Live Art Platform The toughest thing about being a performing artist has to be exploring new works and ideas. Sure, one can perform for friends, but are they really going to provide that constructive criticism that can turn the so-so into fabulous? That’s where [nueBOX]’s Live Platform comes in. The…
Lots of good stuff to do this weekend as festival season in Arizona comes to a close with a strong finale. This weekend we have Country Thunder down in Florence, and Quail Run Park in Mesa will host two consecutive days of concerts — FestivALT AZ on Friday and UFEST…
Reviews and discussion of Ex Machina, Dior and I, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Longest Ride, and About Elly are all on this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, which includes Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly…
Huevos of Fury Table tennis? It might be an Olympic sport but we still call it ping-pong. Paz Cantina hosts the rec room favorite with their weekly tournament where up to four tables of ball-smackers vie for a $50 gift card. This is all while noshing on tacos and sipping…
Here are our picks for this weekend. Be sure to check our comprehensive concert calendar for more options…
Phoenix Zine Fair 2015 Thomas Paine made zines. Okay, maybe they called them “pamphlets” back then, but when you think about it, they’re kind of the same thing — handmade booklets made by someone to express their ideas…
Furious 7 and While We’re Young are two very different movies — one’s all synchronized driving and explosions, the other’s all sorta-depressed New Yorkers who don’t drive — but both receive generally positive reviews from Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly,…
McDowell Mountain Music Festival is Phoenix’s Most Cohesive Festival. I’ll leave the designation of “best” music festival for the voters to decide when the Best Of issue comes out later in the year. But I feel completely confident is saying MMMF is by far the most cohesive. The bands on…
Phoenix Film Festival Butter the popcorn and pass the Milk Duds. The Phoenix Film Festival is back for its 15th year. In addition to the industry parties, geeky gatherings, and cinema seminars, this one-week event will bring all forms of film to the big screen from animated shorts and documentaries…
Here are our picks for this weekend. Be sure to check out our comprehensive concert calendar for more options…
South of Gold Mountain When H.T. Chen & Dancers take to the stage at Tempe Center for the Arts on March 27 and 28 to perform South of Gold Mountain, they’ll bring with them a multitude of stories. Through a series of interviews, compiled oral histories, historic photographs and footage,…
Downtown Phoenix’s Margaret T. Hance Park will become something of a hallowed ground for music fans this weekend. Over three straight days, a couple of acres of grass will be transformed into an outdoor temple of sound during the annual McDowell Mountain Music Festival featuring some rather godlike deities from…
With summer preparing to give us a triple-digit reminder why the snowbirds leave in April, local musicians are hard at work. Lucky us, because we get to reap the fruits of their labors. The Phoenix music scene is as diverse as the Valley of the Sun is large. With everything…
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“Indispensable dispensable – lessons to still be learned” It’s funny what big ideas little objects can inspire. Take, for instance, the paintings of Lee Berger in “Indispensable dispensable – lessons to still be learned.” Works put into perspective how small the daily life of a person is — from the…
Breaking Ground 2015 Now in its eighth year — just as captivating and clever as always — the 2015 contemporary dance and film festival Breaking Ground returns to Tempe for an inspired night of performing arts. Winner of last year’s New Times award for Best Dance Festival and produced by…
If you somehow missed the festivities last weekend, when Viva PHX and Pot of Gold Music Festival dominated Phoenix and Tempe, respectively, don’t feel like you’ve lost your only shot at good music. There might be only one outdoor festival this weekend — an EDM one, Phoenix Lights — but…
Before you buy into the line that “Politics is showbusiness for ugly people,” take a look at these 10 bold-and-beautiful women pols from the Grand Canyon state. Not too shabby, eh? Feminists, spare us, please. Coming soon is a list of top-10 hot politician dudes for you to peruse…
By Liz Ohanesian We can’t fault the person who thinks there are no female DJs playing this year’s Coachella. After all, Annie Mac — whose affiliation with BBC Radio 1 makes her pretty high-profile — is buried one row from the bottom of the third-day line-up. (One other lady DJ,…
“Crumpled, Dented, and Crushed” “Crumpled, Dented, and Crushed” sounds like what happens to your car following a bad accident. This Herberger Theater Art Gallery exhibit isn’t far removed from that concept, though there is limited car-related art (and what’s there is perfectly wrecked). Mangled goods, so to speak, is the…
“30 Year Anniversary” In a world obsessed with orange being the new black, and Ariana Grande being the new Mariah Carey, and stupid-cute baby mini-zebras being the next fluffy pocket koalas or something, can we just take a step back real quick and admire something for being what it is?…
“Arizona Indigenous” Prior to the white man’s arrival in Sonoran Desert, indigenous groups used native plants for strictly utilitarian purposes such as housing, ladders, and security. Today, the woodturning of Arizona’s indigenous plants spawns new thoughts about potential uses. Working with everything from mesquite to saguaro ribs, the brothers Moulthrop…
