Valley Life

Levi’s, Lees, and more.

A fuzzy oversize coat in pink and red? You need it.

A.k.a. when everybody starts pairing off for the holidays.

Book clubs, activist art, and Zelda.

To reignite that draft day feeling.

Yet another change to Roosevelt Row.

Here’s everything you need to know.

The Zombie Walk, pumpkin carving, and more spooky stuff.

Seeing the Harry Potter movies come to life is now finally possible — and we don’t mean through your friends’ eerily on-point Halloween costumes. Nah, we’re talking about the recent opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood. It’s the biggest deal in this fan-chise since Neville…

‘Tis the season to stay up late and be kept up even later.

Thieves Market will continue as usual.

What to plant, harvest, and keep in mind.

From Harley Quinn to Harambe, here’s what you’ll see.

It seems like everyone you know has a reason to attend Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest this year. Your friends are hoping to get a photo with Eleven from Stranger Things. Meanwhile, your boss is dying to get his copy of Iron Man #128 (featuring infamous “Demon in a Bottle” arc)…

There are many places to shop local in Phoenix, but the idea behind Local Nomad – a new boutique set in the revamped Uptown Plaza – offers shoppers the ability to buy handmade apparel, accessories, and décor from around the world. Owned by Lauren Danuser, Local Nomad opened on October…

The Arizona State Fair has never been short on astounding spectacles or amazing sights. There are the flashy and glitzy rides that dot the midway each and every year, of course, not to mention all the gonzo thrills of demolition derby and monster truck races in the grandstand and the…

Jersey-born, Pennsylvania-trained, Phoenix-based TV personality Nick Calderone has been a host on Right This Minute – the daily, half-hour television program showcasing adorable and ridiculous viral videos – since its first episode in 2010. Calderone began his career as a cameraman in York, Pennsylvania, moving to Phoenix in 1999 to…

High on my list of Things That Annoy Me is the ongoing trend in “rebranding” stuff. I’m suspicious of the idea of changing the name or the look of something and claiming it’s somehow substantially different. It seems sneaky and disingenuous, like when KISS and Dolly Parton made disco records…

Despite being one of the most versatile storytelling media in modern culture, with roots in the genre stretching further back than superheroes, comic books have had difficulty capturing horror lately. Is it because of changes in sensibilities of the audience? Or maybe the creators? Is it due to limitations of…

Phoenix, Halloween’s nearly here. And we’ve already given you plans for that weekend, ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, and a guide to some of the Valley’s scariest haunted houses. What more could you possibly want? Plans for this week? Oh… actually, that’s easy. From a Hitchcockian geekout and…

The ninth annual Phoenix Fashion Week graced the pool-adjacent runway at Talking Stick Resort from October 13 through 15, bringing local and international designers to the Valley and showcasing everything from birdlike showgirl costumes and icicle jumpsuits to the botanically inspired collection of a FIDM student and graphic dresses by…

Phoenix Fashion Week 2016 wrapped at Talking Stick Resort on Saturday, October 15, with an evening of presentations billed as couture night. While the French word “couture” translates to dressmaking, in the world of fashion it carries a tremendous weight. It’s used in reference to haute couture, a small industry…