If it were up to us, every day would be Third Friday with tons of new work from local artists who are just debuting and have been around for a while. Here are six shows you won’t want to miss: 1. What Goes On and What Takes Place @ Modified…
The Arizona Pop Culture Museum, home to thousands of comic book action figures, posters, and memorabilia, has moved from its location at CityNorth to Desert Ridge Marketplace. The museum held its grand opening in the new space on Saturday, February 12, and general manager Veronica Garmo says they couldn’t be…
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? When Emily Fischer’s mother started losing her eyesight, she decided to start mapping … on quilts. The Brooklyn-based architect and designer calls her project,…
To age brutishly is Liam Neeson’s apparent career goal — with Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, and now Unknown, the actor continues to follow the Nicolas Cage path from respected thespian to big-budget ass-kicker. In this tepid thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan), Neeson is Dr. Martin Harris, who,…
Fresh from Sundance, Miguel Arteta’s amiable Cedar Rapids is a mild comedy of embarrassment, set in the dark heart of Middle America and starring sitcom secondario Ed Helms (The Office’s obnoxious angry salesman Andy Bernard) as Tim Lippe, a prematurely middle-aged man-child. Taking an airplane for the first time in…
Dearest Dear, I’m writing to apologize for having taken you to a dinner theater production of My Fair Lady. To be fair, you did agree to go with me to Arizona Broadway Theatre. And we were both excited to see Jeannie Shubitz in the lead — that’s why we were…
Have you been taken home by aliens more than you have by humans? Do you find yourself wishing you could stare into the cosmos each night if you weren’t still living in your parents’ basement? Do you give a crap about crop circles? If so, then you just might be…
In high school, we always suspected our art teachers were unsuccessful journeymen and women who had resorted to teaching to pay the rent. Maybe university art teachers are in it for the bennies, too, but there is one key difference: Art faculty must have real artistic chops. Those talents are…
An experimental outfit that uses experimental techniques and instrumentation plays in Scottsdale tonight. Who could it be? Lucky Dragons? Yellow Swans? The return of Tempe-based Tent/City? Not exactly. This Canadian-based ensemble performed at the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. (Side note: Jesus God. How amazing would it be…
As old school comedian George Gobel joked, “If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching television by candlelight.” Thus, the dilemma of what to do during the occasional blackout. Downtown Phoenix stalwarts, Backwards Theater, make good with battery-operated illumination during their show. In Flashlight, the experimental theater performance revolves…
It seems like every November we swear off baseball for good, only to find ourselves excited four months later when the whole thing starts up again. This year’s respite between seasons is almost over. Pitchers and catchers reported last week, most teams’ first full workouts take place today, and from…
In case you haven’t had your fill of alcohol after Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, and some obscure English bank holiday, make a toast to Steele Indian School Park, 300 East Indian School Road, for hosting the eleventh annual Strong…
Everybody’s got a hungry heart or at least that’s what Bruce Springsteen tells us. And he’s probably right, since he is The Boss and all, but sometimes the key to fulfillment is as simple as some good old-fashioned grubbin’. Fill up those hungry hearts and bellies at the St. George…
Harland Williams is the kind of perennial goofball whose schtick can squeeze laughs out of thin air. With a career in film spanning nearly two decades, Williams doesn’t need to do stand up, as he will this weekend, as much as he enjoys it as one of his many creative…
Top rocks, flares, g-kicks, and airtracks? Attention, Valley residents: You’re so getting served. Specializing in street-fusion dance, Arizona’s EPIK Dance Company is back at the Herberger Theater to present Common Ground, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2009 performance. With over 90 minutes of original choreography that combines contemporary, jazz,…
There is nothing vulgar about our vulva. Our hips are as raised as our senses. Sex is powerful and good. Hey, we could get used to thinking like the knowledge spouting in The Punany Poets’ The Head Doctor Show. It’s the Love Stimulus Tour produced by and starring Jessica Holter,…
Bookworms, are you ready to rumble? World Wrestling Enterprise legend Chris Jericho will soon be pile-driving into town to smack down his latest hardcover on yo’ ass. Jericho – an actor, wrestler, and musician who, in recent years, has added “author” to his beefy resume – will be flexing his…
At first glance, they appear to be pleasantly evocative black-and-white photographs that celebrate the beauty of the sky. In one, the graceful outline of a tree is silhouetted in dim, fuzzy light; in another, a bird soars out of a frame filled with sun-lit clouds. But wait. What are these…
A skinny boy in tight pants says, “Rodeos are so gay,” as he grabs a turquoise boot from the store display and flounces towards his friends. We say loudly, “Yes, the 2011 Road Runner Regional Rodeo is incredibly homosexual.” They turn. We explain this LGBT event is sanctioned by the…
In December, the Arizona State Sun Devils Baseball team got totally blasted by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, the biggie being banned from postseason play in 2011. The penalty is super ouchy because last year’s team was ranked number one for much of the season, won another Pac-10…
From Dada through the Situationists to postmodern artists of today, avant-garde art takes guts or, as in the case of the Phoenix Experimental Arts Festival, a dozen or so laptop computers. In its sixth season, the 2011 festival continues to push the boundaries of the cultural status quo with cutting-edge…
It’s hard to hate on Channing Frye. The Phoenix Suns’ center is a local boy, and he seems like a nice guy. The ugly truth, however, is that Frye’s softness has been a liability to a team that has found itself in the thick of a playoff race, thanks to…
