Yes, we know. Your fake ID is spectacular. Nobody cards you because your mustache is simultaneously full and rich and completely earnest-looking. Your friends buy cases of Natty Light from extremely vigilant chain stores for sport. But if you’re just getting back in town for the fall semester and not…
Phoenix Suns Dancer Auditions 2013 Hundreds of hopefuls battled it out for a spot on the Phoenix Suns Dancers 2013-14 squad at Phoenix Convention Center on Saturday, August 17…
Phoenix, here’s how to spend this week, from literary haps and a dead sci-fi icon’s birthday party to art and design events. Chelsea Cain @ Poisoned Pen Author Chelsea Cain’s debut, Dharma Girl, was inspired by her early childhood on an Iowa commune. But her fascination with death and sleuthing…
Are you aware just how big a deal Barenaked Ladies’ first album was in Canada? Wikipedia tells me it “topped the Canadian charts for eight consecutive weeks” and that 80,000 copies of Gordon were sold in the first 24 hours. We didn’t include them in the Top Five Must-See Phoenix…
Well, this is a surprise: Lil Wayne, just three years removed from a career-making feature in Weezer’s “Can’t Stop Partying,” is playing Phoenix on September 2, just over two weeks from now. Tickets–$50 each, all proceeds benefiting the conveniently named Carter Fund–go on sale tomorrow morning at the Celebrity Theatre’s…
10. Jeff Flake’s Son Calls Himself “N1ggerKiller” In June, Republican Senator Jeff Flake’s 15-year-old son Tanner was caught playing the iPhone game “Fun Run” using the name “N1ggerKiller.” The teenager’s offensive gaming screen name was just one of the offensive slurs he used. His Twitter account also includes statements of…
Welcome to the weekend. Here’s how to spend it. Comedy Slam 7 @ Celebrity Theatre There’s something about comedy that gets lost in translation if you’re not seeing it in person. “You had to be there” isn’t just cliché for crappy jokes, it’s also a genuine observation about the communal…
Nate “Igor” SmithFor five magical days in August, Cave in Rock, Illinois hosted one of our favorite events, The Gathering of the Juggalos. Our photographer, Nate “Igor” Smith, took thousands of pictures at the Gathering, but some of the folks he captured stood out more than others. There was the…
I went to see some of my favorite local bands at Tempe’s most notoriously seedy dive bar, the Palo Verde. If you haven’t had the privilege of checking it out, you can find it located in the scenic industrial district of Tempe. Nestled between a milk-processing factory and an array…
It’s coming. College kids are circling the Valley in hand-me-down Corollas; especially eager snowbirds are lying to their friends back home about it being A Dry Heat, even in August; the days are very gradually getting shorter. And big touring acts, who’ve stayed away from Phoenix all summer, are announcing…
By Michael Cryer When Paris James took the stage Tuesday night at the Musical Instrument Museum’s “I Am AZ Music” Acoustic Blues show, a collaboration with the Phoenix Blues Society, and bid everyone “good evening,” the audience said “good evening” in turn with a tone that was more “peace be…
Jen Deveroux’s Barnyard Riot Art Show at Monarch Theatre, 8/10/13 Prolific art party impresario Jen Deveroux read George Orwell’s Animal Farm as a teenager, and memories of the exploits of Snowball, Napoleon, and their cohorts bubbled to the surface when she was planning the theme of her latest event: Barnyard…
“Demystifying the New World of Publishing” @ Changing Hands Bookstore Pamela Slim knows easy answers can be hard to find. The consultant and coach blogged about entrepreneurship for years before releasing her 2009 book, Escape from Cubicle Nation. Slim believes in teaching what people need to learn, so she her…
It’s not often that band names are as straightforward as Masked Intruder. They wear masks, they claim to be interested in breaking into your house and stealing your VCR, the end. Something like “Earth Crisis”–you’re left wondering what the crisis is, and why they’re named after it. Of course, Lyle…
The countdown to Best of Phoenix is on. Mark your calendar: This year’s issue will be on newsstands September 26. What better way to warm up than by asking some local “experts” to list their own personal bests? This week, Georganne Bryant of Frances and Smeeks shares her favorite spots…
Your weekend is planned, Phoenix. Here are five ways to spend the next few days. Push @ Peoria Center for the Performing Arts We don’t know about you, but ever since the Royal Water broke we’ve had baby fever. But because nine months is a hell of a long time…
There’s a reason Arrested Development’s fourth season came fully-bleeped despite being on Netflix, and it’s the same reason some people prefer their Die Hard replays on basic cable and their “Gold Digger” MP3s ripped from a Wal-Mart version of Late Registration. Sometimes the censored version is just better, or at…
Typically we just give you a chance, in these weekly previews, to see shows. But something-something-Web-2.0, and now user interaction is important. So go see shows, if you want to be Web 1.0 about it . . . or you can go to Zia and try out to be a…
An emergency deployment to Hollywood Alley might have deprived them of sleep and beer money, but it wasn’t about to keep our Club Candids photographers off their usual July beat: Taking pictures of people who would probably have left Phoenix for the summer if it weren’t for the pool parties…
No sad faces are allowed this Monday, Phoenix. Here’s something to do every day this week. Dr. Gladys T. McGarey @ Changing Hands Kelly Osbourne and Kate Moss can dye their hair gray all they want. Doesn’t change the fact that it looks better on a lady who’s earned her…
Our intrepid Club Candids team was camped out at Hollywood Alley all last week as the Mesa institution prepared to close its doors just shy of its 25th birthday. The result: Copious material for an upcoming feature, some video, and lots and lots of photos. They were on assignment, technically,…
The Monkees and the Jonas Brothers are both playing the Valley this week, which is a think piece someone else is going to have to write — only one of them made our list of five Phoenix shows to see this week. Find out which one it is after the…
