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Twice a week, Teresa has a nightmare.
It is almost always the same. She and her husband, Michael, are driving home in their gray Chevy pickup, sleepy and content after a...
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Michael Allen Engstrom probably didn’t sell his soul to the devil in order to create the oil paintings featured in his “CrossRoads BLUES” exhibit at @Central...
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If there’s a moral to David Barker’s Dodging Bullets, playing again (hurray!) at ASU for one night only (boo!), it probably has something to do with being careful...
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You can hate Kanye West's ego, but you can't quibble with his influences. Recently, the much-maligned rapper and producer announced his return to the studio after his Taylor...
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In a place where there’s not even a major street dedicated to the late, great civil rights movement leader, a pretty cool MLK Day tradition has developed over the years...
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Scampering 13.1 or 26.2 miles is never a breeze, but if you’re choosing to do so for the first time, the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and 1/2 Marathon is...
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Have you heard of this guy named Luis Gutierrez? On the tip of your brain? That may be because New Times recently wrote a cover story on the guy (“Paint on a Happy...
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A frugal dyke would never buy herself a special weekend out of town, because everyone else comes first: her mother, workmates, children, and definitely her pushy girlfriend....
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Anytime we get a little skeeved out by all of the fancy lofts and upscale eateries that are sprouting downtown, we're happy about the existence of the lovingly...
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We’ve got a new year, a new theatre company, and a new take on an epistolary chestnut. Arizona stage veteran Eric Schoen (formerly of Southwest Shakespeare Company and...
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These days, we live our lives online. Whenever we sit down to eat, we feel the need to Tweet. Checking out a new band is just a click away on MySpace. And the dreaded...
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Back in the day, any skilled dirt-bike rider could take his or her Yamaha or Husqvarna out into the acres of pristine desert of Maricopa County and peel out, catch air, or...
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For most of us, New Year’s resolutions have to do with shedding cellulite. For Ali Vincent, former winner of The Biggest Loser and the first female to snag the $250,000...
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It’s all in the marketing.
We're not that excited about some productions that claim to present authentic music from Africa and South America when all of the performing...
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Keepin’ it real is integral for a folk artist, so big ups to Phoenix (by way of Las Vegas) singer-songwriter Jacob Smigel for realizing that nothin’s realer than the...
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Some things in the past are better left forgotten, like bell-bottoms, balloon boy, or that time you ran naked through a public park after pounding one too many tequila shots....
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In part of its ongoing First Friday shows, the Phoenix Center for the Arts’ debut show of 2010 is a juried exhibition entitled “Japanese Friendship Garden:...
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Here’s a potentially fun idea: Find yourself a soccer mom or Dockers dad – maybe your own, or your neighbors down the street -- and say to them, “I bet...
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We like to think of ourselves as snarky writers here in the Night & Day section, but this writer is having a little difficulty taking that approach with this piece. Even at...
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Say what you want about the Cold War, but it made sports a lot more interesting. Competitions like the Olympics became a fierce cultural battle. Until Al-Qaeda gets their...
