Downtown Phoenix transforms into a hip-hop hotspot every Saturday as superstar selectas lay down chart-busting urban tracks in such joints as PHX Nightclub, Sky Lounge, and Stoudemire’s as dance floor divas and the grown ‘n’ sexy crows shake their moneymakers. Majerle’s Sports Grill, 24 North Second Street, is getting a…
he night after its epic pay-per-view, the WWE Superstars head downtown for a night of “madness and mayhem.” The stars of Hot Tub Time Machine will guest host. Mon., March 29, 5:30 p.m., 2010…
The burgeoning vocal talents of the PBC’s Training, Cadet, and Town Choirs will be on display as they sing such selections as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Who Will Buy” from Oliver. Fri., March 26, 7 p.m., 2010…
You have to love a band that puts its name in its song titles, as Reno punk trio Cobra Skulls have done in the past. Take their 2007 disc, Sitting Army, for example. Every one of the 13 tracks utilizes the word “cobra.” “Don’t Count Your Cobras Before They Hatch,”…
Fun fact: Cy Young, the winningest pitcher in major-league history and the human yardstick by which all other hurlers are measured, is also baseball’s all-time king in career losses. Does that compromise his legacy? Hell, no! Cy Young had to be flippin’ good to go out there and lose 316…
In their pre-Fergie days, the Black Eyed Peas were a relatively obscure, “socially conscious” hip-hop group that collaborated with the likes of De La Soul and Jurassic 5. Seems weird, doesn’t it? For the past seven years or so, they’ve shrewdly transitioned to making the biggest of hits with the…
WWE stages its biggest event of the year in Glendale. Featured matches at the “Super Bowl of wrestling” include Edge versus Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Undertaker against Shawn Michaels, John Cena taking on Batista for the WWE Title Sun., March 28, 3:30 p.m., 2010…
Lost boy John Hughes was inducted into the pantheon this month when the Academy devoted a moving Oscar-night tribute to the departed writer-director. But do you actually remember being a teenage moviegoer in the 1980s? It wasn’t all some kind of wonderful. Hughes movies came out twice a year, if…
Noah Baumbach talks about his new film, Greenberg, the DIY ethos, and learning to drive. Noah Baumbach is 40 years old. He just learned how to drive. A native New Yorker, the writer/director started spending time in Los Angeles when dating his current wife, Jennifer Jason Leigh, but for years…
The tagline for the recently concluded 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival was “Tomorrow Happens Here,” slick marketing shorthand for the event’s reputation as a test tube for new cinematic trends and a breeding ground for incestuous indie collaborations (most of the filmmakers now associated with mumblecore first met each…
Sad, funny, and acutely self-conscious, Noah Baumbach’s new movie is the sort of mordant character study that people imagine were common in the ’70s. Greenberg is unafraid to project a downbeat worldview or feature an impossible protagonist — I’d be hard put to name one as maddening as the eponymous…
It sounds like the title of a Nancy Drew potboiler, but the mystery of Paradise Gardens is really just another story about some cool old houses and how they survived a half-century in a teardown town. The mystery is whether or not these houses, built in the mid-’60s and long…
In the 1950s, there were over 4,000 drive-in movie theaters in America. Since the glory days of outdoor cinema, that number has dwindled to about 400, most of which are falling apart. Local photographer William LeGoullon explored the natural passage of time at drive-in movie theaters in Glendale, Scottsdale, Tucson,…
I’ve kept my beady little eye on Marshall Way in Scottsdale for quite some time now. And, as you may already know, I’ve been quite concerned (click here for some stories on the subject).Well, I’m not the only who worries. Bentley Calverley, Director of Bentley Gallery, shares my anxieties. And…
I realize that New Times blogs and writes an awful lot about Greg Esser, founder and Executive Director of Roosevelt Row, a non-profit 501(c)3 community development corporation that focuses on the arts and urban revitalization. And we spend many words on Brian Boner, a successful local artist.Well, we can’t help…
This is really a good news/bad news situation.Bad news: Spoken Boutique is closing.Good news: They’re having a 60% off sale on all merchandise.More good news: They’re closing because the owners are moving out of town, not because of the economy. Phew!…
Wanna know a secret about publicity photos? A show’s final hair and makeup designs often do not appear in them, since they’re taken weeks or months before opening night.While everyone in the above photo looks lovely, and it’s a very good photograph, these actors look even better on stage in…
Attention all crafters: You have the chance to be on TV.Producers at Kellan Media are looking for folks who use discarded materials to make fashions and furniture for their show The Restylers…
“Not Bob Lindbeck!” huffs a disclaimer on the band’s MySpace page. Hey, we can dig it. You pay your dues, you put in 10 years of really solid, Being There-era-Wilco-inspired alt-country, you get one of your songs on a freakin’ iMac commercial… and still, people mistake you for some over-the-hill…
We’re excited about the first annual Chandler Barbecue Throwdown. Why? The event logo is a portly cowboy pig about to cook up a slab of pork. Anthropomorphic cannibalism is the surest, most awesome sign that the food will be so delicious that it would eat itself. The East Valley’s best…
Suffice it to say that cat lovers can get their ultimate fill of feline festivities at the fifth annual Spring Shootout Cat Show. Should we make a cat-lady joke? Nah, that would be way too easy. Instead, watch as the finest Maine Coons, American Bobtails, Persians, Russian Blues, or any…
Are you a wine aficionado or just a raging alcoholic? Either way, you might as well use all those empty bottles for something. Allow a local artisan to show you how to turn that empty thing into a fine vase at Ray Delmuro’s Glass Demonstration. Bring a rinsed bottle and…
