5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Simply EPIK They say it takes two to tango. Well, apparently it also takes two to put on an incredible dance and string show. (We’re talking about instruments, people.) Mesa Arts Center will host just that when the forces of EPIK Dance Co. and Simply Three join for Simply EPIK…

Here’s Why Fox’s Empire Rules (PODCAST)

There are five reasons why Fox’s Empire has become a breakout hit, and on this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, we run down why the show, introduced as a mid-season replacement, has surged to nearly 14 million viewers an episode by its eighth week…

5 Artsy Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

“Loloma: Expressions in Metal, Ink and Clay” Charles Loloma was pretty much a badass in the jewelry world. While most expect Native jewelry to feature silver and turquoise, Loloma incorporated materials like pearls, ivory, and wood into award-winning designs and drew inspiration both from his own Hopi background and other…

8 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

On any given weeknight in Phoenix, at least one band covers Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads” (probably without giving ASCAP a dime). The song is a blues-rock masterpiece, adaptable to the widest range of skill levels, and well known and catchy enough to please even the most mainstream of tastes. Tuesday night…

5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Dreamgirls If you don’t know anything else about the Tony-winning musical Dreamgirls, you’ve probably heard that song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” When you contemplate Desert Foothills Theatre’s production, however, which closes Sunday, March 1, you might want to change the soundtrack in your head to “Maybe…

5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Foxcatcher To remain unspoiled by the ending of Foxcatcher, avoid the real-life story of chemical fortune heir and fanatical athletics booster John du Pont and the wrestling Schultz brothers. Why fanatical? Well, if somebody has a doctorate in natural science from Villanova and founded the Delaware Museum of Natural History…

9 Classic Mexican Restaurants in Metro Phoenix

We are lucky in Phoenix to have some of the most creative, innovative and tasty out-of-the-box Mexican cuisine in the country. But sometimes you just want a bean and cheese burrito from your old standby. So here’s a list of nine of our favorite classic Mexican restaurants in metro Phoenix…

6 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

It’s a good time to be a music fan in Phoenix with disposable income. Over the next few weeks things are going to get busy, what with a dozen or so festivals slated to hit the Valley in the next eight weeks. Call these next few weeks the calm before…

5 Artsy Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

ASU Art Museum Spring 2015 Reception Worried your cultural ventures are so last season? Better mark your calendars for Arizona State University Art Museum’s Spring 2015 Season Opening Reception, where guests will have the opportunity to view new exhibitions including “Tan Ping: Follow My Line,” “Unfixed: New Painting,” “The Gift: Selections…

6 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Week

Yes, the man behind commercially ubiquitous songs like “Old Time Rock and Roll” and “Like a Rock” is coming to Phoenix this week. Bob Seger’s legacy includes 17 studio albums that have gone platinum 20 times, a co-writing credit on the Eagles hit “Heartache Tonight,” and countless, mind-boggling numbers of…

5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage You’re getting old. You can’t figure out why the title of Gammage’s next big touring show is Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage. Classic story? It only hit the screen in 1987. And this stage version was a white-hot comet of Catskills-coming-of-age…

Five Songs That Are Sure to Clear Out the Bar

By Ali Lerman You’re in your favorite bar, you’re feeling good while hanging out with your buddies, and some newbie walks up to the jukebox. The only thing that’s on your mind now is, this jackass better not play a douchey song. We’ve all been there and mood killing by…

Podcast: Fifty Shades of Grey, Starring Sex Batman

Fifty Shades of Grey is opening is nationwide, and in New York, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl connects via the magic of the Internet with LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson discuss the hotly anticipated movie starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, adapted from the E. L. James novel…