If you've pulled out of your lingering calorie coma and haven't been trampled by eager, deal-hungry shoppers, here are your best bets for riding out the rest of Turkey Day weekend. David Spade @ Stand Up LiveWe read somewhere that laughter burns calories. Get a humor workout when David Spade, the ... More >>
It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>
Anderson's Fifth Estate is back. Longstanding Valley club Anderson's Fifth Estate is set to return, says club owner Tom Anderson.The club was known as Anderson's from 1982 to 2007, when it became Club Forbidden, then switched names to Vagabond Ballroom in November, 2010."We were trying to get ro ... More >>
When the Arizona Republic posted a story on April 1 about CityScape's adding a giant comedy club, I sorta figured it was an April Fools Day prank. Nope.Stand Up Live, a 17,000-square-foot space with 600 seats, will be located next to Lucky Strike Bowling on the second level of the project's weste ... More >>
Funnyman Rob Schneider hits Tempe
from www.grantwoods.com Don't quit that day job just yet, Grant. You know, power-brokerin' 'n' stuff... I don't think Carson Daly or Jay Leno'll be breaking a sweat over this one any time soon, but I just got a little promo e-mail in my in-box announcing the launch of ex-Arizona Attorney Gene ... More >>
The extreme metal freaks of Cradle of Filth are scheduled to perform on Friday at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. As our blogger Yvonne Zusel noted a couple days ago, there's plenty of things to see and do in the Valley this weekend that have absolutely nothing to do with the hoopla surrounding the 2 ... More >>
David Spade doesn't forget his roots. The former Valley resident cut a $100,000 check today to fund the purchase of new rifles for the Phoenix Police Department. In a news release, (reprinted below), police say Spade "had been made aware" of a program -- covered in a previous Valley ... More >>
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: DMX Extradited to Arizona; Rap Star Fugitive Cooling Off in Maricopa Co ... More >>
Welcome to the Cult of Katie Rose. Hope your liver can handle it
A zero on the board
Making it big in the valley's comedy scene is no laughing matter
Diesel fumes can't start this vehicle
Racing Stripes is strictly for kids. Actually, it's not for them, either
Tempe Little Theatre wakes George Washington
Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003
Just how does David Spade keep getting work?
DEJ Productions tries to give 'direct-to-video' a good name
Trying to remember the best in a forgettable year of film
Trying to pass off gross-out gags as fantasy, Saving Silverman is a stink bomb
The Emperor's New Groove is a new groove for Disney, too
Only the devil could have possessed Adam Sandler to make such a bad movie, dragging half of Hollywood with him
Coyote Ugly's tavern toughies fail bar exam
Downtown Phoenix dining hasn't gotten much respect, historically
Valley-based infomercial czar Don Lapre has made millions selling his Money Making Secrets to late-night-TV viewers. So what's the secret behind his bankruptcy?
Indie Jerome's a jolting joy ride off the beaten path
February 11 - 17, 1999
April 16 - 22, 1998
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, and all of them drearily mindless
