Grand Avenue’s Fillmore Creative to Close This Weekend

Downtown Phoenix arts collaborative Fillmore Creative, which opened a mere six months ago near Grand Avenue, will close before month’s end. Joey Grether, the artist/activist who helped run the venue, says that the owner of the building housing the collaborative (which is located at 11th Avenue and Fillmore Street) is…

Wild Wild Westside

Crazy things tend to happen in abundance in the West Valley. Consider, for instance, the pothead teenaged mom who made international headlines recently after cruising around the avenues while her infant was strapped into its car seat on the roof of the vehicle. Such nuttiness is par for the course…

DJ’s Tranzit’s CD Release Party @ Madison Event Center

Steven Chung (a.k.a. DJ Tranzit) tends not to do anything small. The 31-year-old electronica artist crafts heavy-duty house-music tracks filled with huge beats and titanic turntablism tricks, and he has remixed some of the biggest EDM superstars ever (including Congorock, Wolfgang Gartner, and Dada Life). So it’s apropos that Chung’s…

Down The Rabbit Hole

Author Lewis Carroll envisioned it as a nonsense-filled Victorian satire. Walt Disney, however, transformed it into a harmless comical romp. And Tim Burton depicted the daffy event as a dreamy and messy affair. Pop culture is littered with many an interpretation of the chaotic and colorful Mad Hatter’s Tea Party…

When the Sun Goes Down, Exotic Nightlife Locales Light Up

Even if you’re forced to settle for a staycation this year, it doesn’t mean wasting away poolside. In fact, you can party like they do in L.A. or New York without ever leaving the Valley. Some local joints mimic the sights, sounds, and feel of nightlife found worldwide, whether it’s…

Lazer Sword @ Monarch Theatre

Some things in life are totally worth the wait. Like, for instance, a return visit to the Valley by electronica wizards Lazer Sword. It’s been almost two years since the team of L.A.’s Lando Kal (a.k.a. Antaeus Roy) and Berlin-based beathead Low Limit (better known as Bryant Rutledge) hypnotized locals…

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

See also: Ray Bradbury, Champion of Books, Writing Hero See also: Ray Bradbury Gave Us Great Advice One Night At ASU–We Should Have Listened Geeks and bookworms are mourning the loss of author Ray Bradbury — the iconic science-fiction scribe behind such influential books as Farenheit 451 and The Martian…

The Artful Dodgers

Officially, Major League Baseball has taken a hardline stance against bullying in our nation’s schools, vehemently condemning any form of intimidation and harassment whatsoever. Ironically enough, however, said stance doesn’t seem to apply to the game of baseball itself. To wit: The Los Angeles Dodgers have become the bullies of…

‘Bag It Up

It’s easy to spot the beast known as the Douchebagus scottsdalia while traveling the wilds of Old Town on any given weekend. Simply look for their standard adornments of popped collars, fake bake tans, and spiky hair. Avoid trying to corner the Douchebagus, however (as it tends to puff out…

Frequency Fridays @ DWNTWN

Fridays used to be one of the pimpest nights of the week at Central Avenue danceteria DWNTWN, even dating back its days as Crowbar more than a decade ago. The crowds were huge, the DJs were top-notch, and the beats were hot. Then proprietors pulled the plug on Fridays, preferring…

Club Candids: Star Wars Turns 35 at Rips

The year 1977 had a slew of watershed moments for both science fiction and pop culture as a whole. In theatres across the country, George Lucas’ bombastic space opera flick Star Wars was blowing up like the Death Star and changing the cinematic landscape. Every child who was lucky enough…