Steve Weiss, head honcho of No Festival Required, has been named film programmer of the soon-to-be-launched FilmBar. Weiss brings some pretty good microcinema experience to the indie venue that plans to screen new, classic, and international flicks when it opens in late November. In 2002, after Jeff Cochran pulled the…
Scottsdale just got (another) face lift. Last week, Venue of Scottsdale released remodel details and announced that they have a brand new name. Read more after the jump …..
From the beginning, Mike Nixon’s successful path to the NFL was a long shot. And even though he spent more than nine months working his tail off to get there, his professional-football dreams were halted when the San Diego Chargers gave the former Arizona State Sun Devils standout his unconditional…
Jacki Orr likes stuff. And junk. And trash. And you can usually find these elements in her mixed-media sculptures, one of which recently posted up beautifully in a corner of Mesa Contemporary Arts.For her latest project “The Goal is Interactive Acculturation” installation, Orr will feature found-object shrines and alters as…
Kara Roschi and Ernesto Moncada would like for you to wear red, and it has nothing to do with a certain local professional sports franchise that’s opening its regular season next week. Rather, it’s time for the inaugural First Friday-centric The Red Dress Tours (Caminando de Rojo). Led by two…
Boo on you, UofA. You’re indirectly responsible for the Arizona State Sun Devils Football ho-hum schedule to begin the 2010 season. You see, months before former Wildcats’ head coach Dick Tomey announced his retirement as head skipper of San Jose State’s football squad, he and his Spartans chinced out on…
Thanks to Eat Pray Love, leaving it all to travel somewhere exotic is not exactly rooted in betterment-to-society purposes, especially when considering Jonathan Brandstein’s 2005 adventure. For the Los Angeles-based photographer, it all began that summer when he peeped a documentary about blues musicians in Mali. Recalls Brandstein, who has,…
New Times has confirmed with Roosevelt Row CDC that Phoestival, the vendors and street closure portions of First Friday, will not be happening during this month’s artwalk on Friday, September 3. “It’s still on hiatus. There are public safety issues with the new layout,” says Cindy Dach of Roosevelt Row…
If an eight-page spread in one of the world’s most renowned glossies is a quality measure, then the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) really had a good thing last year…
Add trashy fashion and “guerrilla gardens” to the existing call for artsy rubbish.Along with the second annual “Trashy Sculpture Show” at Bragg’s Pie Factory, the Grand Avenue Festival has expanded its call for entries.One is the “Recycled Rubbish Fashion Show,” also scheduled to hang at Bragg’s Pie, 1301 Grand Avenue,…
Pardon Davin Lavikka if he repeats “location” three times when asked why he moved Artspace on Sixth. That’s because he’s seen a lot more foot traffic since posting up on Scottsdale’s North Marshall Way earlier this summer. “We were the largest gallery in Scottsdale, but the area we were in…
Hollywood Regency, the all-things-vintage shop established by the late Heidi Owens, will cease operations once everything is sold. “There’s enough merchandise to carry through January, even with everything being 50-percent off,” says Hollywood Regency’s Michael Todd Robertson, who declined to say why the store will close once its contents are…
Even when it’s hot, folks can wear silly-looking outfits, chase around a little white ball, and wet their whistles with a post-hobby cocktail at ASU Karsten Golf Course. That’s because the 18-hole public course is offering Happy Hour Golf every Wednesday through September 22. That means duffers can show off…
Looks as if the Royals may finally vie for the championship this year. Not those piss-poor, forever-losing Royals of Major League Baseball, but rather the fledgling ballers that represent the squad’s minor-league club in the twelve-team Arizona Rookie League. The Royals, along with the division-leading Giants, Rangers, and Brewers, are…
If you’re all into preseason media polls, then you adamantly believe that the 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team will suck serious ass this season. If that’s the case, then you might want to share your strong opinions with radio play-by-play announcer Tim Healy and the Sun Devil football…
Steve Bass, the Phoenix-based artist who was involved in a head-on automobile crash with three Yavapai County Sheriff’s detention officers on August 7, remains in the intensive care unit of Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix.Bass’ sister Lori Bassani tells New Times that “Steve is still critical, but making…
Hate all of the graffiti and fugitive shopping carts in town? There’s an app for that. In June, the City of Phoenix introduced an iPhone application for blight-loathing locals that want to report urban eyesores to the city’s Neighborhood Services Department. Now, as of last week, Motorola Droid users can…
Conspire, the popular Roosevelt Row coffee shop, artist co-op, and alternative-thinking-and-doing hangout, is about to undergo some major changes. John Sagasta, the brains behind the coffee aspect of the two-year-old shop, tells New Times that he will move operations across the street to the space that used to house HoodRide…
If you have the power of the paranormal running through your veins, you could spend a good chunk of the next year eating for free. Green New American Vegetarian Restaurant, located at 2240 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 8 in Tempe, is hosting an ouija board-themed art exhibit. Entitled “Wanna Ouija?”…
It’s a good time to be an Arizona-based, exhibit-seeking creative type. Arizona Artists Guild is looking for statewide artists to contribute to its “Fall Juried Fine Arts Exhibition,” scheduled to take place from November 6 through November 30 at the Arizona Artists Guild Building, 18411 North 7th Avenue. The juror…
The Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix (A&BC) has named the Mesa Arts Center (MAC) as its “Arts Organization of the Year” for 2010. The result, announced Wednesday during an awards ceremony at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, was decided by a panel of 42 independent judges from across…
John Coltrane’s ensemble helped to introduce the oud to Western ears, folks like Don Cherry kept oud listeners intrigued, and cats like Rahim AlHaj are keeping the Arabic stringed instrument in America’s consciousness. The Baghdad, Iraq-born musician and composer, who now resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, creates emotionally layered and…
