If you’ve been putting off a visit to Wells Fargo Arena to see ASU Men’s Basketball’s All-American whiz kid James Harden, consider that life is messy, remaining home games are fewer than you think, and the sophomore sensation’s gonna be in the NBA lottery, not on the ASU hardwood, next…
Moooooo. Yep, the Arizona National Livestock Show is back and chock-full of barnyard fun. Sat., Dec. 27, 8 a.m.; Sun., Dec. 28, 7:50 a.m.; Mon., Dec. 29, 8 a.m.; Tue., Dec. 30, 6 a.m.; Wed., Dec. 31, 7 a.m.; Thu., Jan. 1, 9 a.m., 2008…
King me! King me! Uh, no, as far as the Phoenix Coyotes are concerned when the Los Angeles Kings come to town for a game at Glendale’s Jobing.com Arena. Tue., Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 27, 7 p.m.; Thu., April 2, 7 p.m., 2008…
Some rodeo sports remind us of medieval torture, but in the best and most badass kind of way. Imagine, back in the day, two ropers on horseback charging after a cow. One snares the head, the other the back legs, leaving the animal stretched between two horses while somebody grabs…
It’s Christmas Day in Phoenix. You wake up early, even before the kids, to take care of some last-minute errands. But it isn’t because you’re a good dad and want to be free of afternoon obligations in order to spend quality time with the fam. No, you do it because…
Even when the Arizona Cardinals surprise the universe and make it to the playoffs, the joy is bittersweet. In the back of our minds, we know that NFL Sunday’s sweet kiss is almost over. After January, it’s six boring months of d-bag sports that drive us from our couches into…
Maybe we’ve consumed too much haterade here at Night & Day, but for whatever reason, we aren’t super into the whole New Year’s resolution fad. Personally, we don’t believe that the calendar needs to read January 1 before attempting to accomplish new and outside-of-ourselves things. For example, if we’re feeling…
An all-female punk band such as Finally Punk sounds like a conveniently packaged, easily categorized gimmick band. We hear you saying something like, “What, is this, like, Bratmobile 2.0?” No, music snob, it’s not. This group is anything but that. You see, while listening to the Austin-based riot-grrl ensemble, all…
The Rod Blagojevich Senate-appointment-for-dollars ruse, though way controversial, may not come close to the uproar the Illinois governor caused two years ago. In 2006, he appointed Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad — a representative of the Nation of Islam — to his commission on discrimination and hate crimes. Think of today’s…
English, bafflingly enough, is the official language of Arizona. Luckily, the political shenanigans seem to have little effect on the dance floor, especially when DJ Fuego plays his role as ambassador of Ritmos Latinos each Friday during Viernes Latin Night. Born to Dominican parents in New York City, Fuego rose…
Some of you may take issue with our category for this piece, which is about the latest IZW Wrestling event. Sports? Since when is wrasslin’ a sport? Well, dear pessimist, you have to admit that it takes some level of athletic prowess to pull off all of those stunts, er,…
It’s July 20, 1944, and Adolf Hitler has been assassinated — the victim of a bomb blast organized and executed by a cabal of high-ranking German army officers seeking to wrest control of the country away from the Third Reich and, with luck, bring an end to World War II…
So I’m a writer, right? At least, that’s what I’ve been telling everyone at these Holiday parties I’ve been frequenting. It’s only natural that I wouldn’t be able to keep myself away from this blog on Christmas Eve. And while I don’t expect any of you to take in an…
We laughed, we cried, we fashion policed: Edward Prostak (Scrooge) and David Errigo Jr. (Christmas Past). Photo by Scott Samplin © 2008 I’ve brushed off my black trousers and Ugly Christmas Sweater one last time to review a production at a Broadway-style dinner theater (yes, that’s an oxymoron): the…
“Dip Dick” by Miller.You can’t blame me for starting this blog with the wiener picture. Such a racy image might snag some attention and get me some new readers.But enough about my strategy to keep Arty Girl alive. What I really want to write about is Ryan Peter Miller’s solo…
This is how Nochta snagged her victims -er- subjects.Everyone likes music on some level. I mean, come on – we’re alive, we’re human beings and we have emotions. Photographer Lindsey Nochta set out to find those who are beyond the casual music listener. She’s had her sights fixed on the…
Get Out, The East Valley Tribune’s Thursday entertainment tabloid will publish for the last time on Christmas Day. Today, I finally got an e-mail with memorial details for our vanquished — but respected — foe of 11 years. You can click here to leave thoughts and memories.The Trib is my…
You’re constantly on the run from the demonic forces of the undead. You’ve lost most of the people you care about and survival from this nightmare seems like an impossible dream. But hey, it sure beats the hell out of facing the mall crowds at Christmas time.See just how many…
For so major a movie star — at least, once upon a time — Jim Carrey seems to make a lot of awfully minor films, several of them over and over again. Isn’t Yes Man, in which Carrey’s self-absorbed Debbie Downer green-lights every bad decision in an effort to reinvent…
Two years ago nearly to the day, Will Smith and Italian director Gabriele Muccino released The Pursuit of Happyness, one of the most underrated of recent Hollywood movies, which starred Smith as a single father navigating a hand-to-mouth existence on the streets of San Francisco. Writing at the time, I…
About three minutes into Stray Cat Theatre’s newest production, I found myself thinking: This can’t be really happening. When you go to see it — and you must, if you do nothing else this holiday season, go see this astonishing stage production — you will almost certainly experience the same…
Is it over yet? Can we look? Don’t know about y’all, but we’re more than ready to put the titanic clusterfuck that was 2008 behind us. Frankly, we’re hoping to forget the past 365-odd days (with the exception of November 4, natch) and welcome 2009 with open arms and more…
