Hard to believe it’s already been a year since we tore up a turkey leg and took in a jousting match. The end of football season always marks the beginning of nerd culture here in the Valley with the Arizona Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace. The usual rides, feasting, and…
While it’s practically impossible for a white dude with an acoustic guitar and harmonica to achieve anything genuinely surprising, it’s nearly as rare for such an artist to achieve anything approaching genuine. Joe Pug’s “I Do My Father’s Drugs,” from his excellent 2008 “Nation of Heat” EP, is one of…
People are nosy by nature. If you stumble across an open diary, yeah, you’re going to read it. And, if your BF/GF forgot to log out of his or her e-mail . . . well, god help them. That’s why it makes sense that the personal letters of historical figures…
L.A. Theatre Works, a radio-theater troupe, focuses on Robert F. Kennedy during the Civil Rights Movement. Sat., Feb. 6, 8 p.m., 2010…
The local painter exhibits eight large-format paintings at the European-style eatery. Fri., Feb. 5, 6 p.m.-midnight, 2010…
Renowned conductor James DePreist (winner of the National Medal of Arts and current faculty member of the Juilliard School) will lead the PSO as it is accompanied by popular pianist Jon Kimura Parker in a performance of George Gershwin’s Concerto in F, for Piano and Orchestra and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No…
It’s often difficult to easily describe just what makes a St. Vincent album such a special work of art. Annie Clark, the brains behind indie-rock act St. Vincent, gloriously stands out in the sea of female singer/songwriters. For one thing, her albums sound like nothing else released that year. She…
The potentially playoff-bound Phoenix Coyotes host O’ Canada’s not-so-mighty-fine Edmonton Oilers. Mon., Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m., 2010…
As personal assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) can keep himself in well-tailored suits and keep his terrific-looking kittenish girlfriend (Kasia Smutniak) in a nice Paris apartment. This is the basis for director Pierre Morel’s delicate study in trans-Atlantic manners, From Paris With Love,…
I found that if I squinted, I could pretend I was watching a master acting class led by thespian Debra K. Stevens, and not a failed production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers. It was easy to keep this little fantasy going because Stevens — who’s playing the lead in Nearly…
I’m so relieved to hear that someone else in town doesn’t hate Valentine’s Day.And that someone is Cyndi Coon of Laboratory5 Inc. (Lab5 is a joint venture with fellow artist and husband, Jeremy Briddell, where they both showcase their art). Coon will be leading a workshop at MADE Art Boutique…
Alright, you artists, gallery owners, and any other creative types who want to be featured in the Art Detour 22 brochure, you have your deadline for application.February 11, 2010And you can find the application here…
Our need to tear down our idols didn’t start with reality stars, athletes, or even politicians. Eat a little forbidden fruit and you’re kicked out of the garden for good. And even if you’re honest and sweet, it turns out, someone will be glad to slander you for a price…
The New York Times ran a big piece in today’s Sunday paper praising the downtown arts scene.The headline of the piece, “Reviving Phoenix Through Art” is just the start of the love poured upon our beleaguered city’s meager “arts district,” which was almost bulldozed entirely a few years ago for…
I hesitate to tell others about this but both Rowdy Boutique and frances vintage are having winter sales.I’ve been keeping my mouth shut about it all week but the guilt of denying my precious readers this information has proven too great…and I broke.(My apologies to my fellow female co-workers for…
We live in the land of the blue jean, which is great for daytime activities, but not so awesome for the nightlife. Put in the extra effort to don a nice suit or a hot dress with heels, and you’ll inevitably end up standing next to some shlub in washed-out…
Oh, Amazon. Sure, you’ve made book buying convenient, but the experience is as bland and predictable as a James Patterson novel. We love the aroma of publications past, the stacks of colorful book spines, and the sound of shuffling pages. You give us the Kindle? Please. Thankfully, for those of…
It’s been how long since you left town? Can’t really help it, considering that you’re broke. But, man, a trip to, say, Italy sounds so freaking good right about now. Great, actually. The food. The wine. The more you think about it, the more you’re married to the idea. Then…
Possessing a basic knowledge of bobbins, backstitching, inseams, and basting used to peg you as a dowdy old granny wearing an airbrushed kitten tee shirt tucked into the elastic waistband of your “jeans.” But now that shows like Project Runway have come along, sewing has glamour. No matter where you…
Created and curated by premium selectah Al Page, The Shop has been holding it down for half a decade by pumping the time-tested sounds of rap’s best old school and underground artists with good doses of funk, soul, and reggae. The weekly hip-hop night celebrates its fifth anniversary with bass-heavy…
When we read in Cosmo about the rise of hot lesbian smooches on TV, we felt a little annoyed. Why can’t we do our LBGT friends justice with media portrayals that aren’t limited to hot girls making out? You’ll see independent movies focusing on lesbian and gay characters who actually…
Hey, downtowners. Wouldn’t it be great to do something fun and interactive with your lunch hour besides waiting in line for fatty foods with other grumpy cubicle trolls? Now you can (at least on Thursdays), thanks to a massive team effort between Karuna Village Fair Trade, Radio Phoenix, ASU’s College…
