On December’s First Friday, the Phoenix Art Museum is hosting “After Hours,” a multi-disciplinary event showcasing music, visual art, performance, food and opportunities to create...
Cuba is not its beaches or its whores. It’s not the sadness of its streets or romanticism of the “máquinas” (cabs), the Moskovich, Lada or...
Friendly House, a social services organization in La Phoenikera, turned 100 years old last year and couldn’t even get a birthday caravan. So on December...
When we found out John Waters was doing stand-up at the Celebrity Theatre we almost choked with happy vomit. I’ve been friend-crushing on this man...
When we asked Liliana Gomez what is the most important thing about BlakTinx and she answered “the brown and black experience through movement,” our knees...
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...
Si entre tus sueños guajiros está ser parte de una obra de teatro, tal vez esta sea tu oportunidad. El 8 y 9 de febrero...
All Hallow’s Eve is upon us and we’re sure you’re itching to flaunt the costume you’ve been working on for weeks (or a day in...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
This Friday July 6 is Frida Kahlo’s birthday. We know that some Phoenikerxs out there are dying to channel their inner Frida and strut their...
Trans Queer Pueblo (TQP), an organization that advocates for the immigrant trans cummunity in La Phoenikera, is looking for queer artists for their upcoming event...
Call for artists are popping up left and right in La Phoenikera and local artists should at least take a look at what is going...
We are very excited because Friendly House is hosting a cultural festival this weekend that is going to expose Phoenikerxs to food, entertainment, and traditions...
Our city is continually shifting, and it’s all because of a convergence of energies that make up our art scene. We’re stoked that more frequently...
La Phoenikera’s litness is thanks to its arts scene. People can beat around the bush and say whatever, but it’s true. Art made it “palatable”...
Check out some of the snapshots we took at the 2018 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. This legit competition takes place every year at the...
This musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote and produced by Arizona Theatre Company is showing in La Phoenikera at the Herbeger Theater Center. In...
If you think the world should hear or read the poetry you’ve locked away and only your friends stoically listen to, this is your chance....
Melissa Quintans had a little chat with LA PHNKRA about ¿Navidad? a new Spanish-language production by Matices Theatre Company and she tells us that this...
This Christmas/Hanukkah/Kuanzaa season (and the ones that I’m forgetting), Phoenikerxs have the opportunity to avoid the fast fashion producers and multinational super stores and support...
The first time I saw his art was on a pair of lime green pumps a girl I liked was rocking. I heard his name...
Nĭ Hăo Phoenikerxs! That’s one way to say hello in Chinese for those of us who had to google it. We’re not sure if you...
Carla came to the U.S. as a tiny human Seven she was A Chavarría she was From Atizapán Estado de México she was. Crossed the...
Much of what Isela Meraz has done in the U.S. has been to challenge a system that requires her to show papers. Art is one...
Once upon a time, a little girl dreamed of being like JonBenét Ramsey because all she heard was that blue-eyed blondies were prettier and had...
She’s a jeweler, not the kind who wears a loupe at a store or sits in a dark room inside a diamond and gemstone warehouse....
Have you noticed that all La Phoenikera Light Rail stations have some art pieces incorporated into their design? You might not know, but except for...
Before traveling to Cuba this month, we had tons of questions. A couple of our friends had gone relatively recently, so we were able to...
For Tato Caraveo, event coordinator for The Lost Leaf (which just celebrated its 10-year anniversary at the 5th Street location), this week marks their perseverance...
“The universe is not made out of atoms. It is made out of stories,” said Muriel Rukeyser in her Speed of Darkness poem. We know...
When Sam Gomez and Julia Duran would travel down Central Avenue to get ice cream at Oasis, their favorite antojito shop in South Phoenix, they...
The world is filled with Frida Kahlo fans. Some are real (the kind that can name even the artists’ pet dog), some are fake (the...
There is a demand for accessible events celebrating the rise of La Phoenikera’s culture, but how do we show support? Sometimes we share shit on...
On Sunday, an installation created by eight Arizona artists, many of them Phoenikerxs, executing the vision of Mexican artist Bestabeé Romero, was unveiled. Giovana Aviles,...
Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq, two local visual anthropologists, have made it their mission to demystify preconceived notions about black and Indigenous communities worldwide....
If you’re going to celebrate Pride this weekend but the official Pride party is not your scene, we suggest you check out Booty Pop, the...
Artists from La Phoenikera have the incredible opportunity to do a six-week residency in Guadalajara this summer. The arts organization Celebración Artística de las Américas...
If you’re like me and you’ve Heard the term “V-Day” and thought, what the crap is that? Here it goes. V-Day is not Valentine’s Day,...
Last October, I attended an event called Crossfade LAB, and I was mind-blown. Rita Indiana, a badass musician and writer from the Dominican Republic and...
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