Some paint, make jewelry, design clothing, quilt, or get crafty with scrapbooks and knick-knacks, but for all their many media, local women’s artist collective The Phoenix Fridas – whose exhibit is currently on display at the U.S. Post Office in Tempe – the focus is two-fold: Mexic ...
If you’re more likely to show strangers photos of your Pekingese than your children, you definitely won’t want to miss the 2010 Phoenix Pet Expo. With more than 175 participating exhibitors and rescue groups, you and your furry, feathered, or scaly friends can watch live obedience train ...
Phoenix resident Nick Nicholson is an especially earnest fellow singing in an especially earnest genre: country music. There's no post-modern irony or veiled metaphors here. When Nicholson belts out lyrics such as "I've seen Creation's glory displayed throughout the Earth / And cried as I witnessed ...
Sue Krentz answered the phone about 6 p.m ... It was March 27, a Saturday, and she was in Phoenix, tending to her aged parents as a sister attended a conference ... Sue usually doesn't stray from her family's venerable cattle ranch in Cochise County for too long at a stretch. But she was p ...
It's no secret that the Valley has a quirky urban fabric when it comes to the restaurant scene ... Some cities have stretches of restaurants along busy, walkable blocks, but here, it doesn't faze us to find fine dining in a strip mall or a high-style hangout in a souped-up vintage building that ...
You know the kid from Malcolm in the Middle ? That's Frankie Muniz. After the show went off the air, he moved to Scottsdale to get away from all that Hollywood zaniness and be near his girlfriend's family. Her name is Elycia Marie. Actually, it's Elycia Turnbow, but no one calls her that. She' ...
When I shake Daniel Trotter's hand, it's soaking wet. Down two kitchen staff, the owner of the Chick-fil-A on East Mayo Boulevard in Scottsdale has graciously washed up before rushing out to chat about the chain's new Spicy Chicken Sandwich, introduced last week. It's lunchtime, the joint's packed, ...
Though the name Jed's a Millionaire may conjure images of rich hicks who struck black gold, the five-piece band from Tempe is known for its softer side. Lead singer R. Shawn Harrington compares the songwriting process to sex: "It's like, each time you make love, you give a little of yourself aw ...
Tempe-based roots rocker Shelby James has a yen for yesteryear. The MySpace page for his band, Shelby James and the Crying Shames, is larded with grainy family snapshots and stylized faux '50s portraits of the musician done up like Jack Kerouac's nattier kid brother. Over at the band's official Web ...
There’s good news for those of us who can’t bear to wait to find out who won Best Lighting Design of a Musical or Best Scenic Design of a Play: ASU Gammage, in conjunction with Tony Award Productions, is presenting the Live Tony Viewing Party. The event, often called the Oscars of the t ...