Oppressed smokers of the Valley, cheer up: Dave Attell feels your pain. Whether surviving a smoking ban or forking over a fiver to satisfy a nic fit, the 43-year-old comedian, who lights up the Tempe Improv this weekend, is familiar with the trials and tribulations of tobacco use. “In New…
On last winter’s intriguing Watershed, k.d Lang’s first disc of original material in eight years, the Canadian-born singer-songwriter seemed to have picked up a few things from the legendary Tony Bennett, with whom she has repeatedly collaborated over the years since singing together during his MTV Unplugged special in 1993…
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. North Auditorium. Mon., Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., 2008…
Producer/writer Cleveland has played significant roles in the success of TV sensations Six Feet Under, The West Wing, and Mad Men and movies such as Runaway Jury and Jerry and Tom. He speaks as part of the symposium sponsored by the ASU Herberger School of Theatre and Film. Registration is…
It takes five chefs (one per course) to salute the Big Kahuna at this delectable celebration of Roy’s 20th year in the biz. In addition to hula dancers and flame throwers, there’ll be a Pacific Rim smorgasbord including Tuna Sashimi Tempura Roll with Yuzu Rose Sauce, Sea Scallop Salad with…
“Oh, Charles, will you bring my steed around?” “Indeed. And after, shall we sup?” Actually, though the group meets in North Snotsdale, it’s not, well, like that. These desert strikers wield some mean mallets, and it’s a blast to watch ’em tearin’ up the sod ‘neath the westward-facing brow of…
SCC sculpture students and contemporaries from ASU, NAU, and New Mexico Highland University create molten art by pouring superheated liquid metal into pre-cast molds. It’s pretty, er, hot stuff. The fourth annual event, which kicks off with the furnace lighting, takes place behind the Art Building. Sat., Nov. 8, 3:30-8…
One-of-a-kind chairs designed by ASU interior-design students. Proceeds from the sale of the chairs at the “CHAIRity” Benefit Dinner and Display on November 19 will go to the Family Advocacy Center. Mondays-Fridays. Starts: Nov. 3. Continues through Nov. 19, 2008…
The gang, including the 27-Inch Woman, Lobster Boy, Human Tripod Girl, and Lady Diabla, is on its “I (Heart) Freaks” Tour. Wed., Nov. 12, 8 & 10 p.m., 2008…
Photos depicting the “quirks and eccentricities of the original Sin City” by Phoenix native Steve Weiss of Candid Landscapes. Fri., Nov. 7, 6-10 p.m., 2008…
The exhibit features works by artists Barri Chase, Petra Groen, Ana B. Hernandez, Mona Higuchi, Karrie Hovey, Saskia Jorda, Christy Puetz, Ingrid Restemayer, and Denise Yaghmourian, who used fibers to address “issues of mimicry, process and repetition.” Sat., Nov. 8, 12-3 p.m., 2008…
The exhibit features works by artists Barri Chase, Petra Groen, Ana B. Hernandez, Mona Higuchi, Karrie Hovey, Saskia Jorda, Christy Puetz, Ingrid Restemayer, and Denise Yaghmourian, who used fibers to address “issues of mimicry, process and repetition.” Fri., Nov. 7, 6-10 p.m., 2008…
Yummy! The fest at the ab-fab Cheuvront features various artisan and handcrafted cheeses and more than 30 wines from around the globe. Sat., Nov. 8, 12-4 p.m., 2008…
ASU’s F.A.R. (Future Arts Research) organization presents this event, featuring playwright Anna Deavere Smith’s “stories of Justice [Sandra Day] O’Connor, as well those of more than 30 women with relationships to the American judicial system.” (The playwright is pictured.) Wed., Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Sat.,…
The Washington bureau chiefs for USA Today and The Dallas Morning News, respectively, provide retrospective analysis of presidential-election media coverage. Wed., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., 2008…
Valley photog Jon White presents his “nostalgic” salute to photography’s dying breed, the Polaroid, which has been effectively bulldozed by digital imaging. Fri., Oct. 17, 6-10 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 18, 12-5 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 7, 6-10 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 8, 12-5 p.m., 2008…
New York artist France Scully Osterman shows off new wet-plate-collodion, salted-paper, and albumen works. Sat., Oct. 11, 1-5 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 17, 6-10 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 18, 1-5 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 25, 1-5 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 1, 1-5 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 7, 6-10 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 8, 1-5 p.m.; Sat.,…
Many try, but few outdistance the boys and girls from Quantico. See how you stack up against real-life special agents at this family-oriented fundraiser for various FBI community-outreach programs. Sat., Nov. 8, 8 a.m., 2008…
This year’s race features the biggie, the Mollen Clinic 10K, as well as the Albertson’s 5K, Phoenix New Times 5K Walk, a 5K Stroller Stroll, and more. Sun., Nov. 9, 7:45 a.m., 2008…
It rarely works out this way, but adding bully-boy Ron Artest to the lineup of the perennially underachieving Rockets would seem to indicate that Houston management actually wants to do something strange — like, win — come the postseason. Wed., Nov. 12, 8:30 p.m.; Wed., April 1, 7 p.m., 2008…
We like many things about Memphis. We like the blues. We like the ribs. We like that the joint was named after the ancient capital of Egypt. We like that it’s not Nashville. We loathe the Memphis Grizzlies. We’d rather see the Spurs win the friggin’ title – again –…
Still waiting to get your art-walking feet wet? This is your week. Not only is the weather pretty much perfect, but we’ve found an exhibition where you can say, “Geez, what’s that? I totally don’t get it,” and the artists will probably be thrilled. “Mysterious: simultaneously arousing wonder and inquisitiveness”…
