In his 1946 essay on Alexander Calder, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “A ‘mobile,’ one might say, is a little private celebration, an object defined by its movement and having no other existence.” Calder, an engineer by training, had two major influences: the sky and the circus. Marcel Duchamp called Calder’s sculptures…
In his 1946 essay on Alexander Calder, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “A ‘mobile,’ one might say, is a little private celebration, an object defined by its movement and having no other existence.” Calder, an engineer by training, had two major influences: the sky and the circus. Marcel Duchamp called Calder’s sculptures…
Every teenage girl dreams of being a groupie, whether her fantasies involve mopping sweat off of a Jonas Brother’s brow or having a drunken tryst in the back of a B-rate metal band’s van. Local photographer and music-studio manager Laina McWhorter was once a Grateful Dead groupie; she traveled the…
It turns out that Arizona bands heading to South by Southwest have been doing it wrong. They should have heeded the words of Alabama, the Southern country band, when they said, “If you’re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.” On Monday, March 29, Austin’s…
It seems likely that Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, the Baroness Dudevant, would have been delighted that Frederic Chopin, with whom she had a ten-year-long affair, has set her life to music. But the Baroness, better known today as the French novelist George Sand, has been dead for more than a…
Travel to a galaxy far, far away as the members of the PSO and its chorus performs selections from John Williams’ legendary score from the space opera saga, including “The Imperial March” and “Battle of the Heroes” (The afternoon performance on March 27 also is preceded by a special children’s…
The Korean-born, award-winning pianist (who took hoe a silver medal at only 19 at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition) presents an evening of classical compositions from Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, and others. Mon., March 29, 7:30 p.m., 2010…
Reach for the stars at this cosmic affair featuring Holst’s The Planets and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 (a.k.a. the “Jupiter Symphony”), which will be accompanied by video of outer space, planets, and other astrological phenomena. Sat., March 27, 2:30 p.m., 2010…
Howard Stern bellowed that he was the King of All Media, but we like the idea of Tom Green as Jester of All Media That He Can Get His Hands On. Green’s probably best known for his odd pranks on his family, getting ditched at the altar on SNL by…
You won’t see a frolicking Perry Farrell or topless girls riding on shoulders, but this weekend’s Caramelpalooza promises to be even sweeter. Sponsored by our own Chow Bella blog, the shindig is a live “Battle of the Dishes” event featuring some of the Valley’s best chefs to determine the top…
Our never-ending quest to define our identity through Facebook quizzes indicates that we’re vampires. “More like vampire-friendly,” we quipped — and one of our friends “likes” knowing that. Ewww. Barring the imaginary, a bite from a real person sounds inconvenient enough, so we’ll be careful at Changing Hands Bookstore when…
Julius Shulman created stunning visual records of the work of pretty much every modern architect of the last century — from Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry to John Lautner. His moody photographs captured the beauty of California’s modernist movement, and introduced America to a new way of seeing gorgeous…
Hey, kids! Your idea of family fun is probably scarfing rubbery pizza, spiraling from a soda sugar rush, and accidentally slugging Chuck E. Cheese in the crotch. But for moms and dads (and the rest of us) looking for more substance and less schlock, the Phoenix Sister Cities WorldFEST 2010…
Chris Jericho is one prolific mofo. Besides his day job as a dastardly villain for World Wrestling Entertainment (on its weekly Smackdown TV show), the 40-year-old Canuck is a published author, indie film actor, and one of the many talking heads featured on such VH-1 programs as 100 Most Shocking…
The Arizona Diamondbacks-Cleveland Indians match-up is a highlight of the final full week of Arizona Cactus League action. Sat., March 27, 1:05 p.m., 2010…
Two teams that hate the piss out of the other — the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants — do battle during this night game. Thu., March 25, 7:05 p.m., 2010…
Blame our goodie-two-shoes nature from middle school or whatever for never getting the chance to get into ollies and lip tricks before hitting adulthood. That’s why we’re heading to Eldorado Park & Community Center to check out the eleventh annual Wedge Skate Competition. Since the skatepark at Eldorado is a…
Quick. Name a radical feminist from China. Huh? That’s what San Francisco-based independent filmmaker Rae Chang thought when she discovered China’s first feminist, Qiu Jin. Thinking that more people should know about this “Chinese Joan of Arc” and her remarkable life, Chang quit her day job, joined forces with husband…
The life of a political cartoonist isn’t always easy. Swedish satirist Lars Vilks had a price on his head after publishing his infamous Mohammed-as-dog cartoon. Blogger Mark Fiore is receiving death threats from right-wing protesters over his humorous 90-second cartoon “How to Speak Tea Bag.” Thank goodness La Cucaracha artist…
Word on the street about Arizona Theatre Company’s new production of The Glass Menagerie is that it is not your grandparents’ Tennessee Williams. Apparently, director Juliette Carrillo has deconstructed this famous memory play, inserting some of the author’s stage directions into actors’ dialogues and dressing the set with period-correct furnishings…
Julie Hampton leads this bracelet-making, DIY-workshop. Wed., March 31, 6:30-9 p.m., 2010…
NoCal (San Francisco Giants) and SoCal (Los Angeles Dodgers) battle it out one final time in the Arizona Cactus League before the 2010 MLB regular season commences next week. Wed., March 31, 1:05 p.m., 2010…
