Listen to JazzPHX
Enter to win a book bundle from authors interviewed on Season 10 of the Word podcast.
Arts + Entertainment
Listen live weekdays at 9 a.m.
The Phoenix Art Museum is once again in search of a director and CEO. Tim Rodgers, who had longstanding ties to the Valley, was named to the position 14 months ago but announced earlier this month he was leaving Phoenix to become director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
Jun. 30, 2021
The misinformation that is so prevalent in our society today has overtaken much of the confidence that a significant majority had in U.S. institutions. To counter that, how much is required of groups — new and old? And how much do we as individuals have to learn more and pay attention?
Jun. 30, 2021
As the Maricopa County 2020 election audit was drawing media attention from local and national outlets, it’s also going to be part of a documentary that the public will be able to see beginning on Saturday.
→ More Stories From The Show
→ More Stories From The Show
Jun. 25, 2021
Mark Tebeau, a professor of history at Arizona State University, has been leading a collaborative, international effort to create a public history of the pandemic called "A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVID-19."
Jun. 23, 2021
Randy Slack has mastered the art of synergy in his life and work.
The curator of the annual Chaos Theory art show and owner of Legend City studios in downtown Phoenix has been able to blend fine art, vintage Volkswagens and surfing.
Jun. 23, 2021
Earlier this month, poet and Arizona State University's professor Natalie Diaz was awarded a Pulitzer for her poetry collection, "Postcolonial Love Poem." The Show spoke with her about the honor and her creative process.
Jun. 22, 2021
Independent music venues across the country were among the first to shut down as a result of the pandemic, and now, they are among the last to reopen. The Save Our Stages Act, now known as the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, was seen as the much needed aid owners had sought. But now that sigh of relief has turned to frustration.
→ More Stories From The Show
→ More Stories From The Show
Jun. 22, 2021
In 1936 Harlem, an all-Black cast produced an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," commonly referred to as “Voodoo Macbeth.” A new biopic of the same name about the production won “Best of Fest” last weekend at the 27th annual Sedona International Film Festival.
Jun. 20, 2021
Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation offers key takeaways from recent survey.
Jun. 19, 2021
A recent project led by ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination melds data, essays and fiction in presenting how cities and communities may be changed by a stronger move to renewables — including solar energy. And the project is captured in a book called "Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures."
Jun. 18, 2021
In their new book, "Surviving Mexico: Resistance and Resilience among Journalists in the Twenty-first Century," University of Arizona journalism professors Celeste González de Bustamante and Jeannine Relly document the challenges of being a journalist in Mexico.
Jun. 18, 2021
Legendary designer Bob Mackie is being honored June 17 with a lifetime achievement award at the Sedona International Film Festival. The Show spoke with Mackie about his career, including how a performer and designer connect.
Jun. 17, 2021
For several years, ecologist Jack Dash and photographer Luke Swenson have been chronicling the specific site of Atascosa Highlands as part of their project to conduct the first comprehensive survey of the flora and fauna — and how those have been affected by climate change, border wall construction and other factors.
Jun. 15, 2021
June 12 is Record Store Day, an international celebration of all things vinyl. First launched in 2007, the event was spread out over three dates in 2020 due to the pandemic. This year, store owners are welcoming back customers without capacity limits.
Jun. 12, 2021
Each spring, the desert outside of Palm Springs, California, is activated with massive, experimental, international contemporary art installations. It’s called Desert X. And this year, one exhibition caught headlines around the globe.
Jun. 11, 2021
Stacey Gordon is a Valley-based puppeteer who runs the Phoenix puppetry arts studio Puppet Pie and also portrays the character Julia on Sesame Street. She recently bought an ice cream truck that she’s converting into a puppetry arts venue that she can take on the road, and she plans for it to be ready to roll this summer.
Jun. 10, 2021
Over the next year, Phoenix plans to spend $5 million to help the arts community hurt by the pandemic. It’s nearly double what Phoenix provided in arts and culture grants last year via federal coronavirus relief funds.
Jun. 9, 2021
In Western lore, the “border town” was a lawless outpost on the fringe of society, serving as the buffer against the unknown — across the border into Mexico. But Melanie Yazzie's work focuses on a different kind of border town.
Jun. 9, 2021
Hector Viramontes never meant to become a painter.
But in the course of studying graphic design, he decided to lean into his artwork and make a career out of it. Now, he’s etching out a place for himself in the Phoenix art scene and pulling from some unlikely inspirations in the process: Skate culture and abstract expressionism.
Jun. 8, 2021
Journalist Amy Silverman has dedicated much of her career to writing about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She also has been a catalyst in curating live storytelling here in the Valley. Now, she’s bringing those two things together as part of her project for a visiting fellowship at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard.
Jun. 4, 2021
Pages
