The creators of the inaugural print edition of Downtown Phoenix Journal are clearly stoked that CityScape has arrived in downtown’s core. However, after arriving at the end of the 20-page publication — where three-quarters of a two-page spread is devoted to two different CityScape ads — it seems that the…
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. Artist: David Chacon…
The holiday season usually means plenty of time spent around the ones you love … and for that very reason, we’re here to provide a little distraction. Consider it an early present for coming to visit us when we’re not around. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and seriously, watch this video…
Everyone seemed to heart the closing performance of Space 55 Theatre’s A Bloody Mary Christmas, save for three no-shows from Buckeye. According to an e-mail sent to New Times from Space 55 co-owner Shawna Franks, three dissatisfied customers had purchased tickets to the venue’s sardonic-ish take on yuletide. After dinner…
Naughty or Nice Bar Crawl @ Westgate City Center For most of us office shlubs, the Holiday begins Thursday, December 23. A short week? What a great thing to celebrate. Go ahead and get hosed on the West Side at this bar crawl. Be sure to don your fave holiday apparel…
White Cloud Hookah Lounge gets a lot of business. There are a couple reasons for this. Number one, it’s located in the same strip mall as Club Tattoo, Trails, and Goathead Saloon, so patrons can have a full-on drink/smoke/get inked party in one place. Second, this place has such a…
Since there’s really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week we’ll bring you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe. This week: The Moscow Mule at The Rokerji Hectic days happen and sometimes all we really need to solve…
Theatre Artists Studio member and playwright Hal Corley is back with two women, two choices, and a whole lot of steamy drama. For the first time, the studio, at 4848 E. Cactus Road in Scottsdale, presents two of Corley’s plays, Suocera and Mama and Jack Carew, in repertory on alternating…
Last week, a few days after Gotham City Comics and Coffee opened in downtown Mesa, Richard Contreras began working on a portrait of the Incredible Hulk; it was Contreras’ fifth piece of superhero-themed art painted for the shop. Not long afterward, he took it down. “I put it up there,…
As we bid farewell to the year and look ahead to 2011, Jackalope Ranch contributors will bring you some greatest hits from 2010. We started with film, (with the help of the Midnite Movie Mamacita) and today we bring you a different kind of on-screen entertainment: Video games. 10. Halo:…
Happy freaking holidays, Jerome, Arizona: The quaint historic mining town that’s a popular tourist destination with Phoenicians has been nailed with an $8 million-plus lawsuit. Brought upon by the Jerome Grand Hotel, the legal action is in response to the town government’s decision to revoke the historic lodging spot’s certificate…
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. Artist: Joerael Elliott. Elliott says his character (pictured above) is “part of a right-of-passage fable of a two-headed wolf that’s immortal and keeps getting ravaged…
Just in time for the whole family to file into the multiplex on a silent Christmas night when there’s nowhere else to go: a return to the magnified dysfunction of the Focker household and the cozy glow of some paychecking celebrities. This began a decade ago in Meet the Parents,…
I long to take the month of December off from writing, so that I can focus on tree-trimming and card-making and other seasonal events. December deadlines are usually a nightmare, largely because printers keep such odd holiday schedules, and writing January copy the week before Christmas usually means I’m missing…
“Jews, booze, and schmooze” and “Heebs that want to hang” is how the Valley Jewish social set hypes Mazelpalooza, a holiday happening for the 21-and-over crowd that brings together singles and newcomers for a night of mix-a-rific mingling and merriment. In its 13th year, the annual tradition hosted by Young…
Due to your religious, personal, or political preferences, Christmas just ain’t your thing. That’s cool. We say get out and spend the day at a cozy dive bar for some Christmas Day Drinking on Saturday, December 25. *Live in DoPho? Not a problem. Our long-time favorite tiki bar, Bikini Lounge,…
It’s Saturday, December 25, you’re hungry as a hostage, and nothing’s open. Not true on that last point. Just check out our handy-dandy Christmas Day Dining Roundup (you can thank us by sharing your leftovers): *Don and Charlie’s, 7501 East Camelback Road in Scottsdale, offers traditional-ish fare, including prime rib,…
Though Eastside Records’ Christmas Eve Eve Memorial ushers the demise of one of the best old school record shops in the Valley, it’s a pretty badass way to go out. After nearly 25 years in business, co-owners Steven Gastellum, Michael Pawlicki, and Ben Wood are pulling the plug on the…
Aw, poor baby. Why so emo? Oh, that’s right. This time of year is a heaping pile of suck ass for you and your fragile-around-the-holidays psyche. Honestly, we get it. And that’s why The Hardest, Loneliest Hike in the Park looks so super rad. The four-mile killer traverses the Rainbow…
Downtown art staple displays more than just a string of lights You may be used to driving around high-priced neighborhoods to check out pretty light displays during the holiday season, but downtown’s Alwun House is offering a different type of illuminating experience. Through year’s end, the renowned art gallery presents…
Just as one eventually must set aside one’s belief in Santa Claus, it’s now time for another holiday tradition to be laid to rest. Farewell, then, to Actors Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. You’ve resided on our Christmas list, just above figgy pudding and immediately beneath sleigh bells in the snow,…
