You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at their…
Sticker Phiends #4 Opening Reception @ Cartel Coffee Lab From corny bumper stickers to sticky graphic squares pasted on fire hydrants and telephone poles, there’s no better way to slap your thoughts, ideas and likes or dislikes out there for the world to see than with a good old-fashioned decal. With slick designs from…
Here we are, smack in the middle of PHX:fringe, with just three days to go. So many shows; such a plethora of choices! Curtains wishes Big Blue or Watson could have plotted out what showed promise, what coincided with Curtains’ uncommitted time, what allowed time to write about it for…
The Phoenix Film Festival wrapped up this week and we have the winners in each of the feature length categories.1. The Dan Harkins Breakthough Filmmaker Award: Travis Betz for The Dead Inside2. Best Ensemble and Best Screenwriting:…
Downtown’s Firehouse, an art gallery just north of Roosevelt on First Street, is hosting a music and arts benefit, with proceeds aiding Japan relief efforts on Saturday, April 9 from 6 to 10 p.m.. The benefit will have a number of local DJs, including Djentrification, and musical guests, as well…
Carolina ‘Bee’ Berumen was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, but she’s spent most of her life in central Phoenix dominating the streets with her funky-fresh fashion. At 26 years old, Miss Bee says she’s on a mission to take the flash of the 80s and the glamor of the 40s and…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at their…
In Black Death, a monk travels to a remote village with a band of murderous Christians during the bubonic plague to investigate rumors of a necromancer who protects the village from disease and brings the dead back to life.That’s a pretty cool plot, and there’s plenty for horror fans to…
The Arizona State University Origins Festival will play host to many events regarding science and art but among them will be bestselling fiction writer Jean Auel. Auel doesn’t mix science with fiction in the way that typically gives birth to ray gun battles, zombie apocalypses, alien invasions and all that…
Besides doing fun relationship stuff like arguing about how to discipline their dog, New Times blogger Tyler Hughes and his girlfriend, Jackie Cronin, go to the movies. Tyler: Well, that was better than I expected. Jackie: Right? I thought this was going to be some sort of disconnected, story-less fun fest like Grown…
Sunnyslope has always been a community “on the verge” of something, and holds it own charm, from the quirky Sunnyslope Rock Garden to its historic home tours and other points of pride. This weekend, Sunnyslope will continue its second Saturdays tradition with the Sunnyslope Art Walk. More than 150 artists…
This year’s Phoenix Film Festival screened several feature length and short documentaries about pot smugglers, wild horses (and the crazy people that train them), the science of happiness, translating American television into Russian, and In-n-Out Burgers. But there were a few that truly stood apart. Here are our top pics from…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at their…
One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? Brooklyn-based designer Dan Cassaro thinks we need a new way of looking at our country — what he calls a “designer’s atlas.” Cassaro asked…
Two things you have to know right away: Tonight, Thursday, April 7, student tickets to Octopus are $10 with ID. (!!!) And Friday and Saturday nights, April 8 and 9, playwright Steve Yockey will be in town and at the theater for a post-Octopus discussion with director Ron May and…
Since there’s really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe. This week: The Basil Gimlet at The Duce Downtown Phoenix warehouse turned retro bar/store/boxing ring/restaurant concept, The Duce, is the…
ity of Phoenix officials have both good news and bad news for skaters of the Valley.First the bad news: Remember that pimp skate park funded by Rob Dyrdek that was originally going to be in downtown? It’s probably moving to the heart of south Phoenix. And now the good news: Downtown…
Steampunk Street II (a part of Second Sci-fi Friday) is set to kick off April 8 with live music, artists, and vendors supplying all the daily necessities of a true steampunk. The event, hosted by the consignment shop Evermore Nevermore, will take over the entire south side of Main Street…
Howl, director Rob Epstein’s biopic about Allen Ginsberg and the obscenity trial surrounding his titular poem, starts with a statement that every word in the film was actually spoken by the people portrayed, but that it’s unlike a documentary in any other way.It was an an apt opener for this…
This year’s TEDxScottsdale, on April 21, includes presentations and ideas from local creatives including Yuri Artibise, Miguel Jardine, Tania Katan (who contributes to New Times), and Darren Petrucci, Director of the Design School at ASU in the Herberger Institute, that will focus on urban and social sustainability in Phoenix. “If…
The next time you hike through the Dreamy Draw Recreation Area, watch out for aliens — not illegal immigrants, but the extra-terrestrial sort. They may be looking for the space ship some people believe crashed there more than 60 years ago.Today, Dreamy Draw is a quaint, desert park next to…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at their…
