Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Forget the weekday womp-womps. Here’s something to do each day this week. CraftHackEV @ Gangplank HQ Emulate as we might, we are not and never will be Martha Stewart-style domestic goddesses. Our attention to detail, ability to organize, and DIY spirit will never match that of the millionaire mogul. We…

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

You missed your chance, over the weekend, to indulge in some multi-band ’60s nostalgia, but tonight, Crescent Ballroom will make up for it by allowing you to resurrect old arguments about whether remaking “Pretty in Pink” was a bad idea (and then, inevitably, whether the end of Pretty in Pink…

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Before you start packing for nerdy adventures at San Diego Comic-Con next weekend or commit to seeing all of comedian Tommy Davidson’s five sets at Tempe Improv this weekend, read up on all your options. Here are five top picks for what to do over the next few days. Arizona…

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend

Nostalgia acts are heartier than the rest of us. Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé booked themselves all the way into December, when Phoenicians will once again gloat about the weather; everywhere else across the music-act spectrum, things seem to be slowing down, hibernating. But if you’re into campy, accomplished new wave,…

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

From artsy endeavors to theater and sporting events, here are your plans this week. “Luster Kaboom’s FunHouse” @ Scottsdale Civic Center Library Whenever Dave Quan comes back to town, we know he’s up to something creative. The artist (who goes by Luster Kaboom) moved to New York last year, but…

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

I can’t really blame Yes for not thinking about this back in 1968, when they formed, but if I were their SEO consultant at the time I would have strongly suggested they go with something that was a little easier to Google. Like “Future Loves Past” or — even better…

First Friday in Phoenix: 7 Must-See Shows July 5

First Friday heats up July 5 with creative works going up all over the city. Here are our picks for shows not to miss this artful evening. Coyote Ghost @ Palabra Studios “Coyote Ghost,” which will be on view at Palabra Studios through July 5, will be Rebecca Green’s farewell…

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

This weekend has potential plans aplenty, Phoenix. Here are our top picks for what to do in and around the city. Video Blender @ Phoenix Art Museum “Will It Blend?” is the ongoing series of online videos by personal kitchen appliance manufacturer Blendtec in which CEO Tom Dickson gleefully wields…

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend

Eventually, every single musical variable collapses into time. Live fans and Filter fans and Everclear fans might not have gotten along especially well in the ’90s, but here in the unfamiliar ‘teens (are we going with ‘teens? aught-teens?) they are all bands who were on the radio back when you…

The 25 Best Phoenix Club Photos of June 2013

June ended with a bang–Axis Radius closed down after one last blowout and temperatures spiked from “I guess I signed up for this” to “I did not sign up for this”–but our Club Candids photographers were busy all month, documenting Phoenix nightlife and consuming lots of fluids, probably. Here are…

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Phoenix, we planned your week. Here’s how to spend it — from Independence Day bashes and educational exhibits to pub crawls and live comedy. “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids” @ Lowell Observatory While most Phoenicians are loading up on little packages of cardboard and gunpowder to express the…

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

The Fourth of July is for buying Chinese fireworks and being a proud American. Maya Day and Nightclub is betting that you might also enjoy some music by a certain very famous British DJ. The War of 1812 is still felt acutely ’round these parts, thank you very much. Regardless:…

20 Photos from Axis Radius’ Big Going-Away Party

Last weekend, after 16 years as an Old Town institution, Scottsdale’s Axis-Radius was the site of one last blowout before closing down for good. (It’s set to reopen next year as a new music venue and craft beer hangout.) We were there for Last Call. Here’s 20 photos from the…

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend

Look: After literally everybody who went to Warped Tour in Mesa Thursday melted into an enormous puddle filled with black V-neck T-shirts, you might find this weekend’s concerts in Phoenix a little sparsely attended. Take advantage of that! At least, unless you knew one of the people who melted. Then…

Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Phoenix, it’s been a busy week. Between the Supreme Court knocking down DOMA and dismissing Prop. 8, Dan Mintz dishing on Bob’s Burgers, and Dexter fans getting all hot and bothered over the final season’s premiere this weekend, it might be tempting to throw in the towel (y’know the one…