Artist Laura Spalding Best to begin two new murals in Downtown Phoenix
By Amy Young Phoenix-based artist Laura Spalding Best is preparing to beautify downtown Phoenix with two, large-scale permanent murals at the Monroe branch of OneAZ Credit [...]
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Walk on by: Barrio Café makes more space for public art
Story and photos by Jason Keil Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza has not sat down as the quarantine continues to drag on. “It’s been nothing but work 24/7,” says [...]
Celebrity photographer Mike Ruiz finds his light
By Timothy Rawles I can imagine that during this time of coronavirus, celebrity photographer Mike Ruiz looks great in a surgical mask. No, not because he’s so handsome he [...]
Four films in theaters this month
By Tuesday Mahrle, March 2020 Issue. Run This Town In Theaters March 6 | Rated R | 69 Minutes | Drama When young Bram (Ben Platt), a newspaper reporter in Toronto, uncovers [...]
Four films in theaters this month
By Tuesday Mahrle, February 2020 Issue. Birds Of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn In Theaters February 7 | Rated R | Action, Adventure, Crime In the [...]
Love in balance at the circus
Timothy Rawles, February 2020 Issue. Some self-proclaimed aesthetes may not find the circus an apt venue for fine art, but even they can appreciate all the flashy details and [...]
Friendly Fire: Painter Jason Hugger brings the war home to Exposed Studio and Gallery
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld Fiery shrapnel frames a lone refugee silhouetted against a smoldering desert. You’d never guess it was a busted shovel and what [...]
He who laughs, lasts: Fred Tieken on art, music, and community
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld, January 2020 Issue. When Fred Tieken faced end-stage renal disease, a kind of advanced kidney failure, he started painting. That might [...]
Four films in theaters this month
By Tuesday Mahrle, January 2020 Issue. 1917 In Theaters 12/25/19 | Rated R | 118 Minutes | Drama, War Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Richard Maddox star in this epic [...]
Four films in theaters this month
By Tuesday Mahrle, December 2019 Issue. Bombshell In Theaters December 20 | Not Rated | 108 Minutes | Biography, Drama Controversial media group Fox News is the backdrop of [...]
Sky Duncan: Cosmic dancer and earthly painter
Story by Jeff Kronenfeld, October 2019 Issue. Photos courtesy of Sky Duncan Sky Duncan grew up thinking it was normal to tour the world dancing in front of large crowds. [...]
Artistic evolution: James Angel
By Jenna Duncan, October 2019 Issue. The digital revolution has not only completely rewired the platforms of human communication as we know it, it also has created an [...]
Phoenix Theatre presents the kaleidoscopic Kinky Boots
By Seth Reines, September 2019 Issue. Long before RuPaul’s Drag Race took the world by storm, Broadway has been making strides in LGBTQ inclusion and representation. From [...]
Spiderwebs in the Sky: Raven Chacon at Heard Museum
By Jenna Duncan Opening this summer, Heard Museum will showcase immersive, experiential works, divergent from what some audiences have come to expect. Upcoming featured [...]
ASU alum launches Rocketman tribute
By Seth Reines, August 2019 Issue. photos by Brett Breiner In 1972 Elton John’s hit single “Rocketman” shot to No. 2 in the UK and No. 6 in the US. Earlier this summer, [...]
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