The Mountain Goats | Photo by Jade Wilson Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres all around the Valley. This week we’re taking a look at music that tells a story. May 3 The Mountain Goats When acclaimed songwriter John Darnielle isn’t fronting the oddly named indie-folk quartet, he’s penning bestsellers, including this year’s suspense novel Devil House. $40-50, 8 p.m., Crescent Ballroom, 308 N. 2nd Ave.,...
Even in a terrain replete with natural sandblasted granite sculptures, Balanced Rock stands out.
After making waves in late 2020 with their debut restaurant, Southeast Asian-influenced Belly Kitchen & Bar (named one of our Best New Restaurants in 2021), Phoenix restaurant veterans and longtime friends Robert Cissel, Paul Waxman and Michael Babcock are back at it. This summer, the Instrumental Hospitality partners will launch a second Belly at Epicenter in Gilbert. Then they’ll head back to Downtown Phoenix to open Sin Muerte, a vegetarian restaurant set to debut...
Which Valley hikes do Phoenicians favor most?
Spend a morning or afternoon getting to know these popular hikes.
Swing for the hills – or the desert washes – on one of the Valley’s many fabled fairways and award-winning golf courses.
New craft beer releases to close out the last weekend in April.
Want a taste of our Baja California spreads from the May/June issue's cover story? Mix up this "tasty and extremely potent" margarita from chef Iker Algorri of Iker's Colibris Café at Los Colibris Casitas.
All the news that’s fit to nosh. Genuinely Exciting: The Genuine, the long-awaited restaurant from Genuine Concepts (The VIG, Ladera Taverna y Cocina, Campo Italian Bistro & Bar, et al) opens this Thursday, April 28, on 16th Street north of Bethany Home Road, in the former The VIG Uptown space. Chef Jeremy Pacheco will helm the restaurant, with menu highlights including wood-oven-roasted mussels with orange blossom ale and Schreiner’s sausage, roasted chicken, pastas...
The sandy, canyon-bound courses of Blue Wash and Camp Creek provide an interesting twist on desert hiking.
Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres all around the Valley. This week, we’re taking a look at some musicians who’ve been popularized by movies. April 25 HAIM Much of this sister trio’s music has been compared to the singer-songwriters of the ’70s, so when youngest sister Alana Haim was cast in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, many critics remarked that the musician seemed right...
Beer business is bigger and better than ever here in the Valley of the suds.
Luke Aikens | Michael Clark/Red Bull Content Pool Two pilots will take to the skies and make history on April 24, when they attempt a daring aerial stunt that involves equal parts pluck and prowess. It’s the first time the feat has ever been done – and it’s happening right here in Arizona. The plan, dubbed Plane Swap, is the brainchild of brazen pilot and professional skydiver Luke Aikins and he’s performing it with...
When Espiritu opened last January, it was cast as a bar not a restaurant, a let’s-get-crazy play place for drinkers unashamed to admit they like getting a little toasty. Under the short cocktail menu (five regular cocktails and one daily special) is a section called “Shots & Other Mistakes,” featuring nine possibly bad decisions (their verbiage, not mine). Here, you’ll find wild concoctions given hilarious names and descriptions, including Yeetlejuice (Jaeger cold brew, pineapple amaro,...
