Is the Phantom of the Opera a ghost with supernatural powers, or is he just your typical freaky, deformed cellar-dweller who skulks around the opera house playing scary, steampunky tricks to manipulate the management into doing his bidding? That’s just one of the details I shouldn’t reveal to anyone who’s never seen the Andrew Lloyd…
Today is one of those days where I look at my giant stack of blogging options and I get a little sad. You see, I’ve only got three blog slots per week to fit everything in and sometimes I fail to get it all in. I know, I know, it’s…
Last night, hundreds of teenage girls, moms with wistful romantic longings and a handful of dudes (most of whom were clearly dragged there by little sisters or girlfriends) gathered in Surprise for the Twifans.com and CullenBoysAnonymous “New Moon Rising Over Arizona” party and midnight premiere of the next film in the Twilight…
The Heard presents rare paintings, sketchings, and illustrations by the Chiricahua Apache mixed-media artist (one of the most-honored of the 20th century) in this major retrospective sponsored by the Houser Archives. A sister exhibit at Desert Botanical Garden features Houser sculptures. The celebration corresponds with this month’s NU (Native +…
So your grandma willed you a Navajo rug, and you’ve been using it as a door mat. Stop, for Chrissakes, and haul it down to the Native Art & Artifacts Appraisal Day. As many of us have witnessed on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, authentic Native Americana can be worth a bundle…
Suburban life is a yawn. Moms taxi their kids to ballet class; people plant flowers or walk dogs. Then again, if movies and TV are any indication, you might want to break out the binoculars, because your neighbor’s likely a serial killer or a bored housewife bedding the handyman. Photography…
The marijuana-policy expert and co-author (with Steve Fox and Paul Armentano) of Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? discusses the new book and why alcohol is considered a more socially acceptable “high” than weed. Wed., Nov. 25, 7 p.m., 2009…
The Libertarian mouthpiece and former Valley radio personality signs his new book, The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments. The tome is targeted at the concerned investor who’d like to take a brickbat to the government, and it naturally caught the fancy…
Stephenie Meyer may get most of the headlines these days, but Arizona’s other world-famed author of atmospheric romantic fiction is getting some new due of her own with the release of her latest Outlander novel, An Echo in the Bone. Tue., Nov. 24, 7 p.m., 2009…
The annual showcase for classic cars of pre-’72 vintage winds down the Goodguys’ 2009 slate of expos while unofficially kicking off Scottsdale’s auto-show season, which takes off in earnest in January. The Goodguys show specializes in rods, customs, muscles, and trick trucks. Fri., Nov. 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., Nov…
Many of your favorite Phoenix Suns players, alums, and coaches will work the bar in this fundraiser for Suns Nite Hoops. Also featured: games, entertainment, a silent auction, the Suns Dancers, and the Gorilla. Sat., Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m., 2009…
Check out three contemporary and two historic homes in the funky Phoenix ‘hood. Tours leave the museum approximately every 30 minutes. Proceeds benefit the museum/society. Sat., Nov. 21, 9 a.m.; Sun., Nov. 22, 9 a.m., 2009…
We’re looking at a giant robot as it pancakes cars with its tremendous feet, punches holes in skyscrapers, and squishes screaming pedestrians. So why do we think this mechanical beast is so dang adorable? Probably because it’s a Jon Borette robot. The Phoenix artist just loves making quirky, child-like line…
Okay, everyone, it’s officially Cheesy Book Week. Technically, we suppose, it’s hold the cheese. The former Mrs. Eddie Van Halen, pop-culture princess Valerie Bertinelli, is coming through town in exactly seven days to sign her latest mash-up of faith and culinary abstinence, Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life…
The lady DJ scene is seriously under-represented here in the Valley. But on Wednesday, November 25, the gals will take center stage for Battle of the Bit¢he$, a vajay-jay exclusive spinning competition. At least six women, including DJ Eclair and DJ Shorty, will battle it out in several rounds judged…
Since money is tight, it’s a good thing the entry fee to Ford Ironman Arizona costs $550-plus, or else we would win the thing. Swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112, and running 26.2? So easy. We wouldn’t even have to train, and may have gone out drinking the night before. Yeah…
Just when you thought the Halloween dress-up nonsense was over, it’s time again to spend a hundred bucks on a wig, shoes, and cheap props that you’ll only wear once. Reason being is that “Madonnarama: Night of 1000 Madonnas” is going off. It’s an entire evening of Madonna dance music…
Director Gregory Greene and the crew of The End of Suburbia spend 78 minutes explaining, in documentary detail, how the economic crisis has slammed the lid on the American dream. In a shorter amount of time, you could drive to Power Road in Mesa, or other outlying areas such as…
Depository. Single-bullet theory. Grassy knoll. Pink suit. On Saturday, November 21, Backward Theatre iconicizes the events surrounding a certain sunny, autumn day in Texas over four decades ago with its self-described “strange” and “experimental” The 46th Annual Dallas Welcomes JFK Luncheon. Since we weren’t born yet, we watched the Zapruder…
“Crime Jazz” — remember those words. Local filmmaker Marco “Polo” Saldana hopes to establish the term as the name for the genre in which he makes movies. The style he employs in ultra-low-budget thrillers like The Ghetto Was Never Enough derives from the ultra-hip spy and private-eye movies of the…
It’s no picnic having one’s grammatical errors bitched about. Hey, we know. But Mignon “Grammar Girl” Fogarty makes vocab rehab fun. Her weekly podcast (the cornerstone of the quickanddirtytips.com empire) answers listeners’ questions in bite-size, mnemonic-filled morsels. “I hear from a lot of people who want to do better at…
The ultimate doomed matinee idol, Rudolph Valentino, stars in the silent 1922 classic about a doomed matinee idol of a different time (a matador). Ron Rhode provides organ accompaniment on the Orpheum’s humongous Wurlitzer. Sat., Nov. 21, 7 p.m., 2009…
