Salvador Dali

Chris Bianco on Jamie Oliver, the Local Chefs He Most Admires, and What Makes an Awesome Pizza Awesome

Chris Bianco Pizzeria Bianco, Bar Bianco 623 E. Adams Street, Phoenix, 602-258-8300; 609 E. Adams St., 602-528-3699 Pizzeria Bianco/ Trattoria Bianco 4743 N. 20th Street (Town & Country), Phoenix, 602-368-3273 Pane Bianco 4404 N.Central Avenue, Phoenix, 602-234-2100, pizzeriabianco.com See also: -- ... More >>

Q&A: Vincent Castiglia Paints Exclusively in His Own Blood (but Tried Semen Once)

Lots of artists stand out for designing some kick-ass metal covers -- like the recently deceased Storm Thorgerson, for example, who lent his art to everyone from Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath over the course of 30 years. But when it comes to weaving together the heavy metal standard of horror, the d ... More >>

Captain Squeegee with ASU's Concert Jazz Band, Crescent Ballroom, 11/8/12

Captain Squeegee with the ASU Concert Jazz Band @ Crescent Ballroom | 11/8/12Musicians and concertgoers were nearly indistinguishable at the Crescent Ballroom last night when sci-fi geek rockers Captain Squeegee and Arizona State University's Concert Jazz Band crowded the stage. With so many people ... More >>

89: Christopher Gross

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

This Week's Tastiest Links!

​- The chimichanga as our official state food? Macayo's says yes. I say no. - Chow Bella - The James Beard Foundation announces its semifinalists for the 2012 JBF Restaurant and Chefs Awards. Let's hear it for Valley love! - Chow Bella - Think coffee-cup rings are boring? Artist Hong Yi begs ... More >>

Lorca in a Green Dress: Intense, Well-Crafted Metadrama from Teatro Bravo!

One of the cool things about Teatro Bravo! is that you can't predict what kind of Latino theater they're going to give you. It might be a socially conscious tale of contemporary people, with echoes of older myths; it might be a biography of a public figure, bringing light to obscured corners. It mig ... More >>

Five of the Most Expensive Cookbooks You'll Probably Never Own

thekitchn.com​If you like cooking as much as we think we do, you probably have at least a few referential or inspirational cookbooks tucked away in your personal library. You might prop them up against a solid mixing bowl and flip through their pages with buttery, sticky, garlic-y fingers and ... More >>

Damon Brasch of Green and Nami

At the second location of the vegan bistro, Green, we met up with owner and chef Damon Brasch for this week's Chef Talk. Next door at the also new-to-town snack shop, Nami, we chatted over a cup of coffee (with soy milk, of course) about the history behind the recently renovated buildings, of which ... More >>

Five Sure Signs the Mustache Trend Needs to Die (Please)

​Dear anyone (and everyone) who has ever considered cutting a mustache out of felt and putting it on, well, anything, It's time to let go. Not only is your fascination with this variety of facial hair a little disturbing, it's a little late. The mustache (as it's currently known in embro ... More >>

Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy

Nils Lofgren on Old School, Clarence Clemons, The E Street Band, and New Hips

​What were you doing at 17? Chances are it wasn't half as rock 'n' roll as Nils Lofgren. At that tender age, he was playing on Neil Young's seminal record, After the Gold Rush, plopped down at a piano, which he had never spent much time playing, but where his experience on the accordion came i ... More >>

Renegade Canteen Ignores Its Name to Take the Safe Route

Local Singer-Songwriter Hopes to Make Big Splash with First Friday Street Corner Performance

Brooks Hansen has big dreams and songs to sing.​Tonight is going to be a landmark event in the life of Tempe-based singer-songwriter Brooks Hansen. The shabbily dressed 26-year-old acoustic guitarist is planning an "epic" street corner performance near the intersection of Fifth and Roosevel ... More >>

Carl Warner's Food Landscapes

Carl Warner Food Landscapes​ At first glance, each photograph in Carl Warner's Food Landscapes appear to the viewer as a vividly colored, perhaps a touch surreal, pictorial landscape. As the eyes focus, the details of the photograph reveal compositions that are evocative of a landscape, bu ... More >>

Imaginary Trends

Artists show off subjective realities at Modified

Imaginary Trends

Artists show off subjective realities at Modified

Imaginary Trends

Artists show off subjective realitied at Modified

Dredg/Torche

DIY game design hits your Wii with Blast Works

Found Film

Cornell's splices of life

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits, and installations

Art Scene

Current exhibits, installations, and shows

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhbitions, and installations

The Surreal World

The persistence of persistence

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Meow Minx

Answering the cat call of the Subcutaneous Film Festival

Brother-ly Love

BrotherLush drummer mines Music for a Cure

Austen City Limits

Amélie takes Jane Austen's best-loved heroine to the edge

That '80s Show

Former art-world rage du jour Julian Schnabel has a lot to live down in ragged Reagan-era retrospective

The Residents

Icky Flix DVD (The Cryptic Corporation)

Still Fab After All These Years

A spiffed-up Hard Day's Night continues to dazzle, with its jump cuts, slow motion and sped-up Beatles antics

She-Male Trouble

Announcing she has breast cancer, the Valley's most famous pre-operative transsexual finally decides to let nature take its course

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Aerial Fotografia

Mexican photography exhibit at Sky Harbor Airport proves a sight for soar eyes

Black Rock or Combust

Afterthoughts on the 1999 Burning Man Festival, from a four-year veteran

Second Helpings

House of Skate Punks

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

Oolong Story

Tempe Tea Party steeped in tradition

Play Dead

Pic Hits for the week

Recordings

VALLEY ART HOSTS SECOND GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

SINGIN' IN IRAN

Surrealism Revisited

Marilyn Butler Fine Art Gallery