Weekend Pool Party at Spanish Fly in Scottsdale Pool party season is in full swing. This past weekend, we hit up Spanish Fly’s weekly pool party, where plenty of locals were cooling off at the Mexican-themed beach club…
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…
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…
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, Brady Breese of Urban Cookies ditches the sugar for the…
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…
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,…
by Chaz Kangas Everybody’s favorite boy band template New Kids on the Block have been taking the stage all summer for their tour with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. (They’re coming to Jobing.com Arena on Sunday, July 14.) While most of our New Kids memories could be attributed to…
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…
Fourth of July Nightlife in Scottsdale and Tempe Downtown Tempe and Old Town Scottsdale’s numerous bars and clubs were swarming with co-eds dressed in red, white, and blue ensembles and celebrating Independence Day after the sun went down and the fireworks ceased on Thursday, July 4. Up in Scottsdale, they…
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…
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, Lauren Bailey of Upward Projects shares her favorite hidden treasures…
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…
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…
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…
Elijah Wood is a Maniac. By Cory Casciato The original Maniac hit theaters in 1980 and quickly became a slasher classic by heralding a new era in on-screen depravity. The grimy, gritty film about a serial killer who scalps women and collects mannequins famously depicted a close-up of a shotgun…
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…
Last Call: The End of An Era at Axis/Radius, 6/29/13 More than a thousand rowdy revelers and party monsters jammed into Axis-Radius in Scottsdale on Saturday, June 29, for one final fiesta before the iconic Old Town nightclub closed its doors after 16 years. Both parts of the double-sided dance…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
