In past years, the theatrical release of the Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts has provided a fun peek into intriguing bite-size cinema from across the globe. But for the 2011 edition, the series is at last making room for the five nominated documentary shorts as well. Unfortunately, this year’s nonfiction…
I love our Capitol building. Not just because it looks like something erected by MGM in 1930 onto which someone has dropped a colossal tin-foil hat. But because it is, like so very much of Phoenix, not at all what it appears to be. Our infamous copper-domed Capitol, designed by…
It’s never been easy – or cheap – to get noticed in photography, an industry where self-publishing a book of your work roughly equates to printing a business card. The internet offers ready access to self-publication tools, promising to help you capture a wider audience, but too many sites vie…
This may be the only instance where you can say that you’re going to chase some skirts and not sound like a complete douche lord. On Saturday, February 12, the Skirt Chaser 5k goes off at Tempe Beach Park, 54 West Rio Salado Parkway. The dealio works like this: Female…
Keeping up with teen moms, Kardashians, and bachelorettes can be a whole lot of work, for sure. So many celebrity gossip blogs to read, so little time. Of course, delving into something with a little substance now and again wouldn’t kill you, so check out the 55th annual VNSA Used…
For some of us, nothing says Valentine’s Day like teddy bears, candy, and flowers. But for a fetishist, it’s boot lickings, flesh suspensions, and rubber. Ah, love. Viva la Fetish Revolution 11. The erotic Valentine’s event, sponsored by the Arizona fetish organization Horns & Halos, features music by the British…
We know you hardcore baseball fans are chomping at the bit, especially since spring training is almost upon us. But on Saturday, February 12, the wait will officially be over when the Arizona Diamondbacks host the 7th annual Subway D-backs FanFest at Chase Field. Current players, coaches, announcers, and alumni…
You don’t like Mondays is no reason to erase Valentine’s Day. Doodle pink hearts in your datebook and celebrate Singles’ Awareness Day or your happy twosomeness at Kobalt for Stupid Cupid. Presented by the party pumper uppers at Sway Events, don’t expect plain doily cutouts. Play amusing games, win a…
Back in her vampire days, Anne Rice would show up to book signings in a coffin. Rather makes you wonder what they’ll carry her in on now that she’s on the side of the angels. Not that Rice has strayed far from the supernatural; she’s just traded caskets and chronicles…
For more than 30 years, something’s been missing in the downtown indie film scene: namely, an indie theater. And one that serves adult beverages? Don’t Pink our Flamingos. All that changes today with the Grand Opening of FilmBar, an art-house cinema with a bar to boot. With a focus on…
The Willo district rules, particularly on foot, and especially during the Willo Historic Home Tour and Street Festival. A handful of dwellings in Phoenix’s largest historical district, which consists of more than 900 homes, will open their doors for the 23rd annual shindig. Meet in the Willo Historical District, 3rd…
Ballet Arizona brings the Don Quixote love story to life that includes puppets and Spanish dancers. Thu., Feb. 10, 7 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 11, 8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 12, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 13, 2 p.m., 2011…
The National Comedy Theatre presents a LOL-worthy Valentine’s Improv Show at its digs in Mesa. Fri., Feb. 11, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 12, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., 2011…
Space 55 Theatre presents its annual ode to love/not love during the 7 Minutes in Love production. Sat., Feb. 12, 2011…
The western-themed Bill Johnson’s Big Apple is offering cowboy grub at its Valentine’s Sweetheart Steak Dinner. A 20-ounce heart-shaped steak (how cute!) will be served. Mon., Feb. 14, 3 p.m., 2011…
While the minds of America may never be cleansed of the image of Snooki dropping in a glass ball on New Year’s Eve, they can take solace that the only party animal being celebrated for the Chinese New Year is one with long ears, a puffy tail, and zero arrests…
Before it was a radio drama performed live before an audience and broadcast into millions of homes, the script for Peter Goodchild’s classic The Real Dr. Strangelove: Edward Teller and the Battle for the H-Bomb was a courtroom transcript. Taken directly from the trial of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American…
It’s become an annual thing, South Mountain Community College’s production of Black Women Walking. For the past three years, the school has celebrated Black History Month with the popular one-act play spotlighting the achievements of eleven notable African-American women. Playwright Karen F. Williams’ memory play considers the contributions of Harriet…
If there’s one thing that you can set your watch to in the NBA, it’s that the Golden State Warriors will live or die with an up-tempo offense keyed by a star guard. In the ‘90s, Tim Hardaway led the charge. In the ‘00s, Baron Davis. This decade, it appears…
When it came to fighting the power and abolishing slavery, Harriet Tubman was a total pimpstress. How else to explain that her productive life, which ended nearly 100 years ago, is still being immortalized today in productions such as Sister Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman? Local company Desert Dance…
For the knuckleheads that keep insisting that there’s no history in Phoenix, we like to point to the Alwun House. The 40-year-old institution has weathered nearly every upside and downturn of the Phoenix art scene. This is Alwun’s 27th year of spicing up things with their “Exotic Art” show and…
Brooklyn band Atomic Tom thought incorrectly when their latest video would be just another blog post, according to Billboard. Atomic Tom performed their song “Take Me Out” on their iPhones three times while riding a New York City subway. The concert was intended to be a publicity stunt, and considering…
