In the whiny author’s notes printed in the program for Richard Dresser’s A View of the Harbor, the playwright carps about how hard it is to write plays. Because this commentary is punctuated with several sour jabs at theater critics, I was hoping I’d like his new play more than…
SEE YOU ON THE RUNWAY Scottsdale’s got style year-round, from the shiny-shirted boys at the clubs to the girls holding Sprinkles cupcakes. (Have you ever seen a woman in these parts actually take a bite? We think not!) If you happen to be reading this during Fashion Week — November…
BREAKFAST CLUB • ORANGE TABLE • SCRATCH PASTRIES After a hard night’s partying at the clubs, Scottsdale’s young and pretty refuel on pancakes and coffee at The Breakfast Club, while the bohemian crowd indulges in killer corned beef hash at The Orange Table, next door to the Scottsdale Center for…
SCENE One of the trendiest places to see and be seen undoubtedly is the W Scottsdale, an utterly opulent destination catering to a well-heeled crowd, or anyone else who can gain access through the purple velvet ropes guarding the front door of the hotel. Within this palace of pampering are…
ART ONE Kraig Foote, who runs this student gallery showcasing the works of high school and college-age artists, believes art really is for everybody — not just the elite. Here, you can score an affordable, gallery-worthy piece by budding artists, such as former exhibitors Steven Yazzie and Jeff Cochran, before…
IN THE MIX If L.A.’s Fred Segal came to Scottsdale, he’d head straight for The Mix. This Segal-inspired group of shops has a lot more bling than Segal, but the idea’s the same: Wander from store to store without realizing you’ve hit several boutiques, with everything from haute couture to…
By Lilia Menconi Scottsdale ARTWALK is getting all up in some international shit this Thursday. I already wrote about Lisa Sette’s Chinese art show. And just across Marshall Way, you can see two amazing Cuban artists at Bentley Gallery. Sombra hacia el sur by Acosta. Gustavo Acosta’s “Temporary Current” is…
By Lilia Menconi Hiding in the City #46: Whole Happy Family 2 by Liu Bolin, color photograph So it’s the beginning of the month and I’m drowning in press releases. But this time is always fun for me. When planning for the upcoming weekend, I feel like I have my…
Halloween Check out the costumed craziness direct from Halloween in Scottsdale and on Mill Avenue. Concert Review: The Faint at Marquee Theatre on Nov. 1 If you want to judge a concert based on how far back the crowd is dancing – and I think it’s a pretty fair way…
By Lilia Menconi Awww…this little symbol of death is just too cute. Hey, guess what? You’re going to die. Oh, don’t worry, I’ll die too. And so will everyone else. Sure, this concept is nothing new. But it’s easily forgotten. We buzz around everyday – working, eating, joking around with…
By Kelly Wilson
Is Casey Moore’s really haunted? Most of the staff at the Tempe neighborhood bar – located off Ninth and Ash – have personal ghost stories, some that are sure to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. And many swear up and down that something unearthly stalks this Cheers-like haunt (no pun intended).
By Martin Cizmar
Final Destination III
Arizona Avenue and Frye Road
Chandler
The good: Impressive acting, great props.
The bad: Not as thought provoking as it could be, nor as controversial.
The ugly: Long and slow line, too much time spent crammed together on dark and steep stairs.
Ostensibly, Zack and Miri Make a Porno should be money-shot Kevin Smith: Pals make a porn to pay the bills and, in the process of gettin’ it on for the video cam, cum to realize their years-in-the-making friendship is really a love affair. Awwwww, how sweet. In other words, it’s…
In a nation of frightened dullards, there is always a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome.” So wrote Hunter S. Thompson of the Hells Angels after riding with California’s motor-psycho Mongol hordes in the mid-1960s, a feat of embedded journalism that left…
On a double bill with L.A. Confidential, Chinatown, or just about any film made after 1970 about institutional corruption in Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling, a period drama based on a 1928 Los Angeles missing-child case, would come off as faintly geezer-ish noir lite. As LAPD scandals go, the case…
Some people want to get scared on Halloween. Others only want to get “scared.” It’s easy to tell which kind of person you are. Did you pay full price to see Saw V, only to peek through your fingers and giggle your way through the movie? Are you prepared to…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio appears in Anna Deavere Smith’s new play, but don’t ask her to tell you how he comes off. “He’s in there, that’s all I’m saying,” Smith says firmly. “You’ll just have to come to the production to see how he shows up.” Local theatergoers will be among…
I made an unfortunate assumption when I recently wrote about Flip a Strip, a design competition sponsored by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in which entrants were asked to give facelifts to one of three rundown strip malls in metropolitan Phoenix. I remember thinking then that the winner of…
Life’s been pretty damn scary lately. Between the double-fisted drama of the über-contentious race for the White House and the roller coaster stock market, we’ve been hoping this is all just some titanically bad nightmare everyone’s gonna wake up from. Needless to say, some letting loose is most definitely in…
The criminal-defense attorney/author presents her new book, Running With the Devil: The True Story of the ATF’s Infiltrations of the Hell’s Angels, which details the long-running cat-and-mouse game between Alchol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Arizona Angels. Mon., Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m., 2008…
The ASU Herberger College of the Arts presents this slamming shindig that happens to coincide with First Friday. There will be graffiti writers galore as well as tunes/breakin’ routines by the Furious Styles Crew. Don’t miss out, y’all. Fri., Nov. 7, 5-10 p.m., 2008…
The grassroots organization battling Arizona racism and xenophobia strikes back with this wingding, featuring music, food, poetry, and the Best Arpaio Costume Contest. Sat., Nov. 1, 6 p.m., 2008…
