The runway shows will be set to live music by Dry River Yacht Club, Strange Young Things, Peachcake, Treasure Mammal, 36 Cents and A Dream, Colorstore (pictured), Hooves, Dylan Thomas and Pals, Lisa Savidge, The Premiere, Coats and Villa, Tremulants, Terra Firma, Dakota Jeane, Black River Bandit, Mobius, and more…
For fans of Eames chairs, nylon Frieze, and built-in blond-wood cabinetry, the title says it all: “Modernism Revisited: An Exploration of Iconic Mid-Century Furniture, Interiors and Textiles.” For the rest of us, it bears mentioning that this exhibition surveys the work of graphic, industrial, and interior designers and architects –…
Apart from the stray slasher flick, Halloween is traditionally a dead spot on the Hollywood calendar. This week’s big release? The Michael Jackson tribute film This Is It — creepy in its own right. But Universal Studios has been raiding its catacombs for DVD reissues. Let’s brush the cobwebs aside…
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s creationist comedy about the end of the world is, excuse the pun, built for disaster. Apocalyptic commentaries on theories of evolution tend not to go over big, and Boom is as funny as it is smart — always a dangerous combination when one is attempting to entertain…
Yes, let’s!If you ever meet me, you can pretty much assume that the accessories I’ll be wearing have come from frances, the adorable boutique on Central and Camelback. It’s kind of embarrassing, really. But every time I go there, I find something I just “have to have”. And before I…
Yes, Twerds, Twerps, Twilighters (or whatever moniker Twilight fans are going by these days), Dr. Carlisle Cullen paid a visit to the Arizona State Fair this past Sunday. Or rather, actor Peter Facinelli, who plays the leader of the Cullen clan in the movie series based on the popular YA…
The Most Interesting Show in the World at Venue of Scottsdale Burlesque singer Melody Sweets, renowned contortionist Mei Ling and a dude shredding lettuce with a lawn mower balanced on his chin made the Venue of Scottsdale the home of the Most Interesting Show in the World on Friday, October…
I make no bones about my feelings for the city of Phoenix: I love it.Sure, we certainly have our problems and while I believe such issues should always be addressed, as soon as the conversation turns to unproductive bashing on my home town, I get seriously T.O.’d. You may as…
Tap-dancing has become kind of a specialty thing, though maybe I’m the only person who ever found it mainstream. Anyway, you don’t see tap numbers frequently, and sometimes when you do see one, the shoes don’t all have taps on them and the orchestra plays really loud so you can’t…
Where: Fear Farm, McDowell and the 10 on the Glendale/Phoenix line. Overview: Fear Farm was named this year’s Best of Phoenix, and topped last year’s reviews, for good reason. This massive four-part, mostly cornfield, haunt is the best (and, apparently, busiest) in the Valley. Fear Farm is chainsaw heavy –…
Dos Equus is putting on a rather primo party in Scottsdale, the creators of local web comic Monster Commute are holding a celebration of their own, and there’s a bit-time pop-punk shindig over in Mesa. Read on for the full details. The Most Interesting Show in the World at Venue…
I live in a small apartment fourplex that was built in 1927. Sometimes when my mind wanders, I imagine what has happened within these walls. What kind of people lived here? How many times has someone gotten freaky here? And has anyone ever died?Then I start to get a little…
Hikers of all ability levels can choose from five different treks (including one in the park’s lovely Go John Canyon). Proceeds go to buy 4,000 additional acres of open space for the Desert Foothills Land Trust. A post-hike celebration will be held at nearby Harold’s Cave Creek Corral. Sat., Oct…
The raw energy of the gypsy punk musical circus that is Gogol Bordello can’t be beat in a live context. However, if you missed the New York band’s show at the Marquee on October 20, you can dry your tears by catching Gogol Bordello Non-Stop. Helmed by filmmaker Margarita Jimeno,…
Not wanting to wait until Halloween, Steam Crow creators Daniel and Dawna Davis have put together quite a festivity for fans of their horror-pop art and stories. The two celebrate the first year of their much-praised local Webcomic, Monster Commute – which chronicles a beastly duo stuck, like many Phoenicians,…
During the 2009 Chicago Marathon, it nearly snowed on the city’s half- and full-marathon events. And guess what? The event took place in friggin’ early October. Our town isn’t having any of that nonsense when the GoDaddy.com YMCA Half Marathon and Family 5K goes off. The shindig, presented by the…
Though it’s a legit PGA Tour stop, fall’s Frys.com Open is kind of a weak-sister stepchild to its overwhelmingly popular winter kin, the FBR Open. But that’s not a bad thing – at least for true fans of the sport, for whom the Frys tourney offers up-close-and-personal access to the…
At an evening of poetry and spoken word, should one express any uncertainty about which is which? Well, a lady in hipster specs once snapped at us, “If you don’t understand the difference between theater and performance art, you’re not performance artists.” But nobody at Deus Ex Machina is that…
Though he’s known for other things (including the lead role in the FOX TV series Fastlane and recurring spots in cable’s Six Feet Under and Damages), the actor will likely be mobbed during his appearance at the Fair by roving bands of mini vamps, thanks to his role as Dr…
Old punks never die, they just reunite with their former bandmates and start touring again. Just like The Zeroes, the Subhumans, Agent Orange, and Flipper before them, Jello Biafra is back. And if you squeeze your eyes shut while listening his new band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, it sure…
Official biographers always run the risk of coming across like cheerleaders, but Sam Weller doesn’t seem to mind. He’s an unembarrassed fanboy for his subject: legendary sci-fi/fantasy author Ray Bradbury. Weller trumpets his passionate geekdom in the first lines of the 2005 book The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray…
Looks like everyone’s favorite Hasidic reggae singer/rapper might just outlast his novelty status after all. But that doesn’t necessarily make it safe to go back in the reggae waters for anyone aspiring to stand out based on his, uh, demographic makeup alone. On one hand, it’s unfortunate that Matisyahu’s work…
