One thing you can say about the Arizona Derby Dames – their ambition is as ample as their skirts are short. As the roller girls close the season – their first at cavernous Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum, the “Madhouse on McDowell” – with a championship bout pitting the 2008 champs, the…
Though it’s arguably the best damned sports team in Phoenix — and the top seed in the West — the Mercury assumes the must-win onus from San Antonio after its 92-91 loss to the Silver Stars on Thursday night. The always challenging Silver Stars are led by guard Becky Hammon…
For us, the name Black Carl evokes images of Carl Weathers from Predator wailing on the harmonica while Family Matters’ Carl Winslow, in full police regalia, belts out soulful tales of pain and hammers out blues notes on the guitar. While Tempe’s version of Black Carl may lack former celebrities,…
The big-screen anniversary screening of the 1939 MGM flick is followed by the making-of film To Oz! The Making of a Classic. See the Web site for other Valley screening locations. Wed., Sept. 23, 7 p.m., 2009…
This pair of fundraiser performances by Jim Adkins at downtown Phoenix’s Modified Arts is a total win-win scenario. Not only do you get to spend an evening listen to the Jimmy Eat World/Go Big Casino frontman in an intimate setting, but it also benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team…
In addition to dropping a new disc, New Junk Aesthetic, this month, Every Time I Die recently added a new drummer to its lineup. Ryan Leger, the former drummer of Dead and Divine, has taken over for Mike “Ratboy” Novak. And according to a recent post from the Epitaph-signed hardcore…
Sick of eating dry cereal out of boxes while lounging around the bachelor pad in your boxers? Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace, 2000 East Rio Salado Parkway, has the answer for discriminating pigskin lovers: the Cadillac Ranch Football Brunch. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday during…
Charlotte Eyerman of the St. Louis Art Museum speaks about the artistic medium and how modern artists such as Degas, Cassatt, and Chagall incorporated it into their styles. Wed., Sept. 23, 7 p.m., 2009…
The author of Hotel San Carlos signs his new history of the famed downtown-Phoenix hotel. Sat., Sept. 19, 1 p.m., 2009…
God, are we sick to friggin’ death of watching celebs and regular schmoes tip the scales on reality weight-loss shows like The Biggest Loser and DietTribe. This is America, land of the lard-ass and the free, and our national verve seems to be going the way of our fatty acids…
Take a sneak peek at spring 2010 lines by VMarie and Paul Lee Hazlett. The hip-hop group NTUIT is scheduled to perform. Sat., Sept. 19, 6-9 p.m., 2009…
“Twisted artists,” including Ed Luce, Nick Shively, Bailey Curry, and Caleb Smith, offer art illustrating their “inner child.” There’ll also be games, coloring, and cut & builds for adults. (A work by Ed Luce is pictured.) Fri., Sept. 18, 7-9 p.m., 2009…
The allure of the Grand Canyon would definitely be lessened if it had ended up as just another private-property trophy of the rich. Filmmaking rock star Ken Burns knows this, and it shows in his new documentary. The master documentarian is famed for wrangling complicated histories into exquisitely rendered, compelling,…
The TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ran for seven seasons and totaled 144 episodes. We double-sourced and tripled-checked, ’cause we’re dealing with the Buffyverse, a subset of the Whedonverse, hallowed home to Joss Whedon fanatics, who have lives outside of their obsession, but not really. We know a Buffy…
Acclaimed actor Pete Postlethwaite stars in this futuristic take on the potentially calamitous results of global warming and climate change. See the Web site for other Valley screening locations. Mon., Sept. 21, 8 p.m., 2009…
The big-screen anniversary screening of the 1939 MGM flick is followed by the making-of film To Oz! The Making of a Classic. See the Web site for other Valley screening locations. Wed., Sept. 23, 7 p.m., 2009…
The three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is eight feet high and 240 feet long. It’s open for viewing 24 hours a day beginning with the opening ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday. The closing ceremony, which includes a motorcycle salute to Vietnam veterans and the burial…
The nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Rat Packer Peter Lawford discusses his early addiction problems and how he recovered (as noted in his memoir, Symptoms of Withdrawal) in conjunction with the Art of Recovery Expo. Sat., Sept. 19, 1 p.m., 2009…
Meet some of the newer D-Backs, including Gerardo Parra (pictured), Ryan Roberts, Rusty Ryal, Brandon Allen, Trent Oeltjen, Augie Ojeda, and Esmerling Vasquez. Sat., Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 2009…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona presents Clark Lyda and Jesse Lyda’s documentary about the Bush II administration’s controversial “family detention” program for undocumented immigrants. A panel discussion follows. Thu., Sept. 17, 7 p.m., 2009…
With revolution, civil wars, and other continuing atrocities since 1964, some Zimbabweans almost miss the colonizing dimwits they overthrew. For our part, pondering the famine, oppression, violence, pestilence, and other tragic absurdities of Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe leaves us itching to fight the power through music and choreography. Seriously, art’s a…
Although its title suggests that architect Will Bruder has either branched out into science fiction or has flipped his award-winning lid, “Will Bruder: Notes on Making a Time Machine” is in fact a lecture about architecture, not time travel. Specifically, it’s about Bruder’s keen design for the Deer Valley Rock…
