New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Monday, September 26, through Thursday, September 29. For more, see our curated calendar of events. Debate Watch Think there’s still a place for civility in politics? Join fellow optimists at a free Debate Watch happening from 5:45 to 8...
Mild spoilers up to The Bridge's ninth episode below. Artisanal murders are all the rage these days. On Showtime's Dexter, NBC's Hannibal, and Fox's The Following, small-batch, labor-intensive, sold-with-a-story slaughters have become TV's equivalent of the Cronut. Handsome, intelligent, and mannered as court eunuchs, serial killers have become the new...
Every year, we put a spotlight on Scottsdale in the form of Shine, a pocket guide to the food, drink, art, and entertainment in this little 'burb. This time around –– looking for some comic relief –– we drop-kicked our favorite illustrator, Luster Kaboom, into the middle of the city...
Heaven Sent Even before it opened its doors on Labor Day weekend 2009, St. Francis was the talk of Central Phoenix. People driving past the early-'50s Harold Ekman building couldn't help noticing the high-style renovation that Wendell Burnett Architects gave the place — the striking structure's painted chalk-white — and...
Pan searing is the secret to making your tongue bend to its knees and accept the healthiness of chicken breast. The best part is you can put it on anything. Salad, pasta, me, and it still tastes good.
Summer's here and the slowdown is palpable. But the flurry of culinary and charity events that started in the spring hasn't sputtered out yet. In fact, one of the longest-running ones takes place this Thursday night. Flavors of Phoenix makes its 18th annual go-round on May 21 at the Westin Kierland...
Jefferson & 12th St. Mrs. White's Golden Rule Café (classic soul food) 808 E. Jefferson St. 602-262-9256 3rd St. & Washington Pizzeria Bianco (wood-fired pizza, dinner only) 623 E. Adams St. 602-258-8300 pizzeriabianco.com City Bakery, Arizona Science Center (sandwiches and salads, lunch only) 600 E. Washington St. 602-257-8860 arcadiafarmscafe.com/citybakery/index.html Washington...
9/3-12/31Designer Michael Graves (of Target teakettle fame) cemented his household-word status in 1979, when he participated in the "Tea and Coffee Piazza" project sponsored by Italian design house Alessi. The next wave, "Tea and Coffee Towers," visits the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art beginning Saturday, September 3. Architects from 11...
Sun 11/14 Wanda Sykes really does do it all. She's trying on a variety of gigs in her Comedy Central show Wanda Does It, including Chinese chef and prostitute. Nothing seems untouchable for Sykes, whose brand of snarky humor has given her labels she doesn't want. When Stuff magazine recently...
It's the third week of January. By now, if you're like everyone else we know, you've broken your New Year's resolution -- popped that Vicodin, lost your gym membership card, hit the drive-through at Jack in the Box. We know a guy who resolved not to make any resolutions --...
A punk rock club with its own record label promises great things, and that's just what Rogue Records -- named after the Scottsdale nightspot -- aims to do. Of course, its first release by The Half Empties isn't going to reinvent the punk prototype of loud and fast tunes, but...
My job just got infinitely more difficult. See, I just got word that Freedom, the dance-music mecca in Tempe, is closing its doors at the end of May. This is a pain in my ass because I write a little feature called "Needle Exchange" spotlighting a different DJ/turntablist performance every...
2/28-2/29 Just say kampai on Saturday, February 28, when the Matsuri Festival toasts 20 years of celebrating Japanese culture in downtown. A traditional Japanese sake keg cracking ceremony launches the weekend of festivities, followed by a lively procession of lion dancers and drummers parading its way throughout the park. Entertainment...
Limitless Potential Indy rocks: Your article about downtown Phoenix was very informative ("Sorry, We're Closed," Paul Kix, November 6). It brings out a lot of good points about what is needed as far as support services and entertainment for living, working and playing in downtown. Having lived in downtown Indianapolis...
Man Down Children should be seen and not heard: I have a hard time believing that something like this can go on in America ("Lost Hope," Amy Silverman, August 22)! This is disgraceful. Paul Hewitson's daughter should be put in jail, but not before she pays him all the money...
Cyber Nemeses Sheriff Joke Arpaio has a new arch enemy -- a Web site, www.arpaio.com. Its raison d'etre? Ridicule of the Crime Avenger. A home page introduction informs surfers: "This site is dedicated to the men and women of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office whom [sic] have been victimized by...
So you say that you're born to run, blinded by the light and more than just a little bit on fire to read more about The Boss? That until you make that human touch with other fans there'll be a darkness on your edge of town? Here, then, are 10...
The Arizona Board of Medical Examiners (BOMEX) plans to ask legislators for more power and more secrecy, despite harsh criticism at a joint legislative hearing last week. BOMEX's proposed legislation would enable the director, at the board's discretion, to dismiss complaints, resolve cases in mediation and deny licenses. BOMEX also...
Craig Willbanks wants you to know that John McCain--former prisoner of war, current senator, White House aspirant--is a traitor, a liar and a wimp. Willbanks and McCain have never met. The senator probably has never heard of this hunched-over, soft-spoken fellow who served two tours of duty in Vietnam as...
