Jamming out to “Single Ladies” up in the club can be fun — but just because he put a ring on it doesn’t mean that it’s time to go into hiding. The 2013 Mrs. Arizona America Pageant brings all the hitched ladies out to put their hands up Friday, May…

The Teutonic overtones of Hanzel und Gretyl might be worrisome if there weren’t knowing winks served up along with their crunchy-riff-heavy electro-clanging. The Gotham-based industrial rock duo headlines the grand ball for party-minded BDSM aficionados, Fetish Prom 2013, on Saturday, May 25.Whereas the visiting rockers are a tad tongue-in-cheek, Life…

Never mind He-Man; Phoenicians are the masters of the universe. In addition to ditching daylight saving time, we pull the trigger on the beginning of summer whenever we want. Officially, summer doesn’t start until the latter chunk of June — whatevs! We’re stoked that the swanky folks at the Renaissance…

Last month beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert passed away. While the prolific writer never shied away from intellectual debates, it’s fair to say that he took quite a clobbering online in 2010 when he declared that video games could never be art. Bookmans Mesa sidesteps the semantics and…

Phoenix can feel like a small town at times, but maybe that’s because half of its inhabitants are all up in each other’s bee’s wax on Facebook. For a true small town experience within the city’s limits, mosey to Phoenix Theatre’s production of Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s 1938 classic play,…

The mantra “print is dead” has been trumpeted for the past decade, but — sorry haters — readers gonna read. Comic books, in particular, have kept eyeballs glued to pages. Free Comic Book Day will be celebrated all across the Valley this Saturday, May 4, and with it the Arizona…

What could be more freeing than celebrating the last day of class by stripping down to the bare essentials and doing so for a good cause? The sixth annual ASU Undie Run keeps the streak alive Tuesday, April 30.Curmudgeons might write off the ASU Undie Run as college-kid silliness, but…

That the daily 4:20 p.m. toke sessions of the San Rafael, California, teens in the 1970s eventually sparked an international movement would have terrified the church group that bankrolled the 1936 anti-pot flick Reefer Madness. The musical of the same name hits the Valley on the high holy day for…

Valley Bike Month is in full swing with cyclists whipping out their favorite velocipedes. It’s doubtful, though, that even the sleekest of fixies could be as cool as the vintage red Schwinn in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which screens Saturday, April 13. The 1985 Tim Burton-helmed film chronicles the cross-country quest…

Google Glass, the Internet giant’s tech-crammed lensless eyeglass frames, might have some techies abuzz, but we prefer the fashion points scored with the stylishly clunky aviator goggles of yore. If you agree, you’ll be right at home at Alwun House’s “Intertemporalist Steampunk Exposition” this Saturday, April 13.Victorian era sci-fi, 19th…

Phoenix might be hosting the Super Bowl in 2015, but we prefer watching the bighearted amateurs of the PHXAM Skateboard Contest risk their bones to seeing multimillionaire athletes shoving around. Cowtown Skateboards presents the 12th annual edition of the Valley’s biggest showdown of the year on Saturday, April 6.The majority…

There comes a time in every nerd’s life when it’s time to declutter. That means finding a good home for action figures (still sealed in original packaging, of course) and comic books that have been gathering dust. You can complete your collections by digging through other geeks’ tossed-off treasures at…

It’s been a long time since mainstream music has been dangerous. Take a look at Billboard. The only thing that today’s hit music is liable to influence is the degree and frequency of your twerking. If you want to relive the golden age of hiding cassettes from parents and riled-up…

If you get writer’s block from penning out your grocery list, you might look to the prolific masters who can crank out compelling reads seemingly at will. Terry Brooks has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list 25 times throughout his 36-year career — so listen up when he…

For thirteen years, Phoenix College’s Latino Film Festival has offered celluloid glimpses into Latino culture across the world. This year, the fest brings together films under the banner of music from the U.S., Latin America, and Spain, and it gets rolling Thursday, March 21, at Phoenix College.The fest’s first selection,…

While it’s easy to fire up Netflix and hole up to satisfy your entertainment cravings, there are some classics that deserve to be experienced on the big screen in a crowd of eager movie hounds. Stanley Kubrick’s impeccable horror film, The Shining, is one of them and it spills across…

Triskaideskaphobia might make the hearts of the afflicted jump every time the number 13 pops up, but who better to revel in the creepiest of intergers than the fearless folks who get their thrills skating around the Valley? The 13th Annual Wedge Park Skate Competition beckons skaters of all ages…

Everyone from the ancient Sumerians to Steven Spielberg has imagined beings from beyond our skies. Whether you’re simply curious or a true believer, the 22nd Annual International UFO Congress lands Friday, March 1.The convention and film festival features the top minds in the fields of aliens, UFOs, and unexplained phenomena…

The Will Ferrell comedy Anchorman: The Legend Continues will hit theaters in October, but we’d be more jazzed for a fresh dose of Ricky Bobby in a sequel to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The NASCAR drivers in Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 will be more serious, but…

To paraphrase rapping wordsmith Nas, we chill by watching flicks where we can root for the villain. Sometimes the good guys are a little too squeaky-clean to be interesting. To our amusement, The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination pulls together 22 tales of fictional evil-doers and revels in their…

Geeks come in all stripes, from those dedicated to science fiction to those entrenched in science fact. Downtown Tempe is the convergence point for the annual celebration where they all strike out on the town for Geeks’ Night Out Thursday, February 21.Local comics and gaming enclave Pop Culture Paradise stages…

The Star Wars saga continues with J.J. Abrams as the director of Episode VII and rumors popping up of a stand-alone flick centered around Yoda, the ancient Jedi master. It’s doubtful, though, that the space opera can keep up with the twists & turns of R. Kelly’s sprawling 33-chapter video…