First Fridays is this Friday, February 6 - a monthly event that showcases local artists and venues around downtown Phoenix. Sponsored by Artlink, which also hosts the twice-yearly Art Detour, First Fridays feature artists, musicians, and photographers at multiple locations in and around downtown. These locations can be local museums and galleries, music venues, coffeehouses and tents set up on blocked-off streets. So you kill two birds with one stone, really: you discover local artists, and you discover local hangouts. It's a great place to find home decor, unique gifts, impulse buys.
It runs the first Friday of each month from 6 to 10pm, so gather some friends to meet up at the end of the workweek. You can catch a shuttle from any of the locations, but if you park at the Phoenix Public Library you can get a map of all the stops (slow-loading Flash version here) and take the shuttle from the "start."
Along Roosevelt Row there are not only galleries and street vendors, but places to eat as well. Anyone with a sweet tooth should stop by Tammie Coe Cakes. Cupcakes, cookies and scones, oh my! And for you people without a sweet tooth (which I don't understand) they have real food too. Their sliders are pretty popular, and I'm a big fan of the pesto tortellini with artichoke.
Find it! - Phoenix Public Library, 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. ArtLink: 602-256-7539.
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