Smithsonian Institution

Nine Food Trucks We Wish Would Road Trip to Phoenix

See also: 10 Corporate Food Trucks Totally Bogarting the Mobile Kitchen Scene, Man Don't get us wrong, we're damn proud of the Valley's mobile food scene. And it's not like Phoenix doesn't boast some nationally recognized trucks. Now-defunct Truckin' Good Food from Jeff Kraus made a list of Most In ... More >>

10 Nuggets of Wisdom from Gustavo Arellano on How Mexican Food Conquered America

Gustavo Arellano, the scribe behind the syndicated column ¡Ask a Mexican! (and also editor-in-chief of New Times' sister paper, OC Weekly), is on a quest to find out just how Mexican food got to be el norte's most American one. He's explored the Aztecs' contribution to world cuisine, the latest str ... More >>

Magical Mystery Tour

Murder, He Wrote

Ten Protest Songs for the Occupy Phoenix and Occupy Wall Street Protesters

Johnny Paycheck​The most common accusation of the Occupy protests has been that those gathered don't have one main voice; a streamlined, focused goal. It's a fair criticism, but it's a little difficult when you've been screwed over from every direction to pin down exactly what you want change.&nbs ... More >>

Arizona Hopi Reggae Artist Casper Lomayesva Opening for Toots & The Maytals

Casper Lomayesva​Arizona Hopi reggae artist Casper Lomayesva is used to playing big gigs. In 2009, he was invited by legendary folk artist Pete Seeger to play Seeger's 90th birthday party at Madison Square Garden (alongside the likes of Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, and Bruce Springsteen). He a ... More >>

MIM and New Times Partner To Give Away Surf Pioneer Dick Dale Signature Guitar

Winner Don Hyde with representatives of The MIM and Fender Musical Instruments ​The Musical Instrument Museum is, simply put, an absolute treasure in Phoenix's collective backyard. The Museum recently became a Smithsonian Affiliate and celebrated their first anniversaryin April. New Times partnere ... More >>

Bentley Gallery Heads Into the Woods With Work From Phillip and Matt Moulthrop

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Media Male

Valley businessman signs the bible of social networking

Smooth Criminal: Urban Artist DOSE Takes Graffiti from the Street to the Museum and Beyond

Chef Talk: Deborah Knight, Mosaic

Lauren GilgerChef Deborah Knight in the entrance to Mosaic in North Scottsdale.Deborah Knight would simply not make it on Fox's Hell's Kitchen. It's not that she's not good enough. She's just too nice. She teaches rather than barking orders, which may be why her employees call her "Mom." And they ... More >>

Shepard Fairey, Artist Behind Obama "HOPE" Poster, Tied To The Edge 103.9's New Logo

Holy shit. Looks like the "new" logo The Edge 103.9 apparently ripped off from defunct LA station Indie 103.1 was actually designed by Shepard Fairey, the dude who did the famous "HOPE" poster for Barack Obama's campaign. His work is enshrined in NY's MOMA and The Smithsonian. Oof.On the plus side, ... More >>

The End of an Era: Gokey and His Glasses Go Home

Don't cry, Gokey. You always have a future as a Lenscrafters model...I will be the first to admit that as excited as I am about last night's Idol results, I am also really shocked (as are a lot of other people, apparently). I think most people--whether they were Gokey fans or not--thought his large ... More >>

Arty Girl: Kurt Weiser at ASU Ceramics Research Center

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Fritz Scholder’s Work Is on View at the Smithsonian – and Larsen Gallery in Scottsdale

American Idol: entertainment or evil?

Speaking in Tongue-Twisters

How the Windtalkers saved the world

Mural Retro

Old-school taggers spray their way to success

Candy Man

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

West World

Smithsonian brings CultureFest to Valley

When and Wear

The fashion-forward look back

Lock Up Your Daughters

Sun City's very own Nasty Stanley holds the key to perpetual virginity

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Battle Hymns

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Puppet Masters

Adult audiences give puppets a hand

Blowing Rufus' Mind

A roundup of the latest batch of eclectica that fell through the cracks

Artless Redesign

The 51 may soon become just another crappy little freeway

The Toxic Sublime

Uncovering the faint beauty of a defaced, degraded American West

Forbidden Fruit

The kiddies should be lining up as we slap a parental advisory on the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Junkyard God

Professional pack rat Gus Brethauer turns trash into treasure at the state's strangest museum

Life Goes On

Despite the recent passing of some of heritage music's finest, the music continues to flourish thanks to a handful of fine new releases

Saving History

Proposition could rescue school buildings, castle

Small Craft Warning

Clichés and amateurism abound in Mesa exhibition of 'decorative' arts

Loft-Told Tale

Aerial photographer discusses his new book

Pompousness and Circumstance

Gumbo gets smug as he samples some Coltrane, gets blue with Big Bill, does Duke with the Doc and feels some local Native American muse

Molten Wax

Venetian Blind

Will Scottsdale voters preserve "The West's Most Western Town," or opt for "a little bit of Venice"?

Flashes

Indian Stew

Not every anthropologist can digest Christy Turner's theory that the Anasazi were cannibals

Firing Squad

Multigenerational American Indian women cast their glaze in Heard Museum pottery exhibition

Calendar for the week

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Recordings

Deja Wow: Red, White and Snooze

RECORDINGS

GILA BENT HAS SUFFEREDLIKE JOB BUT WITH MORE COMPLAINING