Phoenix Fashion Week Announces 2013 Emerging Designers

Categories: Fashion, News

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Becky Bartkowski
Some of Phoenix Fashion Week's 2013 emerging designers

The Phoenix Fashion Week team announced its 2013 pack of 12 emerging designers. In the coming months, the international bunch of aspiring fashionables will work on honing their brands and perfecting their collections, which they will show at Phoenix Fashion Week 2013 from October 1 through 5 at Talking Stick Resort.

And the emerging designers are...

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5 Indoor Summer Hangouts in Metro Phoenix

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Bill Timmerman via www.facebook.com/phxart
Phoenix Art Museum

Air-conditioning. Shade. Air-conditioning. Entertainment. Air-conditioning. These are the things we crave during Phoenix summers. Yet we have the hardest times finding them outside of our own homes. Rather than choosing between a boring day at home in the AC and a lively day trekking around in the sweltering heat, we found five places where you can enjoy what Phoenix has to offer from the cool and tolerable indoors.

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Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel's Global Day of Discovery: Live Mural Art June 19

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www.facebook.com/RenaissancePhoenixDowntownHotel
On Wednesday, June 19, the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel will join 114 other Marriott properties on five continents in celebrating a Global Day of Discovery with art, music, and food throughout the day. The idea behind the day-long party is to encourage discovery and bring people together in the downtown Phoenix community.

From 5 a.m. to midnight the hotel will host a variety of events including a live mural painted by local artist, Hugo Medina. The hotel will also raffle off a sculpture by artist James Day.

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Arizona's Three Best Summer Water Hikes

Categories: Outdoors

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Maurice Bosc
You may interpret "water hiking" as toting a portable mister along the trail up Camelback, but dear reader, there are places with real water, too. Wet hiking is a perfect way to explore Arizona while keeping cool. Canyons, creeks, and springs fill our desert landscape if you know where to look and where to hike.

So here are three options for wet hikes: an easy nature walk nearby, a moderate canyon exploration, and a difficult (but epic) gorge discovery. Read through, do some personal research, and if you're feeling up to going out and cooling down, choose the one that is right for you.

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Hairy Leg Stockings Are All the Rage in China

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A new fashion statement is growing -- so to speak -- on Chinese social media, and we imagine its only a matter of time before you find it in your local Urban Outfitters.

Yesterday commenters expressed feelings of curiosity and disgust when user Happy张江 posted this picture to Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blogging service.

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Mark-Taylor Summer of Love Pool Party Over the Weekend

Categories: Events

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Jim Louveau
Slideshow: Mark-Taylor Summer of Love Pool Party in Gilbert

Mark-Taylor Summer of Love Pool Party in Gilbert
Gilbertonians young and old didn't let the heat keep them inside this past weekend. Instead, they flocked to the Mark-Taylor Summer of Love pool party at the Borrego Apartments to cool off.

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Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

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Sarah Hurwitz
Your work week just got a whole lot more exciting, Phoenix. Here's something to do every day before the weekend arrives.

Jackalope Ranch Presents Bingo @ Crescent Ballroom
Dig up your dauber and get ready for a game of chance. New Times culture blog Jackalope Ranch Presents Bingo in the lounge at Crescent Ballroom on June 17.

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Weekly Freebie: Go Ganges! Screens at Harkins Valley Art

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Dudes on Media
Whether you're a documentary junkie or simply a fan of free flicks, this week's Freebie invites you to take colorful tour of the Ganges River from the comfort of your air-conditioned theater seat.

From Dudes on Media comes an award-winning documentary that explores a river that is simultaneously one of the most sacred and most polluted bodies of water in the entire world.

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5 Favorite Vintage Shops on 7th Avenue in Phoenix

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Jessica Dollin
Colorful vintage clothes at Retro Ranch in the Melrose District.
Metro Phoenix is endearingly called the Valley of the Sun, but we've also taken to calling it the Valley of the Vintage -- and not just because of the senior citizen population. Lightly used and deeply loved clothing, furniture, and accessories can be found all over town, and while the treasure hunt might take a bit of driving, it's worth the gas money. And so Jackalope Ranch presents a 'hood-by-'hood look at favorite vintage shops in metro Phoenix. Our first stop is the vintage Mecca of Phoenix, the Melrose District along 7th Avenue between (mainly) Camelback and Indian School roads.

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11 Reasons to Love Summer in Arizona

Categories: Fun, Top Lists

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Andrew Pielage
Photos: First Major Haboob of 2012 Swallows Up the Valley

Bemoan the sweltering heat, requisite sunburns, and incessantly blazing sunshine all you want. There's plenty to love about Arizona in the summertime. The season officially arrives Friday, June 21, and here are 11 reasons we love it.

Monsoons
As the mid-summer clouds begin to form and the winds kick up, Phoenix's signature storm season means some mild relief from the heat. The fantastic lightning shows are a photographer's dream, and we're partial to the random torrential downpours that would be a bummer in most other climates. Leave it to desert dwellers to get psyched about rain. After a couple months of 100-plus temps, monsoon season is nature's cure for summer burnout. So soak it in; you've earned it.

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