What’s going on with your ballot? What new laws might make it less convenient for you to vote? Learn what’s happening in the Legislature that could impact your voting experience on May 13, when Arizona Humanities presents “Who Gets to Vote? A Discussion of Voting Rights Today” as part of the nonprofit organization’s Representation Matters conversation series. The free virtual events with experts in fields ranging from journalism to law spotlight the importance of representation...
Watch Athletes Take a Tumble Gaining stardom after appearing on America’s Got Talent in 2009, ZuZu African Acrobats wow audiences with incredible routines featuring limbo, contortion, tumbling, chair balancing and other traditional Kenyan acrobatic skills – all set to high-energy dance beats. May 7-8, 7 p.m. $30-$35. Madison Center for the Arts, 5601 N. 16th St., Phoenix, 602-664-7777, themadison.org. Get Your Groove on with Movement Source & Friends Original dance films by Kraken Still &...
When writers Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block were researching their new book, they uncovered some interesting history about Phoenix. For example, Sterling says the book details how the word “Phoenix” was post-Civil War code for “rebirth of the South” to the Confederate refugees who founded the town. That tidbit is just the tip of the proverbial dust devils Sterling and Joffe-Block kick up in the book Driving While Brown: Sheriff Joe Arpaio versus the...
“You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win,” media mogul Ted Turner famously opined. That inspirational quote could just as easily have come from the mouth of Fountain Hills author C.K. Donnelly, the self-described “unsuccessful quitter” who persevered after years of rejection from the book industry and went on to self-publish her debut novel, Trine Rising, The Kinderra Saga: Book 1, last year. It turns out good things do indeed come to those who wait – and who refuse to quit: Last week, Donnelly received an Independent Press Award for her fantasy epic, which we reviewed last fall. “Trine Rising is a...
Our five biggest takeaways from the weekend in sports.
If you haven’t ventured out to the multiplexes since the shutdown, you could do worse – if you’re fully vaccinated, that is – than to re-christen yourself as a moviegoer with Saturday’s double feature at Harkins Scottsdale 101. First up is the 1941 Orson Welles masterpiece Citizen Kane at 3:30 p.m., followed by 2020’s Mank at 6 p.m. Directed, produced, co-written by (though to what extent is debated) and starring Welles in his feature debut,...
Enjoy the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports Frosty mint juleps, fashion contests, lawn games and prime viewing for the 147th “Run for the Roses” highlight the Kentucky Derby Lawn Party May 1. It’s a great excuse to drink with friends, cheer for a sport you probably know nothing about and dress like early 20th-century Southern stereotypes. A brunch menu filled with fried chicken and biscuits, shrimp and grits and other Southern favorites is featured, along...
A virtual fundraiser with live music, a theater performance, margarita demos, recipes, prize giveaways AND cats and dogs? Sounds like a fun way to spend a Wednesday evening to us. Lost Our Home (LOH) Pet Rescue calls this adorable beast bash Cinco de Meow-O Yappy Hour, and it’s streaming on Facebook Live from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 5. Local media celebrity Jan d’Atri hosts the event, the second annual fundraiser for LOH, a...
Our biggest takeaways from an unofficial no-hitter and the rest of the weekend in sports.
Alleged defects, delays fuel spat with contractor. With 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is known as one of the world’s most illustrious hospitality brands. Evidently, “construction defects” are not part of its formula for success – and particularly not in Paradise Valley. Legal documents filed this week in Maricopa County Superior Court reveal behind-the-scenes rancor between the owner and former contractor of the long-delayed Ritz Carlton, Paradise Valley...
Pay Tribute to an American Hero Lace up your shoes and join thousands of runners and walkers for Pat’s Run, April 24, an annual 4.2-mile run/walk honoring late football star Pat Tillman. The race takes place virtually this year as participants across the globe honor Tillman’s legacy. Proceeds support the Tillman Military Scholars program. 7:05 a.m. April 24, however, participants have a three-day window (April 23-25) to complete the miles. Visit website for race fees,...
This week we are spotlighting three new murals in Downtown Phoenix. Photo by Aimee Smith By El Mac and Thomas “Breeze” Marcus This multi-story mural is located in the alley south of Monroe Street and First Avenue. El Mac is responsible for the portrait while Thomas “Breeze” Marcus tackled the surrounding detailing. The mural is a nod to the Indigenous history of Phoenix. The girl depicted is a real teenager from the Salt...
Dr. Todd Bostwick | Photo courtesy State of Arizona Research Library Hohokam farmers built the largest system of canals in the New World between 500 CE and 1450, making a network of canals in Arizona’s Salt River Valley totaling more than 1,000 miles. It was a marvel of organic engineering in the pre-industrial era that helped the ancient people sustain their crops and civilization. Archeologist Todd Bostwick has studied the Hohokam and Arizona’s ancient...
If you like keeping up with what’s going on in your community – the fact that you’re reading this suggests you do – you’ll like LocalBuzz, a new video-based app launched by Phoenix entrepreneurs Adrian Gillette and Tony Ce (Snoh Ice Shavery) this past November. In it, you can browse videos posted by Phoenicians and sorted by geo-location, documenting everything from a morning Camelback Mountain hike to someone’s lunch.
“There was so much beauty,” Jennifer May says of the land in Sedona where she and her sister, Colleen TeBrake, are building Ambiente. The siblings own Two Sister Bosses, a luxury hotel development and management company creating what they call North America’s first “landscape resort,” a property meant to seamlessly blend with its surroundings instead of disrupting them. They wanted to “build around [the land] and enhance it,” May says. Each room will feature floor-to-ceiling...
