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Stricken with dementia and unable to care for herself, Lucille Ayers died a horror-movie death.
"My mother basically died staked to an ant pile," her son James says. "She...
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Moog is not coming to the Valley. Even though it's one of the hippest new documentaries out right now. Even though this is producer Ryan Page's hometown, not to mention the...
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It's a fine Tuesday morning, and I'm seated at a table in Matt's Big Breakfast, the new diner that opened a month ago on First Street and McKinley, next to the Coronado Hotel,...
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Mike Nichols' new film Closer is a boiling pot of lust, mistrust and double-dealing that might well be taken for outright soap opera -- or, in quite a few places, soft-core...
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Ah, downtown Phoenix. Home to Bank One Ballpark, the famous Luhrs Building, that stunningly awful Patriots Park. It's a tangle of high- and low-rise construction that has --...
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Ebenezer Scrooge might be the quintessential poster boy for a bad holiday attitude, but he didn't have to fist-fight a soccer mom the day after Thanksgiving for the last...
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Sometimes, it takes a lawsuit to punish a bad nursing home. But state lawmakers may rein in the lawyers by making it tougher to sue.
In June 2001, Katherine Johnson, 72, was...
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Dear Marshall,
It's me, Brendan. I thought since Stan hasn't been around for a few years now, you might appreciate hearing some feedback from a fan about your new album,...
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It's the biopic of the year: Christian Bale is cadaverous industrial rocker Trent Reznor, prone to temper tantrums, brooding, inhabiting colorless environments, and keeping...
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I saw Arizona Theatre Company's production of Anna in the Tropics with a second-weekend audience, having missed its opening night. Second-weekenders are a tough crowd, harder...
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THU 2
Sorry to bear the bad news, ladies, but the catty confines of Paco Paco, 3045 North 16th Street, will be reserved exclusively for men on Thursday, December 2, as the...
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It's 'round midnight on a Thursday eve, and yours truly, Kreme, is at Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge getting his fat fanny slapped by the finest dime in the hizz-ouse, a blonde...
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About five years ago, Adam Cohen, son of Leonard, released a pleasantly forgettable disc of jazz-tinged singer-songwriter material and got slammed for not being more like his...
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The Czech drama Zelary brings to mind Bertolt Brecht's pointed observation that "war is like love; it always finds a way." In this instance, war creates the atmosphere in...
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Has anyone but me noticed that Arizona Jewish Theatre Company never produces plays or musicals that depict Jews as whiny cheapskates? And that the Black Theatre Troupe never...
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In 1976, Mark Mothersbaugh and his Devo bandmates slept in an Econoline van, drafting eccentric lyrics about the de-evolution of humans. Today, Mothersbaugh dines with...
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The Devil and Michael Crow
Undermining overachievers: Regarding "Quid Pro Crow" (Joe Watson, November 18), I'd like to personally tell Mr. Ira Fulton and Mr. Michael Crow...
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A consummate showoff, Rufus Wainwright has never had reason to doubt his gorgeous voice, his lush arrangements, his coy sense of romantic drama. Substance, however, presents a...
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Patricia Beck, Niki D'Andrea, C. Murphy Hebert, Benjamin Leatherman, Douglas Towne and Joe Watson Published:
December 2, 2004
Sat 12/4
When y'all are ready to wade through them thar beer cans and lawn appliances that ain't worked fer years, park yer double-wide at the Pumphouse II, 4132 East...
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On their 1999 debut, So . . . How's Your Girl?, the faux-stylish studs in Handsome Boy Modeling School (a.k.a. super-producers Prince Paul and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura)...
