Events

Sustainability isn't just that thing all your friends are getting a master's in. Industry leaders from manufacturing and commerce to agriculture and the arts chase a common goal of nurturing Earth by not shooting ourselves in our massive carbon foot. Explore options for your own home or... More >>

Written in part as he lay dying, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s majestic Requiem is considered the composer’s greatest unfinished legacy. Completed by Austrian composer Franz Xaver Süssmayr and several of Mozart’s students, it’s an orchestral piece for chorus and vocal... More >>

After the streets of downtown Phoenix have emptied themselves of green beer, fake Irish accents, and liquored-up leprechauns, culture returns with the Heard Museum’s NU (Native + You) event. Part of the Third Friday fanfare, the night features clay works by Jason Garcia, Richard Zane... More >>

Local artist Brian Boner gets the urge to paint a self-portrait once every few years, but only when he grows a beard. “It's a little like looking at myself with a mask on," he quips. Meet Boner and view his latest works during the closing reception for “The Old, New World”.... More >>

Are you a wine aficionado or just a raging alcoholic? Either way, you might as well use all those empty bottles for something. Allow a local artisan to show you how to turn that empty thing into a fine vase at Ray Delmuro’s Glass Demonstration. Bring a rinsed bottle and learn how to safely... More >>

Acclaimed blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa has been blazing a path in music since B.B. King first discovered the six-string slinger when he was 12 and took him on the road as his opening act. He's been featured on the cover of Guitar World, Guitar Player, and Guitarist; he continues to play... More >>

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 rough-around-the-edges space The Firehouse and its monthly Firestage extravaganza. Downtown denizen Ernesto Moncada curates the... More >>

A decade or so ago, you’d have been hard pressed to find one decent show in downtown Phoenix. Now there are so many cultural events on any given day that painters, poets, and performers have to fight for attention, er, the attention of the paltry five percent of locals who aren't home on... More >>

The weather’s finally warmed up and spring is about to make it official debut in mere days. Sounds like the perfect time to get your ass outta the house and into the great outdoors. The members of the Ministry of EDM will celebrate the start of the season with a daylong Elation Nation this... More >>

“Not Bob Lindbeck!” huffs a disclaimer on the band’s MySpace page. Hey, we can dig it. You pay your dues, you put in 10 years of really solid, Being There-era-Wilco-inspired alt-country, you get one of your songs on a freakin’ iMac commercial… and still, people mistake... More >>

“Fusion” is one of those buzz words that gets tossed around so much that they lose their meaning and/or get really annoying to hear. Be that as it may, fusing disparate elements in a complementary manner can yield positive results; for example, combining Middle Eastern belly dancers... More >>

Suffice it to say that cat lovers can get their ultimate fill of feline festivities at the fifth annual Spring Shootout Cat Show. Should we make a cat-lady joke? Nah, that would be way too easy. Instead, watch as the finest Maine Coons, American Bobtails, Persians, Russian Blues, or any of the... More >>

It's almost guaranteed that there's gonna be a lot of action taking place at this weekend's AZ Derby Dames double-header (which involves the Brutal Beauties taking on the Schoolyard Scrappers, followed by the Coffin Draggers meeting the Runaway Brides), but probably not as much as what will go... More >>

Everyone loves a winner. However, when times are tough, it’s easier to appreciate the people who just survive. Consider, for example, the Phoenix Suns’ opponent tonight. This season, the Portland Trail Blazers lost star center Greg Oden to a season-ending knee injury. Oden’s... More >>

It's amazing what we can do with garbage. Roads are paved with rubber from discarded tires. Boutiques sell purses crafted from gum wrappers. Even this year's Olympic medals were partially made from electronic waste. Amazing. Check out clothing made entirely from trash in the free public... More >>

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 Gallery. However, just in case, we’re going to place him on the dark-side watch, just because the works in this show... More >>

We laud Lady Gaga for bringing back a sense of show-person-ship that turns award-show snooze fests into something watchable. When people suggest that she's doing something revolutionary, though, we think, fiddlesticks! Instead, we feel that Gaga would have fit perfectly in the late ‘70s... More >>

Just in case you haven’t heard, Modified Arts didn’t close or become a strip joint (yes, these were rumors that were actually floated about). Rather, the longtime space simply changed its modus operandi by focusing on NYC-style music shows, such as the Alchemy of Sound, a... More >>

Thank goodness Conspire, one of our favorite coffee shops and hang-out spots, is reviving the normally comatose downtown Wednesday nights. The Conspire Open Mic outside features local wordsmiths and folk musicians, including Michelle Blades, a ukulele-strumming songstress who will take your... More >>

Every teenage girl dreams of being a groupie, whether her fantasies involve mopping sweat off of a Jonas Brother’s brow or having a drunken tryst in the back of a B-rate metal band’s van. Local photographer and music-studio manager Laina McWhorter was once a Grateful Dead groupie; she... More >>

Word on the street about Arizona Theatre Company’s new production of The Glass Menagerie is that it is not your grandparents’ Tennessee Williams. Apparently, director Juliette Carrillo has deconstructed this famous memory play, inserting some of the author’s stage directions... More >>

In his 1946 essay on Alexander Calder, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “A ‘mobile,’ one might say, is a little private celebration, an object defined by its movement and having no other existence.” Calder, an engineer by training, had two major influences: the sky and the circus.... More >>

You won’t see a frolicking Perry Farrell or topless girls riding on shoulders, but this weekend’s Caramelpalooza promises to be even sweeter. Sponsored by our own Chow Bella blog, the shindig is a live “Battle of the Dishes” event featuring some of the Valley’s best... More >>

People make fun of professional wrestling, but it’s sort of like performance art. The coordination, agility, and strength required of pro wrestlers make the “sport” a lot like ballet -- or at least like a bizarro version of ballet where most of the dancers are carnies. The... More >>

In his 1946 essay on Alexander Calder, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “A ‘mobile,’ one might say, is a little private celebration, an object defined by its movement and having no other existence.” Calder, an engineer by training, had two major influences: the sky and the circus.... More >>