Jan
25
2019
We've never listened to Los Esplifs live and we can't wait to check them out this Friday at Last Exit Live. However, we do know about the musicianship behind this project and the talented peeps who hone it. Most...
Jan
25
2019
Nuestra experiencia AMPLIFIED en el PAM activó nuestros sentidos, el auditivo deliberadamente fue el más sugestionado de todos.
Llegamos al Phoenix Art Museum cuando tronaba el zapateo de Angelina Ramirez de Flamenco Por La Vida, mientras otros miembros de la...
Jan
19
2019
First, we're stoked that lately, local thespians are putting together shows that don't overindulge in the melodramatic sameness that we've been force-fed for the longest time (of course there are exceptions, however, in our view they're not the norm).
We're...
Oct
20
2018
We're super stoked about the opening for skinnyblk (Skinny Black) this Saturday. Sean Avery, writer, and performer describes it as a hip-hop album/staged play, about the journey as a black masculine individual figuring out what is authentic in a...
Oct
17
2018
“If reading bears fruit, let the trees read,” said the writing on a Ministry of Education's wall in the city I lived a few years ago. Some scolded teenager wrote it after begging his teacher for a passing grade,...
Oct
17
2018
Nico Paredes doesn't care if people know who he is or what he does for a living; he doesn't want fame, to be recognized on the street or to be praised. He doesn't give a shit about the perks...
Oct
17
2018
No, the burrito from one of the Berto's at 4 a.m. doesn't count. What we're talking about here is the first thing that comes to mind after you've been macerating inside the covers 'till noon because you couldn't restrain...
Oct
17
2018
First Friday's opening night of Teotihuacán: City of Water, City of Fire at the Phoenix Art Museum (PAM for short) was super dope. Especially because we saw so many local artists participating in the celebration, and the community came...
Oct
17
2018
When was the last time you sat down to have a meal without compulsively checking your phone for your social media fix? How long ago did you experience a chill time around a table and had genuine conversations with...
Oct
08
2018
If you're interested in the arts and how mayoral candidates plan to advance and promote our city's culture scene, then you must attend the forum where candidate Kate Gallego, Moses Sanchez, Nicholas Sarwark, and Daniel Valenzuela tonight at the...
Sep
06
2018
How did we get so effin' crazy to think we could pull this ish off you may ask. Well, it started many years ago at house parties, jamming to tunes that local DJ's weren't even dreaming of playing at...
Jul
27
2018
So I've been a fervent fan of El Chullo since I first visited about 5 years ago. Every time I go I have a hard time deciding what item on the menu I'm going to smash: the Lomo Saltado, Ceviche,...