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Sometime soon, a marked man named Ike Diogu will make a momentous decision -- whether to stick around Arizona State University for his senior season or set sail for the...
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Ben Harris used to stare out the window of his Indiana high school, watching cattle graze outside and daydreaming about performing music onstage. When he moved to Phoenix at...
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Ah, the smell of chocolate and meat! Two great tastes that taste great together. Okay, maybe not. Still, this is what my olfactory nerves deal with each time I enter Chandler's...
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Toward the end of Born Into Brothels, a superb and piercing documentary by directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, a 12-year-old child examines a photograph. It's beautiful,...
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Playwright Oscar Wilde once quipped, "Work is the curse of the drinking class," and we're inclined to agree with the swishy scribe, especially when it comes to this year's St....
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With the amount of breakables among the more than 185 booths at the Scottsdale Arts Festival this year -- including jewelry, ceramic, drawing, glass, metal, mixed media,...
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There's no fishing, swimming or boating on Arizona's second largest lake, which has suddenly appeared in the desert about 80 miles southwest of Phoenix.
It's been 12 years...
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When the local bedroom producer who calls himself the Angel of Death dropped me off his demo, he made sure to point out the birth-control instructions he'd festooned the...
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"From the creators of Ice Age," boasts the poster for Robots, which is no ringing endorsement. That 2002 animated feature, a sort of Three Mammals and a Baby in a prehistoric...
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Once upon a time, folks who kept their checkbooks balanced and hung up their clothes when they weren't wearing them were considered well organized. Today, these people are...
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THU 10
You've heard the joke about joining the Army, right? "Travel to exotic places, meet interesting people, and kill them." Well, in James' Journey to Jerusalem, which...
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"No matter what happens here tonight, Kreme, we ain't knockin' boots," declares my sometimes Sapphic, sometimes stick-happy sidekick, Jett, as we're parking the Impala near...
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Shooter is the son of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, and knows expectations can scuttle a career before it starts. Sound too much like dad and you're a sellout; sound too...
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If you're looking for an escapist shoot-'em-up action adventure, and figure a Bruce Willis flick is a reliable option, think twice. Hostage certainly delivers violence and...
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"I hate them guys," explains my stepdad as he sits and watches me shoot Nazis through my XBox on my 32-inch Panasonic television, which he can't stop raving about because of...
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Tongues are still wagging about the night in 1990 when Phoenix Theatre's curtain came up to reveal a giant naked man, his ass rouged and spotlighted in the first moments of the...
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Barely Legal
Amend the institution: Thank you for your insightful article regarding Father Dale Fushek ("Cross to Bare," Robert Nelson, February 24). My guess is there are...
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Loudmouths with a strut, the members of U.K. buzz band Kasabian walk the walk on their debut. Finally getting an official American release after import-only for months,...
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When was the last time you lost yourself in a Shakespeare film? It's a testament to the success of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, the sharp and brooding new...
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The Last Five Years, which played briefly off-Broadway in 2002, chronicles a young couple's romance using two different time lines. Her story starts at the end of their...
