It can’t be true. A festival devoted solely to celebrating Arizona’s locally owned businesses? A beer and wine garden offering samples of imbibe-ables made at breweries and vineyards located right here? Free food from local restaurants? Nah. It can’t be. And yet, it is, for the sixth consecutive year, Local…
Desserts are a lot like fashion — one day it’s in, the next day it’s out. And for those still living in the cupcake age, it’s time to stick a fork in it and embrace the latest pastry passion: pie, glorious pie. Roosevelt Row and New Times’ food blog Chow…
Tattoo artist, one-time Guinness World Record holder, and star of the only TLC program not focused on little people, sister wives, or mega-broods, Kat Von D generates more ink in the press than she rams into skin. Still, the artist’s book signing of The Tattoo Chronicles, her tell-all photo-diary of…
Who needs exercise or heroin to excite those neurotransmitters when there’s plenty of chocolate and chili peppers to go around? Consuming sweet and spicy goodness beats going to the gym or becoming a junky any day, especially when Desert Botanical Garden hosts the perfect opportunity to kick those endorphins into…
We’re as giddy as Chirstmas Eve kids in anticipation of the Cave Creek Bicycle Festival going down this weekend. Grown and expanded in its second year, the CCBF unleashes the power of the velo upon the dusty town just 20 minutes north of Phoenix. Beginning on Friday, November 12, the…
With the advent of reality television shows, a theater of the absurd seems like overkill. (Oh, would sweet Snooki awaken as the cockroach she surely represents!) Until then, Theater In My Basement continues to roll out the red carpet of deranged performances. On Friday, November 12, the eighth annual Teatro…
Unlike all other mainstream sports, where up-close-and-personal access is stupid expensive or crazy off limits, them good ol’ boys aren’t so touchy when it comes to their personal spaces. Now, we’re not saying you can get all up on Bobby and Ricky’s engine blocks, but you can definitely kick it…
Most of us know Dr. Seuss as the beloved author of such classics as Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat, but what about his work featuring racist depictions of Japanese soldiers and a wide-eyed doll whose breasts and butt conceal bombs? Horton hears a . …
Annoying title aside, we dig the show So You Think You Can Dance because it’s kind of a non-violent, musical version of The Warriors. Frankly, the only thing better than watching rival gangs in matching outfits out-dance each other on TV is watching rival gangs in matching outfits out-dance each…
The Thermals often get saddled with the “punk” tag, but that’s a bit of a misnomer. Sure, the band has plenty of buzzing, up-tempo anthems at their disposal, and they’ve been known to pair their high-energy sound with righteous political dissent, but they’re not solely concerned with smashing the system…
Forget heading to the mall for your next jewelry fix. Instead, check out some trinkets with meaning at this weekend’s Spanish Market at the Heard Museum, where New Mexico-based artist Michelle Tapia shows off her culture-inspired designs. Tapia is one of many artists to be featured at the festival, which…
The Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts is so pedestrian. That’s not a diss; that’s just a fact that we love. Downtown Phoenix’s signature parading art fair encourages people of all ages to stroll along, whether in costume or not. Dr. Reverend Stephen Strange and Sahar Afi Mitchell of the…
Turquoise water, white towers, and the smell of lamb. Greece, anyone? Sure, you want to visit, but airfare is expensive. Instead of pouting about it, head to the Scottsdale Festival of Greece, which will boast things – a cultural tent, bookstore, and taverna – that may make you feel like…
It’s been more than 10 years since Sole released Deep Puddle Dynamics, recorded here in Minneapolis with Rhymesayers and other friends, and Anticon: Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop, his various-artists set announcing the Bay Area label of that title. These were touchstones of alternative rap, yet in some…
In most circumstances a gamelan orchestra — a glittering collection of gongs and drums –would be more than enough to watch, but pair it with dancers from the same tradition, wrapped in silk and crowned with gold, and the very air begins to shimmer. The chimes and drums clang in…
Phoenix Suns’ fans can expect to feel a little déjà vu when watching the 2010-11 Denver Nuggets, a team led by an aging point guard (Chauncey Billups) who pushes a fast tempo in spite of his advanced age. They also run their offense through a high-scoring forward (Carmelo Anthony) who’s…
The Stanford Cardinal play football the way it was meant to be played. The Arizona State Sun Devils, with their litany of boneheaded penalties and undisciplined prima donnas, really don’t. So what happens when the two meet at Sun Devil Stadium? Well, odds-makers will certainly favor the Cardinal, led by…
Even if you don’t follow football, you probably know that the Arizona Cardinals have quarterback issues. The unceremonious cutting of party-boy Matt Leinart, and the rapid ascent (and subsequent descent) of local-boy-made-good Max Hall have helped the Cards stay culturally relevant during an otherwise forgettable season. What you might not…
It turns out that one can, in fact, have too much of a good thing. Witness Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Actors Theatre’s season opener at the Herberger. This gorgeous, neatly acted production is flawed not in its execution, but in its over-long script, which…
If there’s any truth to the saying that DJs are only as good as the music that’s coming out of their speakers, then Chris Lund (a.k.a. Left/Right) might just be one of the best beat-jugglers in the biz. The Texas-born turntable trickster, whose work has been lauded by the likes…
When you think about that special brand of reggae rock popularized by frat boys in the ’90s, bands from Hawaii are not the first to come to mind. Still, Pepper, probably the most famous trio to emerge from Kailua-Kona, has managed to make a name for themselves in the genre…
Over the past 25 years, Gwar has become the most successful extraterrestrial music act of all time, selling more than 30 million albums worldwide. Although attempts at carbon dating have been inconclusive, the members of Gwar are believed to be more than 1 million years old, making them the second-oldest…
