Archaic Cessation at Joe’s Grotto (Friday) Halloween’s not for another couple weeks, so get yourself in the mood for ghosts and goblins with an evening of horrific and creepy death metal from this fearsome foursome. Losing God, Fail to Reason, and Anomaly will also perform. 8 p.m., $5. (13825 North…
Who knew mapping was so controversial? This historian, that’s who. In his Atlas of Radical Cartography and on his Web site (www.radicalcartography.net), Rankin takes the gov and what he considers its too-conventional conventions to task. In this talk sponsored by Future Arts Research (F.A.R.) and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary…
In mystery fiction, you’ve gotta have a catch, and Wilson’s got a doozy in Repairman Jack. Jack’s the ultimate shadowy character, hunting down terrorist goons in his one-shadowy-man mission to avenge the Twin Towers attacks and infiltrate the nut-job 9/11 Truth Movement. Wilson signs his new Jack, Ground Zero. Wed.,…
May 8, 1928. 2:45 in the morning. The wretched figure of Leone Jensen has flung herself off the seventh-floor rooftop of the Hotel San Carlos, finishing like a broken doll on the dirty asphalt of Monroe Street. Girl, he was not worth it! Eventually, Miss Jensen’s ghost – like many…
Midnite Movie Mamacita strikes again with this pairing of now-deadpan flicks from the early ’70s. The first examines the many attempts of the government to rein in pot use and distribution. The second looks at the purported beneficial effects of dope. Fri., Oct. 2, 9 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 3, 9…
The freshly reopened Garden celebrates the autumn harvest and the full moon with food, drink, haiku readings, Iaido sword dancing, live music, calligraphy, and tea-ceremony demos. Sat., Oct. 3, 6-9 p.m., 2009…
Leslie and Andrew Cockburn’s stellar documentary transforms the subprime-lending scandal into a gripping, Raymond Chandleresque detective tale about the bounds of American greed. Sat., Oct. 3, 7 p.m., 2009…
The best damned sports team in Phoenix continues its quest for its second WNBA title in three years against the East’s best, the Fever, led by Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas. Thu., Oct. 1, 6 p.m., 2009…
Dragsters, roadsters, sedans, and coupes compete for points and cash awards at this National Hot Rod Association-sanctioned event. Fri., Oct. 2; Sat., Oct. 3; Sun., Oct. 4, 2009…
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. Fri., Oct. 2, 7 p.m., 2009…
Like his spiritual kin, Phoenix’s own Jon Borette, Brian Kappel makes quirky robot art. The works by the Portland artist, however, tend to be a wee bit more warm and cuddly than Borette’s, who’s art comes across like the etchings of a toddler bent on enslaving the world via his…
The Cherokee film producer/director (Trudell) speaks about her Academy Award-nominated Frozen River and other works. River won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Mon., Oct. 5, 7 p.m., 2009…
ASU presents the film about a “trailer mom” and a Mohawk Indian girl who go into business smuggling immigrants across the U.S.-Canadian border at the St. Lawrence River. Directed by Courtney Hunt and produced by Heather Rae (Trudell), Frozen River was nominated for two Academy Award and snagged the top…
The artist speaks about her obsessive photo-journaling project, in which she photographed herself every day for 15 years, in conjunction with the “Hall of Mirrors” exhibit. Thu., Oct. 1, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 2009…
The word “hero” is too often bandied about, but when distinguished author Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild, Into Thin Air) writes a book about Pat Tillman and refers to him as a war hero, one takes notice. In Krakauer’s new book, Where Men Win Glory, the author draws on the…
Giddy up, Skelly! We’re galloping your bleached bones to the 2009 incarnation of Rawhide’s annual haunted attraction, Doomtown: Refuge of the Unwanted, and keeping our eyes peeled for the headless horsemen and the “extra goblins and goo” at the Old West townlet. Kids of all ages will appreciate the fear…
When it comes to the members of Sister Spit – a touring group of queer-core performance artists – scandalous may just be the half of it. Gathered from the ’zine libraries and coffee shops of San Francisco, the eight femme-centric performers in the group are always eager to assail an…
For a place with an overall IQ of about 32 – to judge by all the shotgun-toting boobs sporting Sheriff Joe bumper stickers – Phoenix has an ace literary scene. Many of those same redneck yahoos who try to run you off the road every morning run amok in the…
Compared to Matt Betzold, you’re a major pussy. While you’ve wasted your life in front of the TV, the 25-year-old Payson resident and mixed martial arts competitor has kicked much ass and won a slew of amateur shootfighting awards. And he’s done it with only one leg. After Betzold lost…
The Rainbows Festival & Street Fair is sweet in the old-fashioned sense of the word. It’s feel-good but non-saccharine, communal but non-violent. No death metal. No gangsta rap. Maybe a few show tunes sprinkled in amid the playfully bawdy main-stage performances of local drag aces Freddy Prinze Charming and Sisterzz…
Polka music may sound square to you, but we pretty much think it’s the coolest thing ever (and not in that oh-it’s-so-ironic hipster sort of way). We may even become junkies of the stuff, thanks to Web sites like www.247polkaheaven.com, which, for real, streams live feeds of polka bands 24/7…
We love First Friday, but sometimes roaming the streets during the monthly art walk means being accosted by preachers or petition-wielding anarchists. Save yourself from that nonsense by hunkering down at Legend City Studios where “Chaos Theory 10” descends on the warehouse space with an artists’ reception. As the name…
