Our friends from across the Atlantic have bestowed many a singer/songwriter upon us. There is a staggering number of skinny, charming Brits infiltrating U.S. radio airwaves with their sullen, heartfelt pop music. We usually reserve a soft spot for British singers, but their music is not something we are overly…
Are you sitting down? Good. Are you sitting at the bridge of the Starship Enterprise? You can at “Star Trek: The Exhibition.” Boldly go through 12,500 square feet and explore actual sets, costumes, and props from all five Star Trek TV series and all 10 films. Purchase cool souvenir photos…
Contemporary bromoil works by the nationally and internationally recognized art photographer. Sat., April 18, 1-5 p.m.; Sat., April 25, 1-5 p.m.; Sat., May 2, 1-5 p.m.; Sat., May 9, 1-5 p.m., 2009…
Hot dogs, cold beer, hot tunes, and cool art — I can’t think of a better way to drift through a mellow April afternoon than eating grilled pups, chewing the fat with artists and raising money for a future exhibition already in the works at ASU Art Museum. Martha +…
I’m always whining about how city planners here appear not to have any real success at continued development; that we’re a community continually launching long-term development plans that peter out before they’re realized. So you’d think I’d be happy about SkySong (1475 North Scottsdale Road), that monstrous, ASU-affiliated international business…
Jessica Andrews, who helped manage the Arizona Theatre Company for 15 years, is stepping down from her role as executive director following a successful fundraising campaign. In an announcement today (see below), Andrews says her focus on raising money for the theater company in recent years has been rewarded…
I am so excited for this one…I thought that after Kathleen Vanesian wrote about Echelman and I blogged about her a couple times, I might be a little Echelman’ed out.But I buzzed down to the Downtown Civic Space last night, right around sunset, and was totally blown away. The sculpture…
I blogged this morning and I really don’t want to over-Arty-Girl you so I’ll keep this brief…Since you’ve all, no doubt, committed every single piece of my writing to memory, the name Michael Little should ring some bells.I wrote a story last year about his cell phone documentary that showed…
Real quick – before I get into anything else – have you seen this? It’s the slideshow I promised for the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, taken by my esteemed colleague, Kathleen Vanesian, and it is quite stunning…enjoy! Hey, wanna talk about Iraq?I know, I know…what a question. I doubt that…
So it’s Christmas, circa 1989, and I’m opening presents with my three older brothers. The big gift that year was a left-handed baseball mitt for my brother, Alan. Everyone knew about it, including him. Because I told him. I was with my poor, single mother, months prior, when she shlepped…
Observe and Report writer-director Jody Hill makes mean-spirited tragedies that studios market as inane comedies because otherwise no one would pay a cent to see them. That’s more or less what happened to Hill’s The Foot Fist Way in 2008, two years after its Sundance twirl first caught the attention…
In our experience, local bands that promote the crap out of themselves with flier bombardments, MySpace bulletin blitzkriegs, and/or free CD-Rs aplenty turn out to be not so good. But Pigeon Religion, a Tempe-based rock-punk group that personally hands out oodles of fliers and business cards, is worth all of…
Frankly, it sucks hardcore that all of these technologies that work just fine – analog TVs, VCRs, and landline phones – are getting tossed out of mainstream society like yesterday’s newspaper. (Newspapers. Another piece of art that may go extinct soon. Sigh.) A light in this deep, dark cloud of…
First, February’s Phoenix Idiotarod saw themed shopping carts tearing through downtown. Then, last month’s Brides of March extravaganza let loose bridezillas (both male and female) on a rampage. Now, there’s Fluor-Ascent, an illuminated nighttime hike up Piestewa Peak that will let folks get their shine on. For all of these…
The first time we visited Manzanita Speedway, we hated the joint. Mind you, we were around 8 years old, but the dirt oval on the west side just seemed so, well, barbaric. Over the years, we’ve learned to love the place, because like the Westward Ho, the since-bulldozed Madison Square…
Get a sneak peek at the upcoming PBS documentary series, which airs May 4. Wendy Weston of Heard Museum leads a post-screening discussion. Thu., April 9, 7-9 p.m., 2009…
“How lovely to have a figure that’s round instead of flat . . .” So sings the teenage ingenue of Bye Bye Birdie in “How Lovely to Be a Woman.” April Flores, star of the film Voluptuous Biker Babes, seems to agree, and then some: The plus-size porn diva’s abundant…
Besides acne, cracking voices, and slobbery first kisses to rival a St. Bernard, the worst thing about hitting puberty is giving up your toys. Bye bye, Barbie. Sayonara, stuffed animals. G.I. Joe, you’re retired from active duty. Thank God for the collectible vinyl/resin toy fad, which allows teens and adults…
If anime lore is to be believed, the origins of anime fandom in this country were a select few true believers with friends in or connections to Japan who were able to acquire VHS recordings from actual Japanese television. Several steps before this would morph into corporate conglomerates broadcasting Naruto…
We recommend the “Titanic: Treasures from the Deep” touring exhibit reluctantly, but nonetheless. Why? The “mobile museum” features goods recovered from the wreck site of the doomed ocean liner, which many would like to see designated a salvage-free memorial zone. The items you’ll see when “Treasures” visits Scottsdale Fashion Square…
Numerous local artists contributed work in support of the New School’s “nurturing academic environment,” including Yuko Yabuki, Dayvid LeMmon, JJ Horner, Randal Wilson, Lalo Cota, The Mac, Luster Kaboom, Amy Austin, and Colton Brock. Matt Dickson curated. (A work by LeMmon is pictured.) Thu., April 9, 6-9 p.m., 2009…
Your boyfriend’s favorite hobbies include Dumpster-diving for discarded meat and pretending he’s undead when you go for picnics. You feel he views you as too much of a lamb, so you’ve decided to amputate your finger and unveil its sacrificial glory at the Zombie Ball. Somewhere between the musical acts…
