By Lilia Menconi Friday I told you about a good way to spend 100 bucks. Today I’ll tell you how to spend 1200. And, for future reference, any time you need advice on how to spend money, you can count on me. I will be there for you…I really will…
By P.J. Standlee Joel McHale is the ridiculous, scathing, and audacious joker among the equally ridiculous and licentious celebrity royalty that populate our most beloved and idiotic TV programs. And it’s obvious to everyone who saw McHale on Friday night at the Celebrity Theatre that McHale is not only good…
By Julie Peterson See more shots in our Star Trek: The Exhibition slide show. You don’t have to be a huge fan of Star Trek to enjoy the touring exhibit that just opened at Arizona Science Center — it’s got plenty for the general TV and movie enthusiast, as well…
By Lilia Menconi Well? Have you? Answer me!!!! So I throw around the words “juried exhibition” a lot. And, every time I use it, my silly imagination runs with the term. I can’t help it. I picture a big scary panel of judges sitting in a dim room. A bright…
By Wynter Holden See more shots from 999 Eyes Freak Show in our slide show. Met any freaks lately? Now, by “freaks” I don’t mean the black trenchcoat wearing, Twilight book reading, A Perfect Circle listening, tragically hip wannabe goth set. Or the scary dudes who post pictures of their…
Last year, my best friend and I stood in front of a Fritz Scholder painting in a Scottsdale gallery. I don’t recall every detail of the painting. But I remember the feeling of being smacked in the face with an electric color palette and a smash of rapid brushstrokes —…
Those of us who adored Casino Royale, the 2006 reboot of the haggard, self-parodic James Bond franchise, had some trouble trying to decide where to place it among the series’ finest. Was it better than Goldfinger? Probably not, but close. The Spy Who Loved Me? Maybe so. From Russia with…
If you traveled the length of John Malkovich’s medulla oblongata, hung a sharp left at the desk where Beckett’s Krapp recorded his last tape, and walked through the adjoining door of the interstellar hotel room at the end of 2001, you might end up somewhere in the vicinity of Charlie…
Topical standup and improv by lesbian/gay comics Jennie McNulty, Jason Dudey, & Diana Yanez. Sat., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., 2008…
Take a gander at some of the art that will be on display during the self-guided tour of 46 working studios, beginning November 21. Presented by the Sonoran Arts League. Pictured: A work by Scottsdale’s Jonathan Harmon. Sat., Nov. 15, 6-9 p.m., 2008…
Theoretical physicist/author Michio Kaku speaks about “the turning Point from fantasy to reality” in the auditorium. Thu., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., 2008…
The Fiesta Bowl-sponsored event features the top three daily finishers from the preliminaries taking shots at the $1 million payday. Proceeds benefit the 100 Club. Sun., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., 2008…
Hobnob with Major League Baseball Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins (pictured in his playing days), Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, Ernie Banks, Juan Marichal, and Rollie Fingers, along with numerous other sports celebs, for a very nice price. Proceeds benefit the Ferguson Jenkins Foundation and various other nonprofits. Sun., Nov. 16,…
In addition to the pet stroll, the event features live entertainment, pet vendors, a pet psychic, dog-agility contests, and more. Proceeds benefit the American Service Animal Society. Sat., Nov. 15, 8 a.m.-noon, 2008…
Bring in your Native American collectibles and have them appraised by experts for $30 ($25 for the second item, $20 for the third and subsequent, with a limit of 10). Sat., Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 2008…
Documentary portrait of artist Louise Nevelson, an environmental artist before such a term was even imagined who constructed assemblages of detritus. ”When you put together things that other people have thrown out, you’re really bringing them to life,” Nevelson once said. Tue., Nov. 18, 7 p.m., 2008…
The Phoenix author discusses and signs her new true-crime book, Bones in the Desert. All proceeds benefit the museum. Sat., Nov. 15, 7 p.m., 2008…
Admit it. You’ve wasting a good amount of time today (no, the entire day) on the Internet. And we’re sure that you found some engaging, exciting stuff, right? Riiiggghhtt. We’re only buying that if you posted up for a few hours on the binary-chaos.net Web site, a spot launched last…
What’s on your “bucket” list of stuff to accomplish before you croak? Write a novel? Scuba on the Great Barrier Reef? Shower naked with Pamela Anderson? The goal of Scottsdale-based commercial photographer Ken Ross is to capture 101 countries by the time he reaches the half-century mark – and he’s…
Face it, Q-Tip has had a life way more fly than yours, fool. Before he reached the tender age of 25, the Harlem-born MC co-founded the influential hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest, shared the silver screen with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice, earned a Grammy nomination, and collaborated with…
The ASU prof and acclaimed local novelist signs Yellow Moon, part two of her New Orleans trilogy that began with Voodoo Season. Tue., Nov. 18, 7 p.m., 2008…
The former ESPN.com sportswriter reads from and discusses Out of the Pocket, a story about a high school football hero who’s secretly gay. Sat., Nov. 15, 7 p.m., 2008…
