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? More often than not, Juliana Santacruz Herrera’s yarn ends up in the street. The Parisian artist writes she has plenty to work with –…
Critical Mass Phoenix @ Steele Indian School ParkWe’re all for promoting clean air and bicycle safety, but peddling through the streets of downtown Phoenix with dripping sweat stinging your eyes doesn’t sound like a cool way to spend a Friday night. Luckily, it’s fantastic outside. Take advantage of the spring…
If all the 2012 alarmists are to be believed, there are only 636 days left until Armageddon begins, er, ends. As any apocalyptic believer will likely tell you, the Mayan’s Long Count calendar ends on December 21 of next year, which many individuals believe will be the last hurrah for…
Local teacher-turned-blogger Danielle Hampton decided she’d had enough of talking to cool bloggers from behind her computer, so she joined forces with Phoenix online gurus Chelsea Brown of Chelsea-Bird and Kelsey Struthers of Roofresh, and created the Arizona Blogger Meetup.”I’ve always blogged,” says Hampton (you can check out her work…
Arthur Schnitzler was both a doctor and a playwright (as was Anton Chekhov) in turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna. His play Reigen, most commonly known as La Ronde, is about a lot of things, but it’s partly about how easy it is to spread syphilis.Demonstrating that lesson involves a lot of sexual promiscuity,…
Eight months ago, Tempe-based artist and psychotherapist (and self-titled psychologartist) Peter Christenson anonymously sent 10 disposable cameras with instructions to shoot 27 photos and submit the finished, undeveloped product in a disclosed drop box. And tonight, the experiences and viewpoints from each participant in the “10 Cameras Project”, including a…
Last December, Tiffany Egbert of Kitten Paws Vintage teamed up with a group of local artists to drop a creative bomb-type event in the valley.Egbert says Art Bomb was created for local artists, entrepreneurs and musicians to network and share their crafts with the public. This Saturday, March 26th, the event’s…
Besides doing fun relationship stuff like arguing about how to discipline our dog, New Times blogger Tyler Hughes and his girlfriend, Jackie Cronin, go to the movies. Tyler: Wow, that was like a steam punk, anime, video game nerd’s wet dream. I think we just saw someone’s wet dream in movie…
The bad news is Phoenicians who feel the need for speed lost a locally-owned business in the Speedway Raceway this year. The good news is another go-kart track business has moved into the building – K1 Speed.Off-road racer “Pistol” Pete Sohren had rented the large building on south 21st Street since…
Converse generally don’t say much about someone’s personality — they get beat up, scuffed, and worn beyond belief because they’re everyday, kick-around shoes. But a freshly painted collection of the shoes at the Lincoln Family Downtown YMCA is giving a new attitude to high-top sneakers for a good cause. A…
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? As old Japanese legend has it, anyone who folds 1,000 paper cranes will be granted a wish. And as an elementary school in Northern…
It’s about time Phoenix sees some serious mural love. In the interest of giving credit to their artists and because we’re losing track of the times we’ve said, “Woah, when did that go up?”, we bring you Mural City, a series on the murals springing up around town — their…
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 Mexico City Mule at Mucho Gusto Taqueria & Mexican Bistro Whether it’s the awesome patio or the…
If you’re getting cold feet on applying for a Phoenix public arts grant, The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture’s offering up a quick cure. The arts office is working to pair a slew of public arts grants with local artists through a free three-part seminar series, starting…
Phoenix realtor Jill Segrove’s on a mission to find 365 things to do in Phoenix. She’s a hardcore valley advocate — she’s lived here more than 35 years and thinks we should take advantage of our 300-plus days of sunshine every year. Good thing she has a few suggestions.Segrove logs…
Anyone who’s a fan of Adult Swim owes something of a debt of gratitude to Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation. Ditto for anyone who’s enjoyed South Park, Beavis and Butthead, and any of Pixar’s gorgeous feature films. In 1977, Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and the late Mike Gribble brought cool,…
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? Dutch designer Kevin Van Braak stripped the inside of his 1976 caravan, added a few faux outdoorsy touches, and added the hardware to make…
Sunnyslope is weird — in a good way. I think so, anyway. But it took me a while to forget this oddball neighborhood’s reputation as a slum, because I grew up in Phoenix, where for many years Sunnyslope was the punch line to a local joke about “bad” parts of…
In the past few years, street art in Phoenix – whether legal, commissioned murals or surreptitiously spray-painted burners – has finally gotten the recognition it deserves as an urban art form. Among the artists in the city, local graffiti king DOSE might be the most respected. It’s not uncommon to…
In filmland, sequels often lay eggs. In the theater, they pretty much never happen. But a couple of years ago, nearly a half-century after he launched his stellar career with The Zoo Story, Edward Albee has written what some are referring to as “the other half” of his premier one-act,…
Remember a couple of years ago when the Obamas took heat for their diplomatic gift-giving? A box set of classic American films presented to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife, discs that wouldn’t even work in across-the-pond DVD players? The Browns’ gift to the Obamas, an ornamental pen…
This week’s big movie may be found on TV. Arch-independent filmmaker Todd Haynes makes a characteristically sidelong move toward the mainstream with his five-part miniseries Mildred Pierce, which starts this Sunday on HBO. Haynes, the most academic yet mass-culture-minded of U.S. indie directors, began his career in the late Reagan…
