I went to the furniture store the other day to mail a package. It was weird. Like so many other places in the Valley that aren’t what they once were, this furniture store isn’t a furniture store anymore. It’s a post office. And so I was able to mail to…
Learn how to make the delightful rum-based highball from down Cuba way. Reservations are required. Wed., March 25, 6 p.m., 2009…
Rock out to the boys from Dublin, whose greatest hits are set to laser and CGI animation effects. Shows are at 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 4:30 and 6 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Starts: April 9. Daily, 2009…
RITC makes its debut at the casino with a fight card that includes RITC heavyweight/light heavyweight champ Richard Hale defending his light-heavyweight title against Shawn Frye (pictured). Sat., March 21, 7:30 p.m., 2009…
The former Arizona Cardinals lineman raises funds for various charitable causes with this shindig, featuring cocktails, dancing, and “celebrity sightings.” Sat., March 21, 8 p.m., 2009…
Learn how to make the delightful rum-based highball from down Cuba way. Reservations are required. Tue., March 24, 6 p.m., 2009…
Author/photojournalist Lechner should’ve titled her book Chicago Cubs: Big, Fat Losers. Rather, she chose the high road with her Our Team, Our Dream: A Cubs Fan’s Journey Into Baseball’s Greatest Romance — described as a “passionate photo documentary highlighting 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs.” Fifteen years? Ouch. The girl…
Author/photojournalist Lechner should’ve titled her book Chicago Cubs: Big, Fat Losers. Rather, she chose the high road with her Our Team, Our Dream: A Cubs Fan’s Journey Into Baseball’s Greatest Romance — described as a “passionate photo documentary highlighting 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs.” Fifteen years? Ouch. The girl…
Author/photojournalist Lechner should’ve titled her book Chicago Cubs: Big, Fat Losers. Rather, she chose the high road with her Our Team, Our Dream: A Cubs Fan’s Journey Into Baseball’s Greatest Romance — described as a “passionate photo documentary highlighting 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs.” Fifteen years? Ouch. The girl…
Over the years, instrumental rock has earned a (mostly deserved) reputation for being self-indulgent, pretentious and unnecessarily intricate. On their early albums and EPs, Chicago instru-metal quartet Pelican certainly fit that mold, crafting dense, multilayered songs that frequently exceeded the 10-minute mark. But their latest release, 2007’s City of Echoes,…
Nearly two years after dissapearing from the Valley music scene, Mink Rebellion is staging a one-night reunion at the Clubhouse Music Venue. The alt-rock/power-pop fivesome made something of a splash during 2005/2006, landing relatively high-profile gigs opening for Rooney and Dramarama, as well as getting shopped around to major labels…
The allure of the Grand Canyon would definitely be lessened if it had ended up as just another private-property trophy of the rich. Filmmaking rock star Ken Burns knows this, and on Sunday, March 22, he’ll preview and discuss his latest project, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, which doesn’t…
Fast forward to the upcoming summer months. (Gross, we know, but stick with us for a moment, because we’re trying to do you a favor.) Now, imagine sitting inside – because it’s impossible to go outside without dying – and staring out into your front and/or backyards. Nothing but a…
Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins and about 30 of his famous pals will take over Wrigley South, a.k.a. HoHoKam Stadium, for the second annual “Fergie & Friends” Celebrity Baseball Game later this week. Retired greats confirmed at press time include Juan Marichal, Dave Stewart, George Foster, Rollie Fingers, Bill Buckner,…
A friend recently flew to Chicago for a family function. It was a brisk 11 degrees when she touched down at O’Hare. When she returned to Sky Harbor a couple days later, the temp was 88. Perhaps that – and the fact that both of the Windy City’s ball teams,…
If you’re suspicious of modern meds, San Francisco’s Andrew Goldfarb has The Slow Poisoner’s Miracle Tonic, which he claims is good for curing cholera, gout, and onanism, among other ailments. Don’t believe him? Then check it out when Goldfarb will be peddling the green fluid and his creepy artwork during…
Some pairings were destined to be. Beer and pizza. Brad and Angelina. Chris Brown and a restraining order. And artist Betsy Bret Harte and sociologist Mary Kay Zeeb, who knew each other for years before realizing how much their work overlapped. Their first official collaborative exhibit, titled “WORD,” visually depicts…
The fundraiser for HRC AZ features dinner, a silent auction, and a scheduled guest appearance by comedian Chelsea Handler of E!’s Chelsea Lately (pictured). Sat., March 21, 5:30 p.m., 2009…
The gruesome Saw franchise put director Darren Lynn Bousman on the map as a card-carrying member of the splat pack, running with the likes of Tarantino and Zombie. Now Bousman’s cup of blood runneth over, so to speak, with the underground success of his take on humanity’s dark future in…
What does a renowned tattoo artist and television star who’s dating a heavy-metal icon do for an encore? Why, she writes a book, of course. Kat Von D, star of the wildly popular TLC series Miami Ink and its even more popular follow-up, LA Ink, has, er, inked High Voltage…
Phoenix Art Museum’s Helen Nosova speaks about the unusual Depression-era clothing style and its even odder bedfellow, desert ostrich ranching. Thu., March 19, 11:30 a.m., 2009…
So your grandma willed you a Navajo rug, and you’ve been using it as a door mat. Stop, for Chrissakes, and haul it down to the Native Art & Artifacts Appraisal Day. As many of us have witnessed on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, authentic Native Americana can be worth a bundle…
