TAKE IT AWAY So you’re more paper plate than gourmet china? There’s a wide variety of places downtown to grab a quick bite to-go. That’s a Wrap has some of the best wraps you’ll ever get your hands around, including the Prince of Thai and Veggie Jackson. Order online to…
WALLPAPER Thanks to a handful of creatives, street art is on the rise in Phoenix. In the past few years, we’ve seen hearts pasted, mural projects started, huge dripping landscapes painted, and stencils galore mark the sidewalks and corners of the city. There’s beauty in artwork on the streets —…
JUST THE TICKET Downtown is packed with tiny, sometimes dicey venues for new and offbeat theater, hosting shows that’ll amaze, amuse, confuse, and transform you. From eye-popping spectacle to refreshingly offensive filth to philosophical posturing to a touring kitty-cat circus, they’ve got your ticket. (Or, frequently, they’ve not got your…
Our writers resolve to love Phoenix even more, in this year’s Resolution Guide. • “Snapshots of a City, and New-Found Love for a Hometown,” by Amy Silverman • “Art That Makes This City So Irresistible,” by Claire Lawton • “The Valley’s Dining Scene Has Plenty to Love,” by Laura Hahnefeld…
It’s no secret that the Valley food scene is slow to hop aboard the gastronomical trend train, but that doesn’t mean it can’t surprise us every once in a while. And when it comes to food predictions for Arizona eaters in 2012, I’m certainly no fortuneteller, but given high food…
Editor’s note: As a holiday gift to you, dear readers, we asked some of our favorite writers to regale us with tales from the Thanksgiving table. Enjoy. Laura Hahnefeld’s Fantasy Thanksgiving For most adults, running away from family commitments and responsibilities, especially on major holidays, is merely a fantasy —…
Toubab Krewe are neo-griot-funk from Southern freak zone Asheville, North Carolina. Their name admits they’re tourists (“Toubab” = white dude) and their sound can be described as “Jampire Weekend.” Blending Mali soul and Afrobeat with bluesy desert surf-twang, Caribbean scratch, and zydeco bounce, Toubab Krewe surround it all with occasional…
It was a heat-seeking mission — and a dangerous one. Chow Bella’s contributors dispersed through the Valley, in search of the hottest, tastiest, and most creative culinary offerings. Read on at your risk. Desert Tears at Carefree Station: “Do you like spicy food?” This will be the (seemingly) innocent question…
Hot dogs are as American as apple pie. Fitting, then, that the Fourth of July is not only our nation’s most patriotic holiday, it’s also when, according to www.hot-dog.org, we’ll consume around 150 million of the comestible the Yale Record once poeticized thusly: “Tis dogs’ delight to bark and bite,…
In New Times’ Summer Guide 2011, our writers explore some guilty pleasures associated with summer. Inside the Summer Guide: • C.M. Redding on Tempe’s Big Surf waterpark • Restaurant critic Laura Hahnefeld on the boutique local ice cream maker Crave • Zachary Fowle on the underground practice of trading craft…
Quick PHX contents: • “Collections” by Robrt L. Pela • “Art” by Wynter Holden • “Food” by Michele Laudig • “Shopping” by Carrie Wheeler • “Nightlife” by Benjamin Leatherman • Sebastien Millon: The Artist Speaks…
COURTESY OF THE ARTIST When you were a kid, what did you collect? I loved collecting sports cards. All the statistics on the back of the player cards entranced me, I would memorize and memorize them and just get lost in the numbers. What do you collect now? I collect…
We’re going to extremes with this year’s Resolution Guide. Find out about the “year of eating dangerously” that put our Fry Girl columnist in the hospital. Think you could write 50,000 words in one month? Web editor Jonathan McNamara took a stab at it last November. Your exercise regimen has…
“Cave Dweller” by Sativa Peterson “Heavy Metal” by Tricia Parker “Burn, Baby” by Sarah Fenske “Chill Out” by Steve Jansen “Flame Game” by Wynter Holden “Ice Rage” by Adriane Goetz “Slush Life” by Robrt L. Pela “(100) Days of Summer Films” by Chuck Wilson…
DESIGN Cy Keener and Jay Atherton Atherton Keener Some people know Cy Keener and Jay Atherton as artists; others know them as architects, business partners whose Atherton Keener firm has designed a Phoenix home that’s received a lot of recent national attention. Whether they’re working on an art installation or…
The best part of spending a happy hour at Four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempe is that when you’re leaving at 6 p.m., having had a pint of this and a pint of that, you walk past a long line of suckers waiting for tables. They look so thirsty, and…
With her sweet twist on taxidermy, Amanda Williams has turned the idea of a hunting trophy on its head. Instead of a gun, she wields a scary-long six-inch needle soldered to another equally long needle to turn piles of felted wool into a fox, a raccoon, a deer. Williams is…
The Reverend Horton Heat is the undisputed king of psychobilly, but you could make a helluva case for Nekromantix frontman Kim Nekroman as the genre’s crown prince. In many ways, Nekromantix epitomize the psychobilly look and sound even more than the good Reverend himself. With their gravity-defying pompadours and fixation…
Phoenix New Times writers won top honors for column writing and blogging at the Arizona Press Club’s annual awards banquet, held Saturday at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School in downtown Phoenix. In all, New Times brought home seven first-place awards. Sarah Fenske won the Don Schellie Award for feature column…
Ozomatli play the type of music one would expect from a band that takes its name from the Nahuatl word for an Aztec astrological sign. Their mix of Latin, hip-hop, funk, rock, jazz, and reggae comes from a group that stretches from seven to 10 members, playing both traditional rock…
Guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola is quite dazzling when it comes to technique. His blazing riffs exploded in the ’70s as a member of the groundbreaking jazz-fusion group Return to Forever, with his fretwork often defined by dizzying, slashing turns. Over the years, the New Jersey-born Di Meola has ascended…
In just a few short days (December 27, to be exact), the Valley Metro will be running. With those electrified cables comes the chance to drink down Phoenix like never before. Yes, soon you’ll be able to get booze from Mesa to damn near Glendale without forcing a friend to…
