You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2013 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 27, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: Jon Arvizu Jon…
In a week when the entire nation is on absolute high alert concerning any sort of suspicious items being left out in the open, one local wisenheimer may have thought it was apparently high time for a little mischief. Earlier today, officers from the Tempe Police Department investigated a “suspicious…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2013 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 27, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: Kelsey Dake Kelsey…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2013 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 27, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: Brandon Boetto Brandon…
Because you never know what you can get until you ask, the brain trust at SugarDaddie.com crunched some slightly disturbing numbers this week. The self-described “original sugar daddy dating site” has kept tabs on what participating “sugar babies” are asking from their matched “sugar daddies.” The list includes college tuition,…
GROWop Boutique and Cellar Door Vintage recently welcomed new-ish neighbor Annie Boomer Vintage to Sixth Street’s downtown shopping enclave south of Roosevelt Row. We say new-ish because Annie Boomer’s owner, Andrea Engelsberg, formerly ran the shop out of the back of Nostra Style House’s old location on Sixth. That was…
Despite ongoing exclamations of the death of print, some of us, including the folks over at Frances Vintage, remain hopeful. This summer, Frances owner Georganne Bryant is putting out a printed style guide: Frances Hearts Summer Vol. 1. “It is kind of crazy making a magazine that will be in…
Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: With this year’s Big Brains nominees on our minds (and Artopia just around the corner), we got to thinking about 2012’s nominees. With his literary shirt company, Miles…
Gigi Arredondo has been working in the industry for nearly a decade as a hair stylist, makeup artist, and beauty consultant in Old Town Scottsdale. She’s constantly learning, trend hunting, and shopping — all with access to beauty products not available to the public. And she’s here to share the…
Game developers across the Valley will have a new place to meet up and get productive when GameCoLab opens next month in downtown Phoenix. Co-founders Ben Reichert and Joseph Darnell have designed GameCoLab as a co-working space for game developers that will foster inspiration and innovative ideas by giving programmers…
Rumors have been afoot that the über-geeks running Phoenix Comicon are arranging a guest appearance by one of the stars of rampantly popular British sci-fi show Doctor Who. Turns out the scuttlebutt was, indeed, true as the event’s organizers revealed over the weekend that American actor John Barrowman, known to…
If you could use a few new looks this spring and are a fan of styles seen at local boutiques GROWop, Annie Boomer Vintage, or Cellar Door Vintage on Roosevelt Row, it’s time to run to your closet, pick 10 things you’d like to pitch, and take notes. From 11…
Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: The time has come, Arizonans, for shuffling between the warm outdoors and ice-cold buildings. Scarves are the solution: light enough to wear outside (or cram into a purse)…
If you’re excited to find out which creatives up for this year’s Big Brain Awards will be crowned and awarded cash prizes, you’ll want to grab a ticket to Artopia on April 27 (where we’ll celebrate the finalists and announce the winners). And if you want to get in on…
Pac-Man fever was running rampant at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel over the weekend, as was a serious case of retro video game mania (and maybe even a few sprained wrists, to boot) as ZapCon took place on Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7, offering up more than a…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town. From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and…
With gardening season getting into full swing, Pinterest has exploded with ideas on how to personalize your very own modern provincial urban organic Tuscan-inspired garden (oof). Pinners seem to the think the best way to achieve this is to fill the garden with extraneous weird shit under the guise of…
The nightlife scene along Mill Avenue in Tempe isn’t really much of a haven for the button-pounding and joystick-loving crowd, as far as gaming action goes, save for those Golden Tee and bar-top touchscreen things found at most watering holes. That will change in a few weeks when Gringo Star…
Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: Graphic designer Brandon Charles brings his flair for imagery to T-shirts with his clothing company February Son. Our favorite among his wearable offerings is a Captain Neptune shirt,…
It’s been a while since we heard from Joseph “Sentock” Perez — the Phoenix artist moved to Chicago over a year ago and has been making a name for himself in the Windy City. But this weekend, he’s back with Eighty Grand Clothing to bring “No Kings No gods,” a…
Gigi Arredondo has been working in the industry for nearly a decade as a hair stylist, makeup artist, and beauty consultant in Old Town Scottsdale. She’s constantly learning, trend-hunting, and shopping — all with access to beauty products not available to the public. And she’s here to share the good,…
MIM Rocks Fashion 2013 was a little off-key. The event paired two designers and three boutiques with five stylists to highlight the influence that music has on fashion. While the venue, the MIM, certainly fit the musical vibe, none of the looks modeled during the fashion show hit that promised…
