Seeing double is usually a bad sign. Maybe you hit your head, were in a fistfight, or just pounded a few Everclear shots. Of course, it’s pretty sweet if you’re Hugh Hefner looking at twin girlfriends Karissa and Kristina — or if you’re talking about stereoscopic photography, the process by…
The film The Return of Navajo Boy, which premiered during the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the Cly’s, a Navajo family that resides in Monument Valley. Mon., July 20, 1:30 p.m., 2009…
When it comes to left-wing politics here in Ari-bama, liberals can either resign themselves to being doormats for their Republican counterparts or grow a set of dukes and learn to use ’em. Sadly, many local Dems see the wisdom of the welcome mat, including assistant state House minority leader Kyrsten…
The L.A. bureau chief for The New York Times presents her first novel, Beverly Hills Adjacent, co-written by Jessica Hendran. The two describe the book as “a reproachful gaze at the television industry.” Thu., July 16, 7 p.m., 2009…
If you think of The Gin Blossoms as the primary legacy of Valley music, you’re invited to hop into the Delorean that is “The Grid: Music Edition” exhibition. The Trunk Space, hosts of this sweet show, posed this simple question to The Shizz online local music community: “What’s the oldest…
Here’s a golf challenge: We triple dog dare you that you can’t land on the green in the dark. Sounds all Mission Impossible, right? Well, when the balls are fluorescent like they will be during the Night Flight Golf event at Palo Verde Golf Course, then it’s, like, mission possible…
The promising young Valley troupe salutes promising young U.S. choreographers with this program featuring works by Adam Hougland, Robert Dekkers, and Emery LeCrone. Fri., July 17, 8 p.m.; Sat., July 18, 8 p.m.; Sun., July 19, 2 p.m., 2009…
Photographer William Wegman is the Anne Geddes of the canine world. Where Geddes dresses babies as ladybugs, flowers, and bunnies, Wegman coaxes his pet Weimaraners into equally humiliating garb: think dresses, purses, and oversize trench coats reminiscent of McGruff the Crime Dog. His latest show is titled “Unexpected Wegman”; so…
Claire C. Carter speaks about the museum’s “At the Crossroads of American Photography” exhibit, examining the symbiotic artistic relationships between the exhibit’s three principals, a.k.a. the “holy trinity of American photography”: Harry Callahan, Frederick Sommer, and Aaron Siskind (pictured). Thu., July 16, 6:30 p.m., 2009…
Saura’s 2002 film is arguably the most passionate (unless you count Richard Strauss’) artistic rendering of the biblical temptress, famed for her dance of the seven veils. The flamenco-filled flick is presented in Spanish with English subtitles. Sun., July 19, 1 p.m., 2009…
It’s easy, especially in a league historically dominated by megalopoli like the WNBA, to write off small-market teams like the Minnesota Lynx, but the Phoenix Mercury won’t. The surprising Lynx, who’ve never finished higher than third in the West, whipped the Merc last time out and owned the best record…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Colorado Rockies, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Wed., July 22, 3 p.m., 2009…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Colorado Rockies, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Tue., July 21, 8:30 p.m., 2009…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Colorado Rockies, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Mon., July 20, 8:30 p.m., 2009…
Have there really been eight seasons of American Idol? That settles it. We’re all freaking sadists with rampant addictions to witnessing innocents get brutal lashings by that iron-maiden-tongued Brit Simon Cowell. Not to mention, we’ve had eight glorious years of watching Paula Abdul slowly wither to the same mental state…
When we say Russian artist Sergei Isupov has a big head, we mean it literally. No, his noggin’s perfectly normal, and he’s not arrogant. Isupov sculpts large-scale ceramic heads covered with hand-drawn scenes, several dozen of which are currently on display in the “Androgyny: New Work by Sergei Isupov” exhibit…
It hasn’t been long since Jessica Lea Mayfield played the Rhythm Room. Only six months, actually. But things are a lot different for the singer-songwriter discovered by Black Keys singer Dan Auerbach. Since her gig opening for Annuals in Phoenix she’s had a South By Southwest coming-out party, opened for…
Local artist Preston Graves has a fascination with the night. He’s not one of those creepy pseudo-goth types, nor is his art influenced by the occult, like that of Perihelion Gallery’s Rachel Bess. Graves is passionate about biology — specifically plants, cells, and living organisms that transcend the ordinary when…
Move over, MySpace and Facebook, Twitter is about to have its day. The social-networking site is three years old and has an estimated 4.5 million users worldwide. Flagstaff artist Mike Frick (a.k.a. Frickshow), is one of them. He lives on the outskirts of the town and, though he doesn’t own…
Don’t let the PG rating fool you: The dark arts are back with a vengeance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the generally grim, occasionally startling, and altogether enthralling sixth chapter in a movie franchise that keeps managing to surprise just when one would expect it to be puttering…
The stately Japanese movie Departures comes into theaters trailing some justified ill will for having trounced the critical favorite, Israel’s Waltz with Bashir, for Best Foreign Film at last year’s Academy Awards. It’s not hard to fathom what Academy voters, who skew mature, saw in Departures, an earnest appeal for…
We’ve all snapped photos of our beloved pets before. And with the aid of websites like icanhascheezburger.com, we get to see everyone else’s mediocre kitty and doggy shots.So how is it that when William Wegman takes photos of his Weimaraners, it’s considered high art?I say one look at any of…
