Sometimes, too many high-powered, intelligent women in one small pot creates a bitches’ brew of throat-lunging and back-stabbing (we’ve seen the diabolique that is America’s Next Top Model). Regardless, we’ve got extremely high hopes for Femocracy, the latest in a series of local productions hosted and run largely by females…
In 1995, an international pop star in the making released a Euro-electro-heavy debut album that influenced kids from Mexico to Panama. Fourteen years and seven albums later, folks in this country are still sleeping on Fey, the Mexican pop icon whose first record sold more than two million copies worldwide…
Phoenix must be the capital of the “Whoa, I didn’t know this was here.” We hear this sentiment often, especially when downtown newbies are cruising Roosevelt or Grand on their way to a bar or show. Beginning Friday, September 4, Kooky Krafts will join the “whoa” collective. Housed in the…
The setting sun’s pale, delicate fingers caressed the chain restaurants and MILFy boutiques of Mesa’s Village Square at Dana Park, illuminating the stragglers hurrying into the bookstore. Sure, thought Night & Day reporter Cal Byline, convicted murderers Dale Hausner and Sam Dieteman have been sentenced, but being out in the…
The Washington State-born, New York City-based sculptural artist discusses his career (which includes his “earthworks,” “body-works,” and “machine pieces” series), his current work (which tends toward bright, architecturally whimsical pieces like Bus Home at the Pacific View Mall in Buenaventura, California, and Stage Set for a Film at the Expo…
Collectors get their Kidrobot on at this event celebrating the (highly anticipated) release of the new blind boxed set of figurines by DevilRobots, Mori Chack, Huck Gee, Frank Kozik, MAD, Luke Chueh, Amanda Vissell, Andrew Bell, Brandt Peters, and others. The new Dunnys hit the street September 10. Wed., Sept…
Four wheels good, two wheels better. Unfortunately, it takes more than an Orwell allusion to pull off a serious manual combo on your skateboard, so you better leave it to some potential pro-worthy amateurs. On Friday, September 4, 30 of the AZ’s best amateur skateboarders will compete to win more…
Do you like horror movies? Do you get a kick out of being too scared to piss by yourself for a week? You do? Well, then, we’ve got the book for you. Only this time, it’s not mythical creatures or monsters that will haunt you, but rather the invisible chemicals…
The two former poets-in-residence at Britain’s Durham University now work at ASU and collaborate on chapbooks such as their Inventory from a One-Hour Room. Matthew Frank (Sagittarius Agitprop) also reads. Hiscox, now the program coordinator for ASU’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, is pictured. Fri., Sept. 4, 7…
This conference won’t, ahem, be for all tastes, but those who believe that those alleged pre-Columbian artifacts called crystal skulls pack psychic power — and perhaps even the answer to alien visitation and/or the whole 2012 mess — will want to be on hand with New Age wind bells on…
It’s official. The tattoo has been franchised. The folks behind this marketing of body art to the masses are the ones who run the Hell City Tattoo Fest, which takes place annually in Columbus, Ohio, and right here at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. Though it’s pretty edgy for…
This is what we’ve come to: In order to have worship happen, it must be made convenient. Church attendance is down; prayer meetings are graced by fewer folks each week. And so Matt Myers, the associate pastor of Chandler Christian Church, has launched something called Drive Thru Prayer, which is…
Former Phoenix mayor Terry Goddard will undoubtedly be reminding us in the near future that it was he who finally managed to revitalize our long-sagging downtown, which is once again the vital and vibrant center of our city. In the meantime, we have Phillip VanderMeer, who will present “The Collapse…
Following the First North American Discworld Convention over the Labor Day holiday weekend, the author of the long-running Discworld fantasy series discusses and signs the 37th Discworld novel, Unseen Academicals. Tue., Sept. 8, 10 a.m., 2009…
First off, let’s dispense with the notion that Walt Disney was some sort of happy hero to the masses. Disney was a right-wing reactionary (he was virulently anti-union and named names in HUAC’s anti-Communist witch hunt), a closet white supremacist (he supported the pro-Hitler German American Bund), and a general…
It’s no surprise that most cubicle workers feel constrained by their drab gray prisons. But what about people with cool jobs? Sensing that his tattooed, funky models weren’t fully expressing themselves, commercial photographer John Covington liberated them from constraints — and clothing — in a private photo shoot. The very-public…
The much-acclaimed 2007 film from Israeli director Eran Kolirin centers on a band of Egyptian musicians — the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra — who end up in Israel’s back-of-beyond after a booking mistake. The error turns out to be a blessing, as the Arabs and their initially reluctant Israeli hosts…
The documentary about English artist Tony Foster screens in conjunction with the exhibit “Tony Foster: Searching for a Bigger Subject.” Now in his 60s, Foster hikes or canoes into remote wilderness areas around the world (most famously, Mount Everest and our own Grand Canyon region) to capture both the majesty…
September is here, which means it’s time for ASU Football to commence another season. Who cares about those bums, right? Well, we can see why you might feel that way. The Sun Devils, picked to finish anywhere from fifth to eighth in Pac-10 preseason polls, are coming off a total-crap…
Phoenix-based fashion consultant Jeffrey Evans (The Emme Collection) speaks about branding and retailing — and the down economy’s challenges to the fashion biz — in this lecture presented by the Arizona Costume Institute. Wed., Sept. 9, 11:30 a.m., 2009…
Local photographer Angela Franks Wells isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. No, she’s not a hitwoman. And no, she isn’t snapping porn. Wells uses an old-school, and very messy, photogravure technique involving toxic chemicals that leave her hands stained black and smelling like copper pennies. The untidy process is…
The nighttime course is lined with glowing lights, and each golfer receives a glow necklace and fluorescent ball — the better not to brain the other players. The tourney starts at dusk. Fri., Sept. 4, 2009…
