Luis Gutierrez

Arizona Deserves No Peace From Pro-Immigrant Forces

Jeff Flake Endorses Russell Pearce Foe Bob Worsley at 11th Hour

Why did Republican Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Flake wait till practically the last possible minute to endorse Bob Worsley, the foe of recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce in the GOP primary for Legislative District 25? After all, the tusker golden-boy has nev ... More >>

SB 1070 Quiz: "Spot the Immigrant," Courtesy of Congressman Luis Gutierrez

Let's all play Sand Land's new favorite game... Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez is freaking cool. A passionate pro-immigrant advocate and enemy of nativist goobers everywhere, the guy also has a sense of humor, as evidenced by his appearance on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this ... More >>

SB 1070: Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez Blasts Arizona Law and Plays Pick-the-Immigrant on the House Floor

Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois conducts a pop quiz on "spot the immigrant" this morning on the House floor while discussing the Supreme Court decision to allow the "papers please" provision of SB1070 to stand. Too funny. On this C-SPAN video (fast-forward to 15 seconds), Gutierrez bla ... More >>

SB 1070 Oral Arguments Wrap Up in Supreme Court; Some Believe Court May Uphold Part of the Controversial Law

Just as oral arguments wrapped up at the U.S. Supreme Court over SB 1070, Arizona's controversial immigration-enforcement law that essentially criminalizes an undocumented immigrant's presence in Arizona, Congressman Paul Gosar made an appearance on MSNBC. Gosar is running for a seat in Arizona's c ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Senate Bill 1070 Nightmare: One Year Later

The Obama administration on blast and the 1070 boycott rolls on, one year laterBehold this first ever video collaboration between Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman and New Times, documenting Saturday's anti-Senate Bill 1070 march to the Arizona state Capitol.In the above video, Gilman captures some ... More >>

April 25 In Blogs: SB 1070, SanTan Wheelie Jam, Maroon 5, Kitchen 56, and Gabrielle Giffords

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

SB 1070 Has Been Bad for Arizona and Worse for Mexicans, But It Inspired a Year's Worth of Great Art

SB 1070, Legislature on Blast for Saturday, April 23 March for Families and Children

Artist Ernesto Yerena's killer poster for this Saturday's marchThis Saturday, April 23 marks the one-year anniversary of Governor Jan Brewer signing Senate Bill 1070 into law. And though there have been a few encouraging cracks in the racist facade of late, the oppression, the raids, and separation ... More >>

Nov. 5 In Blogs: Russell Pearce, First Friday, A Perfect Circle, Foodies Like Us, and Meth

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Judge Brown

Luis Gutierrez reinvents history

Fridge the Gap

Throwaway appliances become fine art

Joe Arpaio/SB 1070: Witnesses for Thursday's Congressional Hearing by Rep. Raul Grijalva

Catherine Figueroa, one of Arpaio's many victims, is slated to testify at a Congressional hearing ThursdayArizona Congressman Raul Grijalva's office has released a schedule of witnesses for the hearing he's holding Thursday afternoon in D.C., and it includes several Phoenix residents, some of whom h ... More >>

SB 1070 Preview: ICE Holds Puerto Rican Man They Assumed Was Mexican

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcchicago.com/video.If Sand Landers want a preview of how SB 1070 will play out on the street once it goes into effect at the end of July, they should look north to the Windy City.There, a Puerto Rican man was threatened with deportation by ICE agents after bein ... More >>

SB 1070: Many Shout That Arizona's New Immigration Law Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Who's Ready to Kick Some Political and Economic Backside

Clean Water for Everyone Silent Auction

Shakira Shakes Her Hips in Protest Over SB 1070, Phil Gordon Pursues Lawsuit, Pima County Sheriff Blasts Law, San Francisco Joins Boycott, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder May Step In

pic by "Reuel" Gentlemen, with Shakira in our corner, the war over SB 1070 may be won Colombian pop tart Shakira will be in town on Thursday to lend her voice to the chorus of those opposing the state's racist new immigration law. She'll be in Phoenix Thursday to meet with Phoenix Mayor ... More >>

April 26 In Blogs: Colbert Report, M.I.A., Whiplash Whopper, and Jesse James

​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Rasmussen Reports 60 Percent of the (White) Electorate Support Racial Profiling, the ... More >>

