Grand Canyon in Four Seasons

A year-long photographic expedition reveals how Arizona's most iconic landscape transforms — and what it costs to pay attention.

Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photographer Loralei Lazurek

Anthem · Carefree · Cave Creek · North Scottsdale

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The Scottsdale Sculptor Working in Obsidian

A Cave Creek artist's first major retrospective arrives at SMoCA — and it unlike anything the institution has shown before.

Scott Dutton has been making large-scale obsidian sculptures in the Sonoran Desert for twenty years. He has never had a gallery show. That changes this month, when the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art opens his first major retrospective — a body of work that the museum's director calls the most physically demanding installation they have ever attempted.

Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photographer Loralei Lazurek

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A Desert Home That Thinks in Water

An architect redesigns a North Scottsdale property around a single philosophy: the relationship between the Sonoran Desert and the monsoon.

Writer Shannon Severson Photographer Loralei Lazurek

The Best Table in Carefree Has No Menu

A two-year-old tasting room has become the most interesting dining experience in the northern valley — and it accepts no walk-ins.

Writer Shannon Severson

After the Storm: Arizona Monsoon

Six photographers document the hours immediately following summer's defining weather event — the light, the silence, and what the desert does next.

Photographer Loralei Lazurek

The Anthem Jazz Festival Returns

After a two-year absence, Anthem's beloved outdoor music series is back with its most ambitious lineup to date.

Writer Shannon Severson Photographer Loralei Lazurek

The Trail That Starts at Carefree's Edge

A path most locals don't know about, leading into some of the most intact Sonoran terrain within half an hour of downtown Scottsdale.

Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photographer Loralei Lazurek

The Courses Serious Golfers Don't Talk About

Grayhawk has the marquee names. But some of the valley's most interesting golf is happening on courses that rarely make a list.

Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photographer Loralei Lazurek

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Style
The Jeweler Who Designs for the Desert Light
Writer Shannon Severson · Photographer Loralei Lazurek
Dining
Spring Bouquet Focaccia
Writer & Photographer Francine Coles

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