Devil’s Advocate: A Very Downtown Valentine’s Day
If you're going to make a Valentine's Day reservation at an expensive restaurant, you should probably do that soon. (To my boyfriend, if you're...
METROnome: Classic fiddle tunes, new music from Gaelynn Lea at Valley Bar
Gaelynn Lea, winner of NPR’s 2016 Tiny Desk Concert Contest, made her second appearance last night at downtown Phoenix’s Valley Bar for her Winter...
METROnome: Jóse González and Bedouine @ The Van Buren
Gentle guitar strumming filled The Van Buren as performers Bedouine and Jóse González made their first stop of their tour together in downtown Phoenix.
Standing...
Downtown Digest: Week of 1/29 – 2/4
Hello, lovely Downtown Devil readers! My name’s Thomas Triolo, but you can call me T.J. I’ll be taking over the Downtown Digest, so I’ll...
Curtain Critic: ATC’s ‘La Mancha’ lights up the Herberger
By the time the stage lights faded and the cast of “Man of La Mancha” gave their final bow, my cheeks hurt from smiling...
METROnome: Gaelynn Lea takes cello-style violin to Valley Bar
Gaelynn Lea will bring her blend of classic violin and folk music to downtown Phoenix’s Valley Bar on Jan. 30 for her Winter Escape...
Devil’s Advocate: A semester lookback
Downtown Devil reporters have been on the ground providing the community with hyperlocal coverage that matters from the tense scene outside of President Donald...
Curtain Critic: Downtown students play in Binary Theatre’s ‘Mad Messiah’
ASU students from all campuses were able to watch God in action through “Mad Messiah,” a play with students from Tempe and Downtown alike.
"Mad...
Curtain Critic: ‘Building the Wall’ in an age of building walls
"Building the Wall" may not be the best place to take a first date. Then again, if you're interested in testing your date’s deepest...
METROnome: Guitarras and Basketball, Carla Morrison and Natalie Diaz @ Crescent Ballroom’s Crossfade Lab
At Crescent Ballroom, a sold-out crowd awaited Mexican singer-songwriter, Carla Morrison, and Mojave poet, Natalie Diaz, as they participated in the fifth installment of...