With Friday’s release of The Heat (Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy), another buddy cop movie joins a film library filled with explosions, oddball pairings and broad humor. While the genre’s been compacted into a cliche over the years (especially immediately following its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s), and…
This post was written by L.A. Weekly staff writer Dennis Romero.The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage to resume in California today.In its ruling on the state’s anti-gay marriage law, the court essentially said that a “private party,” the conservative backers of the law, had no standing…
Don’t let the working week get you down, Phoenix. There’s plenty to do during your off-hours this week. Here are our top five recommendations. Beers with Friends Scrabble Party @ Handlebar Real talk. We play what probably would be classified as an excessive amount of Words with Friends. We love…
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 Petite Maison co-owner Wendy Porter shares where she gets her…
If you’re having trouble finding something to do tonight, or a week from tonight, or three months from now, it is literally our job to help you solve that problem. Here’s one way we do it: Our regularly updated Phoenix concert calendar. Once you’ve got the day’s festivities at a…
I know a lot of people who are kind of frustrated that the Vans Warped Tour has passed them by — that they’re targeting new teenagers instead of targeting the people who were teenagers when Warped Tour began. To those people, I ask: How many fellow 30-year-olds do you know…
This weekend in Phoenix: The ’80s comes together to listen to Cyndi Lauper, the Phoenix music community comes together on a new record (and some old ones), Harry Potter fans come together to listen to songs about Harry Potter, and the Trunk Space comes together to eulogize Noodle. This weekend’s…
We’ve already rounded up our reasons for loving Arizona in the summertime. So, desert dwellers, here’s a reason to love Arizona this weekend: There’s a ton to do. Here are our top five picks for how to spend the next few days. Cory Basil’s “Skinny Dipping in Daylight” @ Astor…
By now our regular readers are familiar with Voice Places, the listings engine behind all of Phoenix New Times’ reviews and calendar picks. Today that engine got a lot more powerful, with a new design that brings you even more content. Take a look. You’ll find more pictures, more stories,…
By now, our regular readers are familiar with Voice Places, the listings engine behind all of Phoenix New Times’ restaurant reviews and calendar picks. Today, that engine got a lot more powerful, with a new design that brings you even more content. Take a look. You’ll find more pictures, more…
By Alex Distefano I have been a heavy metal fan for over 50 percent of my existence on this planet. But when you’re talking about the all-encompassing musical genre known as “heavy metal,” you might as well be talking about something as infinitely complicated as the universe. It’s that vast,…
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 Aaron Eckburg, co-owner of go lb. salt — “Arizona’s original…
Your work week just got a whole lot more exciting, Phoenix. Here’s something to do every day before the weekend arrives. Jackalope Ranch Presents Bingo @ Crescent Ballroom Dig up your dauber and get ready for a game of chance. New Times culture blog Jackalope Ranch Presents Bingo in the…
She and him and them and them and him and her and them are playing in Phoenix this week, and all of them are a part of our five must-see Phoenix shows this week. You’re bound to like one of those pronouns, if only you give it a chance…
Kanye West’s new opus Yeezus has leaked, and with it a map of the latest locations where he’ll be projecting his face. Bad news: After getting a “New Slaves” of our very own in the second round of the first set of projections, Phoenix got stiffed for Friday’s festivities. You’ll…
Welcome to the weekend, Phoenicians. Here’s how to spend it. Whitney Cummings @ Tempe Improv Don’t let her size fool you; Whitney Cummings is a comedy machine. The actress, writer, comedian, and executive television producer has made a name for herself as a former cast member of Punk’d, a frequent…
That Tupac hologram probably gave the whole industry a scare, but for the moment it looks like tribute bands are safely ensconced as the only way you’ll be able to see, say, Pantera live. A night of cover bands at the Marquee, don’t-call-it-chillwave at Last Exit Live, the less-wordy parts…
by Adam Steininger Geeks love metal more than the computers on which they listen to it. They yearn for heavy metal forged by Orcs in the mountains of Mordor, smuggled halfway across the universe on Serenity, and then discovered by Silver Surfer while out scouting for delicious planets. These bands…
by Chris Parker Wild and free like much of what you’ll find in Vermont, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have had the opportunity to grow on for four albums on Disney subsidiary Hollywood Records. They’ve never stood still, passing from rootsy jam to southern rock to the atmospheric dance-tinged modern…
Has there been any point in the last 50 years in which people weren’t convinced rock and roll needed saving? Fall Out Boy’s latest album isn’t a boast or a promise so much as the natural career path for rock stars who’ve become monstrously successful and lived to tell about…
Screw your case of the Mondays. Here’s something to do every day this week in and around Phoenix. “Repurposed” @ Tempe Public Library Tossing cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard in the recycling bin each week is awesome, but really, you’ve got nothing on Marco Albarran and Jose Benavides. These local…
By Jonathan Alvira Trinidad JamesCelebrity TheatreJune 8, 2013 Groupies, strippers and first-time stage dancers were “turnt” up all night with Mr. “All Gold Everything” himself. As I watched a blonde bombshell from the crowd get pulled on stage to shake her ass for the screaming fans, I came to a…
