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Desert Digest Food & Drink Food & Drink FestivalsDevour Returns to Desert Botanical Garden This February

Miriam Cristal OrdoñezFebruary 7, 2023

Calling all cuisine connoisseurs: For the first time in three years, Devour Phoenix is back at Desert Botanical Garden! In the culinary extravaganza’s 14th year, guests will enjoy a multi-event experience filled with Arizona’s leading chefs, wineries and restaurants at what The New York Times called the Best Southwestern Culinary Festival. New participants this year include Sin Muerte (chef Vince Mellody), Carcara (chef Angy Dykstra), Rough Rider (chef Ian Herschberg), Sake Haus, Anoche Cantina and...

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Features Valley NewsThe Sonoran Job: Cactus Theft in Arizona

Keridwen CorneliusMarch 1, 2022

Cactus poachers are preying on Arizona’s deserts to support a growing international trade in smuggled succulents. Meet the innovative naturaliats and park rangers tasked with stopping them.

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2021 Best of the Valley Lifestyle & EntertainmentEditors’ Picks for Best of the Valley 2021 Lifestyle & Entertainment

Editorial StaffJuly 6, 2021

Welcome back, life. As the pandemic winds down, the Valley's cultural diversions -- festivals, the arts, gyms and tours -- are blossoming anew.

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The PHiX5 Safe Things to Do This Weekend | March 26-28

Judy HarperMarch 25, 2021

Celebrate Spring with a Concert in the Park Performing on a mix of string and percussion instruments, AZ63 presents Burkina Dreams of the Desert, March 27. The trio’s music encompasses a wide variety of styles, including ancient Bambara songs originating from the West African countries of Mali, Guinea, Senegal and Burkina Faso, as well as original compositions and improvisations inspired by each member’s musical background. The concert is presented by MusicaNova. 2 p.m. $25-$30 (lawn...

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The PHiX5 Safe Things to Do This Weekend, Jan. 29-31

Judy HarperJanuary 28, 2021

Salute a Legendary Singer Angela Ingersoll celebrates an American icon in the uplifting Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland, through Feb. 7. Presented on an outdoor stage located just one block north of Phoenix Theatre, the production includes such Garland favorites as “Over the Rainbow,” “The Trolley Song” and “The Man That Got Away.” The performance space accommodates approximately 250 guests, seated in pairs and distanced 6 feet in all directions. Call for times and ticket prices. Central United...

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Culture The PHiX5 Local Botanical Gardens to Check Out Right Now

Helena WegnerJuly 24, 2019

Phoenix may be in the desert, but the area is abundant with lush gardens and a plethora of plant species. Explore these 5 desert oases around the Valley.

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Visual Arts“Electric Desert” Illuminates the Sonoran Landscape

Carly SchollOctober 10, 2018

Desert Botanical Garden's latest exhibit combines light, sound and technology to make the landscape come alive.

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Performing ArtsReview: Ballet Arizona Presents “Topia” at Desert Botanical Garden

Isabella CastilloJune 7, 2017

Topia, a Ballet Arizona performance that runs through Sunday, is back-dropped by the prickly landscape of Desert Botanical Garden and Papago Park beyond. And it has as many peaks and valleys as the hills beyond the stage.

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ListsTop 5 Arts Events: May 22-28, 2017

Nikole TowerMay 23, 2017

1. Phoenix Comicon – May 25-28
Calling all sci-fi fans, comic enthusiasts and bookworms – Phoenix Comicon is back. Spend the weekend browsing the tables set up in the exhibitor hall and meet actors and writers like Karen Gillan, Dick Van Dyke, Anthony Michael Hall and Bonnie Wright. Full event $75; T $20; F and Su $30; Sa $45. T, F, Sa 10 a.m.-2 a.m.; Su 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N. Third St., Phoenix, phoenixcomicon.com.

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ListsPHOENIX Magazine Team Picks: December

Lauren LoftusDecember 23, 2016

Each month, we of the PHOENIX Magazine creative team ask ourselves a different question about our favorite dining and drinking experiences in the Valley. Our picks are usually hidden in the back of the magazine among our Dining Guide restaurant listings. Not any more. Our picks are going digital! Feel free to follow us on social media (at least, those of us who tweet) and be sure to tag us (@PhoenixMagazine on Twitter and @PHXMagazine on Instagram) on pics of your favorite picks.