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? Kyle Tezak’s a Wisconsin-based visual designer who has a soft spot for icons (he calls them “tiny poems”). He recently gave himself a challenge:…
If you’ve driven north on Rural Road toward Broadway in the past five months, you might have seen something strange on the side of the road: Namely, giant silver sculptures that look like those robot performance artists in New York’s Times Square.But these shiny sculptures aren’t part of an art…
Warriors aren’t made every day — but they are tested during an intense 5-kilometer race with a heavy dose of mud, barbed wire, obstacle-dodging and, oh yeah, fire. What began as a Midwest tumble in 2008 quickly grew into Warrior Dash, which will take over one city per month in…
It’s afternoon, and you’re sitting at your desk doodling, daydreaming, and attempting to update your Facebook status on your phone. Fortunately the days of office trash can basketball, coffee-chugging contests, and (hopefully) cubicle hurdles are long gone. If you didn’t get the memo, we’ll spell it out for you: There…
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 Count Negroni at Citizen Public House With a new year comes new opportunity, new restaurants and most…
Tempe Town Lake, the Valley’s Central Park, is home to many cycling-oriented events like the Ford Ironman Arizona and the Tour de Fat. But the park’s proclivity for PDA – public displays of art – is what makes riding around the lake a real draw for cyclists.The Tempe Town Lake…
The film-making crew of Coyote Requiem will be in town this weekend and they want folks, dressed to the Dia de los Muertos nines, to ham it up for the camera. From 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, a Dia de Los Muertos procession will be recreated in Guadalupe Town Square,…
Jackson Boelts describes his artistic process as “quick”: First, he lays a 3-by-5-foot piece of damp watercolor paper on a large glass surface. He’s careful to choose the colors before applying the paint — the entire canvas is usually finished in less than an hour. And as the paper dries…
Like many successful companies, Scotch Naturals started off with a mom on a mission.When Ginny Cardenas’ daughters began to attend “girlie-girl” parties and slathering kids’ cosmetics on their faces, she grew concerned about the cheap, glittery crap that ended up, well, everywhere.She figured she wouldn’t put the kid stuff on…
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? Close to 40 people gathered in a north-Scottsdale conference room last night to talk public art and master planning. The discussion was hosted by…
Maybe I shouldn’t admit that I’ve watched every single rerun of Charmed at least three times. Sneer if you must, but my devotion to the early-21st-century TV show featuring three young witches with enviable powers has given me invaluable insight into the subject matter of “Shapeshifters,” the exhibition running at…
The Rite is the latest of at least a dozen widely released American movies in half as many years with demonic possession a major plot point. This doesn’t mean the subject is wrung out — its continuing resonance with audiences hasn’t been effaced by secular pop psychology or modernization within…
The trouble with Mama and Jack Carew is that there’s so very much of it. Hal Corley’s full-length play, at least as presented by Theatre Artists Studio, is too long by a good 90 minutes. Its sluggish 2½ hours unfold as slowly as a dental exam; its underwhelming lead male…
The Jack in the Box Celebrity Shootout describes itself as “the gold standard of celebrity basketball games,” which, if true, is a good thing, because, you know, there are simply too many second-rate celebrity basketball games out there nowadays. The tenth-annual edition could also be described as the Schrödinger’s cat…
Get revved up and ready for destruction as Chase Field trades out a diamond for dirt mounds. With an armful of hot dogs, nachos, and a tub o’ soda, you’re set to watch big chunks of machinery get smashed by even bigger chunks of machinery. God bless America. The Monster…
It means “devil” in Italian, but Diavolo – the brainchild of the Parisian mastermind who’s created shows for Cirque de Soleil – is actually a group of dancers trained in ballet, modern dance, martial arts, and acrobatics. They perform what The Minneapolis Star Tribune calls “a wild mash-up between Cirque…
Attention all Martha Stewart wannabes: Put down your hot-glue guns and step away from your knitting needles. Your creative mojos are about to get a serious run for their money at the Phoenix Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival. The mothership of crafting inspiration touches down at the Arizona State Fairgrounds…
The Thomas Crapper Day Scat Hike might be one of those rare outdoor events in which participants won’t mind if the weather takes a, uh, dump on them. Although Crapper (who is often erroneously credited with inventing the modern crapper) didn’t devise the toilet, he did help to develop the…
You probably know him as the grouchy grandpa with a heart of gold in Little Miss Sunshine. Perhaps, if you’ve been around long enough, you recall his yowza performance in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter or his star turn in Norman Jewison’s The Russians are Coming, The Russians are…
Michael Flatley, brainchild of much parodied dance performances such as Riverdance, is an anomaly. It turns out that this practitioner of prance and purveyor of all things flamboyantly Irish isn’t actually from Ireland (though he is one badass flautist). His fan base, primarily post-menopausal cougars who are remarkably oblivious to…
George Lopez is a full-blown celebridad. He recently announced and declined a run at Los Angeles mayorship, all within a matter of hours. His marriage of 17 years has ended and recent photos surfaced of him squiring a young lady. He hates Erik Estrada, Carlos Mencia, and Jay Leno, and…
When the Phoenix Suns traded for Vince Carter last month, many people (us included) assumed that the aging superstar was coming to the desert to die. Instead, the shooting guard/small forward has improved steadily since joining the team while being instrumental in helping the Suns piece together a respectable January…
