Valley NewsFrom the Hip – August 2018
Freelance photographer Joanna Proffitt captures Janet Echelman’s aerial sculpture “Her Secret is Patience” aglow in Downtown Phoenix.
Freelance photographer Joanna Proffitt captures Janet Echelman’s aerial sculpture “Her Secret is Patience” aglow in Downtown Phoenix.
Our top picks for August’s best arts events.
Furniture is a family business for Glendale’s Pereida-Rice clan.
Valley concert promoter “Psyko Steve” Chilton lets us peep his phone’s photos and apps.
The Judge: Writer and Pistol Whipped Pastry chef/owner Rachel Ellrich Miller (pistolwhippedpastry.com)
When & Where: Thursday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at the PHOENIX office
The Rules: We want a classic cinnamon roll – no nuts, no fruit – that’s available on a daily basis, because these sinful swirls don’t deserve to be banished to weekend brunch. We enlisted Ellrich Miller (who also blogs for North Phoenix Moms Blog) and her pastry prowess to help us crown the queen of breakfast treats.
The Judge: Winemaker Sam Pillsbury of Pillsbury Wine Company (pillsburywine.com)
When & Where: Wednesday, June 27, at the PHOENIX office. Judging began at 4:17 p.m.
The Rules: Pillsbury is the first to admit he isn’t a gin guy. “Oh, I’m a total lightweight,” he says in his lilting New Zealand accent. But he does understand the swish-and-spit principle, which is why we put his trained palate in front of eight gins distilled in Arizona, all unoaked, all served at 68 degrees F. The tasting was blind.
PHOENIX staffers and colleagues taste-test local beer from our Arizona Summer Beer Guide and give us their (sometimes brutally) honest opinions.
Fashion designer and freelance photographer Nancy Wegard immortalizes the Chiricahua Mountains in Coronado National Park.
A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
The Arizona Diamondbacks 20th Anniversary issue celebrates the achievements of the Valley’s Major League Baseball franchise.
Put your summer workout plans on ice at Coyotes Curling Club
Forestry specialists sleuth out the mystery of Phoenix’s dying Aleppo pines
Valley artist Randy Slack snapped photos of a fire near his studio.