ASU School of Theatre and Film’s “MainStage Season” presents the play chronicling “50 Greek women who escape to an Italian villa from arranged marriages to 50 American cousins.” Fri., Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 7, 2 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Nov…
It’s not what you think. Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play) is, like so much of the playwright’s work, a smart and compassionate look at the mistreatment of women in the late 19th century. Set in a spa town near New York, Vibrator isn’t about dildoes…
Spend an evening downing shot of the licorice-like liqueur while the hard-charging hard rockers of Rowan, Lustmord, 69 Sins, Phoenix and Dragon, Losing God, and other local bands attempt to destroy your eardrums. Fri., Nov. 5, 8 p.m., 2010…
The men and women of the armed forces will be saluted and celebrated during an evening of inspiring marches, fanfares, and other rousing selections. Sun., Nov. 7, 7 p.m., 2010…
The works of Haydn, Beethoven, and Ravel will be performed by this dynamic foursome of string musicians. Fri., Nov. 5, 8 p.m., 2010…
Salt River Brass – Summon the Heroes: Trumpet soloist Jens Lindemann will accompany the ensemble as it presents such heroic anthems as “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” and excerpts from John Williams’ soundtrack to Born on the Fourth of July. Sun., Nov. 7, 3 p.m.,…
See one of the Valley’s most prominent ska bands at a big venue this weekend as 2 Tone Lizard Kings play 910 Live in Tempe on Friday, November 5. The band is celebrating the release of their sophomore album, ‘Primeval Itch.’ The album was mixed in New Jersey by prominent…
David Dondero invented Conor Oberst. Well, that may be a slight overstatement, but it’s no big secret that the poignant songwriting and uniquely emotive vocal style of the former were heavily influential on the latter. His work, however, stands up as far more than the jumping-off point for Bright Eyes…
Elton John has been a superstar for decades. His latest collaborator, Leon Russell, on the other hand, has been something of an obscurity for most of his 40-something-year career, which started as a session musician and featured one semi-hit album, 1972’s Carney, and a few other charting records before his…
Granola-rific folk siren Joanna Newsom is one of indie music’s few commercially successful singer-harpists. “Few” in this case being interchangeable with “otherwise nonexistent.” The California-bred performer fell in love with the instrument at age 4 and never looked back. (Okay, yes, she briefly dated an oboe in high school and…
One of the best things about the annual state fair — other than its menu of overly fried food — is the event’s free concert series at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Sure, you can drop upwards of $25 to get up close to superstars like Snoop Dogg and Bret Michaels,…
I left the Catholic Church when I was 17. I’d been fussing for a while with all the weirdness about virgin birth and resurrection and the bilocation of St. Anthony of Padua, when one Sunday, on the way home from Mass, I casually referred to transubstantiation as a metaphor. My…
There’s a reason why people who live in Phoenix sometimes fib and claim to live in Scottsdale. Named in 1894 for Army chaplain Winfield Scott, this smallish city is big on style. It’s no wonder that folks take long, loving detours through Scottsdale — there’s plenty to ogle. We say,…
Take seven folks from a random pool of Phoenix’s best women artists, and have them show in an urban-lavish space that used to house the First National Bank of Arizona. That has got to be good, right? Duh. Now through December 18, The Vault is hosting “A Closer Look” featuring…
While humans have an intellectual understanding that physical immortality cannot be achieved, we still try our damndest to be remembered beyond our time. And while fame is one avenue through which this curious urge can be attained, it’s highly unlikely that you will ever reach that level of notoriety. Sorry…
Maybe it’s the recent unveiling of the iPad that caused Revolver Records to rebel against the digital world by coordinating Open DJ Tables. At the very least, the shindig is causing some laptop DJs to rethink their 1s-and-2s M.O. “I’ve had experienced laptop DJs lamenting about vinyl say how they…
No Shave November traditionally started the day after the polls closed when men retired to their hunting lodges to shoot game, camp, eat one-pot meals, and stop shaving ’til they returned home at the end of the month. Today we bring you the five best beards for inspiration, and the five worst you should break your shaving celibacy to avoid.
If you need a break (or a snack) during Scottsdale Fashion week, you’re in luck — La Gran Fiesta, a four-day celebration of Hispanic food, music, and dancing, will be just down the street. The event kicks off at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts with Flamenco dancing from…
Get out and do the funky chicken — or at least talk about a few this Saturday, November 6, at a lively discussion on Urban Poultry and kick-off event to the Tour de Coops 2010.The self-guided tour of the Valley’s coolest chicken set-ups, sponsored by the Phoenix Permaculture Guild, will…
Show us your ink! MARKED asks locals of all ages, professions and backgrounds to roll up their sleeves, pant legs, and so much more to reveal their marks. Here are their stories: Name: Morgan McNally Age: 24 My Shoulder Piece: I’ve been obsessed with (graphic artist) Fiona Hewitt’s work ever…
Before you move to Canada or New Zealand or wherever, you can give the Grand Canyon State a one-hundred-percent-cotton one-fingered salute, thanks to Shane Kennedy. The downtowner, who designed the “Welcome to Phoenix, Lower Your Standards” tees, is back at it again with his snarky-centric taglines inspired partially by last…
When last call came to Alice Cooper’stown last night, Prop 203, Arizona’s medical marijuana bill, was losing by less than one percent of the vote margin. But the advocates and proponents who gathered at the downtown “rock and jock” restaurant behind US Airways Center were prepared for passage of medical…
