Most of us live here for the sun, but that doesn’t mean we have to die by it. And for area vamps and other creatures of the night who’d like to get wet without being basted alive, Sunsplash has the perfect recipe for summer fun sans the sun. The popular…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Wed., June 3, 10 p.m., 2009…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Tue., June 2, 10 p.m., 2009…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Mon., June 1, 10 p.m., 2009…
The alt prom is held in conjunction with the regular weekly screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Dancing and refreshments are also on the agenda. Fri., May 29, 11 p.m., 2009…
City of Phoenix archaeologist Dr. Todd Bostwick speaks about and shows slides he took of the Paleolithic caves in southern France housing the cave art of the Cro-Magnon culture. Wed., June 3, 7:30-9 p.m., 2009…
Best dumb movie ever made? Maybe. Best mindless summer movie of all time? It’s not even close. The 1978 leather-and-lace romp starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Stockard Channing (who went on to pull down a seven-year stint as the First Lady on The West Wing) had us groaning on…
If it’s true, as Billy Joel once famously said, that dying is the best career move a musician can make, then the same apparently rings doubly true for musicians who play black metal. Case in point: Norway’s infamous Mayhem, which still attracts just as much (if not more) attention for…
The artists discuss their process in creating “Charting the Canyon: Photographs by Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe,” a surprisingly awesome, non-clichéd photographic examination of the national park. The show’s two exhibiting artists, Klett and Wolfe, did take some typical imprints of the Canyon – how could you not? – but…
The eccentric 19th-century German musician Christian Friedrich Buschmann built the first accordion way back in 1822. We’re willing to bet the kooky Kraut would have been shocked to learn that his atonal invention would someday be utilized by a pair of goofy and gangly Valley teenagers to create a comically…
A slew of marquee-level mixmasters will be guest-starring at Valley clubs over the next seven nights. For instance, British house duo The Shapeshifters UK will be busting out the beats in fierce fashion when they visit who visit Cream Stereo Lounge on Wednesday, June 3. DJ Tranzit and other locals…
Win this weekly Texas Hold’Em Tournament and take home some cool prizes, such as tickets to sporting events. Mondays, 7 p.m., 2009…
Now that MySpace has basically killed itself, the best way to check out new music is to hit the streets. That’s where you’ll find Mika Miko, who post up tonight at the Trunk Space, 1506 Grand Avenue. The five-piece punk group has been grinding for six years with a mix…
Whatever your stance on right-wingers, they’re not funny. Newt Gingrich. Not funny. Ronald Reagan. Not funny. Ann Coulter. Funny as a crutch. The Bushes. Okay, unintentionally funny. Syndicated radio jock and right-wing attack dog Glenn Beck fancies himself the reactionary with a difference, and he’s out to prove it with…
Best known by laypersons as “the chick with the mustache” in the feminist punk/electronic group Le Tigre, JD Samson is also an artist, film producer, director, pin-up model, dancer, LGBT activist and icon, and DJ. On the turntable tip, this gender-bending culture aficionado has sharpened her mash-up skills over the…
God bless the Internet. The Information Superhighway has opened yawning new realms of possibility for the once-dispossessed, including the ability to make a living from breakfast meat. Not eating it. Not manufacturing it. Waxing rhapsodic about it. Bacon is the niche that Heather Lauer has carved out for herself. The…
Locals never seem to run out of ways to spotlight the immigration experience. ASU professor James Garcia has penned plays about deportation. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art has shown photos of gun-toting Minutemen. Musician Mark Saylors sings the “Illegal Immigration Blues.” What’s next, interpretive dance? Sigh. Enter Flux Dance…
The wee author/inspirational speaker signs his new book, Life Is Short: Living and Losing the American Dream at 3-Feet Tall, co-written with former New Times staff writer John Dickerson. The Phoenix-based scribe/actor bills himself as “the world’s shortest widower” after his wife’s death in 2005 left him to raise his…
Our seventh-grade year in north Phoenix was spent racing our cruddy bike down alleys and jumping over canals, flanked by our best buds Brent and John. Respectively known as “new girl,” “pest,” and “the redhead,” we’d roll over to the homestead for a few dirty cannonballs after a disgruntled Mr…
Brent Jeffs knew his destiny from an early age. The son of a prominent family in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jeffs expected to have multiple wives and significant power in the 10,000-member polygamous FLDS community. But as he grew older, Brent, nephew of Warren Jeffs,…
We’ve been hiking the same secluded stretch of scorched earth for about 15 years now, and we rarely saw another soul. This past spring, our secret spot was suddenly swarming with folks sporting fanny packs and squeaky new hiking boots. Our first instinct was to kill us some tourists, Deliverance-style…
Remember in fourth grade when your Little League squad was really good and your dad went to every game? Remember in fifth grade when your team sucked and Dad suddenly had to work late every night? He wasn’t a bad father; he just understood that rooting for a loser sucks…
