If Phoenix’s Black Theatre Troupe were given a Broadway show poster, it might read “the little theatre troupe that could.” Operating steadfastly for the past 51 years, Black Theatre Troupe (BTT) has…
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Ashley Macias always knew she wanted to be an artist. She sold her first works, pencil drawings of aliens, for 25 cents to her grade-school classmates during recess. Today, the self-taught artist…
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Photo by Adam Rodriguez For one Phoenix transplant, visiting Desert Botanical Garden is a life-balancing ritual. By Sally J. Clasen When I moved to Phoenix in 1984, it wasn’t love at first sight. I…
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Rancho Ochoa, a rodeo arena in southwest Phoenix, treats local fans to traditional charreada. By Nora Burba Trulsson On a cloudless Saturday afternoon, a young charro, dressed in a traditional felt…
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Jewelry designer Alex Ozers forges brass and copper into wearable art that feels aged by desert forces By Sally J. Clasen Jewelry designer Alex Ozers used to make large-format paintings with a…
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In search of tangible things in a digital age, a local writer finds where to ditch screens and go old school in central Phoenix. I have trudged, grudgingly, into the digital world. I’ve uploaded…
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Less Din, More Zen: A Secret Garden Above I-10 Creates a Cocoon of Placidity in Downtown Phoenix. By Suzanne Wright When you think of Phoenix, a Japanese garden isn’t the first (or fifth) thing that…
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In Midtown and Uptown, eat/drink/shop gathering places thrive where strip malls once stood. Back in the day, I used to go to Phoenix Ad Club meetings in the banquet room at Beef Eaters, a tony prime…
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Local bootmaker stitches colorful, custom leatherwork in his Central Phoenix storefront. By Jackie Dishner Truth is, I’ve never owned a pair of cowboy boots, but a guy in our party of 20 at the…
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Phoenix sculptor forges scrap metal, railroad spikes and more into memorable works of art. By Jackie Dishner I never knew the imaginative power contained in precarious piles of scrap metal, not…
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