Future mobile app will connect students to downtown
Downtown students with smart phones will soon have a new tool to help them navigate around campus and downtown Phoenix. A mobile application for urban Sun Devils is in the earliest stages of discussion.
M.E.Ch.A. members show frustration over funding during student government meeting
Tempers flared during the Downtown student government Senate meeting Friday when members from several ASU M.E.Ch.A. organizations tried to speak while the senate was discussing M.E.Ch.A. de ASU Centro’s funding request.
Exhibition allows ASU scholars to present urban research findings
Emerging scholars at ASU gathered Friday evening at the Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory to present 10 five-minute-long presentations on urban issues.
PURL Jam is an exhibition that brings together up-and-coming scholars from a variety of schools and disciplines at ASU to showcase innovative urban research that explores all matters of spatial, historical, and theoretical inquiry using visual methodology.
Organization hosts event to raise suicide awareness in LGBTQ community
Civic Space Park hosted a suicide awareness event organized by a Valley gay rights group Friday, featuring music and artwork from the LGBTQ community. The event 1n10 held its Sources of Strength Celebration as a suicide prevention training program designed to teach, train and reach lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, ages 14 to 24.
Skateboard competition captivates First Fridays audience
People flooded the parking lot on East Roosevelt and North Fourth streets to watch the Red Bull Triple Set competition, a component of First Fridays that saw more than 50 local and out-of-state skateboarders strive to win $1,500.
Student athletes give back to community at Race for the Cure
A tunnel of maroon and gold waited at the corner of North Third Avenue and West Washington Street for the flood of pink that engulfed the streets of downtown Phoenix on Sunday. The group of nearly 100 ASU student athletes came out to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to volunteer and support their community.
Nachobot, brainchild of Jobot owner, to open tonight at art walk
A new eatery which specializes in gourmet style nachos will make its debut during this month’s First Friday art walk, opening up just one house away from Jobot Coffee Shop. This new restaurant is the brainchild of the Jobot's owner John Sagasta and is rightly titled Nachobot, or “not-Jobot”.
Dayglow comes to downtown Phoenix with two international acts in tow
The self-professed “World’s Largest Paint Party” is coming to downtown Phoenix on Saturday, bringing with it internationally acclaimed DJ Diplo and international performer The Devil from Acapulco.
Healthy-eating initiative introduces truck gardening at Phoenix Public Market
The Truck Farm, a nationwide project aimed at teaching young people how to eat healthier, debuted a brand new truck downtown at the Phoenix Public Market Wednesday.
Iconic Tom’s Tavern set to reopen after 10 weeks of renovation
The historic Tom’s Tavern in downtown Phoenix is scheduled to officially reopen to the public next Thursday after 10 weeks of renovation. A landmark and a neighborhood favorite in the Valley for decades, the iconic restaurant was saved from closing earlier this year by Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill.