If you want a steamy-hot weekend, there’s no time like the present to start warming up, so call that young breezy whose number you scored at Circle K and seduce her with the romantic atmosphere at SoulCicle. The evening features low- to mid-tempo indie and old-school classics by Chicago DJ…
Male and female cowpokes with guns hold one of them shootin’ contests at Estrella Mountain Regional Park during the Cowboy Mounted Shooters Competition. Sat., Jan. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 2009…
The last major event of the this year’s auto-auction sweepstakes brings Kruse’s ginormous line of collectible models to the Valley. Thu., Jan. 22, 1 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 23, 10 a.m.; Sat., Jan. 24, 10 a.m.; Sun., Jan. 25, 10 a.m., 2009…
This year’s tour centers on the city’s Evergreen Historic District. The price includes admission to the tour and the historical museum and lunch at nearby RigaTony’s. Sat., Jan. 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2009…
Michelle Kaisertian of Indiana University discusses the exhibit “Elihu Vedder’s Drawings for the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.” Tue., Jan. 27, 7 p.m., 2009…
The Dow’s down 3.5 percent, Congress is preparing a second $350 billion bailout package, and Kia’s offering cars for a buck. It seems the only one who isn’t losing her shirt these days is local artist Kaori Takamura, who retired from graphic-design work to pursue her craft full-time. Takamura’s signature…
The ASU professor signs Unequal Under Law: Race in the War on Drugs. Mon., Jan. 26, 7 p.m., 2009…
If Portland’s not the next Seattle – the sonic boom town of the ’90s – then the Oregon town is at least the next Phoenix, considering all of the Valley musicians who have relocated there in the past few years. The latest defectors-to-be, Teague Cullen and Bri White, are about…
You wanna see Bill Shatner? Turn on Boston Legal. We prefer pop-cultural sci-fi icons who aren’t quite so, uh, iconic, and this year’s Phoenix Comicon will dish out a heaping helping of special guests from the pop-cult fringe. These include Richard LeParmentier, the Death Star Commander in the original Star…
Brother Augustine III of the Covenant of Christ’s Flesh was once blessed with a vision of the true Heaven. To everyone’s horror, it included no allusions to the classical depictions of God’s Kingdom – not a single chaste angel floated about and no eternal weight of saintly glory rested upon…
Because they’re antithetical to our moviegoing comfort zone of 20 minutes of previews and a 100-minute feature, short films require a special sort of patience that has nothing to do with time and everything with a different way of seeing. For those with the right kind of eyes, the payoff…
Neither artist Angel De Cora nor her art have anything to do with motor homes. The “Winnebago” in the title of Linda M. Waggoner’s book Fire Light: The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist refers to the Winnebago reservation in Nebraska where De Cora was born in 1871. De…
If you’re an eBay PowerSeller, you’ll scoff at this modest sale. Personally, we go to this low-key annual affair ’cause we like books. We like choosing them. We like reading them. When we’ve finished the last line, we like placing them on a shelf and feeling a small ping! of…
The artist explores the blurring boundaries between “cityscapes” and the natural environment. Tuesdays-Sundays. Starts: Jan. 23. Continues through April 12, 2009…
Bass Donato Di Stefano plays a traveling salesman who’s peddling love in this 20th-century update of Donizetti. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Thu., Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 25, 2 p.m., 2009…
The team-centric event, sponsored by the Excel Beyond triathlon-coaching organization, features 720 minutes of nonstop thrills in the Tempe waterfront area and on nearby Papago Park’s fast, steep single tracks and trails. It starts at the Tempe Marina boat ramp on the north side of Town Lake. Proceeds benefit the…
Our semi-dated T-shirt features an image of Dubya and Cheney man-hugging beneath the catch phrase “Meet the Fuckers,” so we’re probably not the target demo for the folks behind the Papago Military Vehicle Show. But even conscientious objectors should dig the unusual antique and vintage conveyances on display at the…
When you’re in late teens/early 20s-hood, you may start asking all sorts of super-spiritual questions, such as, “Who am I?” and “What is my true life’s purpose?” Then you find out that the answers to such inquiries ain’t so easy and give up trying. Instead, you get married, get preggers,…
Should African-Americans cling to the legacy of slavery as part of their identity or should they distance themselves from this shameful, victim-identified chapter of their history? Thomas Gibbons’ A House with No Walls, in a production by iTheatre Collaborative, explores this conflict by juxtaposing a fictionalized, present-day story with the…
The 10th-anniversary event features bottles from the world’s top houses. The price also includes hors d’oeuvres. Fri., Jan. 23, 5-7 p.m., 2009…
Amy Wilson’s work, an off-Broadway hit, spoofs the burdens modern mothers must bear. The play is based loosely on the life of the playwright, a regular on network TV (Law and Order, All My Children), Broadway, and the big screen (Kinsey, Kissing Jessica Stein). Actress/comedian Betsy Stover (pictured) portrays Wilson…
Charli Turner Thorne’s Devils, still in the thick of the Pac-10 race, take on the lowly Wildcats of UofA, who are — how can we say this politely? — not in the Pac-10 thick of things. Sat., Jan. 24, noon, 2009…
