Oftentimes, the women of Barely Legal and the like are fully made up, but we like our ladies a little more au naturel. Dave Naz’s “Candids” exhibit at Perihelion Arts gives voyeurs a view of the models in between shoots, doing ordinary things such as signing releases and lounging around…
Just when you were feeling good about getting that 50-cent raise, some overachiever comes along and wins at Sundance, opens for the Indigo Girls, and scores a zillion literary awards. Damn. If he weren’t so entertaining, we’d be hard-pressed to like Native American author Sherman Alexie, who discusses his latest…
Steve, Grant, Amar’e, and the Suns get their last home tune-up against Kevin Martin and company before the regular season. Tue., Oct. 20, 7 p.m., 2009…
No other team as second-rate as the Phoenix Suns can possibly have a fan base so eager to see its team take the floor after a longer-than-usual off-season. On Friday, October 16, the Valley’s rabid hoops fans will get their chance when the Phoenix Suns make their home preseason debut…
Guest troupes in this movement-based salute to the Bard include Desert Dance Theatre, Physical Graffiti, Movement Source, Scorpius, Instinct Dancecorps, and Terpsicore Dance Company. Thu., Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 18, 2 p.m., 2009…
Hey Phoenix – show us your Wonderland! That’s the call we put out to more than 50 creative types around town. And did they ever. Check out the results in this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, on stands September 24. Then see the art live on Third Friday, October 16,…
1: Officially – and a mite pompously for people who deal with swine – it’s the Arizona Exposition & State Fair. 2: The State F . . . er, Expo opens at noon Friday, October 16, and continues through November 8. It’s closed Mondays. 3: Admission on opening day is…
Wing man Peter Mueller and the resurgent ‘Yotes face off against Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, and the rest of the Beantown gang in Boston’s only desert trip of the year. Sat., Oct. 17, 6 p.m., 2009…
Goalkeep Ilja Bryzgalov and the resurgent Desert Dogs face former Coyote Keith Tkachuk and the Blues in the team’s second home game of the season. Thu., Oct. 15, 7 p.m., 2009…
If you were one of the jilted music fans who got burned when Bob Dylan wimped out of his scheduled outdoor performance back in August, the folk rock legend has a way to make it up to you: He’s putting on a free show…sorta. Dylan is set to perform at…
Amidst the mind-numbing barrage of identical-sounding modern rock and pop starlets, it’s nice to come across something different every now and then. Enter Gogol Bordello. As immigrant punk goes, they’re basically your only choice, so be thankful that they’re also badass. Imagine putting Spoon on stage with a polka band…
Zarco Guerrero wants to teach us to laugh in the face of death during this year’s Día de Los Muertos holiday. The master sculptor – a mask-making guru who has honed his skills studying worldwide for more than 30 years – created a series of Día de Los Muertos-inspired works…
American Idol winner Taylor Hicks plays Teen Angel in this traveling version of the Broadway smash, which features all the original Jim Jacobs/Warren Casey hits: “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightning,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “You’re the One That I Want,” and “Grease Is the Word.” Tue., Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Wed.,…
The last time ASU Football played in town on October 3, the Sun Devils experienced anything but home cooking. From start to finish, the Oregon State Beavers, who came in with a 2-2 mark and hadn’t won in Tempe since 1969, handled the Devils. The mature response from the maroon-and-gold-clad…
Shane MacGowan once said the Pogues were his way of overcoming guilt for not laying down his life for Ireland with the IRA. He was probably shit-faced at the time. Despite their punk leanings, the sodden violence that often accompanies gigs, and MacGowan’s Brendan Behan–influenced — sometimes radical — freethinking,…
Let’s get it out of the way up front: KMFDM stands for “Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit,” a German phrase that translates literally to “no pity for the majority.” But KMFDM founder Sascha Konietzko is perfectly okay with the popular theory that his industrial dance band’s name stands for “Kill…
It’s been a while since the “men in bleak,” the Oakland Raiders, have been worth a mouthful of spit, but we well remember the days when Kenny “The Snake” Stabler was lobbing injured-bird TDs to the likes of glue-covered Fred Biletnikoff and speedy Cliff Branch. Whitaker, of course, is a…
Oh, the ’80s, where have you gone? Back when national Republicans meant well enough, U2 albums were badass, and every girl wore hoop earrings. Now it’s almost 2010, and all we’ve got is teabaggers, No Line on the Horizon and hoopfetish.com, which makes me feel like a pervert – all…
We’re terrible house-sitters. It’s not that we’re irresponsible; we just suck at keeping plants alive. Worse yet, we don’t really know what it is we do wrong. It’s gotten so bad that we’re planning to buy a plant just to practice not killing it. That’s one reason we’re heading to…
Joel Davis has had one helluva packed schedule. Up until recently, the 21-year-old Phoenician was holding down two Joe jobs (slaving away behind the scenes at Stinkweeds Records and behind the front desk at the Clarendon Hotel) as well as working his regular gigs as the Thursday-night resident at Chronic…
Arizona State University’s Concert Jazz Band and Jazz Repertory Bands join forces for to provide Valley music loves with an evening of big band jams from throughout the history of the brassy genre. Wed., Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m., 2009…
The panel discussion, moderated by the museum’s Sara Cochran and including artists Claudio Dicochea, Annie Lopez, Martin Moreno, and Hector Ruiz, considers the impact of the two recent exhibitions. Wed., Oct. 21, 4 & 7 p.m., 2009…
