailer. She attended University of California, Los Angeles, but never got a degree; she traveled to Paris and San Francisco and fell in love with art, architecture and infrastructure.

First Friday guide: The Artcade, A Clockwork Orange and a Valentine’s-themed show

This First Friday shows Phoenix's underdog artists at the "Dark Horse" exhibit and 30 restored arcade games renovated by local and nationally known artists.

Artcade Show will bring local, national artists together for arcade-game artwork

The Artcade Show will feature redesigned arcade cabinets by local and national artists. The exhibit will show at Parazol Studios during First Friday.

Month-long Dark Horse Exhibition to show what Phoenix artists have to offer

A dark horse describes someone whose potential for success is hidden. According to Jeff Falk, a Valley-based artist and curator for the Dark Horse Exhibition, Phoenix is that dark horse.

Midtown vintage store to relocate to Grand Avenue, rebrand with new merchandise

Go-Kat-Go, the midtown vintage store in Phoenix, is moving from its location on Seventh and Glenrosa avenues to a new home on Grand and 15th avenues.

Shop adds to downtown flavor with wide variety of olive oils, balsamic vinegars

Entrepreneur couple Jessica Combest and Jay Veniard, owners of Taste It Tours found a way to make better use of their downtown space by providing the area with the first and only olive oil and balsamic vinegar shop, Urban Olive Oils and Balsamics.