If you need a break (or a snack) during Scottsdale Fashion week, you’re in luck — La Gran Fiesta, a four-day celebration of Hispanic food, music, and dancing, will be just down the street. The event kicks off at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts with Flamenco dancing from…
North Phoenix comic book geek and IT guy Shawn Demumbrum had a simple gift idea for his two children: He’d write out a short mini-comic book for each of them and he’d try to get it published for Free Comic Book Day, an annual event where retailers give out independently-made…
Considering going to a costume party as a history snob this Halloween? You might want to brush up on a few tales before gabbing to your friends over zombie punch and peeled grapes. But before you scour the internet or turn to your Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, we have explanations…
It’s finally October, which means two things: grocery stores will probably start playing Christmas music … and the Valley will finally be taken over by zombies, candy corn and, you guessed it, Haunted Houses. We’re on a mission to scout out the best (and worst) ones and share our experiences…
If you’re feeling your caffeine high starting to wane at the beginning of the work week, the Valley Art Theatre is giving an advanced, free screening of “Monsters” tonight and is hosting the Phoenix launch of UK energy drink, “Relentless.” Should be fun if you can hold still in your…
The Campus MovieFest, a student film competition we blogged about in September, has selected 16 short films by ASU students and will host a screening of them Monday evening at MADCAP Theaters. If you go, you might get a good slice of the artistic diversity within the school’s film program;…
The Eisendrath House in Tempe has gone through some changes since its construction by renowned architect Robert Evans in 1930. It was first the winter home of a wealthy Jewish woman barred from staying at nearby resorts because of her faith, the set of a horror film, and a house…
It’s finally October, which means two things: grocery stores will probably start playing Christmas music … and the Valley will finally be taken over by zombies, candy corn and, you guessed it, Haunted Houses. We’re on a mission to scout out the best (and worst) ones and share our experiences…
Photo courtesy of Tony and Janina’s American Wedding. Janina Wasilewski and her son, Brian. Filmmaker Ruth Leitman met Tony and Janina Wasilewski on what she calls “the worst day of their lives.” The Wasilewskis, Polish immigrants living in a suburb of Chicago, had just learned Janina was to be deported…
Photos courtesy of Christopher MarksChristopher Marks is a Valley artist from the city of Newark, Ohio, who first moved here in 2004, but he’s brought a piece of his hometown with him — photographs of graffitied Ohio trains. Marks first came to Phoenix to study graphic design at the Art…
Remember back in the ’90s, when having a .gif on your Web page showed your mastery of the Internet?Designer Aaron Meyers is bringing the .gifs, or animated image files, back in style by applying an animated .gif of video games and animated characters (shown at right) to one of NASA’s…
It’s finally October, which means two things: grocery stores will probably start playing Christmas music … and the Valley will finally be taken over by zombies, candy corn and, you guessed it, Haunted Houses. We’re on a mission to scout out the best (and worst) ones and share our experiences…
Larry Ehrhardt has been in the bicycle business awhile — since 1958 to be exact, when he was in the fifth grade and his father started Ehrhardt’s Schwinn in Tempe.After taking over his father’s business, he started selling Schwinns, and now remembers one customer in particular: a man who bought…
The Arizona Science Center might be the only place in town where promoting a gallery showcasing the “sights, sounds, and smells” of the human digestive process would pay off. The center’s newest permanent gallery, “All About Me,” gives kids and adults the chance to explore the human body through multimedia…
It’s finally October, which means two things: grocery stores will probably start playing Christmas music … and the Valley will finally be taken over by zombies, candy corn and, you guessed it, Haunted Houses. We’re on a mission to scout out the best (and worst) ones and share our experiences…
As a chef de cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale, Chef John Deflieze can whip up a few dishes some at-home cooks would have trouble pronouncing. For a recent interview, however, we asked Deflieze to tackle some foods most chefs aren’t known for. “I’ve served…
In the mood for some gambling? The Talk Cinema film series, a cross-city event that gives advanced screenings of independent and foreign films, will hit the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 19. Tickets are available now, but there’s a catch — you won’t know what movie is…
Downtown Chandler’s third annual Oktoberfest celebration hits SanTan Brewing Company this Saturday and promises to feature a host of traditional activities: Bratwurst-eating, polka music, Bavarian-style biergartens, and … a beer pong tournament? A Big Two Toyota-sponsored strongest man competition? Okay, so maybe the event won’t be all traditional activities. But…
Someone planning film screenings around the Valley has a sense of humor.In the next couple of weeks, audiences can expect one of the scariest movies of all time, a sing-along, animated Disney classic, and a musical documentary about the Jewish culture of Poland to hit local theaters.”Beauty and the Beast”…
Wikimedia CommonsPaul Golfen sees comic book art in everyday life. When a young woman walks by, he points out how her glasses might be turned into goggles when drawn in certain comics. Now, he’s calling on local artists to share their comic book visions too. The “Amazing Ink” Comic Cover…
Jared Leto got some love at the VMAs Sunday night with his band 30 Seconds to Mars, but a decade ago he was portraying a drug addict spinning out of control alongside Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans in an artsy (and crazy-depressing) flick called Requiem for a Dream. Thursday night,…
One week, five minutes. Those are the rules in a nutshell for the Campus MovieFest, where ASU students are invited to borrow free equipment for one week courtesy of the fest, churn out a five minute film, then submit their mini-vision for a chance to win a slice of $400,000…
