METROnome: The Nash partners with conservatory to bring jazz to students
Downtown's The Nash jazz club has partnered with the Phoenix Conservatory of Music to create a one-year jazz studies program for nine high-school students.
Devilishly Healthy: Using fitness apps to perfect your downtown health regimen
MyFitnessPal, Fitbit, MapMyRun, Nike+ -- health apps are redefining the way communities can maintain healthy lifestyles. Over the past few years, health app innovation...
Curtain Critic: ‘Mr. Burns’ at Space 55 manages dark, apocalyptic pop-culture comedy
Space 55 showcased Anne Washburn's dark comedy, “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play" this weekend. The show centered around one of American television's most iconic...
A Tailored Place: Mercantile offers exciting vintage fashions alongside salon stylings
Luckily, fashionable Phoenicians can get their style fix at Mercantile, a salon and clothing store on Roosevelt Street and Central Avenue. Mercantile as described by owner Shauna Thibault is a “unique environment” where customers can get their hair done by a talented and experienced stylist and leave with a stylish vintage piece in hand.
Devil’s Advocate: Open Letter to Jimmy Fallon
Staff Reporter and Photographer Carolyn Corcoran is a big Jimmy Fallon fan. She has a few downtown Phoenix recommendations for the Tonight Show comedian in light of the news that he will film his Super Bowl show at the Orpheum Theatre.
Focus. Flash. Phoenix: My crush
The second I heard this week’s photo assignment, I knew I wanted to spell “Sarah & Phoenix,” a sort of homage to something you’d see crushes carving into a tree. That’s right, I’ve got a crush on Phoenix.
A Tailored Place: Vox Curvy Couture’s first clothing swap event laid-back and charming
A Tailored Place columnist Savanah Yaghsezian visited thrift shop Vox Curvy Couture's first Sip 'n' Swap event, where customers could bring in their clothing and swap for other donated pieces. All items that were left over were or will be donated to charity.
Curtain Critic: Sexy science-fiction show marries nerd culture and burlesque
Scandalesque's sci-fi burlesque referenced “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Marvel and D.C. superheroes and villains, “The Fifth Element,” “The Matrix,” “Star Trek” and “Star Wars.”
Curtain Critic: ‘Radio Golf’ from Black Theatre Troupe is powerful and heartfelt
August Wilson’s "Radio Golf," the tenth and final installment in the playwright’s Pittsburgh Cycle, has the potential to profoundly affect an audience.
METROnome: Wolf Gang, Sir Sly and Secret Someones bring energy and engagement
The rain was over by the 8 p.m. concert, but the downpour set the scene for the Saturday night’s show at the Crescent Ballroom, headlining bands Wolf Gang and Sir Sly with opener Secret Someones.