Now that some time has passed since Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law, local creative types opposed to the bill are really starting to exercise their creative muscles. During the months of August and September, Calaca Cultural Center will present “FootPrints – SB1070,” a comprehensive exhibition…
Like it or not, it had to end sometime. On Sunday, July 11, a planet Earth champion of soccer will be crowned during the World Cup 2010 Championship Match. Whether you’re a soccer die-hard, casual football follower, vuvuzela music fan, or a bro-dude that pretended to care that your life…
. . . and the Arizona Diamondbacks lose another game. Yeah. No shit. Tell us something we don’t know. OK, how about this: since June 21, the Arizona Rookie League has been in full swing at various spring-training ballparks throughout the Valley. The three-division, twelve-team league feature bunches of ripe…
As we’re being all hot and laying around in our own filth in our apartments, the Phoenix Art Museum seems to be super ambitious this summer. Take Wednesday, July 14, for example. On that day, the museum offers a rad event. Namely, the Drop-in Studio: Cézanne’s Obsession, a participatory shindig…
As we’re being all hot and laying around in our own filth in our apartments, the Phoenix Art Museum seems to be super ambitious this summer. Take Wednesday, July 14, for example. On that day, the museum offers a rad event. Namely, the bad freaking ass Downtown Chamber Series will…
For the past month or so, there’s been a shindig called the Sip and Dip Pool Party that’s been rivaling the established Scottsdale poolside affairs, sans the Scottsdale swank, according to event organizer and participating DJ Josh Letsis. “We are going after the East Valley crowd that either doesn’t want…
Back in April, Jackalope Ranch reported on [merz] project’s nominations by Dwell. Well, the results have been counted and the Stumpf House won Dwell’s “Houses We Love: People’s Choice” online poll…
Wayne Michael Reich is at it again. If you recall Benjamin Leatherman’s cover story about Ryan Avery (“Hi, My Name is Ryan,” August 3, 2006), a central figure in the piece was Wayne Michael Reich. In the story, which was eventually turned into a movie, the Phoenix-based artist poo-poo’d Avery’s…
First Friday The monthly art walk is indeed happening tonight, sans the arts and food vendors. Our First Friday Field Guide makes it way easy to find the cool stuff going down…
No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid group devoted to saving the lives of US-bound migrants, are holding a fundraiser and education event during First Friday.The not-for-profit is teaming up with the Phoenix chapter of Food Not Bombs in showcasing art that can be purchased; in turn, all raised funds will…
Oh, joy. “Cézanne and American Modernism” opens today for a three-month run at one of Phoenix’s largest museums. It will feature (yawn) a Frenchie’s paintings that are all pretty and abstract in a style that’s pre-Picasso and post-Monet. Wait a minute. Actually, now that we’ve looked at the work, this…
More than two weeks ago, Jackalope Ranch reported that Phoestival, the retail and vendor portion of the monthly First Friday art walk, would not be happening in July and August. That followed with this post that cleared up any misconceptions about the future of the popular monthly art walk, which…
The Phoenix Transect Project is at it again. Founded in 2007, the group of Arizona State University graduate students and faculty have been focusing its efforts on capturing the Phoenix metro area in the styles of field and documentary photography. Anyone that’s been around here for a little bit knows…
Wayne Rainey feels all burned up inside. For the past decade, the artist, business/gallery owner, and advocate for historical preservation has made a habit out of repurposing old and run-down buildings into usable spaces. One place on his list for a while was the Leighton G. Knipe House, a 101-year-old downtown…
A few months ago, Julia Fournier found herself revisiting the events of 9/11 at a central Phoenix eatery called the Tuck Shop. The manager there was telling Fournier how his niece had been born in a Montana hospital sometime between the crashing of the two World Trade Center towers on…
It’s disappointing that folks around here aren’t connected with the city’s redneck roots. Honestly, what happened to all of the cowboy hats, big-ass belt buckles, and cowboys towing their Border Collies around town in the beds of their pickup trucks? Though you might not find a complete invasion of real…
True, Lords’ music caters to the perpetually pissed-off teen (for example, the group’s latest album is dubbed Fuck All Y’all Motherfuckers). But that doesn’t mean folks in their 20s, who have been conditioned to suppress their anger, can’t enjoy the music — especially after the band recently said during an…
The hot season is the best season. Why? Because the weak hide indoors, leaving one of the nation’s largest cities a nearly empty territory to enjoy and discover. This rule of thumb also applies to the active, where all of the wimps stow away into air-conditioned gyms.The trails should be…
Last Friday, a Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) employee fielded a call from an Arizona-based artist inquiring about the museum’s new education program with a $10,000 budget. The artist had been called by a man who identified himself as a SMoCA representative and wanted to arrange a private studio…
This is the best marriage of art with venue that we’ve seen in a long time. On Thursday, Hugo Medina is debuting the second installment of his “CigarRollers” exhibit. The venue? Cubano’s Cigar Lounge, where puffers can take advantage of cigar specials all night while peeping Medina’s cigar-centric paintings. Brilliant…
So you think you can act? Beginning in September, you can be in the to-be-determined group of funnymen and women performing in Friday Night Live, a live-action variety show in the vein of Saturday Night Live. Unlike loose-running open-mic events, this locally-produced performance-art shindig will be a choreographed event, complete…
It’s becoming more and more difficult to distinguish a digital color photograph from a color photograph that’s printed from film. That dichotomy does not exist with a cyanotype…
