By Jillian Sloan The Chandler Cinemas doesn’t quite carry the clout of the Moulin Rouge, but the half-dressed ladies and men in tails in attendance on Saturday night did smack of the dance club brothel. It took an audience with a passion for low budget productions and a true love…
By Brian Bujdos I was fully prepared to fill this space with a rant about $10 beers and $9 Philly cheesesteaks, but then she appeared on the scoreboard. It figures. I had just left section 329 to head downstairs to see if I could find a $50 beer near the…
By Luke Holwerda The show was already going at 8:45 p.m. I fumbled through the door with my camera bag, quickly getting a hand stamp and a wrist band, and I made my way to the front of the venue. The place was pretty full for a Thursday night. I…
By Jonathan McNamara There are a lot of interesting sports out there. In Japan, they ride trees down hillsides. In Canada, they hurl boulders across expanses of ice and use brooms to slow them down. There are no Japanese tree-riders in the Valley this weekend, but if you want to…
Do me a quick favor and stand outside for a minute then come back. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. You can tell, right? It’s getting hotter. The summer is just around the corner, and that means it’s past time to get in swimsuit shape. My suggestion: Sacrifice your normal Thursday activity…
When he retired in 2003, Steve Kerr was known as the most accurate three-point shooter in the NBA. In 1997, Kerr scored a game-winning shot giving the Chicago Bulls their fifth NBA championship in seven years. If you haven’t seen it, here’s your chance to catch up on your NBA…
By Jonathan McNamara If you want to know about how the Shaq deal is affecting the Suns’ chances of winning the championship, I suggest you check out Can the Shaq deal bring a title? Consider this: Steve Kerr’s been beating the odds his whole life by Paul Rubin. Put that…
By Sarah Ventre This year the city of Tempe decided to celebrate Earth Day in a new way. The city wanted to celebrate Earth Day in style and they did so by holding a 5K race around a man-made lake in the middle of the desert in which participants were…
By Jonathan McNamara Halfway through the week and already you’re wishing it were the weekend? No worries, we’ve got you covered with some potential Wednesday night fun. What the hell, I’ll give you two suggestions today. If you’re looking for a drink AND a chance to get your nails did,…
By Ray Stern Updated: 5:30 p.m. on April 22 Channel 15 news is reporting that a Phoenix man says his neighbor launched the balloons and flares. Here’s their raw video. Now all that’s left is for the hoaxer to ‘fess up…
By Aja Viafora Jack and Ginger Ale is the drink of choice for Jon of Bison Witches on Mill Avenue. This 27-year-old bartender got his first bar job in a bar at age 20. While attending school at U of A, Jon encountered a night on the job at O’Malley’s…
By Jonathan McNamara So it’s Tuesday and you want another last minute suggestion, huh? How about getting some culture for once? By that I mean hearing author Jack O’Connell talk about his latest novel The Resurrectionist. O’Connell’s latest foray into creative writing introduces us to a cast of characters including…
By Jonathan McNamara Ah! The great outdoors are a-callin’ and now is the time to answer. Why not saddle up your rod and reel and head out to do some urban fishing at Red Mountain Park? I’m not trying to bait you here. Fishing is fun and educational. Get the…
What did you miss? Let’s roll the tape. Friday kicked the weekend off with Theonix Arts Showcase vol. III at Hollywood Alley. With plenty of brew flowing and a fair, Friday-sized crowd getting in to the music, it was a great night out. Phillip Huber offered fun with no strings…
By Joseph Golfen It’s not often that you see something truly unique. Most things in life feel familiar, more of a variation on a theme then an actual new experience. But the night Philip Huber and his marionette show performed at the Great Arizona Puppet Theater was like nothing I’d…
By Sarah Ventre Every third Friday of the month, Mesa-based Hollywood Alley turns their space into a place where art and music can come together with good food and cheap beer. Less upscale and underage than First Fridays downtown, Theonix Arts Showcase doesn’t follow the formula of taking an art…
By Jonathan McNamara Have the promise of Venezuelan Dominican beats from this week’s Noise Boy caught your interest? Take a listen and a lesson from the Noise Boy himself in our latest downloadable music experience: . Keep on rockin’…
By Sarah Ventre The story goes that Albert Einstein passed away when Dr. Michio Kaku was growing up. That event caused him to dedicate his life to finishing what Einstein began and was unable to finish. Since that time, Dr. Kaku has become one of the leading physicists in the…
Texaz Grill at the corner of Bethany and 16th St. By Jonathan McNamara Phoenix is a town of drifters. It is a home to adventurers. It’s rare to meet a native, but common to meet someone originally from the East Coast or The Midwest or even a different country all…
This weekend reads like a recipe for undiluted joy.
Some of her tales involve the kind of infidelity that permeates the most cliche of country songs.
Summer is almost here and that means time for chillin’ outside is rapidly running out!
