The residents of Tokyo are locked in an epic battle with giant jungle crows. Sounds like a great monster movie — but it’s a documentary, Tokyo Waka, presented at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art by No Festival Required Independent Cinema. It’s a poetic, contemplative film that weaves a philosophical framework…
Turns out you don’t need an art history degree and a background in curating to make an impact on what hangs at Phoenix Art Museum. Not during ArtPick, anyway. The annual event turns patrons into curators by having them vote on one new piece to be added to the museum’s…
The Phoenix Suns may end up having four first-round draft picks in 2014. What’s more, the 2014 NBA draft is being touted as the best in a decade. Understandably, Planet Orange devotees find themselves in the ambivalent position of rooting for their team whilst secretly being okay with the losses…
The World Series may be over (Boston won in case you were the only one not paying attention), but baseball continues in the Valley as the Arizona Fall Baseball League wraps up a monthlong season with its own championship at Scottsdale Stadium. While most eyes have been on the big…
When it comes to the chicken and the egg, it’s not about who goes first — it’s about who goes in the middle. The Valley Permaculture Alliance’s Tour de Coops and Sustainability Festival is a showcase of the some of the most sustainable homes in Phoenix, offering everything from homegrown…
Cake may claim birthdays and weddings, but thanks to the hungry folks over at New Times’ food blog, Chow Bella, the pie is getting its time to shine. Pie Social is a sweet helping of Valley chefs serving up their take on the traditional tart from caramel apple to cherry…
The Farm is something of a hidden time trip tucked away off a narrowing road in the shadow of South Mountain. A long, tree-shaded driveway gives way to a small, working farm, replete with chickens, rows of veggies, a blacksmith forge, and an outdoor restaurant serving up yummy eats featuring…
Judah Friedlander is the self-proclaimed World Champion and, to be fair to him, he has the T-shirt and trucker cap to prove it. The acclaimed stand-up comic brings his winning ways to Phoenix Thursday, November 14.Best known for portraying lunky comedy writer Frank Rossitano on NBC’s 30 Rock, Friedlander has…
Being lazy is almost an obligation these days. There is so much entertainment out there that you’re expected to consume that people get angry when you don’t consume it. If you don’t know what we mean, try telling somebody you never watched Breaking Bad next time you go to a…
For years macaroni and cheese has been billed as a perfect food for tiny tots. But at the Mac and Cheese Throwdown, some of the city’s best chefs will prove it’s not just for kids’ meals anymore.Nine chefs, including Michael Rusconi of Rusconi’s American Kitchen and Jeff Caswell of EVO…
Spring cleaning means falls spending, which is why antique-enthusiasts and salvage shoppers are taking their treasure hunt this autumn to Cave Creek for The Big Heap Vintage and Handmade Festival.This weekend event will offer a warehouse wonderland of reclaimed gems, rare vintage finds, and custom made creations. Best of all,…
Of the many variations of the legend of The Flying Dutchman, composer Richard Wagner focused on the part where the ghost ship’s doomed captain can be released from his perpetual wandering by the love of a truly faithful woman. (We saw Florence Henderson accomplish this feat on Fantasy Island once.)…
You might feel fine about the end of the world, but what if you’re one of the unlucky schlubs who survive? Your entertainment options go from 500 channels to watch to a roving band of post-apocalyptic vaudevillians, or so posits the play Dog Act, which hits Tempe on Saturday, November…
This year, the 2013 Western Eye Photography Competition received submissions across each of the Maricopa County Community Colleges. Of those entries, 35 were selected for a black-and-white-heavy show featuring drag queens and desolate swimming pools.The winner, Rebellion by Amy Hanen, stands out not only for its use of color, but…
There have been plenty of satirical spins on Fifty Shades of Grey since the erotic romance novel took the world by storm during the summer of 2012. Of course, none of the ones we’ve seen or heard of involved puppets. And they sure as hell didn’t star an all-puppet cast…
You think you’ve got crafting down pat just because you bought Martha Stewart’s glitter in all 24 colors? Wrong-o, pal. For proof that crafts take more than DIY spirit and ish you bought at Hobby Lobby, head to ASU Art Museum’s exhibition “Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft.”It’s the first…
Childsplay’s stage version of The Velveteen Rabbit, celebrating its 25th anniversary through Sunday, December 22, is for ages 3 and older, so the 1922 story’s weighty issues like love and loss in this life and a higher plane of existence in the next won’t be obvious downers. Maybe not even…
Understandably, Arizona’s own stories are woven with not only those of its indigenous people but also contemporary and traditional folklore of a vast, eclectic population.“Latino Folk Tales: Cuentos Populares,” the month-old exhibition at the Heard Museum, is the marriage of modern and the long-established through 60 visually diverse, animated paintings…
It seems text messaging dumbs us down, but games like Words With Friends expand our appreciation for the English language — thank you, triple letter score “qi.” You don’t have to be a wordsmith to appreciate the lexicon. After all “cellar door” rolls off the tongue of folks of all…
The setup: In theater, maybe even more than in the other performing arts, getting work or being successful (by whatever one’s standard for that is) often seems to be a matter of luck and the accumulation of years of chance meetings. Brelby Theatre Company is currently presenting Ben Abbott’s play…
Arizona native Levi Christiansen is hosting a launch party to celebrate his new furniture brand at Double Duck Design studio from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, November 15. Originally trained in photography and marketing, Christiansen moved to New York City to pursue his photography career. It was in the Empire…
By Tina Riddle Famous for her vampire fiction, Anne Rice has set out to redefine the supernatural genre of werewolves. In her new series, The Wolf Chronicles, which launched in 2012 with The Wolf Gift, she introduced a new hero, Reuben Golding. After being bitten by a mysterious beast, Golding…
