If you’ve pulled out of your lingering calorie coma and haven’t been trampled by eager, deal-hungry shoppers, here are your best bets for riding out the rest of Turkey Day weekend. David Spade @ Stand Up LiveWe read somewhere that laughter burns calories. Get a humor workout when David Spade,…
If your life simply isn’t complete without Click and Clack’s rabble-rousing, cackle fest of automobile advice that is NPR’s Car Talk, then it may be difficult to break away from your radio for a more hands-on jalopy experience. But if you can manage to, you and buggy buffs will get…
Bad-ass ladies in killer jumpsuits are easy to come by. Toss some espionage into the mix, and the result is usually entertaining. Think ISIS assassin Lana Kane on Archer, Marvel’s Black Widow, and Pam Grier’s Foxy Brown. One, perhaps lesser known, addition to that list is Cleopatra Jones, the namesake…
When asked about her thoughts on the timely, tricky topic of the scarcity of women in comedy often and famously addressed by funny ladies including Tina Fey and Joan Rivers), stand-up Paula Poundstone shrugged it off saying that when she got bad feedback early on in her career it was…
It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to meet the Muppets. Again.In Disney’s franchise reboot The Muppets, the perpetually meta monsters attempt a comeback after years out of the spotlight. Meanwhile, the actual behind-the-camera filmmakers (including the picture’s co-writer and leading man Jason Segel) attempt…
Sure, the star of the week is turkey and all its fixin’s. But while folks reunite with their families for their annual Thanksgiving feast, another family of sorts will reunite on the big screen: the fuzzy, funny Muppets. Jason Segel’s reboot The Muppets finds the goofy gang disbanded, with Kermit…
Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: This vintage canvas shoulder bag is just one of many fun accessory finds at Metro Retro in the Melrose district of downtown Phoenix. The seemingly plastic tortoise snap…
This just in (from the stuff you kind of already knew department): Scottsdale is a mecca for shopaholics. Sure, between its go-to mall for high-end designers, unique boutiques, and the need to dress up to fit in at any of them, fashion reigns supreme in the city that’s home to…
This weekend, while you’re not working out in hopes of preempting next week’s impending Thanksgiving calorie fest, there are plenty of ways to keep yourself occupied. Here are our top picks for things to do this weekend:Sip, Shop, Spa & Pretty Party @ Talking StickCombine going out with chilling out during…
Nary a sleigh glides through our dry desert streets. Same goes for appearances of snowflakes (rare and mythical), frosted window panes (huh?), and the freezing temperatures to create them. But Christmas spirit won’t be in short supply during Visions of Sugar Plums, a shopping-centric luncheon at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort…
This is no Swan Lake redux. When Stephen Petronio Dance Company performs Underland at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts prim, delicate drama will be tossed aside in favor of sharp, severe, and powerful movements accompanied by projected visuals of fires and explosions. Originally created for the Sydney Dance Company,…
There’s a good chance that, even if you aren’t sure who jewelry designer John Wind is, you’ve seen his work.Girly and vintage-inspired pieces from the Philadelphia-based accessory artist have been featured in InStyle and Oprah’s Gift Guide, and Anthropologie carries a selection of his dainty charms.Wind will bring a selection…
Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: This vintage mink headband hat is a simple (well, it’s less PETA-invoking than a bulky goat hair coat, anyway) way of sporting fur with some flapper flair. Fuzz…
Project Ethos brought its trio of fashion, music, and art to Scottsdale’s Mint on Friday. A speedy fashion show, which included looks from event sponsors Frederick’s of Hollywood Swimwear and Cardiwrap, was the main event, while local artists Sarah Hurwitz (whose name was misspelled on the event’s flyer), photographer Davin…
If you’re looking for weekend haps worthy of attending, then you’re in luck; American Junkie will host a snowboarding block party (just in time for this chilly weather), while sugar fiends get their fix at Saturday’s Pie Social, and innovative chatterboxes share their ideas during TEDxPhoenix tonight. In case that’s not…
Sometimes it’s a one-night deal, and sometimes they stick around for weeks, so when it comes to seeing an independent film at one of the local theaters, you’ll want to plan ahead. That’s why we’ve wrangled must-see flicks screening in the Valley this month. Prep your bowl of popcorn and…
Picture this: the Palace of Versailles in the early ‘70s. The crème de la crème of French and American designers, including Oscar de la Renta and Yves Saint Laurent, showing couture creations. The person responsible for the extravagant event that effectively made American fashion artistically legit? That’d be public relations…
Televised artistic battles have reigned supreme on networks like Bravo since Project Runway’s first stitch was sewn. Fierce competition, crocodile tears, and ridiculous catchphrases kept viewers coming back — and their addiction has the network morphing almost any creative endeavor (painting, hairdressing, you name it) into a show. While you…
Despite Jay-Z and Nas’ consistent shout-outs to the projects, those who haven’t counted low-income, densely populated high-rises as home probably don’t have an accurate idea of what they’re like or why they exist. Smash cut to 1950s St. Louis, when slums and segregation loomed large and the recently-passed Housing Act…
Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: This open-knit, cocoon-style cardi from Splendid is perfect for late-fall layering, both over long-sleeve shirts and under heavier coats. It’s lightweight, but not paper thin, in a wintery,…
In all likelihood, your agenda is already overflowing with things to do this weekend. Heck, we already highlighted some weekend sweet haps including performances of Race and Amexica, and Practical Art’s new show “Symptoms of the Systematic.” But there’s plenty more happening (First Friday anyone?), so here are our top picks…
Given: The Valley’s most notable (and mocked) institution of higher education gets a bad rap as a party school for beer-bonging bros and their bleach-blond female counterparts. And if you’ve been fooled by the mockery on The Daily Show or the misspellings on local protest signs, it’s time to change…
