Remember when skateboarding was sidewalk surfing and corporations were evil? Never say never, brah. The Red Bull Wake Lab wakeboarding event drops into the dimpled waves of Tempe Town Lake, making every feeblegrind you’ve seen actually that. It’ll be raining tricks and kicks all over this fun box, ’cause the…

We have some pretty sick fantasies, but none ever centered on staring at the night sky through a telescope. Undaunted punishment gluttons can rendezvous at the secluded Estrella Mountain Regional Park for the Dark Sky Telescope Hike, a 3.7-mile jaunt up the Toothaker Trail that ends at arguably the best…

Are lobbyists for animal rights still considered “fringe activists”? New Times asked the expert, Gene Baur, best-selling author of Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food. Said Baur: “There is a long history of animal protection and rescue efforts in the U.S., and although our work is…

Are lobbyists for animal rights still considered “fringe activists”? New Times asked the expert, Gene Baur, best-selling author of Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food. Said Baur: “There is a long history of animal protection and rescue efforts in the U.S., and although our work is…

The gruesome Saw franchise put director Darren Lynn Bousman on the map as a card-carrying member of the splat pack, running with the likes of Tarantino and Zombie. Now Bousman’s cup of blood runneth over, so to speak, with the underground success of his take on humanity’s dark future in…

You’re in the nightclub, precious first-impression seconds ticking away, and she’s looking at you with breathless expectation. The lie just slides out. “I’m a Navy SEAL.” There it is. Suitably impressed awe. Can’t go back now, sailor, but you can’t go forward, either, so hitch up your tighty-whities, look that…

Oh, Baka! We must be determined! We’re hyping First Friday’s CosPlay Exhibit and Competition at the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix on March 6, but since bored teenagers don’t typically read our weekly sell-out rag, we’re left to explain to our doddering, 20-something demographic why this subcultural role-playing stuff is…

We have some pretty sick fantasies, but none ever centered on staring at the night sky through a telescope, especially when it’s freezing out. Undaunted hat- and scarf-wearers and general-punishment gluttons can rendezvous at the secluded Estrella Mountain Regional Park for the Dark Sky Telescope Hike, a 3.7-mile jaunt up…

It used to be there wasn’t much to do in The Glen, but that’s fast becoming ancient history. Along with an Antique Row that rivals any in the state, Glendale is the home of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes and, of course, the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, who nearly pulled a very…

Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum hasn’t been “The Madhouse on McDowell” since the Phoenix Suns outgrew it in 1992. What better league to kick back open the cuckoo’s nest than the hip-swaying, trigger-tempered Arizona Derby Dames, who’ve moved into the cavernous Vet after selling out all of their games last season at…

We love monster trucks. No, wait. Before you break up with us, understand that it’s completely gratifying to witness these growling behemoths, weighing upward of 9,000 pounds and standing more than 10 feet tall, grinding regular, steel-body autos into tin cans before breaking into a frenzy of freestyling donuts. It’s…

Whenever we try to be sexy, we inevitably end up knocking over stacks of high-priced china. Still, there’s hope. Every Saturday, Scandalesque co-founder and “Queen of the Blazing Bustier” Pyra Sutra whips brainy types like us into hot-for-teacher doppelgängers with her Art of the Tease burlesque workshop at Team Yoga…

We have some pretty sick fantasies, but none ever centered on staring at the night sky through a telescope, especially when it’s freezing out. Undaunted hat- and scarf-wearers and general-punishment gluttons can rendezvous at the secluded Estrella Mountain Regional Park for the Dark Sky Telescope Hike, a 3.7-mile jaunt up…

We were 9 when we first read Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, the first-person narrative of a madman’s guilty conscience. The old man is killed not for money, but for his terrifying evil eye, “all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it.” When the police come, the…

You’re dead. Right outside of work. On the sidewalk. Didn’t get to say goodbye to anyone. Who you gonna call? Well, spiritual medium James Van Praagh’s “Connecting to Spirit” Tour can help you find your way. After a benediction, Van Praagh will provide meditation, question-and-answer sessions, spirit messages, and “random…

We’ve always been keen on parades, choosing our streetside seats early and drinking coffee while the world falls into place around us. We like intricate floats, marching bands, horses, and sitting next to strangers with excited children. So count us when the Yavapai Nation presents the 38th annual Fort McDowell…

Our musician friends like to argue that battles of the bands are what’s wrong with the “scene” today. Acts selling tickets to friends who vote? Still, losing is really the most punishing critique. That said, Trash City Entertainment and Gunslinger Promotions present the first in their “Clash in the Desert”…

You’ve been really, really bad this year, and you should be spanked hard and ball-gagged. But since we don’t have a dick big enough for the collective you, we’ll have to suffice with torturing your psyche. Meet us at Space 55 Theatre for 7 Minutes Under the Mistletoe, in which…

In the age of Obama, an art exhibit featuring depictions of people in blackface is bound to strike some as, well, inflammatory. But what if the paintings are by a man who identifies himself as black but society pegs as white? In 2005, biracial artist Michael Dixon created quite a…

We’ve become increasingly romantic this holiday season, whether gazing at birds on a wire or contemplating the winter sunsets or anticipating a seasonal stroll through Desert Botanical Garden’s Las Noches de las Luminarias. A Phoenix tradition, this year’s “Lumi” is highlighted by the new “Chihuly: The Nature of Glass” exhibit…

It’s nothing like our plushie fetish, but short guys really turn our crank. That’s why our eagle eye settled on Trash City’s Midget Jackass affair at Club Mardi Gras on Wednesday, November 26, when Puppet the Psycho Dwarf and Little Kato, both sub-4-foot-9, perform as the Halfpint Jerk Offs. Mr…

If you check out the Phoenix Faerie Festival Web site, you’ll see that the fest’s fan base falls into four basic groups: little children chasing bubbles, supple guys in snug leotards, hot chicks with face paint, and potbellied bearded men sporting tiny wings. By Merlin’s beard, we fit right in!…