Arise, lazy peasants! Raise your fists and remember Saturday, December 5, the day we finally overthrow that evil, tyrannical, big-box bastion, Walmart. Our weapon of choice? Indie Chic @ 10th Street, which marks a sweet victory for our God-granted right to purchase independent designer clothing, original artwork, custom jewelry, and…
For most of his life, Larry Forsythe had his hands in everything from concrete to steel. These days, they’re wrist-deep in clay behind a potter’s wheel. After more than 20 years in the construction business, Larry’s come out of retirement to start Another Gallery – the product of his lifelong…
The women’s-prison picture, that favorite of drive-in, grindhouse, and lonely guy at the video store, breaks loose again with Sugar Boxx. Cody Jarrett’s loving homage to such steamy cellblock sagas as Black Mama, White Mama and The Big Bird Cage is packed with all the catfights, gunfights, trash talk, Sapphic…
Sure, Arizona lacks certain amenities, but for those of us with ancestry of the redneck type, the dearth of barbecue ranks among the most egregious failings. Funny, too, given the history of this gol-danged place, that you really have to seek the shit out. Usually. Those with hick in their…
Chances are, at some point you’ve written a poem. Maybe it was the love sonnet you wrote for your third-grade crush, or a rap song you penned during your Vanilla Ice phase. Or what about the “Edward is a hottie, Jacob is a nottie” rhyme you texted your bff after…
We love the Christmas season here at New Times. Every winter we go for strolls along the snowy downtown streets, singing merry carols. We always visit with Christ, who lives beneath the underpass on 15th Avenue. He tells us all about loving thy neighbor and the breaking of bread and…
Imagine you’re a newbie art critic, strolling around downtown years ago to check out the scene. You pop into a few spots and view the work, which seems pretty good, but you don’t get too much insight from the artist, who pretends you’re invisible while scanning the pages of a…
Perhaps you’ve heard about the Boston electro-pop quintet Passion Pit’s backstory: Two years ago, falsetto voiced frontman Michael Angelakos – then just a dude making tunes by himself in his bedroom – wrote a batch of fizzy love songs to give to his girlfriend as a Valentine’s Day present (which…
Now that the BCS is in its annual process of fouling up college football, there’s a March Madness-esque series coming to town that will kick our college-basketball taste buds into high gear. Inspired by the decade-strong ACC/Big Ten challenge, the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series takes flight for the third year,…
You’ll need a minute to take in everything you see onstage before Dry River Yacht Club begins to play — bassoons, violins, clarinets, and French horns aren’t exactly staples for “indie” acts (not since the 1800s, anyway). Once the instruments are fired up, it won’t take you more than a…
People love to reminisce, which is why folks argue about whether the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns could beat the Charles Barkley-era squad. Foolish, really. Besides, even if the two teams squared off, the old Suns would be at a disadvantage because A.C. Green wouldn’t play with the same aggressiveness on…
Following a day of watching A Christmas Story for the fifth time and playing Uno until your fingers bleed, it’s time to get the relatives out of the house and into a place where excessiveness truly thrives — ZooLights at the Phoenix Zoo. With enough lights to impress even Clark…
We’re assuming Skinny Puppy doesn’t really get into the “holiday spirit.” However, the band has something akin to an early Christmas gift for its Phoenix-area fans this weekend: the chance to hear its latest album, In Solvent See, for the very first time (unless, of course, they’ve already peeped bootlegs…
Try traveling, growing up, and/or growing old with two other people, and you’ll realize there’s hardly anything on which three can agree — each takes a turn as the sore loser. Such conflict suffuses Anton Chekhov’s drama Three Sisters (allegedly inspired by the real-life Brontës), whose heroines, in turn, planted…
Kurt Warner of the Arizona Cardinals. Brett Favre of the Minnesota Vikings. A game pitting two first-ballot Hall of Famers leading two of the nose-bleed teams in the National Football Conference. It was the prime-time showcase that almost didn’t happen. Originally scheduled for a 2:15 p.m. kickoff on Sunday, December…
The acclaimed author of The World Peace Diet speaks and answers questions. Tue., Dec. 8, 6:30-9 p.m., 2009…
We had an epiphany the other day: modern music that’s heavy on the woe-is-me whine or anything that’s cute is, well, not good. Agent Ribbons, who are like a rocking, what-the-crap-are-you-looking-at version of Vermillion Lies, is pretty much the opposite of these things. The band’s sound is firmly rooted in…
More in-yo-face extreme-skiing action — set to a soundtrack featuring some of the hottest names in alt — from the king of the cinematic slopes. Jonny Moseley narrates. Wed., Dec. 9, 8 p.m., 2009…
Some assume that being in a punk band means surrendering your sense of humor and giving up all claims on musical maturity. Fortunately, there’s the occasional outfit that dispels that stereotype. The Ramones were goofy from the get-go, while Green Day proved that even irreverence can garner you a Grammy…
The surprising Coyotes take on the Wild in Glendale. Mon., Dec. 7, 7 p.m., 2009…
Don’t be misled by the cheesy, generic poster for Kirk Jones’ Everybody’s Fine, in which a grinning Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Beckinsale pose with Robert De Niro (airbrushed almost to the point of unrecognizable) for their characters’ family photo in front of a Christmas tree. It’s a marketing…
Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but for the title character of the pitch-black Chilean comedy The Maid, it’s closer to an infernal torment. For more than 20 years, Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) has worked as the hired help for an upper-class Santiago family, the Valdezes, whom she has served with…
