Nothing goes better with a movie than dinner (and perhaps vise versa), which Chow Bella has all figured out.Dinner and a Movie pairs all sorts of films with themed recipes each week.Today features Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams. The film was inspired by the director’s memories and was one the last films…
Downtown’s Space 55 has been home to local actors and has provided a space for local and traveling theatre for four years. The space, on Seventh and Pierce streets, is known for popular performances including “7 Minutes in …” and world premieres of Denny Guge’s “A Bloody Mary Christmas” and…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town. From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and…
One of our own, local worlds of books is 37 years old today. Happy Birthday, Changing Hands…
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: Alright, what is up with all of the “dream within a dream” movies lately? I blame Christopher Nolan.Jackie: Yeah, it’s definitely his fault. But…
Most people who drive from Phoenix to California and back would look through their windshields and just see desert …Mayme Kratz saw art. Her installation, “Tumbleweed Bower,” consists of tons of tumbleweeds from the west side of Phoenix that she built into an interactive structure. The 15-foot-high cube is currently…
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?…
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 Puck U at Ice House Tavern Ok, so The Ice House on 38th Street and Thomas Road…
The Phoenix Film Festival kicks off tonight tonight with an opening gala, which according to Festival will be a great chance to catch a glimpse of “celebrities” including Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sally Kellerman. We’re actually more excited about Phoenix Suns player Grant Hill, who will appear and screen his…
The Phoenix Fashion Week and Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) are pairing up tonight to showcase the designs of four international designers and Phoenix stylists Brian Swan, Jill Laine, Shannon Campbell, and Jai Anderson. The event will feature trendy and classic runway looks inspired by each of the designer’s home country as well…
Usually after a long night of drinking Red Stripes, you wake up with a lampshade on your head, but Rum Bar owner Dwayne Allen found a way to turn the beer bottles into lamps themselves. Allen says he got the idea after browsing through ugly light fixtures while drinking the…
Nightfuse’s Fernando Hernandez and Aaron (A Wall) Wallace are one dynamic photog duo. These two don’t always shoot in a pair for the valley’s coolest and most reputable event photography source, but when Fernando knows of a big event, A Wall is the first person he calls. Though 26-year-old Hernandez…
There will be a ton of visual art and performance to see tomorrow during First Friday (stay tuned for our Field Guide), including OP-tic’s Japan benefit art/sound show.The relatively new experimental artspace, owned by local sculptor/performance artist David Therrien, will host the Phoenix Radiation Experiment 1.0, as well as visual…
If you’re available to really immerse yourself in this year’s PHX:fringe Festival, starting Friday, April 1, a bicycle might be the way to go, one’s mobility permitting. No performance venue is far from the Roosevelt-to-McDowell corridor, between Seventh Street and 13th Avenue, and it’s getting too warm out to sprint…
One Voice Community Center, which has been serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) community in Phoenix for just less than two years, is in danger of closing soon.According to the center’s newsletter and Facebook page, One Voice was sustained by a single Magellan grant. Community center board member…
Whether it’s the bloops of Pong or the thundering drumbeats of God of War, Video Games Live will once again pay homage to the best and most iconic pieces of video game music at the Mesa Arts Center on April 7. Video Games Live is known for playing video game…
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? Film directing duo DANIELS (aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) have worked on short films, commercials, and music videos in the US and England…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to IMAX . . . it is. Though it’s about one of the most-feared creatures on the planet, the IMAX smash Sharks 3D is mostly about dispelling fears. Producer Jean-Michel Cousteau and director Jean-Jacques Mantello show what they call the…
Are you reading this while lying in bed in the middle of the day? If so, you’re probably afflicted with a heavy case of the hot August blues. No worries, though, because all you need to do is move that atrophied body, which you can and should during Rumba Thursdays…
All right, all you hard-core em-effers out there: We’ve got a great day for you. Be a total fitness bad ass by pushing yourself to near death on a mountain under our hot sun. What makes today so special? Unlike every other day on our city’s hiking trails, this Silent…
If motorcycling were considered a religion — which, according to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, it is — then North Scottsdale will become an absolute Mecca over the next week or so. Thousands of hawg-heads, weekend warriors, and easy riders will mount their hardtails and converge on Westworld,…
With the rampant popularity of animated shows such as South Park, Family Guy, and American Dad (not to mention the entirety of Adult Swim, for that matter), it’s fair to say that the notion that cartoons are only for kids has long been put to pasture. Ever since its debut…
