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On a sunny September afternoon, the pulsing sounds of reggae rise from a red brick house in downtown Phoenix. Inside, chinking guitars and bouncy bass lines resonate through...
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Who knew mapping was so controversial? This historian, that's who. In his Atlas of Radical Cartography and on his Web site (www.radicalcartography.net), Rankin takes the gov...
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In mystery fiction, you've gotta have a catch, and Wilson's got a doozy in Repairman Jack. Jack's the ultimate shadowy character, hunting down terrorist goons in his...
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May 8, 1928. 2:45 in the morning.
The wretched figure of Leone Jensen has flung herself off the seventh-floor rooftop of the Hotel San Carlos, finishing like a broken doll on...
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Midnite Movie Mamacita strikes again with this pairing of now-deadpan flicks from the early '70s. The first examines the many attempts of the government to rein in pot use and...
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The freshly reopened Garden celebrates the autumn harvest and the full moon with food, drink, haiku readings, Iaido sword dancing, live music, calligraphy, and tea-ceremony...
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Leslie and Andrew Cockburn's stellar documentary transforms the subprime-lending scandal into a gripping, Raymond Chandleresque detective tale about the bounds of American...
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The best damned sports team in Phoenix continues its quest for its second WNBA title in three years against the East's best, the Fever, led by Tamika Catchings and Katie...
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Dragsters, roadsters, sedans, and coupes compete for points and cash awards at this National Hot Rod Association-sanctioned event.
Fri., Oct. 2; Sat., Oct. 3; Sun.,...
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Stephenie Meyer may get most of the headlines these days, but Arizona’s other world-famed author of atmospheric romantic fiction is getting some new due of her own with...
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Like his spiritual kin, Phoenix's own Jon Borette, Brian Kappel makes quirky robot art. The works by the Portland artist, however, tend to be a wee bit more warm and cuddly...
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The Cherokee film producer/director (Trudell) speaks about her Academy Award-nominated Frozen River and other works. River won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
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ASU presents the film about a "trailer mom" and a Mohawk Indian girl who go into business smuggling immigrants across the U.S.-Canadian border at the St. Lawrence River....
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The artist speaks about her obsessive photo-journaling project, in which she photographed herself every day for 15 years, in conjunction with the "Hall of Mirrors" exhibit.
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The word “hero” is too often bandied about, but when distinguished author Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild, Into Thin Air) writes a book about Pat Tillman and refers to...
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Giddy up, Skelly! We're galloping your bleached bones to the 2009 incarnation of Rawhide’s annual haunted attraction, Doomtown: Refuge of the Unwanted, and keeping our...
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When it comes to the members of Sister Spit – a touring group of queer-core performance artists – scandalous may just be the half of it. Gathered from the ’zine...
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For a place with an overall IQ of about 32 – to judge by all the shotgun-toting boobs sporting Sheriff Joe bumper stickers – Phoenix has an ace literary scene. Many...
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Compared to Matt Betzold, you’re a major pussy. While you’ve wasted your life in front of the TV, the 25-year-old Payson resident and mixed martial arts competitor...
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The Rainbows Festival & Street Fair is sweet in the old-fashioned sense of the word. It’s feel-good but non-saccharine, communal but non-violent. No death metal. No...
