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…
Bob Saget at Stand Up Live He may be America’s dad, thanks to his roles on the family-friendly Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos, but Bob Saget is known for straddling the line between clean-cut comedy and dirty old man. His Grammy-nominated special, That’s What I’m Talking About, features…
The Waste Management Phoenix Open isn’t so much a golf tournament as it is a seven-day excuse to party. So much so that all the birdies and bogies being unleashed by links legends like Vijay Singh and Mark Calcavecchia on the green during “the greatest show on grass” seem to…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, this paper’s film critics kick things off with something of a “potpourri segment,” to borrow a phrase from Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl. Echoing a common sentiment in the movie world, Scherstuhl describes the month of January as a “grim, featureless landscape…that long,…
Many a moneymaker got shaken this past weekend, and not just at the various dance clubs dotting the Metro Phoenix night scene. A few off-the-chain and off-the-radar dance parties took place around downtown Phoenix, ranging from the rave-like affair The Underground at The Pressroom to the industrial-strength fun of Fallout.Shelter…
New Times photographers hit up a few artsy and cultural events over the weekend. Here’s what they saw. Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance and Film Festival 2014 in Tempe Performers from around the globe gathered at Tempe Center for the Arts for Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance and Film Festival 2014. Arranged…
Waste Management Phoenix Open at Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale It’s hard to imagine that home-field advantage could possibly be a thing in golf, but Phil Mickelson’s performances at the Waste Management Phoenix Open certainly make the case for its existence. The former ASU Sun Devil has won the tournament…
Amazing Arizona Comic Con at Phoenix Convention Center The Walking Dead is essentially the hottest television show on the planet. As the fourth season of AMC’s ongoing horror serial prepares to commence in a couple of weeks, the Amazing Arizona Comic Convention becomes ground zero for all things zombie, comics,…
Here’s the problem: I’d really like to open this Top 5 Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend with an animated GIF of Dick Van Dyke and his a cappella group just kind of dancing around and having a good time. But that’s on their official website, and not designated a press…
MLK Festival @ Margaret T. Hance Park Once a year we celebrate the man with the most famous dream in the history of our country. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work changed the face of the country forever using nonviolent activism and peaceful protests. Following a march from Pilgrim Rest Baptist…
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…
“(pre)Occupation” at The Hive We won’t tell, but right now you’re procrastinating. We can’t fault you for it, as we find ourselves quite entertaining, too. But your to-do list? It’s not getting any shorter…
For music journalists, there’s nothing better than when an artist or performer gives good quote. While musicians can be pretty hit or miss when it comes to interviews, when one gets garrulous and decides to dish or diss, there never seems to be enough tape or memory space available for…
If you see the world in visuals and aren’t afraid of interviewing, recording, cropping, color adjusting, and rendering, we have good news: Voice Media Group and New Times are offering video internships that will include video production and visual storytelling…
Don’t worry: This man has not been harmed. He’s simply very intensely hopeful that you’ll come see his show. If you don’t–well, he could stop bleeding, or he could bleed even more. It’s hard to tease out his emotions. (View our complete concert calendar here.)…
“Friends of Mexican Art Celebrate 50 Years of Collecting and Giving” at Phoenix Airport Museum, Terminal 4 Thanks to a collaboration between Phoenix Airport Museum and the Friends of Mexican Art (FOMA), there are some 60 pieces of art for you to enjoy while you’re waiting to board your plane…
One of these men is a member of the version of Herman’s Hermits coming through town this weekend. The others are not even hermits at all. (View our complete concert calendar here.)…
Genesis Dance Project at Tempe Center for the Arts They say dance is the universal language of the world. So it makes sense to celebrate the New Year by bringing together some of Arizona’s best emerging and professional dance companies. Representing a diversity of dance genres, artists and companies will…
By Mary Grace Cerni There are party fouls that can be forgiven. Really egregious ones, even, like peeing in the indoor plants. But disrupting the music by unplugging the host’s device in favor of your own iPod or smartphone? Now that’s fucked up…
SheaEditor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book. Right now, Pitbull’s “Timber,” featuring Ke$ha, is number two on Billboard and number one on my GTFOH chart. I don’t remember the first time I heard — it seems…
By Kiko Martinez She may not have fully understood what it meant to be an actress when she was only 5 years old, but somehow Kaitlyn Dever instinctively knew it was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Born in Phoenix in 1996, Dever moved to…
Robert Bejil, FlickrMost people regard metal music as an anti-intellectual, chest-beating, noisy fit for cavemen. Despite this being 100 percent true, there are a few positive things that result from having an intense dedication toward one of the most juvenile forms of music out there. While listening to metal may…
