Over the last few years Valley sports fans have grown accustomed to a lot of losing.But lately, as the temperatures drop and the leaves wither and fall, Valley sports teams seem to be doing just the opposite. Sure, the Cardinals still look like a distant dark horse in the NFC…
All great flamenco is about duende, the spiritual connection between a dancer, the music and the audience. And though it’s traditionally enjoyed in a casual, spontaneous setting known as a jugera, a more formal celebration of flamenco will bring some of the world’s best-known artists to the Valley this week.Lluvia…
You have to love any show that has to run a disclaimer for viewers to not try at home what they’re about to do. The next best thing to staging your own horribly unsafe DIY versions of the Mythbusters’ projects is to catch them live. Their Behind the Myths tour…
Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly know what it means to fight. The former Arizona congresswoman’s road to recovery has been in the public spotlight since her attempted assassination on January 8, 2011. Now her husband is speaking out about their experience and the determination it takes to overcome such…
We here at New Times would humbly like to add a new phrase to the lexicon: Nick Krolling. It’s like Rick Rolling, only instead of Rick Astley, you’re being punked by comedian and actor Nick Kroll. Here’s an example: “Lol but serously first and firstmostly vodka Jesus n Revenge r…
The 1987 action flick Predator has a lot going for it, but it’s definitely the best of the trio of films (including 1987’s The Running Man and 1997’s Batman & Robin) featuring the then-future state governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse “The Body” Ventura. Those beefy political-office-bound dudes lead a team…
It was Charles Bukowski who said, “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.” If you count yourself among that lucky-unlucky crowd, here’s your chance — in a new take on live theater.Asylum, a production from ASU’s Herberger Institute, transforms a Downtown event space into a…
After a young boy is hit by a car and killed while chasing his dog into the street, his parents are left to pick up the pieces (or sweep them under the rug) in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole. Becca copes with her intense grief by distancing herself from any memory…
Don Julio, Senor Rio, and Jose Cuervo were Patrons getting a little Cabo Wabo and feeling somewhat like El Conquistador in their hunt for Cazadores while waving Two Fingers in the air. If this sounds like your last mind-bending, Don Quixote-style visit to the Phoenix Tequila Fest, you’re probably not…
Prior to the 2012 NFL season, quarterback Peyton Manning was a free agent, but he wasn’t just any free agent. Mr. Manning was perhaps the most highly coveted free agent in the history of the league and it had been widely rumored that the Arizona Cardinals were on his short…
Cincinnati Bengals fans say “Who Dey” and New Orleans Saints fans opt for “Who Dat.” We’ll roll with “Who Day,” in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, which will be commemorated with the 3D episode The Day of the Doctor on Monday, November 25.Full-on geek love for Doctor…
Markieff Morris might be for real. The 13th player taken in the 2011 draft, Morris was wholly underwhelming in his first two seasons (he averaged nearly as many fouls per game as he did points) and figured to be little more than a role player on a bad team this…
It’s been 50 years since 1963’s March on Washington (itself timed to the Emancipation Proclamation’s centennial) featuring Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Over the next five years, President Kennedy, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. King would be assassinated. Hundreds more were murdered. Heights of…
This holiday season, don’t just settle for dreaming of a white Christmas, see it on stage with a five-week showing of Irving Berlin’s winter classic, White Christmas. Based on the 1954 Hollywood film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, and Rosemary Clooney, this theater adaptation features musical numbers including “Blue…
Madeleine Albright has been called many names. Among them: cold-blooded, cruel, and snakelike.The story goes that the former United Nations Ambassador and first female Secretary of State was christened an “unparalleled serpent” by the Iraqi press after comments about Sadaam Hussein’s aversion to complying with UN inspections. (The first time…
Jillian Burbol is the coolest chick you’ll find at any store, and she’s not even trying. A fashion marketing graduate from Parsons, she began her wonder woman retail career as a J. Crew associate who was asked to step over into the Madewell world back when the brand had only…
The Scottsdale Waterfront is fast becoming one of our favorite places to check out dazzling and eye-pleasing public art in recent weeks, particularly the kind that lights up the night after darkness falls. Earlier this month, the waterfront and the adjacent Arizona Canal featured such stunningly vibrant large-scale works as…
The setup: The 2009 London première of American playwright Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop made her the first black woman to receive the Olivier Award for Best New Play. The show moved to Broadway in 2011 and is now the second production in Arizona Theatre Company’s 2013-14 season. Like the works…
Dave Pounder has a colorful résumé, to say the least. The ASU graduate student turned pornographer has produced, directed, and starred in such X-rated films as Blowjob Ninjas, Bikini Banger, MILF Shakes, and Entering the Student Body…
Anyone who knows me at all can tell you that I’m less than warm and fuzzy when it comes to embracing work spawned by minimalism and conceptualism, two amorphous art movements/philosophies that hit their strides in the 1960s and ’70s. So I girded myself for profound boredom and/or bafflement before…
The holiday season is here, and you know what that means. While you singletons are popping the corks off cheap champagne drank straight from the bottle in your empty studio apartment, your more committed friends will be popping the question to their significant others. With save-the-date announcements flooding your mailbox,…
We blame Junie B. Jones for the way we ended up. At least a little. As kids, we shamelessly admired her unwavering opinions, trouble-making ways, and complete lack of hesitation for name-calling. To put it simply: She’s our favorite brat. Always has been; always will be. Barbara Park, the author…
