SDT051_VAMP_BALL18_<strong>JAVA</strong>_3.875x3.875.qxp_Layout 1 1/17/18 4:25 PM Page 1 Scorpius Dance Theatre and Davisson Entertainment presents VAMPIRE BALL L L O V e B I T E S INDULGE IN AN EVENING OF GOTHIC ELEGANCE and ROMANCE FEBRUARY 9TH, 2018 8PM-1AM THE GRAND BALLROOM/CLUB PALAZZO Tickets/Information: PHXVAMPIREBALL.COM This event is 21 & up BUZZ ARCHITECTURE, FOOD, MUSIC By Robert Sentinery This month, <strong>JAVA</strong> explores three of the strongest facets of this city’s cultural scene: architecture, culinary arts and music. Architecture has long been one of the most important aspects of our identity, going back to when Frank Lloyd Wright first set foot here in 1927 to consult on the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. During that time, he met Dr. Alexander Chandler, who wanted Wright to design San Marcos-in-the-Desert, a resort in the foothills of South Mountain. Wright fell in love with the Sonoran desert and a few years later purchased a large swathe of land outside the dusty outpost of Scottsdale. Taliesin West would become his winter home and the western locale of his architecture school. Wright built an experimental camp called Ocatillo [sic] to live in while he designed Chandler’s resort (which sadly never came to fruition because of the Great Depression). It was here that Wright discovered the idea of utilizing light-diffusing canvas for roofing and window covers, which he later brought to Taliesin West. Fast-forward 50 years, and not far from Wright’s original camp, one of his former students, Charles Schiffner, designed an epic residence called Presley’s House of the Future – a demonstration project for the Presley Corporation’s 2,500-acre planned community of Ahwatukee. With soaring 32-foot ceilings, an open floor plan, loft and minimalistic built-in furniture, the unusual wedge-shaped structure came complete with a computer system and powered keyless entry door, which was beyond advanced for 1979. Schiffner is still living and practicing here in the Valley and continues to look to the future. We had the opportunity to interview him for our “Icons of Phoenix” series. (See “Charles Schiffner: Architecture as Alchemy,” p. 8.) The farm-to-table movement has really taken hold here, and one of the chefs most responsible for that is Aaron Chamberlin. His Phoenix Public Market Café has become a staple for affordable high-quality seasonal food since it opened in 2013. No doubt, having an actual farmers market outside his kitchen door made it easy for Chamberlin to maintain his fresh/seasonal ethos. Just a few weeks ago, Chamberlin opened his Tempe Public Market Café. The transformation of a former Circle K location is no less than stunning, thanks to architect Christoph Kaiser of Kaiserworks Phoenix. Any day now, Chamberlin is about to open another restaurant in Roosevelt Row: Taco Chelo, with Chef Suny Santana and artist Gennaro Garcia (see “Aaron Chamberlin: Chef on Fire,” p. 12). Finally, we need a soundtrack for all this local activity, and the perfect person to bring it is French expat Olivier Zahm. His Electric Lotus recording studio and Chromodyne record label are the creative outlets for this self-professed studio rat, who literally loses himself in music for days on end. Zahm brings an international perspective to our scene, having worked in his native France as well as Stockholm, Sweden. He currently has his sights set on China and India, two huge emerging markets with countless consumers that will need music to move them (see “Olivier Zahm: Musique Connection,” p. 34). WEDNESDAY LADIES NIGHT All wine 50% off or One chef special roll + one bottle wine for only $22 ( 6pm - 9pm ) HAPPY HOUR Tuesday - Sunday from 2pm - 6pm Yama Sushi House.com | 602-264-4260 4750 N. Central Ave. Unit B-2, Phoenix