Most musicians incorporate the things they love most into their art. This may include significant others, cherished family members, or “big-booty hos” if you’re 2 Live Crew. Since becoming a DJ is the new “starting a band,” we’re guessing it works the same way with electronic music. If so, we’ll…
When it comes down to it, pumpkin pie is hardly manna from Heaven. Same goes for the mincemeat and rhubarb versions, for that matter. In fact, unless Anthony Bourdain is running the kitchen, whatever post-gorge pastry that’s going down your gullet will likely be pretty unremarkable. Instead of suffering through…
The seventh annual T-Day trot in the shadow of north Phoenix’s Daisy Mountain and Gavilan Peak features a 5K run/walk and the signature 10K. There’s also a free 4/10th-mile Kid’s Dash for the tykes. Thu., Nov. 26, 8:45 a.m., 2009…
The flat and fast Valley T-Day tradition kicks off with a one-mile fun run/walk and also includes a two-mile fun run/walk and the signature 10K run. Proceeds benefit Care Partnership. Thu., Nov. 26, 8:15 a.m., 2009…
Warning: The book is cheesy. Its author? An artery-clogging Mascarpone. But Valerie Bertinelli remains relevant – and hot. She was the shooting star of many a young man’s wet dream back in the day, thanks to her stint on the ’70s sitcom One Day at a Time. The pixie-faced cherub…
Some meals are more equal than others, especially when you’re an unlucky animal looking down the business end of a slaughterhouse power saw. Green, the vegan/“New American” restaurant in Tempe, hosts its second annual, family-friendly ThanksLIVING, a T-Day banquet of compassion and excellent foodstuffs, minus the “T,” as it were…
Pressure. Queen and David Bowie have been under it, Paramore’s been feeling it getting closer, and Billy Joel’s been dealing with it since 1982. Where to turn? How about the Arizona International Auto Show at Phoenix Convention Center? “You don’t have to be afraid,” says Steve Wingenfeld, president of the…
After pigging out on more food than your body has room for, you’re invited to pull on those super-stretchy sweat pants before heading over to MADCAP Theatres for the Dawn-to-Dusk 12-Hour Movie Marathon Film Feast. All of the film titles are currently considered classified information, but event organizer Midnite Movie…
If you thought Sarah Palin’s new memoir was only good for kindling or toilet paper, think again. A first edition of Darwin’s The Origin of the Species netted 35,000 pounds at auction. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No. 1 is worth more than four grand. So when everyone else inevitably tosses…
Tempe DJ and rapper duo Foundation and Brad B have been on their grind in the Valley hip-hop scene for about a decade as part of the bigger black-sheep squadron known as the Drunken Immortals. Which makes their show on Saturday, November 28, all the more impressive, as the two…
This year’s theme is “Leapin’ Lizards,” in conjunction with the new Land of the Dragons Komodo dragon exhibit, and there’ll be a special Komodo light scene among the 2.5 million burning bulbs that light up the oasis in Papago Park. Thu., Nov. 26, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
Somewhere near the risk-taking gene that makes people jump off stuff, there must be a gene that prompts humans to crave novelty in a somewhat more subdued way. Just give us something we haven’t seen a thousand times before — a new play by a new writer, say, in which…
We don’t like hanging out with snowbirds any more than you do, but Heard Museum’s Ornament Marketplace is one of those events that’s worthy in spite of the slow-driving minions from Minnesota lookin’ to score Southwestern booty for the grandkids up in Mankato. This is really good Southwestern booty. The…
Win or lose, there are some folks who will be way more affected by the outcome of the ASU vs. UofA football game than the fans. Namely, the Sun Devil seniors, who will be playing, for the final time, in the maroon and gold. That includes DE Dexter Davis, WR…
Well-traveled journalist/environmental author Bassett is best known for her works of literary nonfiction, such as Galapagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin’s Cradle of Evolution and the Arizona-desert paean Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge. She also edited the Old Pueblo alternative newspaper Tucson Weekly…
The group — whose name is short for “Niche Enthusiasts Really Doing Stuff” — gets together to gab about games, anime, Browncoats, computers, Trek, even “nerdy crafts.” Sat., Nov. 28, 6-9:30 p.m., 2009…
The busy Prairie Home Companion patriarch discusses and signs two new novels: Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance and A Christmas Blizzard in a literary appearance sponsored by Changing Hands Bookstore. The Close Enough String Band performs during the signing segment of the program. Sun., Nov. 29, 3 p.m., 2009…
Given his preference for static, symmetrical, scrupulously color-coordinated and art-directed compositions, it’s less surprising that Wes Anderson has gotten around to directing an animated feature than that it took him this long to do it. Likewise, if Anderson — a nostalgia merchant whose ostensibly contemporary films always seem to be…
The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic survivalist prose poem — in which a father and his 10-year-old son traverse a despoiled landscape of unspeakable horror — was a quick, lacerating read. John Hillcoat’s adaptation, which arrives one Thanksgiving past its original release date is, by contrast, a long, dull…
Oh, dear. And I was so looking forward to seeing Elaine May’s new comedy, too. Most of the rest of you — those of you unfortunate enough to have gone to see this dismal flop at Arizona Theater Company earlier this week or last —were probably more interested in seeing…
I can’t remember the last time ASU Art Museum had a Director. And, man, am I relieved to hear they have finally filled the position. Gordon Knox will take the helm on January 11th, working part-time until July 1st when he will assume the full-time position.Knox sounds like an interesting…
Yes, yes, I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I apologize profusely for the holiday theme of this blog.I swear, I’m not one of those people who put up strings of lights and fake inflatable snowmen in my front yard the day after Halloween. In fact, I’m usually very…
