Peter Pan

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House of Skate Punks

Beer, buzz cuts and bonhomie in Tempe's raddest skate estate

No Flash in the Pan

Beer, buzz cuts and bonhomie in Tempe's raddest skate estate

Hotwired

11 great records paid for with your soul

BEST CHILDREN'S THEATER

Great Arizona Puppet Theater

Best Bettys

Thespians a.k.a. Elizabeth

Keep Dreaming

NiGHTS' second coming feels more like a first draft

Peter Pan in Converse: Shaq and the Suns Face D-Wade's Miami Heat Tonight

www.nba.com Dwyane Wade has returned to top form. That's bad news for Suns fans, good news for fans of the game. On tap tonight in Miami: basketball at its most poetic and primal. Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade, the NBA's most elegant player, will provide the athletic iambic pentameter. A ... More >>

Neverland on Grand

www.nba.com Dwyane Wade has returned to top form. That's bad news for Suns fans, good news for fans of the game. On tap tonight in Miami: basketball at its most poetic and primal. Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade, the NBA's most elegant player, will provide the athletic iambic pentameter. A ... More >>

Johanna Carlisle

www.nba.com Dwyane Wade has returned to top form. That's bad news for Suns fans, good news for fans of the game. On tap tonight in Miami: basketball at its most poetic and primal. Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade, the NBA's most elegant player, will provide the athletic iambic pentameter. A ... More >>

Booger and Borat. You Likes?

www.nba.com Dwyane Wade has returned to top form. That's bad news for Suns fans, good news for fans of the game. On tap tonight in Miami: basketball at its most poetic and primal. Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade, the NBA's most elegant player, will provide the athletic iambic pentameter. A ... More >>

Beat on the Brat

How to program your baby's musical tastes and pretend not to be trying

A Legendary Outing

Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever

Freak, Out

Playing legendary photographer Diane Arbus, Nicole Kidman is an unconvincing weirdo

The Girl Who Wouldn't Grow Up

Judy Rollings spills a bean or two

Super Suits

Son of a stitch

Fahrenheit 2004

Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

Fable Bodied

The Fable Company does improv Aesop

Peter Panache

Barrie good boys

Candy Caine

Remake of Alfie gives misogynist character a makeover

Soft-Shoe Soft Sell

Shall We Dance? twirls into a feel-good finish

Soul Doubt

Louis Schwartzberg aims for America's Heart, but mostly sticks to the surface

Hail to the King, Baby

Even cast as an aging Elvis, Bruce Campbell must do battle with the evil, undead Bubba Ho-tep

Petering Out

This Peter Pan fails to fully satisfy

The Taste Thing

Learning to like the acidic at Perihelion Arts

Bearly Necessary

Jungle fever fails to fully catch hold again in this routine sequel

Ouch!

E.T. returns to heal our cynical hearts

Projections 2002

Cinema's magic lantern lights up another year, sort of

Nicks of Time

Pop's gold-dust woman bounces back from drugs, depression and sluggish sales

Dude Raunch

All-girl quartet Kittie has more balls than the rest of Ozzfest 2000

Let's Much Ado It Again

Three shows on this year's slate for the Shakespeare Theatre

Strange Bud Fellows

Boyhood friendship strays into no man's land in edgy Chuck & Buck

Harmony Grit

Seasoned musician Walt Richardson shares his tasty licks with the neighborhood.

Shout It Out

Three-chord heroes take the hokey out of karaoke

Attached to the Puppet People

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is reason for dancing in Sesame Street

POSTWAR AND REMEMBRANCE

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is reason for dancing in Sesame Street

HISTORY REPEATS HISSELFTO OUTSELL THRILLER, MICHAEL JACKSON SELLS HIMSELF AND HIS FANS SHORT

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is reason for dancing in Sesame Street

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?SOME OVERLOOKED CHRISTMAS ALBUMS OFFER RELIEF FROM THE USUAL SEASONAL BLAHS

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is reason for dancing in Sesame Street

LOVE AS A CONTRACT SPORTWHEN BUSINESS AND ROMANCE MERGE, CUPID PULLS A CORPORATE TAKEOVER

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is reason for dancing in Sesame Street

Much Ado About Playthings

Valley expo will make mouths of all ages water

Away We Go: Dave Eggers Makes His Screenwriting Debut

Valley expo will make mouths of all ages water

Phoenix Girls Chorus

Valley expo will make mouths of all ages water

Patti Smith to Write Children's Book

Patti Smith.​Patti Smith has worked in nearly every medium. She is truly an artist in every sense of the word. Not only is she famous for her proto-punk music and poetry, but she's had exhibitions of photgraphs as well as drawings and paintings, she's modeled, been in film, and even chronicled her ... More >>

Gator Eats Tempe Town Lake Fish, Lands on Our Plate

In case you haven't heard, the poor fish that didn't survive The Great Tempe Town Levee Break of 2010 were fed to a six-foot alligator named "Tuesday" -- just one of nearly two dozen Arizona Herpetological Society reptiles that will feast on the receding water's tiny victims. That ins ... More >>

Plain White T's Tom Higgenson on New Album, Cirque du Soleil, and "Hey There Delilah"

​ Plain White T's may be best known for acoustic love songs like "Hey There Delilah" and "1,2,3,4", but their newest album, Wonders of the Younger, takes listeners on a trip down memory lane, encouraging  listeners to look back at the past with a sense of Peter Pan-like innocence. And if you ... More >>

Club Candids at The Colossal Event

Melissa FossumHoards of raving babes flocked to The Colossal Event for a night of indulgence on Saturday, April 23, at Madison Events Center.​ The Colossal Event boasted an impressive line up, including Steve Aoki, Felix Cartal, Chase & Status, and Jack Beats. The music wasn't the only thing ... More >>

Terri Director Azazel Jacobs Moves Beyond the Labels

Melissa FossumHoards of raving babes flocked to The Colossal Event for a night of indulgence on Saturday, April 23, at Madison Events Center.​ The Colossal Event boasted an impressive line up, including Steve Aoki, Felix Cartal, Chase & Status, and Jack Beats. The music wasn't the only thing ... More >>

Five Best Food Fights on Film

Tony Curtis (left) looks on as Jack Lemmon gets hit in the face with a brandy-flavored cream pie in 1965's The Great Race. Lemmon has a taste before proclaiming, "Brandy! Throw more brandy! Moooore brandy!" From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veg ... More >>

Spicy Chili and Sweet Orange Blossom Beer at Hoptoberfest in Chandler

This turkey chili (front) made us reach for the Kleenex with its creamy heat, but the chicken chili was more of a bland sniffles cure. ​After two weekends of foodie and wine festivals, Chandler's beer drinkers got their fix this Saturday at the Hoptoberfest Chili Cook Off, hosted by the Hung ... More >>