Arts & Culture

Beat the heat of the day with this early-morning guided six-miler around Horseshoe Mountain. Sat., June 13, 6:30-10 a.m., 2009…

The popular series of themed parties from last spring returns with more live music, appetizers, and signature cocktails. This month’s entertainment: DJs dk.strickler and Rani “g” (pictured). Cocktail: Mai tai. Thu., June 11, 7-9 p.m., 2009…

You know those scenes in TV movies where the bad guy hires a hitman who turns out to be a cop? They’re real. Just ask Jack Ballentine, author and former Phoenix police officer, who became one of the most successful undercover operatives in the history of our or any other…

While writing is in Andre Dubus III’s blood, he held more than a half-dozen jobs – everything from bartender to bounty hunter – before settling in as an author. It might be this range of occupations that allows Dubus to explore the mindset of multiple characters in his latest, The…

The best-of show features works choreographed by Laurie Eisenhower, Phyllis Haskell, Marion Kirk Jones, Billbob Brown, Step Raptis, and Lisa R. Chow. Sat., June 13, 7:30 p.m., 2009…

Tangela Smith (pictured) and the rest of the Mercury crew take on Quanitra Hollingsworth and the Lynx. Wed., June 17, 7 p.m., 2009…

Diana Taurasi (pictured) and the rest of the Mercury crew host Nicole Powell and the weak-sister Monarchs. Sat., June 13, 7 p.m., 2009…

We love it when “urban” is used to describe art. Our decoder ring says it’s a soft and very PC way of saying the works include racial themes. Such is the case for local painter Alyisse Tramel (a.k.a. Isse Fresh), who references African-American icons like Martin Luther King Jr., Richard…

Batman, Spiderman and other legendary costumed crimefighters and caped crusaders will be feted during this musical tribute to comic book icons, which features renditions of each heroes’theme songs (Pre-concert acitivites start at 1:30 p.m. and include a costume contest) Sat., June 6, 2:30 p.m., 2009…

Kyle Peyton and Ian Keough, part of the engineering team that brought Janet Echelman’s Her secret is patience kinetic sculpture at Downtown Civic Space Park to life, speak about how they did it. RSVPs are requested. Fri., June 5, 6 p.m., 2009…

When the powers that be thunk up this celebration of the great outdoors and stuck it in June, we think the Back-Easters were thinking more along the lines of soft, woodsy footpaths and shadowy glens. But those who inhabit our little slice of scorched earth know that we have some…

When the powers that be thunk up this celebration of the great outdoors and stuck it in June, we think the Back-Easters were thinking more along the lines of soft, woodsy footpaths and shadowy glens. But those who inhabit our little slice of scorched earth know that we have some…

When the powers that be thunk up this celebration of the great outdoors and stuck it in June, we think the Back-Easters were thinking more along the lines of soft, woodsy footpaths and shadowy glens. But those who inhabit our little slice of scorched earth know that we have some…

When the powers that be thunk up this celebration of the great outdoors and stuck it in June, we think the Back-Easters were thinking more along the lines of soft, woodsy footpaths and shadowy glens. But those who inhabit our little slice of scorched earth know that we have some…

When the powers that be thunk up this celebration of the great outdoors and stuck it in June, we think the Back-Easters were thinking more along the lines of soft, woodsy footpaths and shadowy glens. But those who inhabit our little slice of scorched earth know that we have some…