Reel World

Sandra Solares doesn’t just make movies, she helps create masterpieces. Over the past two decades, the Mexican-born producer has been behind a host of Hispanic-oriented art house flicks that have won over audiences and earned rave reviews, including La Ley de Herodes and Y Tu Mamá También. Both movies were…

Legends of the Fall

No one ever thought it would be them. Truth be told, when sports pundits were making their forecasts before the beginning of this year’s baseball season, the Arizona Diamondbacks were expected to finish dead last in their division. To the surprise of many, however, such predictions proved to be dead…

Thump Day

If ever there were a soundtrack to Scottsdale, then Top 40 is it. For instance, step into the dazzling danceterias populating Old Town’s nightlife district on an average weekend night and you’re likely to hear such overplayed Billboard hits as Beyonce’s “Best Thing I Never Had,” or Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop”…

Arizona Diamondbacks Win National League West Title

It’s official: The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the playoffs. Kirk Gibson’s squad grabbed ahold of the National League West crown tonight after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. And, in what has become the norm for Arizona this season, it was a come-from-behind…

Arizona Diamondbacks Playoff Tickets Available Starting Tomorrow Morning

Attention all fair-weather sports fans, Johnny-come-latelys, and bandwagon riders: Arizona Diamondbacks playoff tickets are up for sale starting tomorrow morning. Even though you probably didn’t start following the team until they began dominating their division in June, now’s your chance to be in the house when this year’s astounding D-Backs…

Closer to Gods

Although Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn’t resemble the mythological god Hades in the slightest, local artist David Bradley thinks they’re more alike than you know. Both share a penchant for pooches and dastardly trickery, he explains, as well as similar job responsibilities. “Hades presided over souls in torment and I think…

Jungle Love

JahMek Selecta has never met a Jamaican-inspired beat he didn’t like. For the better part of two decades now, the dreadlock-wearing DJ has unleashed cratefulls of irie electonic anthems over the amplifiers of clubs across the Valley, shaking both windows and dental work with dub, reggae, and dancehall tracks aplenty…

Sibling Revelry

There’s plenty of comedic talent that flows through the veins of the Wayans family. Elder brothers Keenan Ivory and Damon helped revolutionize sketch comedy (and gave Saturday Night Live a run for its funny money) when they launched In Living Color in the 1990s. Younger brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans…

Downtown’s Cade Gallery Closes, May Reopen in New Location

Looks like its game over for Cade Gallery, at least for the foreseeable future. According to its proprietors, the downtown Phoenix arcade and art space has closed up shop after seven months in business. Co-owners Weston Henry and Nathan Ross, who opened Cade inside the old OP-tic building at Fourth and McKinley…

Thomy Hoefer’s Non-Hipster Hipster Wear

Thomy Hoefer digs wearing Supra Skytops and skinny jeans, hanging out at Sticky Fingers on Fridays (where he DJs as Prince $$), and shopping online via sites like PLNDR and Karmaloop. You can call him stylish, or up with the latest trends — just don’t call him a hipster. The…