The Chateau Marmont is a beautiful anomaly. It’s an old Hollywood building in a town of youth worshipers, a quiet refuge and a party palace, and a luxurious spot that thrives on bohemian vibes. Make a slight right heading west on Sunset Boulevard and, suddenly, you’re somewhere else. The strip…
If you saw the season finale of HBO’s Silicon Valley, then you definitely know the joke we’re talking about. The Mike Judge show is about a group of friends and housemates struggling to launch a successful tech startup called Pied Piper without being squashed by a giant Google-like organization called…
Geeks of Arizona, we sincerely hope you’ve been pinching pennies and stashing away your cash as of late. It’s really going to come in handy this weekend during Phoenix Comicon, whether you’re buying up back issues or variant covers by the metric ton, picking up a few outstanding-looking mementos, or…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 80. Julieta Felix. For…
If you’ve stepped foot inside inside the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art recently, you may have noticed that things are just a few shades different than normal. Okay, make that many shades. That’s because sister organizations, Scottsdale Public Arts and SMoCA have teamed up once again to make the Old…
Twenty-five years ago today, Phoenix hosted its first Formula One Grand Prix. Phoenix’s F1 race didn’t last long…
Comedians Matt Mira and Jonah Ray make their way to Phoenix to bring their fans a new show — sort of. The guys will bring the alternately titled The Matt and Jonah show or The Jonah and Matt show depending on whom you ask, to Phoenix for a first-of-its-kind event…
Pop art fanatics, prepare yourselves. ASU Art Museum announced that it has been gifted six rare prints by famed artist Andy Warhol. The original screenprints will be on display in the lobby of the ASU Art Museum through September and will remain in the museum’s permanent collection thereafter. Since Warhol’s…
Tania Katan calls herself a “Producer of Shenanigans.” The title is fitting, as the writer, performer, and program coordinator at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is tasked with bringing artists and performers to audiences in order to captivate, inspire, and get a little crazy at story-sharing events like Lit…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 81. Larry Madrigal. “Drawing…
Get excited, Firefly, Serenity, and okay, fine, Castle fans. While most of you may already know that science-fiction poster boy Nathan Fillion is coming to Phoenix Comicon, which runs from Thursday, June 5, through Sunday June 8, you might be interested to hear that he’ll also be paying a visit…
There’s nothing more complimentary than the word “free.” Rather than be insulted by high prices, why not pick events that flatter both your budget and your social calendar? From gallery shows to museum lectures to Saturday morning yoga, here are three free happenings to highlight your week…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 82. Lisa Albinger. Forget…
When it comes to neighborhoods, we’ve dished the dirt on the 10 best, the five up-and-comers, and the five most expensive. Now it’s time to cater to cribs that keep you tuned in without being tied down. Yep, it’s time to take a look at Phoenix’s coolest apartments. From Grand…
All-out geekery, trivia, and a pop-up art gallery round out Jackalope Ranch’s top picks for things to do in (and around) Phoenix this week. Weekly Trivia Night We can’t prove it, but we’re pretty sure beer makes you smarter. Why else would a bar add a staple trivia contest to…
This fall the catwalk is going to the dogs. The Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships is gearing up for its return to WestWorld October 25 through 26 and this year it’s rolling out some new four-legged entertainment with its first-ever Canine Couture fashion show…
James McAvoy knows not to trust the British tabloids. While flogging his grotty drama Filth, based on the Irvine Welsh novel about a coke-addicted, double-crossing cop, they breathlessly reported that the Scottish actor had dived so deep into method acting that he’d convinced a German hooker to punch him in…
In 1986, peaceniks were mad at Tom Cruise. That year, the Navy thanked Top Gun for boosting enlistment by 20,000 recruits. Since then, he’s made more critiques of military than advertisements, most of which (Lions for Lambs, Born on the Fourth of July, The Last Samurai, Valkyrie) j’accuse bad leadership…
“Out of your head and into your heart.” Throughout our interview with the members of Howl Theatre Project, it was this phrase that kept appearing. By their own admission, this was a bit of a clichéd phrase, particularly for a troupe with such experimental bonafides as theirs. But still, the…
All dancers are creative, but Ballet Arizona’s most recent performance gives a few of its members the chance to be creators as well. Innovations is a showcase of new choreography by Tzu-Chia Huang, Nayon Iovino, Myles Lavallee and Astrit Zejnati. “All four of these artists have a passion that we…
The setup: You may remember a massive hit musical, The Producers, that was based on a Mel Brooks film that, by the time this century turned, not really all that many people remembered. You might not realize that Brooks wrote all the songs for that show, not just “Springtime for…
Need plans, Phoenix? This weekend theater, poetry, and a thrillshow by way of Houston await. Shakespeare’s King Lear How do you take tragic and turn it into magic? You hand over it over to a bunch of Shakespeare rookies, give them only a month to practice, then sit back, relax,…
