Bring, sell, buy, swap — all you need to participate in this weekend’s Bicycle Swap Meet is the need to take home (or leave behind) a few extra parts. The event, held this year on Saturday, March 12, is hosted by the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists (CAzB), a Phoenix-area-based education…
When local artist Daniel Davis created Tiny Army, he says he was really just in the market for a few friends. “I didn’t want to start a group with memberships and membership dues and be like ‘this is a secret society’ and all that stuff,” says Davis. “I just wanted…
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? John Holcomb says he was a bit of a geography and state fact nerd growing up. So when the idea came three years ago…
Phillip Bloom travels a lot — we’re just happy he takes an equal amount of photographs. The filmmaker admits he’s a little time-lapse obsessed, so when he applied his obsession to his traveling habit, “A Room with A View” was born. The six-minute video was made with a year’s worth…
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? In his product pitch on Kickstarter, American designer David Chavez describes the two most common methods in which people who are blind can read…
Arizona Cactus League @ various The 2011 exhibition season began yesterday, and today is the first ever game at Salt River Fields. By early next week, all 15 teams will have seen the field. For a full schedule of games, check out www.cactusleague.com…
Jill Detter moved into her 1950s tract home 22 years ago to be closer to her son’s school. A few years later, she discovered Mexican art. Countless figurines, santos, trees of life, and pieces by local artists including Emily Long, Janet deBerg Lange, and Linda Ingrahm decorate the librarian and…
The 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards will celebrate 30 years in April by recognizing creatives who have achieved and contributed to the Arizona arts community. The awards, presented by Arizona Citizens for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Office of the Governor of Arizona, are given annually…
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 Ramones Gin Fizz at The Grind You know a drinking establishment is doing something right when you’re comfortable…
Investigative journalist and former New Times staff writer Lisa Davis is coming back to town with her latest project, The Sins of Brother Curtis: A Story of Betrayal, Conviction, and the Mormon Church.In her book, Davis tells the true story of Seattle-based lawyer Tim Kosnoff arguing the case of a…
For new businesses and “green” entrepreneurs, Proposition 203’s passage meant an opportunity to make some serious cash. And instead of cooking up a storm in the kitchen or inventing the latest glassware, many marijuana advocates took the “educational” route and opened “medical marijuana colleges” before the Arizona Department of Health…
When Chyro Arts closed last year, it left a big, gaping void in the Tempe/Scottsdale indie performing arts scene. The Fixx, a new coffee house slash concert venue in the old e-Joy spot at 7th Street and Mill Avenue, will help to fill the gap — but we don’t exactly…
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? In September 2010, an artist landed in New York with a camera, a gnome mask, and an idea. His new life, in photographs posted…
In preparation for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards (this Sunday, Feb. 27) and the booze-filled parties, we’ve come up with a few pairings of our own. Yesterday we tackled five film/cocktail duos and today we bring you five more. One cocktail for each best picture — some known, some completely…
Remember when the South Mountain area, lovingly nicknamed SoPo, was cluttered with cars on blocks and ghetto houses with tin foil over the windows? Oh, wait, that’s now. But there’s good news for SoPo residents. Local movers and shakers are looking ahead past the recession and hoping to rebuild the…
Besides going thrift store shopping and drinking excessive amounts of iced coffee, New Times blogger Megan Dobransky and her ninja city employee friend, Martha Falbo, go to the movies. (Actually, this is the first time they’ve ever gone to a movie together.) Megan: So, should we talk about the movie…
Whether or not you believe in the artistic beauty of breasts and buttocks, there’s a free erotic exhibit that might bolster your faith. “OVEREXPOSED: An Exhibition of Beauty,” kicks off at adult superstore Fascinations in Tempe on Saturday, February 26.The exhibit will showcase photography by Arizona artists, and the grand…
Ahh, spring is in the air! Apparently, so are gauzy fairytale dresses, playful rompers and bright red lips, if the 2011 New York and London fashion week shows are any indication. Also in fashion: Smiling models. Out? Pratfalls on the catwalk. Phoenix’s major couture events — Phoenix Fashion Week and…
Cooper’s Art Gallery and Brokerage, which represents both heavy-hitting artists as well as some up and comers, will soon have a presence at el Pedregal. The 5,300-square-foot venue, which will showcase the work of more than 60 artists, will be a “visual surprise,” according to owner Patricia Cooper Wesley. The…
Don’t be fooled when you sit down for Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo. You’re not in for a Godzilla-type, ass-kicking, beetle taking over Japan’s famous mega-city; You’re actually in for something much better.Writer-director-producer Jessica Oreck’s debut film opens with a Japanese boy in an insect shop begging his dad fork over…
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? Jen Bekman’s on a mission to make great art available to everyone. The New York-based gallery owner opened shop in 2003 with a goal…
The Farrellys dutifully fulfill their raunch and goo quotients. Rick and Fred (Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis) are two domesticated husbands whose long marriages (to Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate, respectively) have achieved somnolent routine in suburban Providence, Rhode Island. Yet the wives worry. Rick is a girl watcher; Fred…
