Rodney Carrington – Saturday, August 8 – Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino Rodney Carrington takes blue collar comedy and adds a cowboy hat and a thick Southern drawl to create his uniquely “hick-and-proud” comedy and country music routine. For those who aren’t familiar with the boyish-faced standup star and…
Phoenix New Times has an opening for a part-time social media editor. This 20-hour/week position combines journalism with social-media skills to increase the paper’s audience and serve as its public face. The social media editor manages New Times’ Facebook and Twitter accounts, among others, with the expectation of continued engagement…
Here are our picks for the best live music in Phoenix this week. Be sure to browse our comprehensive concert calendar for more options. Le Butcherettes – Tuesday, July 21 – Crescent Ballroom Many bands have elaborate stage shows, but not many are as violent or eccentric as Le Butcherettes…
Yes, Mom, we’re eating our veggies. If you count the Bloody Mary, a classic drink any time of day but perfect for the morning after. Here are five of our favorite local concoctions — with sides of everything from beer to bacon, there’s something for everyone, particularly with some of…
Long considered the backup dancers to the leading lady, the hamburger, French fries deserve a starring role — as long as they’re from one of these five restaurants in metro Phoenix. From fast to fancy, dig in. You won’t be disappointed. Welcome Diner There’s nothing fancy about the hand-cut French fries…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for an experienced editorial art director. The art director is responsible for all visual components of both digital and print publications, overseeing photography, videography and illustration as well as maintaining the overall design quality and integrity of the print publication. He/she must be…
Here are our picks for the best live music in Phoenix this week. Feel free to browse our comprehensive concert calendar for more options. Wednesday 13 – Wednesday, July 15 – Club Red Wednesday 13 is known as a force to be reckoned with in the world of goth/horror punk/metal…
Here are the best concerts happening in Phoenix this week. For more options, browse our comprehensive concert calendar. Lonna Kelley – Valley Bar – Wednesday, July 8 Kelley surmises that to her, happiness means freedom. Her new EP, Take Me Home Spiderman, is a record about the ideal: freedom from…
Let’s face it: As a Valley resident, life as you know it right now is all about seeking refuge in a series of refrigerated boxes until the scorch outside subsides enough to become tolerable. Its a sad state of affairs, frankly, but is just one of the realities of surviving…
Who says the music scene dies in the summer? Here are 10 great shows to pass the time this week. For more options, check out our comprehensive concert listings. Hamilton Leithauser – Monday, June 15 – Crescent Ballroom Hamilton Leithauser once hollered angrily into a microphone about a former love…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. To be considered for Mugshots of the Week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. 10) Booked on suspicion of: Marijuana PossessionEar gauge PSA…
One of the biggest tropes about living in the Valley of the Sun is that once summertime arrives, there’s little to do that’s truly worth doing, save for waiting out the heat or maybe getting the heck outta Dodge. Like with most tropes, however, there’s a certain degree of truth…
After a lull of about two weeks, the Phoenix music scene has come alive this week, with a series of big-ticket concerts leading the charge, as well as welcoming two new music venues, Valley Bar and Rebel Lounge, into the fold. There are many musical options for your enjoyment this…
Locals are lamenting the shuttering of the latest classic Arizona restaurant — Bill Johnson’s Big Apple — which has us asking a question. When’s the last time you actually ate at Bill Johnson’s? Yeah, we can’t remember, either. DItto for Monti’s, Pinnacle Peak Patio, and other recent closures. Let’s make…
The final episode of Mad Men was upbeat — if you enjoy the death of the counter-culture. On this special episode of the Voice Film Club podcast, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and editorial fellow Lara Zarum, along with the Voice’s TV critic Inkoo Kang, discuss the final episode…
We’ve been fortunate in that this past weekend in the Valley felt like, well, it wasn’t the Valley. This is but the calm before the storm. Summer is coming. The Southwest remembers. Here are our picks for this weekend. If you’d like more options, mosey on over to our comprehensive…
Pitch Perfect 2 hit a few wrong notes for the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl and special guest Monica Castillo, but LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson interpreted the film’s humor a little differently. We circle back to Sofia Vergara’s performance in Hot Pursuit, before arriving in the desert for Mad…
If you haven’t gotten your tickets for Lana Del Rey’s Comerica Theatre gig with Courtney Love a few days hence, better get a move on. Its arguably going to be one of the biggest concerts of the week, let alone the entire spring. Its not the only “can’t miss” show…
“Mezcla” Emily Costello’s latest exhibition is a reflection of her life growing up in a small Arizona town. “Mezcla,” a Hispanic word alluding to the blending of diverse substances to make something new, is a fitting title for the show and an apt description of its artist, who’s of Mexican…
New Times art director Peter M. Storch and his team received five awards, including three first places in the Arizona Press Club’s annual journalism contest, which recognized outstanding work from 2014. In addition, Storch was named second runner-up for Designer of the Year. The paper also took top honors in…
A few people have seen fit to inform us recently that there’s not much happening this weekend. Its an erroneous opinion, frankly, but an understandable one. With all the major music festivals of the springtime having come and gone, one might think that Phoenix is pretty much a wasteland between…
Herakles: Work In Progress If you think you’ve got drama, please look at any one of the myths from ancient Greece and count your blessings accordingly. That is, unless you’ve got children being born from your thigh, family members turning into animals, and a trip down to Hades you’ve been…
