It’s been a minute since Billy Idol last wrote one of his big hits, but he’s still one of those celebrities who needs no introduction. The ’80s punk rocker turned pop icon has had one hell of a ride, and now he’s telling all in a new memoir predictably titled…
People collect all sorts of things — stamps, coins, baseball cards, asphalt. Yeah, there’s an actual asphalt museum in Sacramento, California, dedicated to the stuff. Although you may have thousands of photos either on your phone or garnering likes on your Instagram account, we’re not sure you can call that…
The gloomy works of 19th century Russian playwright Anton Chekov aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. So we’re glad that Christopher Durang’s made a spiked punch of the Russkie’s characters in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which opens on Thursday, October 9.Durang’s got a steady hand for satirical theater…
The east coast meets Arizona and ecology meets art as acclaimed painter Judith Kruger exhibits her work in downtown Phoenix’s warehouse district. As an American specializing in Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting, Kruger has harnessed a craft that is not inherently her own. What is inherent, however, is her connection to…
Should you be unfamiliar with iconic author Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether,” apologies, here comes a spoiler alert and incidentally, an obscure 1980s pop reference: The lunatics have taken over the asylum. Don’t worry; The System is still a worthwhile read, spoiler…
Forget about the Night of the Living Dead movie and all its sequels when you can catch the foot-dragging, skin-dangling, eyes-rolling, brain-eating, moaning, and groaning good time live, uh, dead, on stage at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts.Back-story: A satellite returns from Venus carrying a deadly radioactivity that…
No matter how you slice it, our culture simply does not care about exploration the way it used to. In the past, great explorers were celebrated heroes who earned a guaranteed place in elementary school history textbooks. Today, however, we struggle to name a single modern explorer, partly because it’s…
With the NSA peeking around every corner, Google analyzing every single thing ever searched, and Facebook showing you infant clothing ads just because you searched for baby panda photos that one time, it seems like nothing is really private nowadays. Thirteen national and international interdisciplinary artists explore these issues of…
Like many tattoo artists before him, Tony Goeke got into tattooing when a shop opened up in his hometown. “A shop opened up in my town [Richmond, Indiana], and I ran into one of the guys who owned it,” Goeke says. “He was trying to get more people to come…
Ralphie May didn’t take the stereotypical route to comedy stardom. But it doesn’t really matter how you get there, because you’re going to pay your dues in one way or another. “There are a lot of different paths to be a stand-up comic,” May says. “But there’s no easy path…
B-I-N-G-O is B-A-C-K. You heard it here first, folks. Jackalope Ranch will bring bingo back to Crescent Ballroom for a one-off night of raucous gaming, prizes, and general merrymaking. And we’re ecstatic to announce the return of some of our favorite emcees…
Going to the fair is one of those date ideas that you see in the movies and it seems really cute. For all we know, maybe it is a really cute date for some. But, for most people, the Arizona State Fair isn’t exactly the most romantic setting. There are…
Phoenix Design Week kicks off on Thursday, October 16, and there are more than enough events to go around. Actually, with more than 15 different talks, meetups, parties, and conferences happening over the course of nine days, knowing when and where to go can be a bit overwhelming. Which is…
If Homer Simpson taught us anything, it’s that you’ve got to squeeze every penny, not so hard that said penny gets embedded in your skin and travels up your arm, mind you, but just enough so you can see the town without seeing negatives in your bank account. From motorcycle…
Seventy-two competitive slam poets walk into a coffee shop in Phoenix. This is not a joke. There will be no punchline. The Arizona Humanities Council will play host to the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam, a four-day event that pits “presentative poets” against one another. The competition itself exists as…
Sneakerheads in metro Phoenix have always faced a difficult challenge. Simply put, there are too many sneakerheads and not enough sneaker stores in the Valley for everyone to get the releases they want the most. Unlike in New York, where we’ve seen extremely limited sneakers sit on mall shelves for…
Well, ladies and gentleman, the time has almost come for the 14th annual Scottsdale International Film Festival to begin screening extraordinary movies from across the globe. With 40 films in this year’s lineup, it’s no easy task to decide which films you’ll see and which you’ll have to skip between…
For those of you who missed the total eclipse back in April, we have some good news. It’s coming back around again. And again, and again. Between the years 2014 and 2015, there will be four total eclipses in succession, each separated by six lunar months (six full moons), constituting…
This year, Phoenix Fashion Week was a little bit different. Designers presented collections at Talking Stick Resort from October 2 through 4 that were better crafted and more smartly assembled than ever before. No line was an all-out embarrassment. There was plenty I didn’t like, but there was more that…
One of Phoenix’s biggest sneaker events, Heated Sole Summit, took place on October 4 at Bourgade Catholic High School. The fourth Heated Sole Summit event brought sneakerheads from all over the state together for a cause, and to buy, sell, or trade their rare kicks…
This is the story of the time I brought my boyfriend to a dance play about vampires during post-season baseball. More specifically, this is a story about the time I peeled the aforementioned man off the couch and dragged him to Scorpius Dance Theatre’s A Vampire Tale during longest playoff…
Mariposa Monarca Butterfly Exhibit Lepidoterophobes, take note: It’s that time of year of again. The butterflies are returning to Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 North Galvin Parkway, for the annual Mariposa Monarca Monarch Butterfly exhibit. The show features information about life cycle and migration patterns of these special butterflies, but the…
