Central Park

Deck the Shmaltz

Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

10 Summer Songs

​It's now June, and the heat is on. Between the backyard barbeques and triple-degree temperatures, summer is here to stay.Pop music is littered with songs about summer, including "Summer Lovin'" "Summertime Blues", "Summer of '69", and how could we forget that "School's Out" for summer?Pull up a l ... More >>

Chad Burnett of Parc Central

Keyon Fareghi The title "executive chef" means different things at different restaurants. For Parc Central's Chad Burnett, it's a soup-to-nuts kinda thing. He does it all.   Burnett has been part of everything at the Scottsdale Quarter restaurant -- from choosing a mixologist all ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem's Final Show Spurs Ticket Outrage

​We've all heard of concert tickets that sold out in record time. Last year Garth Brooks sold more than 140,000 tickets in a day to a benefit show. Lady Antebellum sold out an arena in Georgia in seven minutes last year as well. Most recently, Coachella sold all of its 75,000 tickets in five days. ... More >>

John Lennon's "Imagine": Original Piano Delivered to Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum

Shannon WallacePrecious cargo: A crew delivers John Lennon's "Imagine" piano to the Musical Instrument Museum.​ Now this is cool. This week, the soon-to-be-open Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Phoenix took delivery of the piano in which John Lennon of The Beatles composed "Imagine," ... More >>

Shepard Fairey, Watch Your Back: Keith Haring Meets DOSE at Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery

DOSE's tribute to Haring, at the entrance to Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery.For those who doubt Phoenix graffiti writers have the stuff to invade the realm of fine art, Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery has a one word rebuttal: DOSE. The PHX's sultan of street art is known for his work with the Forever in ... More >>

You Asked for It: Third and Maryland

Not too many bands would post a flier for a show where they're not even named, but I thought there was something telling about Third and Maryland's decision to do so here, where they're, presumably, referred to as "LIVE BAND !"Third and Maryland, a four-piece gener-ock band from Phoenix/Scottsdale/B ... More >>

Michael Cartellone

Not too many bands would post a flier for a show where they're not even named, but I thought there was something telling about Third and Maryland's decision to do so here, where they're, presumably, referred to as "LIVE BAND !"Third and Maryland, a four-piece gener-ock band from Phoenix/Scottsdale/B ... More >>

Cloverfield is a big, dumb monster movie about nothing

Not too many bands would post a flier for a show where they're not even named, but I thought there was something telling about Third and Maryland's decision to do so here, where they're, presumably, referred to as "LIVE BAND !"Third and Maryland, a four-piece gener-ock band from Phoenix/Scottsdale/B ... More >>

What a Toad

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide

Patriot Games

The grass has got to be greener someplace else

Jodie Foster, Superhero

Our Brave leading lady takes back the night

Splattered

Talking torture, politics, and not-so-sweet revenge with James Wan

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 16, 2007

Talking torture, politics, and not-so-sweet revenge with James Wan

The Parent Trap

Your kid is a monster

Monkey Shines

Peter Jackson's King Kong earns its crown

Monkey Business

Peter Jackson spares no expense

New releases available this week

Peter Jackson spares no expense

Broke, But Not Broken

Ron Howard finally scores a knockout

Design of the Times

Practical magic at SMoCA show

A Chance to Focus Inward

Ugly urban sprawl's the problem, not drought. Metro Phoenix has water to support 10 million souls

Icky, Icky, Icky

Nicole Kidman falls in love with a 10-year-old boy . . . sorry, her dead husband

The Tragically Hip

Tragically underrated

Tights Fit

Elf has all the trimmings of a holiday standard

Leaving Los Angeles Hangin'

The struggling Latin alternative world met at its U.S. heart. Too bad L.A. didn't show up.

No Glass Slipper

J.Lo plays a Maid in Manhattan, but a predictable script sabotages this Cinderella story

Law & Disorder

As one of TV's best and best-loved series launches a new spin-off, its creator grapples with the aftershocks of terror

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Eccentricities

While they may not top the Billboard charts, this month's batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases is definitely worth hearing

Toy Soiree

'Wonderlust' captures the remembrances of childhood

Just the Old Dude

A newly released two-CD anthology of Ian Hunter's solo recording only tells half of the rest of the story

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Desperately Seeking Susann

Misguided Isn't She Great plumbs the valley of the dull

Flashes

From the Week of October 28, 1999

The Last Pitcher Show

Kevin Costner conquers the mound in For Love of the Game

Planes, Trains and Stalled Comedy Vehicles

Lethargic Out-of-Towners should have stayed home

Benchmark Drama

Vintage Albee unbarred in Zoo Story revival

Send Out the Clowns

Box of Moonlight's nonconformity hoe-down just more of the same

Dinovideo!

When schlockmeisters rule the Earth, dinosaurs will be movie stars

Codger in the Wry

Rappaport pumps Geritol into the "grumpy old men" genre

Second Helpings

Rappaport pumps Geritol into the "grumpy old men" genre

Seconds Over Tokyo

Rappaport pumps Geritol into the "grumpy old men" genre

Cosmo Poppers

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties

CORNED BEEF AWRY

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties

WINGED VICTORY

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties

LEONA VS. DIANA--WHO'S THE REAL "QUEEN OF MEAN"?

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties

NIMBYISM, SOUTH PHOENIX-STYLETHE AREA'S CITY COUNCILMEMBER WEIGHS IN AGAINST A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DEVELOPMENT

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties

BAD REVIEWS FOR WOODY

Luscious Jackson's sound crawled from the same urban bog that beg at the Beasties