Congressman Luis Gutierrez Joins Protesters at Arizona Capitol Sunday, and AltoArizona Offers One-Stop Shopping for Opponents of SB 1070

hechoconganas.comErnesto Yerena's poster for Alto (Stop) ArizonaFirebrand Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez from Illinois will be joining opponents of the new SB 1070 law at the Arizona state Capitol Sunday, April 25 at noon to protest the legislation, which codifies racial profiling into state ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Immigration Bill Moving President Barack Obama to Action on Immigration Reform? Nah, Doesn't look like it

Hard to fathom that there could be  Russell Pearce​anything positive about state Senator Russell Pearce's immigration bill, SB 1070, an extremist "solution" to undocumented immigrants in Arizona that makes their mere presence in here state a crime.The bill would also allo ... More >>

First Friday Fracas

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Paint on a Happy Face: Local Artist Luis Gutierrez Is on the Cusp of Making It in the Art World Despite Struggling with MS

2009 Stylos Awards Recognize Valley of the Sun Leaders and Talent

​The fourth annual Stylos award ceremony took place this past Saturday without a hitch. Starting off with a group of bandanna-clad hip-hop dancers, Furious Styles Crew, busting out break-dancing moves and head spins on on the gleaming floor of the Phoenix Art Museum, it was pretty clear that ... More >>

Arty Girl: Green Streets, In the Yard, Stylos and Spanish Market

By Joe Lanman on flickr Creative CommonsYou're going to need something bigger than that.​I did my fair share of being out and about these past two weeks, soaking up the Nick Cave lecture at SMoCA, making a jaunt to First Friday and hitting the Canalscape opening at ASU Art Museum (among other even ... More >>

What's on Tap for First Friday: Furious Styles Crew, Train Tracks, and Pop Art

​It's been 16 years since the Furious Styles Crew first busted onto P-Town's cultural landscape back in 1993. And in that time span, the premier b-boy/hip-hop dance collective has been popping and locking up a storm. Their dances have become a major draw during First Fridays as well, drawing hund ... More >>

"Wonderland: Art from New Times Best of Phoenix 2009" Is a Dream Come True

"Wonderland" Opens Tonight During Free First Friday Reception

​ The art is hung, the floors are swept, and the touch-up paint has been applied. The "Phoenix as Wonderland: Art from New Times' Best of Phoenix 2009" exhibit is ready for its First Friday reception tonight. Here are some cool-as-all-get-out things you can expect to see:

Dream Works PHX

Top local artists capture the chimera that is Phoenix

Kick Out the Jam

DJ Pari funks up the Violin

Arpaio and the 287(g) Hearings, Direct from D.C.

The Hip Joint

U.S. House 287(g) Hearings: First Round of Witnesses Includes U.S. Citizen, Who - Along With his Legal Resident Father - Was Harassed by Joe Arpaio's Men

Congressman Luis Gutierrez pointed out that Irish and Italians were labeled as bringing crime to this country, just as Mexicans are now. Avondale, Arizona, resident Julio Mora was the first witness for the House Judiciary Committee after it came back from it's break for voting. Mora is a ... More >>

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Punks Out in Meet with Janet Napolitano

Rep. Raul Grijalva: According to The Hill, He's just wild about Nappy... I had been hoping that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would take a thick paddle to Janet Napolitano's ever-generous backside when they met with the new DHS head for the first time today. But, alas, some of our congress ... More >>

Dueling Mormons

Marshal Jeff Flake goes toe-to-toe with Russell Pearce, and a former New Times staffer's popped for armed robbery

Art Detour 2007 Listings

The low-down details on where to do what

A Series of Unfortunately Cool Events

Our 2006 guide to the crème of the creepy crop

Molten Gold

Jett flakes, so Kreme flies solo and gets his art jones fixed at the Molten Brothers' "Deck" show

Hippie Hippie Shake

Gallery gets groovy, baby

Y-M-C-Art

Teen Center gets into First Friday

Who's Cool

A list-in-progress of who's living, working, creating in downtown Phoenix

A is for Artist (A is also for Arsonist)

From brilliance to madness and beyond, Jacob Martinez's artistic and personal journey has taken him further than he'd ever dreamed. The fire inside now quelled by medication, the nightmare of his mental illness is over. But at what price?

Gasp From the Past

Retro-ridden 'No Absolutes' is a deconstruction zone hardly worth the detour

Fair to Middlin'

State fair means music -- and the most toothless people you'll ever see