Food & DrinkWhat to Eat at Chase Field
M.V. MoorheadJune 20, 2019
Thanks to Chase Field’s ambitious culinary program, eating at a D-backs game is more than just peanuts.
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Food & DrinkThe Farish House
Nikki BuchananJune 20, 2019
A historical home in Roosevelt Row roars back to life as a pan-European bistro.
Food & DrinkWright’s Feels a Little Wrong
Nikki BuchananJune 20, 2019
Arizona Biltmore’s flagship restaurant is decidedly less than the sum of its parts lately.
Form admirably meets function in North Scottsdale, where two local restaurant vets have stealthily opened the Valley’s best new restaurant of 2019 – so far.
Performing ArtsFor Corny Fun, Check Out Arizona Opera’s “Hercules vs. Vampires”
M.V. MoorheadOctober 20, 2017
The season opener for Arizona Opera, Hercules vs. Vampires, demonstrates just how fine the line between highbrow and lowbrow can be. The mythological Greek hero Hercules ventures into the underworld to fetch a cure for a princess who, thanks to an evil king, has lost her memory. Sure... OK.
There’s nothing about this story that wouldn’t have been taken seriously by generations of grand opera composers. Indeed, it’s arguably a more straightforward narrative than that of many operas.
MusicU2 Ponders What’s Changed Since 1987 as Joshua Tree Anniversary Tour Comes to Phoenix
Nikole TowerSeptember 20, 2017
Last night's highly anticipated U2 concert at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale ushered in the official start of fall in the Valley. The roof, gleefully, was open, framing a few stars and washing the packed crowd with blessed late-September breezes. Bono and the band delighted, playing hits spanning their 41-year career – from “Sunday Bloody Sunday” to “Beautiful Day,” along with every song from the beloved Joshua Tree album.
Near the beginning of Pamela Tom’s documentary Tyrus, the painter Tyrus Wong, who died last year at the age of 106, explains that his Chinese name, Gen Yo, translates to something like “Buena Vista” in Spanish. The view from his eyes seems, indeed, to have been beautiful.
As I took a bite of Chef Jeff Smedstad’s "pay de queso" (Mexican cheesecake), my mind took me back to my childhood’s kitchen. I pictured my mom baking pays for the holidays and a younger me eager to eat. This is the real deal I told Smedstad. The chef and owner of the reknowned Elote Cafe in Sedona says he was influenced by a trip to Veracruz where he learned about the craft of homemade Mexican cheesecake sort of a lighter, less sweet, less dense version of our beloved New York cheesecake. He put a spin on the traditional Mexican dessert with goat cheese from Fossil Creek Goat Farm in Strawberry, Arizona, near Payson. The result is absolutely exquisite.
Performing ArtsQ&A with Adam Langdon of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Lauren LoftusJune 19, 2017
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" runs Tuesday, June 20, through Saturday, June 25, at ASU Gammage.
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.