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With spirited protesters and helmeted deputies on horseback, the night of April 3 in Guadalupe was like some historical reenactment, albeit in miniature, of a late-'60s...
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Now the games really count.
The third-ranked Arizona State University baseball team will host a four-team regional beginning Friday. Other teams coming to Tempe are...
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If you haven’t kept up with Sammy Hagar since his rockin’ “I Can’t Drive 55” days, you might find yourself alternately shocked, horrified, and amused...
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When it comes to musical taste, the great swath of modern hipster culture often fractures into two camps: fans of the whimsical and fans of the seriously nerdy. The bands...
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Scottsdale fashion is high. Phoenix couture is low and funky and cool – an unlikely mix of street/eclectic, hobo/boho, and mid-century moderne. One of our favorite...
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Pop quiz, hot shot: How many hot dogs do you think you could eat in 12 minutes? Four? Maybe five if you pushed it? You’re gonna have to wolf down a few dozen more than...
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If you’ve never heard of Ken Shamrock, the mixed martial arts master, ex-pro wrestler, and cage fighter, be prepared to take a shooto strike in the jugular, followed by a...
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If there’s one thing hipsters and Scottsdale socialites might agree on – aside from illicit drug use in public restrooms and celebrity gossip blogs – it’s...
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Academicians aren't exactly known for their partying skills. For example, if you’re the parent of a nerd and you go out of town, here’s the worst-case scenario: Your...
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Comedian Brian Posehn is the ultimate schlemiel done good. He’s carved out a nice niche by playing a bunch of nobodies in scores of contemporary TV shows and movies....
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Green Jellÿ (pronounced “Jell-O”) is a low-budget, 217-member band that was hailed by Joey Ramone as the worst act ever to open up for the Ramones. That’s...
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When Debbie Carrick of Arizona Women's Theatre Company put out a call to female playwrights, she may have had that Pink Floyd album title Is There Anybody Out There? rolling...
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“One of a kind” is a worn-out phrase used to describe everything from baked beans to hand-painted vases. One hesitates to use it to describe Eartha Kitt, for fear...
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Hot rods and custom bikes. The Major League Baseball Road Show. An Xbox gaming center. A performance by local hip-hopper extraordinaire Willy Northpole. Appearances by Rick...
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The greatest fakers in the art world aren’t forgers, wanna-bes, or even drones churning out 20 Mona Lisas a day for oil-painting stores. They’re practitioners of...
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Director Roger Corman once said, "In science fiction films, the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady." Undying words of wisdom from the King of the Bs, who...
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It’s tough to artistically capture a war-torn land or a place that’s experiencing upheaval without falling into a clichéd, depressing point of view about the...
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There’s naive art and there are naive subjects. Artist Terry Thompson mines the latter with his architecturally precise depictions of vintage roadside landmarks such as...
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You have to hand it to the subjects of Giulio Sciorio’s “Faces of Ecstasy: Real People, Real Orgasms” exhibit, which has been claiming column inches all over the...
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Tijs Verwest, a.k.a. DJ Tiësto, a.k.a. DJ Magazine’s best record spinner in the world three years running from 2002 to 2004, basically invented the trance-music party...
