You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at their…
Misty Guerriero knows fashion — and her customers. “I thought about you when I bought these,” she tells a woman as she picks out a few outfits. “I got these in Israel.” Her store, Vintage by Misty is a new addition along Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix. It’s small, but…
At the Himalayas Salt Lamps & More store on Main Street in Mesa, the cliché phrase “worth its weight in salt” has a literal meaning.Himalayas proprietor Lily Neff, like many other people, believes that salt crystal rocks have healing properties, and if you have a Himalayan salt lamp in your…
Great news for all those looking to be mistaken for a blow-up sex doll from the back (or front), recycled sex toy hoodies are here. The plastic jackets that beg for some sort of sexual harassment are the creation of Dutch artist Sander Reijgers, and may be the only item…
Local designer Tiffe Fermaint is typically behind a sewing machine during the day, but at night she’s behind her own camera lens documenting the best dressed night owls in Phoenix. Her blog, Last Night’s Outfit, is where she catalogs the latest men’s and women’s trends, including giant hair, insect-inspired jewelry,…
Cowtown Skateboards hosted its annual skateboard jam over the weekend and invited local boarders and fans to watch the pros (and each other) pull a few tricks and compete for prizes. The event, held at Desert West Skateboard Plaza, was full of expected and unexpected fashion statements from boarders and…
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…
The Phoenix Fashion Week and Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) are pairing up tonight to showcase the designs of four international designers and Phoenix stylists Brian Swan, Jill Laine, Shannon Campbell, and Jai Anderson. The event will feature trendy and classic runway looks inspired by each of the designer’s home country as well…
Usually after a long night of drinking Red Stripes, you wake up with a lampshade on your head, but Rum Bar owner Dwayne Allen found a way to turn the beer bottles into lamps themselves. Allen says he got the idea after browsing through ugly light fixtures while drinking the…
Teenage boys and bedroom amateurs alike, please hold your applause — we’re going to try to keep these two large, hideous triangles of fabric from automatically unhinging and potentially injuring you and the poor girl you’ve most likely definitely bribed to wear that thing, and enter your apartment.And while we…
There are just 30 days until the first Arizona Warrior Dash — a few mile course packed with obstacles, people in strange costumes, mud, and tons of free beer. If you’ve signed up, you’ve definitely already started training, right? If not, you still have plenty of time. Check our course…
Thanks to two kids from Germany, the wait is over for everyone who’s ever wanted to run around and slide on things with a plastic stump … and call it a sport. Sporthocking’s an “extreme” mix between skateboarding, break dancing, baton twirling, running, and ultimately, sitting. Naturally, it requires a…
After a killer concert on Saturday night, Lady Gaga’s monster fans danced, strutted, and crawled to the second annual Monster Ball with Lady Starlight. We couldn’t resist the opportunity for some serious people watching, so we headed to Bar Smith to take a few fashionable notes. The Good’s above, the…
If all the 2012 alarmists are to be believed, there are only 636 days left until Armageddon begins, er, ends. As any apocalyptic believer will likely tell you, the Mayan’s Long Count calendar ends on December 21 of next year, which many individuals believe will be the last hurrah for…
Phoenix realtor Jill Segrove’s on a mission to find 365 things to do in Phoenix. She’s a hardcore valley advocate — she’s lived here more than 35 years and thinks we should take advantage of our 300-plus days of sunshine every year. Good thing she has a few suggestions.Segrove logs…
By day, Phoenix’s Cat Woman goes by Kate Benjamin, owner of the online Modern Cat Studio and advocate of all things Grand Avenue. She was featured in our Best of Phoenix 2010 for her keen sense of cat style and her seeming superpowers in the downtown scene. This week, she…
There’s no shortage of drunken shenanigans and pratfalls taking place in Scottsdale’s Old Town nightlife district on any given weekend. (Try standing outside of Myst or Axis/Radius at closing time on Saturday night and see what we mean). And thanks to the abundance of camera phones, there’s no shortage of…
There’s a big divide between the gorgeous, contemporary lofts that TV shows depict the college crowd living in and the dingy, broken down, teetering-on-condemnation flophouses that most real world starving students are relegated to. One place I lived in during my undergrad days had fist-sized holes in one wall and…
To mourn the lost opportunity of Arizona becoming the first state with an official state gun (Utah outdrew us on Friday), we thought we’d at least show the Utahns where to stick ’em… that is, right down the front of their pants with the help of a nice strap-on, gun-slinging…
Sensory overload. If you’re standing anywhere near downtown Austin, Texas during the South By Southwest music festival, that’s what you’re bound to experience. During SXSW, Austin becomes the center of the music universe where there bands seem to outnumber attendees, fashion is elaborate, upfront, and in your face, and concert…
St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Thursday didn’t stop Irish booze fans from hitting the streets of Scottsdale. We set our sights on a few popular spots — Shotgun Betty’s, Mulligan’s Brick Bar, Giligin’s, The Firehouse, and DJ’s — and took some fashionable notes. The Good’s above, the Bad and…
Downtown Phoenix’s Third Friday and Art Detour combined make a weekend full of, well, art. The 23-year-old event, officially organized by Artlink, will take over galleries and studios on Grand Avenue, Roosevelt Row and the Melrose District (and a few in between). Wonder what’s open? Just look for the yellow…
