Models have all the luck. Kate Moss was immortalized as a golden statue. Gisele Bundchen won a mint betting on football. And pregnant supermodel Heidi Klum has a better body than we did in college, even after popping out three kids. Bitch. Now, the Ford/Robert Black Models will literally walk…
For the love of pink triangle, are we the only straight-curious girl who owns Pansy Division vinyl? We asked around, but no one remembered that the San Francisco band was handpicked to open for Berkeley’s Green Day in ’94, and we bet a few of those Dookie lovers shit themselves…
The USA Triathlon-sanctioned event for women includes a half-mile swim, 21K bike, and 5K run. Sat., May 9, 8 a.m., 2009…
The night ride on the 15.4-mile Pemberton Trail requires helmets and lights equipped with a three-hour power source. Fri., May 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 2009…
This topnotch thriller from Down Under, which world-premiered at Sundance 2007, stars Brendan Cowell as a cop afflicted with tinnitus who’s thrown into the cacophony of a commuter-train tragedy. Written and directed by Matthew Saville (Roy Holsdotter Live). Mon., May 11, 6 p.m., 2009…
This topnotch thriller from Down Under, which world-premiered at Sundance 2007, stars Brendan Cowell as a cop afflicted with tinnitus who’s thrown into the cacophony of a commuter-train tragedy. Written and directed by Matthew Saville (Roy Holsdotter Live). Thu., May 7, 6:30 p.m., 2009…
The Georgetown University assistant professor signs her new book, Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands, which looks at the racial powder keg that was Cochise County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mon., May 11, 7 p.m., 2009…
We’ve tried to get into running plenty of times, but it never lasts for more than a couple of miles. No matter how motivated we are at the start, it doesn’t take us long to realize that we’ve never experienced sore knees while watching TV — and it’s only rarely…
The bubble-headed surfing flick from 2002 is the perfect summer movie for the new millennium: heavy on babes in skimpy bikinis, light on troublesome thought. Kate Bosworth stars as a North Shore wanna-be who’s licking her wounds from a pipeline calamity and making up rooms at a nearby resort while…
A lot of really hideous things can happen to you in the desert. You could get stung by a highly poisonous scorpion. You could get lost without any water, wander around for a couple of days, and then drop dead of dehydration. You could get sucked into quicksand. But probably…
Nineteen-year-old Aline Sibomana was a toddler when her family fled their Burundi home for a refugee camp in Tanzania, but says, “I remember pretty much everything. You grow up fast there.” Sibomana is one of the castaways featured in the “Refugee Status at School: Photographs by Eliza Gregory” exhibit, developed…
Teatro Real, Madrid, presents the filmic version of Handel’s work about the 14th-century Turko-Mongol conqueror of Asia. Sun., May 10, 10 a.m.; Wed., May 13, 11 a.m.; Thu., May 14, 7 p.m., 2009…
The early 1990s were ripe for the taking, musically. People were sick and tired of the Sunset Strip’s hair metal scene. Alternative rock – particularly grunge – helped usher in the slow death of hair bands, giving record labels a new genre to fawn over. Although not a Seattle-based band,…
You know those folks who say they listen to every type of music but country? Rather than slapping them for expressing something so stupid, try something more productive, like introducing them to Carrie Rodriguez. The Austin-born/Brooklyn-based alt-country darling plays the fiddle while singing songs that are equally friendly to fans…
Granted, the Arizona Diamondbacks will attempt to beat the butts off the Cincinnati Reds when Cincy visits Chase Field. But what the offensively challenged club should be doing is coaxing former D-Back hurler Micah Owings back to Pho-town. Not for his pitching – the Reds reliever kind of sucks on…
The D-Backs hook up with the worst team in the bigs and its big offseason free-agent signee, outfielder Adam Dunn, who’s been spanking the ball around smartly for the Nats after a mostly disappointing ’08 stay in Arizona. Fri., May 8, 6:40 p.m.; Sat., May 9, 5:10 p.m.; Sun., May…
The nightlife series showcases a different Dale Chihuly sculpture and Chihuly-inspired cocktail weekly. This week’s featured sculpture: Macchias. Cocktail: Lava Elixir. Entertainment: Colorstore (pictured). Thu., May 7, 5:30-8 p.m., 2009…
Photography, like any other art form, has its own language. It’s a language that in recent years has been codified and restructured and recast through digitization. But even this radical reinvention pales in comparison to the one that photographer Harry Callahan and two of his artist pals launched a half-century…
The riot grrls continue their inaugural season at the “Madhouse on McDowell” with a couple of ass-kicking contests. A 21-and-over, no-cover afterparty follows at George & Dragon Pub, 4240 North Central Avenue. Sat., May 9, 7:30 p.m., 2009…
It’s easy to see how Angelina Jolie fell for the stunning landscape of Cambodia. No strip malls. No smog. No cacti. Vietnamese artist Binh Danh had his own transcendental experience at the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat, though he came home with photos imprinted on leaves using the natural process…
Consider the tango. More a visual language than a mere shuffling of feet, the dance is aggressively romantic and frankly bedroom-eyed, defined by the grand theatrical gesture but still a deeply private public act of connection. Doing the tango is like puffing on a fragrant cigar under a South American…
Our little slice of scorched Earth offers little in the way of refinement during the summer months. One lingering touch of erudition — that’s erudite lite — is Theater League’s Broadway musical series. Come about now, when our other options are pool parties or knuckleheaded movies, we like the notion…
