The Sundance Film Festival, which ends January 30, self-identifies as a “discovery festival,” meaning that it embraces its own legend of being a place where, over the course of a single screening, an unknown can transform into an industry-redefining star — even as that fantasy seems increasingly out of date…
If you happen to see any driverless cars rolling by with people dancing on the hood, don’t be too alarmed. It’s just a few fools doing their best imitation of “ghost riding,” the act of automotive jackassery invented by Oakland hip-hop star Mistah F.A.B. Introduced to the world by the…
If the thought of being confined to whispers and dainty applause at a sporting event is enough to induce some yawnage, there is still something fun in store for you at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Whether you need to release some tension after watching your favorite professional golfers compete…
Now that we’re finally at the end of the first month of the year, things seem to be settling into place. Frankly, it’s gotten boring. We live for the buzz of the holidays and joyous New Year celebrations. Luckily, our Asian brethren know what’s up with its Lunar New Year…
Tony Award-winning playwright Greg Kotis had a Broadway hit with Urinetown: The Musical, but he prefers low-budget shows to commercial theater. So it’s fitting that Space 55 is the spot for the world premiere of his The Unhappiness Plays, a humorous collection of short works about the sometimes sad nature…
Local book sale? Cool. Homegrown treasure markets? Rad. Book sale paired with treasure market? Super freaking cool and rad. For fifteen years, the Heard Museum has been all that and a bag of chips with its Heard Museum Guild Library Book Sale and Treasure Market. Featuring more than 30,000 tomes…
Everyone’s in a rush to get somewhere and we think it would behoove those movers and shakers to get lost. Literally. Michael P. Berman’s photographs make us want to ditch our GPS-enabled phones to head outside the reach of cities. He earned an MFA in photography from ASU in 1985…
“The gays have totally warped your mind,” warns Violet’s friend in the movie Violet Tendencies. Violet, portrayed by Mindy Cohn (Natalie from The Facts of Life), plays a 40-year-old “fag hag” struggling with leaving her gay friends to find a love of her own. And a “stag hag”? Yeah, that’s…
Attention journalists: Y’all need to bow down to the late Alice Allison Dunnigan. Dunnigan (1906-1983) was a black female journalist during some of the most racist times this country has ever had the supreme displeasure of experiencing. So with that setting in mind, imagine what happened when Dunnigan, while writing…
French dance music has a rep for being a bit fey. But DJ and producer Joachim Garraud’s guttural bass and propulsive beats sound decidedly macho. His songs “The Computer” and “Street Sound” are harder, better, faster, and stronger than much of what comes from his compatriots; he has been hired…
Surrealism was always a muddled movement; nevertheless, it succeeded in imprinting its aesthetic and stylistic qualities in the collective unconscious. Witness that museum of co-opted rebellions, the dorm room, where Dalis and Magrittes nestle between posters of Che Guevara and decades-defunct punk bands. That’s more an indictment of poseurs than…
There was a recent episode of Hoarders where an “artist” couldn’t purge her junk because there was a chance that she would use it in an art piece. At one point, the camera panned over to a couple of her “completed works.” Yikes. You should have seen that stuff. Though…
Shapeshifters may not be the word that comes to mind when you walk into Modified Arts to see the current show by Ingrid Restemayer and Christy Puetz. As New Times’ Kathleen Vanesian writes in this week’s art feature, with Shapeshifters, “what you see might not be exactly what you get.”…
Looks like Olive’s stay in Paris will come to a close at the end of February. The boutique that had a all-too-short-lived existence as Olive Annie on Seventh Street became Olive in Paris when owners Lani Griffin and Laurie Lavy decided to buddy up with the folks at Paris Envy…
FilmBar owner Kelly Aubey and Programming Director Steve Weiss announced last night that the downtown film venue is delaying its opening for a week — the first show will run the night of February 10 instead of February 3. Weiss says the program schedule has been adjusted — Red Chapel…
Nerd Alert — The Heard Museum’s releasing its stash of art-centric books — we’re talking more than 30,000 titles — to the public this weekend for 25 cents to $250 a pop.The 15th annual sale will benefit special projects of the museum’s Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, a research…
The Arizona-based reality show Desert Car Kings debuts tonight on the Discovery Channel. Soon thereafter, you can be in the spotlight when cameras roll in north Phoenix. As was previously reported, the McClure family, who own Desert Valley Auto Parts, will be the main characters in Desert Car Kings. The…
Can ceaseless Facebook posts save the Icehouse?In December, we reported that the Icehouse, a performance space and art gallery in downtown Phoenix, is slated to close at the end of the year. Now, the financially ailing venue is trying to drum up revenue by blasting Facebook friends with posts about…
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?…
Looking for something to do this week? “Night Owl” is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Sunday night marks “Retro Hi-Fi” at SideBar in Phoenix. SideBar’s retro-modern atmosphere and kickass margaritas make…
Fandom being what it is, some of you may miss Mystery Science Theater 3000 more than I do, but I doubt you could’ve enjoyed it more than I did. Surely one of the series’ finest film features was The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, and it turns out the only thing…
Found at a recent clothing swap held at Blueberry Deluxe Boutique in the Melrose District: 1 Marimekko Dress. Dilemma: Short girls (i.e. The Thrifty Maker) can’t wear full body floral prints. Solution: Restyle it! Marimekko dress meet scissors because your are about to have a makeover. This Marimekko dress retails…
