11 Things You Should Do and See in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best events and things to do in metro Phoenix from January 4 to January 10. “Ecosystem” Are you one of those people who sees bubble wrap and can’t keep your hands off its plastic pearls? That overwhelming desire to pop those little pods is something you must…

15 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best events and things to do in metro Phoenix from December 28 to January 3. Holidays at the Heard There’s no place like Heard for the holidays — for a few reasons. It’s one of the premier Native American art and culture museums, for starters. But during…

11 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix Over Christmas Weekend

Between scoping out the best holiday lights displays throughout the Valley, wrapping up last-minute shopping, and balancing out your cookie consumption with hiking, here are 11 things to add to your to-do list that’ll be totally worth it.  Hannibal Buress It’s been a big year for Hannibal Buress, the stand-up comic…

17 Best Events and Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best arts and culture events in metro Phoenix from December 14 to 20. “Dinosaurs in Motion” Remember when people believed that lizard people ran the country? They’re still around, but there are enough cretins and creeps running for president that the conspiracy-minded are pretty busy. If we…

7 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best arts and culture events of the week. Jenny Lawson For her second book, Jenny Lawson went with some light-hearted subject matter: her life-long battle with mental illness in the form of oft-interrupting depression and a crippling anxiety disorder. The topics may not be cheery, but Lawson’s…

5 Events and Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best arts and culture events and things to do from November 30 through December 3. ZooLights Your neighbor Carl and his Christmas display have nothing on ZooLights, the Phoenix Zoo’s annual showcase of flora and fauna dazzlingly constructed from millions of colorful bulbs. This year the zoo’s…

7 Best Arts and Culture Events in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

New Times picks the best in art, culture, comedy, and theater events in metro Phoenix from November 20 to 22. For more things to do, see our curated calendar of events.  Emerging Artists II There’s not enough modern dance hereabouts. Meanwhile, performing arts grad students can’t just toil away at…

5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Suns vs. Lakers There have always been rumblings that legendary Laker Kobe Bryant might at times be more of a liability than a luminary to his teammates. Well, in what may be Bryan’ts final season, no one is rumbling anymore. It’s obvious. On a roster chockfull of young talent, Bryant’s…

9 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

New Times picks the top weekend events in the Phoenix area from November 13 through 15. Disgraced The holiday season will soon descend upon valley stages with lighthearted, sugary fare. There’s nothing wrong with dessert but Disgraced is bringing heavy food for thought to the table. The 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play…

5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Spillers Storytelling events have been all the rage the last few years. Unlike many of these happenings that feature writers presenting pieces based on their own real-life experiences, the quarterly event, Spillers: Short Fiction and Tall Drinks features six wordsmiths performing edgy, 10-minute, short fiction stories for the crowd. If…

7 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Phoenix Ghost Tours Opening as part of the nationwide Orpheum Circuit of theaters in 1929, Phoenix’s Orpheum saw its fair share of vaudeville performers and touring Broadway productions pass through. It seems inevitable that in its storied history that eerie creaking, bumps in the night, and other imprints of the…

5 Best Non-Halloween Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Day of Our Lives Book-Signing Watch out for fan apoplexy at the Days of Our Lives: 50 Years book-signing event at Changing Hands Tempe. It’s not just a soap opera; it’s a fiercely beloved soap opera that’s been on since 1965. The lovely commemorative book ($34.99) gets you and a…