Looking for a great show to see this week? Here are our picks for the best concerts to see this week in Metro Phoenix. For more options, visit our comprehensive online concert calendar. Steep Canyon Rangers – Monday, March 7 – Musical Instrument Museum Approximately 73 million bands have formed…
East Valley residents will have one less place to celebrate during Saint Patrick’s Day later this month as one of the two R.T. O’Sullivan’s in Mesa is no longer in business. The Stapley Road location of the Irish-themed pub and sports bar reportedly closed recently after four years of serving…
Major changes are afoot along Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix these. New businesses and art spaces — such as Tuft and Needle’s new showroom and galleries like Chartreuse and Unexpected Art — have been debuting along the thoroughfare the last several months, helping to bring a new life and energy…
Think the idea of a Donald Trump as president is the absolute worst? As repugnant as the billionaire blowhard and bigot might seem, however, he ain’t got nothing on the late Andrew Jackson. Our country’s seventh president was an all-around vile bastard and tyrant who gladly endorsed slavery, locked up…
The summertime concert lineup in the Valley just got a little weirder. That’s because legendary parody musician “Weird Al” Yankovic will be headed to Phoenix during the sweltering season for a performance at Comerica Theatre on Wednesday, August 3. Tickets for the show will be $39.50 and go on sale…
Arizona’s not for the weak of heart. It’s filled to the brim with dangerous creatures, killer heat, bad drivers, horrible diseases, freak accidents, raging wildfires, and raging psychopaths. Some of ‘em are unique to our state. All of ‘em could kill you. It’s definitely happened to plenty of others. We’re…
Valentine’s Day is something of a polarizing prospect, to say the least. Cupcake! Bittersweet! at The Rogue BarThe sinfully inclined fetishistic fiends of monthly dance night Cupcake! will welcome guest DJs Sean Watson and Benni Beatnik into their midst for this anti-Valentine’s theme party on Friday, February 12. All the…
Denizens of the Metro Phoenix nightlife scene got their drink on at few new bars that opened around the Valley last month. Some also got their game on at the same time over at the wildly popular Cobra Arcade Bar, which finally made its long-awaited debut in the beginning of…
Country music once again has a home up at the High Street retail center in North Phoenix, albeit one that isn’t the namesake of a superstar singer. Cowboys Saloon, a rustic eatery and bar that hosts live music, recently opened in the spot formerly occupied by a Toby Keith’s I…
Deadpool fandom is approaching critical mass right about now. It’s to be expected, considering the comic book world’s notorious “Merc with a Mouth” is finally getting his cinematic due with the release of the much-anticipated Deadpool movie on Friday. As such, we’ve seen a lot of the Marvel antihero’s masked mug…
What’s in a name? If you’re talking about monikers of the various cities and towns that make up the sprawling Phoenix area, it all depends. Some were named for founders. Others got their monikers from nearby landmarks, historical references, and even a few twists of fate. Here’s how 20 Valley…
We’re almost two weeks removed from the Arizona Cardinals getting their asses handed to them by the Carolina Panthers and it still stings. Crescent BallroomThe Crescent’s lounge will once against host it’s amusingly named “Hamm’s Me the Ball” viewing party, which will feature the gridiron action being projected onto a…
Looks like the George & Dragon wasn’t the only local spot that got the makeover treatment from Bar Rescue recently. Baseline Sports Bar, a biker-friendly watering hole located in Tempe, was also paid a visit by the Spike TV reality show last month and got a new look and new…
It looks like its “game over” for GameWorks in Tempe. And, no, you can’t drop in a few more quarters to keep it going. The long-running arcade and entertainment venue at the Arizona Mills mall, which was part of the nationwide GameWorks chain, closed its doors for good earlier this…
Okay, we’re late getting this story out because we spent Monday sleeping off our hangover from drinking ourselves numb after the Arizona Cardinals stunk up the Deep South Sunday night Damn, we don’t know what football team played against the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship in Charlotte, because it…
We Arizona Cardinals fans are hot enough under the collar to melt the ice in frigid North Carolina. Our blood is boiling about oddsmakers picking the Carolina Panthers over the Cards in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. And listening to sports wags slobbering praise all over enemy quarterback Cam Newton has…
It’s been an amazing season for the Arizona Cardinals. Not only did the team achieve its best regular-season record in its 118-year history at 13-3 (including a nine-game winning streak) and led the league in total offense, its players amassed hefty accomplishments in the process. Quarterback Carson Palmer had the…
The Arizona Cardinals’ thrilling 26-20 overtime win over the Green Bay Packers this past weekend at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale was an epic victory for the Red Birds and one helluva football game — but it certainly wasn’t for the faint of heart. The back-and-forth divisional round playoff…
Anime is probably something of a mystery to most people. In fact, quiz the average person on their familiarity with the Japanese style of animation and they’d probably reference Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Voltron, Princess Mononoke, or another well-known anime that’s been imported to these shores. That, or they might…
Change, as they say, is inevitable. And in Phoenix’s live music and nightlife scenes, it’s practically a fact of life. Every single year will always include any number of both arrivals and departures of venues and clubs as places open to much fanfare or regrettably close their doors. Such was…
In case you haven’t noticed, the Valley has a major case of football fever right now. (And no, we’re not referring to the widespread fandom for the playoff-bound Arizona Cardinals.) The biggest college football game of the year will take place a few days from now when the Clemson Tigers…
The light rail is going to be busy this weekend, especially in and around downtown Phoenix. Like, crazy busy. After all, there will be some big concerts and a Phoenix Suns game taking place, not to mention that gigantic fan event for the College Football Playoff National Championship that will…
