Even non-epinephrine freaks can get into Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk. The 2004 adventure film, a dream for adventure weirdos, is also a visual orgasm for those who fancy looking at pretty things. In the movie, skydiving and BASE jumping are dissected through urgent cinematography that includes views of…
What’s that tired saying that everyone breaks out as if they are flushing away the bad remnants of the year that just was…”Out with the old, in with the new”This week, I lost an old friend…but am gaining a new one. My trusty road steed has cracked — literally. This…
As we bid farewell to the year and look ahead to 2011, Jackalope Ranch contributors will bring you some greatest hits from 2010. Art is rarely tame. And a few local artists pushed the typical boundaries and made changes in our local arts scene. We’d say they went rogue. Here…
Tyler McKee’s equally used to scanning IDs and dodging guest vomit. He takes a Starbucks cup from a woman as she walks through the front gate of Four Peaks Brewing Company and sets it aside. He’s been at the popular college-student watering hole for more than a year, and says…
As Arizonans, we all have a healthy respect/jealousy/craving for New York City.So if we find a blog by a former Phoenician who moved to NYC to become a writer. Well, we’re gonna take a peek…
Trish Martin can take a one dollar shirt from Goodwill, and turn into a $70 work of wearable art. The local designer calls what she does “deconstruction,” which basically means she takes old clothes and alters them to the extreme.”The T-shirt is basically my canvas,” says Martin, who has designed…
Midnite Movie Mamacita is a household name around these parts, and she’s hoping her award-winning work translates into overflow crowds when she opens her very own cinema house. “Finally, after five years of programming [and] doing events at other people’s locations, I’m finally making the step to create my own…
As we bid farewell to the year and look ahead to 2011, Jackalope Ranch contributors will bring you some greatest hits from 2010. In a year, things come and go. In 2010, we said hi and bye to plenty of our favorite (and no so favorite) places. Here are just…
Save your napkins, envelopes and scrap pieces of paper, because DOODLES is looking into what you’re drawing while you’re supposed to be doing something else. Artists: Various When Ernie Peraza heard we were featuring doodles, he sent over a ton of things he and his customers are working on at…
What do the The Fisher Memorial House, Peter T. Robinson House, Sun Mercantile Building, Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, and First Baptist Church in Arizona have in common? They’re old … And they were all listed in the Arizona Preservation Foundation’s Most Endangered Historic Places list for 2006.The list is a…
As we’re rounding out 2010, we can’t help but reminisce about some of our fave Phoenix places. And, as a hiker, this writer thought it only appropriate to express her appreciation for one of her most beloved trails in the timeless gift of a love letter.To My Beloved Piestewa,The first…
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 nights mark “Hot Fudge Sundaze” at Bar Smith in Phoenix. This Sunday was the…
While we’re busy wishing for snow, Michael Black in Belmar, New Jersey was digging out of it. His 20-second video is the result of taking a photo every 5 minutes for 20 hours. (via @ljthornton)…
Have you hit the after Christmas sales yet? We’re sure you saw plenty of wrapping paper marked down and abandoned for someone to horde away for next year. But instead of saving all of the paper goods for the next 12 months, why not put it to good use in…
Want to know where to see the next solar or lunar eclipse? Interested in seeing images of an alien sunset? Want a free telescope? Then check out dearastronomer.com, a Phoenix-based blog dedicated to all things astronomical. Dearastronomer.com is the brain child of Ray Sanders, who has 15 years experience in…
Artist: Mary Lucking…
Jason McClure and his father, Ron, own and operate Desert Valley Auto Parts, one of the largest auto salvage companies in the Southwest. Their lots in Casa Grande and North Phoenix are one acre (combined) and are home to more than 10,000 vehicles in a variety of conditions.Blame the numbers…
Another year, another New Year’s Eve celebration that could go very right … or very wrong.We’re here to help you. Read this list to ensure having the best NYE ever. Or, at the very least, read this list to ensure not having the worst NYE ever…
Some people are crafty, some aren’t (i.e. me). It’s the way of the world. But taking a cue from Mantastic Crafter Patrick Murillo, I’m training in the art, and hoping to work my way up to something truly mantastic, all while trying to avoid what Murillo calls a “craftastrophe.” I’m…
After Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, purchased a home in Maricopa this month, word spread that Bristol might have her sights set on Arizona State University.The former Dancing with the Stars runner-up and mother of 2-year-old Tripp Palin paid $172,000 in cash for the five-bedroom home in a community called Cobblestone…
As of December 24, five chemical compounds used in smoking blends known as “spice” are federally banned. So of course, somebody had to throw one last spice party in the Valley. The night before Christmas Eve day, that’s exactly what a Scottsdale club called Afterlife did, hosting a smoky fete…
