Forbidden: A Romantic Adventure Exploring Love Through Fashion at {9} The Gallery {9} The Gallery presented some of history’s steamiest romances in Forbidden: a Romantic Adventure Exploring Love Through Fashion, a show directed by Ty Jones, featuring a variety of local designers and models…
So, how was your weekend? Perhaps you got all up in the club, got in as much revelry as possible, or got yourself into one of the big concerts going on around town. Meanwhile, the Up on the Sun staff spent the past several nights hitting up shows like Cibo…
“Anything Goes” at Gallery 100 Whether a video game’s for fun or medical rehab, whether a film is The Hangover or Shoah, such projects require artists. If they’re Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts students working toward Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Intermedia at ASU’s School of Art,…
Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…
Other Desert Cities at Herberger Theater Center Despite wealth, fame, and success, the Wyeths’ chief concern at Christmas 2004 in Palm Springs is daughter Brooke’s upcoming memoir (her folks had hoped for a novel — oh, and Brooke’s fresh from what’s called a “mental breakdown”). The fictional family featured in…
Know anyone with a big brain? And by that we mean local creative types with big ideas, grand visions, exceptional projects, and major dreams. If so, we’d really like to hear about them. It’s all for our annual Big Brain Awards, which spotlights such inventive and innovative groups and individuals…
By Mark Deming When one thinks of legendary punk rock venues where great bands got their start, folks usually think of CBGB in New York, or the Masque in Hollywood, or the 100 Club in London. Dykstra Hall, a dormitory on the UCLA campus? Not so much. But Dykstra Hall…
Arizona Body Art Expo 2014 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds The Body Art Expo at the Arizona State Fairgrounds came through this weekend with over 200 tattoo vendors from all over the United States. With a beer garden and live entertainment, it was jam packed. Check out the images from…
Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…
If you just happened to blow town on Friday in honor of the big three-day weekend, you sort of missed a lot, concert-wise. Suffice it to say, there were some epic shows over the past 72 hours or so, including wild performances by Panic! at the Disco at Marquee Theatre…
Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show at WestWorld of Scottsdale You’d be hard pressed to find many people who don’t like horses. Little girls beg to own a pony, and some adult men get into the equestrian spirit with the whole brony thing. For horse lovers who just won’t quit, the 59th…
Ballet Arizona Presents La Bayadère at Symphony Hall Ballet Arizona’s production of La Bayadère will be a feast for the eyes. With costumes and sets designed by Sergiy Spevyakin, borrowed from Boston Ballet’s 2010 production, the show will offer the vibrancy of India’s most fantastical palette with rich silks and…
Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…
New Times photographers had a busy weekend. Did they snap your picture? First Friday in Downtown Phoenix, 2/7/14 First Friday was alive with music, street performers, and food trucks Friday night, February 7, in downtown Phoenix. In the name of art, people from all over the valley came out to…
The Science of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” at Arizona Science Center The world is full of strange things. Sometimes it’s natures way of telling you something’s wrong; other times societal traditions require, say, neck stretching. Some folks can’t help carving angels on the heads of a pins or building…
Hear that? It’s the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it’s nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you’ll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss…
SMoCA Spring Opening at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Phoenix’s arty set let out a collective squeal when news broke in mid-January that Sara Cochran, former modern and contemporary art curator at Phoenix Art Museum, would take a new curatorial position in the Valley as Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art’s…
Without using too much hyperbole, there is an outstanding number of great concerts happening this month — and they represent a wide variety of genres and styles. The offerings ain’t just indie and alt-folk, but also include upcoming shows by rock royalty (Pixies, Cibo Matto), a king of country (George…
It’s been said that January is the worst month because of post-holiday depression, having to stick to all those pesky resolutions, or your ass getting dumped. But if anyone was feeling blue during the first month of 2014, they weren’t showing their frowny faces at any of the bars, music…
What did you wind up doing this past weekend? Yeah, we’re sure in all likelihood that y’all took time out to watch the big game (and that big, lopsided slaughter that went along with it) or attending one of the many parties being thrown in its honor. We got to…
Fitness at the Flour Mill at Hayden Flour Mill While a workout video, the Rocky theme song, and a few raw eggs for breakfast may work well for the more self-disciplined individuals out there, the rest of us need more hands-on assistance. For those who need serious structure to sustain…
Want to get in a show this week? There are plenty of concerts over the next five days around Metro Phoenix to choose from, as you can see for yourself by viewing our extensive online concert listings. And we’re fairly certain that there’s something for everyone, regardless of your particular…
