What happens when a neighborhood institution disappears? Following last week's announcement that the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar in the Phoenix Public Market will be closing its doors, the community is left searching for answers to important questions of why, how, and what now?

Following many months of internal strife, the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar located in the Phoenix Public Market will close its doors Saturday. Despite the closure, the Open Air Market and Royal at the Market coffee bar will remain in operation.

It’s the last day of the first workweek of the month and all of you lovers of the arts know what that means: It’s First Friday. For the last 25 years the good people at Artlink Phoenix have transformed downtown Phoenix into the nation’s largest monthly art walk. Featuring local, national, international, amateur, professional and student artists, First Friday has something for everyone.

The Alwun House closes its exhibition on steampunk — futurism from the perspective of the Victorian era — with a special event today.

The Nash, a new jazz music venue in Phoenix, opened for special events on April 10 with a medley of famous musicians present.