Photograph by Scott Baxter
JK: As a portrait photographer, you frame your subjects in creative ways. This one feels different. Why? SB: This is Michael Swearngin, an artist who’s a good friend of mine. We were trying to get…
Photograph by John Burcham
Standing at the edge of a small meadow in the Prescott National Forest, I contemplate a small, neglected orchard with Kanin Routson and his wife, Tierney (pictured).  “There’s a ton of places like…
A green sports car cruises down a highway.
The 33rd annual Bell Lexus North Scottsdale Copperstate 1000, presented by the Men’s Arts Council, returns to Arizona this weekend. It is one of North America's most celebrated vintage car road…
Photograph by Scott Baxter
There’s no promise of rain on the horizon, none of those bloated blue-black clouds that might deliver a wall of water. Instead, the only things floating in this wide sky are white, wispy, romantic…
Photograph by Jerry Jacka
If you’re too young to remember, or if maybe the ’70s are just a blur, here’s some of what was happening back in February 1974: The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand was the No. 1 song in America,…
Photograph by Richard L. Danley
Don’t look down,” I mutter to myself as I look down. My stomach plummets at the dizzying view, and a chill shoots to my feet. I’m standing on a sloped, gravelly trail, inches from a 400-plus-foot…
Photograph by Joel Hazelton
Demeter was furious. Discovering her daughter, Persephone, had been kidnapped by Hades, king of the underworld, she took revenge by inventing winter. As goddess of agriculture, she had the power to…
A sepia toned image shows a portrait of a young potter
WHAT: Women in the Spotlight for Women’s History Month WHEN: March 1-31, 2023  WHO: Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West  WHERE: 3830 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale AZ 85251  …