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When to Catch Tonight’s Lunar Eclipse
You can put away the fake fangs and I (heart) Edward T-shirts — we’re talking astronomy, not the latest vampire fantasy installment. Tonight (and tomorrow morning, depending on your time zone) marks Winter Solstice and the year’s second lunar eclipse. It’s the year’s second lunar eclipse and the first total…
“Draw on Your Furniture”
Save your napkins, envelopes and scrap pieces of paper, because DOODLES is looking into what you’re drawing while you’re supposed to be doing something else. Artist: Nina Miller “I love to make things, so an added bonus would be to have something to hang around for a while, to remind…
Discovery Announces New Arizona-Based Reality Show, Desert Car Kings
Discovery Channel announced its lineup for the Fall 2011 season on its blog yesterday, including a new reality show based in Arizona called Desert Car Kings. The show features the McClure family that searches for and restores classic vehicles. The family owns Desert Valley Auto Parts in Phoenix, which is…
Seven Must-Sees For Third Friday (Dec. 17)
Secret’s out — Third Fridays are your best chance to see what you missed on First Friday, (plus a few extra openings) without so much shenanigan. And tonight is no exception. Here are seven must-sees if you’re out and about and looking for art. 1. GIG STIGMATA @ Trunk Space…
Spotted: Roosevelt Row Map, Pasted
On a drive down Roosevelt Street in downtown Phoenix this week, we noticed a map. A big map. And if you’ve seen our Field Guides, you know how we feel about directional guidelines and icons. The map, pasted on a mural we covered earlier by Joerael Elliott, is an effort…
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Buy a Beer and Rogue Bar Will Wrap Your Gifts
So you found the perfect gifts for your crafty, geeky, artsy, and hipster friends and now it’s time to wrap them. Let’s be honest: You’d rather have a beer. Luckily both of those things can be accomplished on Christmas Eve at Rogue Bar in Scottsdale. Their promise: For every beer…
“Doodle Diary”
Artist: Dawn DeVries Sokol, who will talking about and signing her book, Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls at Changing Hands on Tuesday, December 21…
A Holiday Trunk Show at Bunky Boutique
We’ve decided to camp out until Bunky Boutique sets up for its Holiday Trunk Show. (Thankfully we only have a couple hours and the coffee next door is pretty good.)At 7 p.m., the boutique where we often find holiday gifts for ourselves favorite friends is hosting Melissa Zaki Jewelry, against…
Tania Katan Serves up a Literary Dominatrix Gift Certificate
Tania Katan’s offering up some expert advice, and you’ll take it if you know a thing or two about local literature and performance art. Katan’s a playwright, actor and writer who grew up in Phoenix, moved away, and (lucky for us) came back. She’s written a few plays, including Saving…
Flowers for the Rain on Calle 16
Who knows what the masterminds behind community-building Calle 16 will come up with if/when it snows, but for rain, they’re decorating 16th Street from Thomas to Roosevelt streets with flowers. So if you nabbed a few at Phoestivus last night or spy a few pretty ones in your (or your…
Adult Footed Pajamas: When “Being a Kid Again” is Just Creepy
Pajama City, an online pajama store based in Maryland, specializes in one thing: Adult footed pajamas. The store’s website says the company actually ships the pajamas daily from its warehouse, which means two things: a) People order adult footed pajamas on a daily basis and b) In the northeastern United…
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“Over the Phone”
Artist: Eric Galindo. “Whenever I’m on the phone at work I pick up the nearest pen and start drawing on the nearest piece of paper lying on the desk,” says Galindo. “The longer the phone call, the weirder they get!”Check out more of Galindo’s video work here. …
A Phoestivus Market in Phoenix Tonight
A Phoestivus for the rest (or all) of us who need to get a little local gift shopping accomplished in the company of local food vendors and live music. It will be the first Phoestivus in what organizers from Get Your PHX hope will be an annual event, hosted in…
“A Little Late for Thanksgiving”
Artist: efkt, who admits his turkey’s a little late to the party. (efkt also drew this month’s Jackalope Ranch sticker.)…
JB Snyder’s “Fragments of Happiness” in the Quincy
It’s about time Phoenix sees some serious mural love. In the interest of giving credit to their artists and because we’re losing track of the times we’ve said, “Woah, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their…
StoryCorps Records Phoenix Stories in January
All you’ll need to get into the StoryCorps silver Airstream trailer in January is a friend and a few questions. StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and preserving American stories, will make a stop in Phoenix from January 6 to 29 to record 120 interviews and conversations, with the collaboration…
“Love, Don’t Judge”
Artist: Carol Panaro-Smith…
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The Not So Lazy Susan: In Review
Our arts and culture blog, Jackalope Ranch, reviews local zines and publications once in a while. Today, it takes a look at The Not So Lazy Susan. Local writer and big time foodie Susan Pants released her first issue of the The Not So Lazy Susan and wasted no time…
Rips Turns TRON: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
TRON fiends and Daft Punk lovers collided (quite literally) on the Rips dance floor over the weekend when the bar held a TRON holiday party. We checked out the costumes, the lack of costumes, and the costume envy and took a few notes. The Good’s above, the Bad and the…
Chicken Stolen From Tempe Coop
Note: This story has been updated to include up-to-date photos and information. Matt Toomey would like his chicken back. An “Abducted Chicken” flier posted around town reads that on December 8, someone broke into his backyard coop and attempted to steal two chickens. The alleged thief made off with his…
Where to Catch Tonight’s Geminid Meteor Shower
If you can find an excuse to be outside tonight/early tomorrow morning, look up. Tonight will be the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, an annual event that occurs in mid-December. Meteor shower experts predict it will be the best meteor shower of the year, and depending on visibility, viewers…