You know a haunted house is committed to its craft when they keep statistics. When it comes to Hell House, the numbers don’t lie: in the last four years, the haunt has made 5 people puke, left 5 people in the fetal position, caused 6 people to faint, and left…
The Arizona State Fair has hit its halfway-ish point, so you’ll want to post up there while the gettin’s good (and it’s always super good over in those parts this time of year). On Thursday, October 28, learn and/or be reminded of the five Cs (which is totally the quintessential…
This is Halloween on steroids. Through October 31, Fiesta Mall hosts two haunted attractions: The Asylum, which was inspired by a 1870s psychiatric hospital, and The Crypt walk-through challenge. Wednesdays-Sundays, 7 p.m. Starts: Oct. 8. Continues through Oct. 31, 2010…
The grounds may be closed for the season but Wet ‘n’ Wild Phoenix Water Park is indeed open for this haunted house, thanks to Sudden Impact! Entertainment’s touches that include a haunted maze and the opportunity to ride some of the park’s most popular slides. Saturdays, Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight. Starts:…
When it comes to calacas and calveras – the Mexican skeletons and skulls of Dia de los Muertos – you can forget about being spooked. Instead, party it up with those who have departed. Mesa Arts Center showcases an altar-building contest amidst all sorts of traditional fest foods and frivolity…
What’s better than dressing up as a zombie doctor? Dressing up as a zombie doctor and hooking up with a zombie lumberjack, a zombie hooker, and a zombie baby to shuffle through the streets of Phoenix in an undead infestation the likes of which this city has never seen. Brraaaaains!…
Set your “way-back machine” to 1956, a simpler time when men were men and women were less “uppity.” While the gender norms of the day are downright cringe-worthy now, the fashion was utterly divine. 1956 was also the year Scottsdale’s famed Hotel Valley Ho first opened, and this weekend, the…
When it comes to calacas and calveras – the Mexican skeletons and skulls of Dia de los Muertos – you can forget about being spooked. Instead, party it up with those who have departed. Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 North Galvin Parkway, will host, in its bastion of earthiness, a giant…
The NBA landscape has changed considerably. LeBron James left Cleveland (relegating the Cavaliers to also-ran status) and joined Miami (elevating the former also-rans to title contender status). Carlos Boozer joined the Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns replaced Amar’e Stoudemire with Hedo Turkoglu. Of course, the more things change, the more…
As evidenced by Native American hoop dancing, the hulas of Hawaii, and ballet, humans have pushed dance beyond merely shaking a tail feather and created storytelling forms. Luiz Badaró and Linda Yudin co-founded Viver Brasil to tell the tales of Brazil, and their latest work, Feet on the Ground, does…
Stumped for a one-of-a-kind Halloween costume idea? Then how about dressing up as a Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ fan? Because, you know, there aren’t many of those people around. Calm down, TB devotee. We’re just (kind of) kidding. Just in case you’re embarrassed to show your love for the franchise made…
Local indie pop band Ladylike has a busy week ahead of them. First, on Friday, October 29, the band supports Danish indie musician The Migrant at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale. The Migrant is the alias for Bjarke Bendtsen, the front man of band The Elephants. Bendtsen is employing a…
It’s safe to assume it was the first time a bunch of West Kendallites appeared in the New York Post’s infamous “Page Six” gossip column. And it’s especially notable because they did so for indirectly inciting a minor riot in L.A. alongside a famously celebrated, then disgraced, then semiredeemed memoirist…
Planning to put on a morbid, gory or otherwise edgy costume this Halloween? You might want to celebrate the day at Joe’s Grotto in Phoenix. The bar features a hard-edged lineup on Saturday, October 30. Rock band Two Dollar Grey, comprised of musicians who previously played in Evolocity, Halogen, Siop…
Trumpeteer Bruce Barrie, tuba player Jay Krush, trombonist artist Larry Zimmerman, and the other members of this venerable quintet will perform a selection of American brass band music. Sat., Oct. 30, 2:30 & 7 p.m., 2010…
If you’ve been keeping up with the country music coming out of Nashville, stumbled upon one of the industry’s several televised awards shows, or even if you’ve just glanced at the cover of Country Weekly in the grocery store checkout line, you’ve noticed that most of today’s male country stars…
Nate Ruess’ songs imply that he’s been dumped a zillion times. The hyperarticulate lead singer-songwriter of fun. — a trio also featuring Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train, a band who’s opening the show — details the minutiae of crushes, heartache and self-doubt in theatrical streams…
Grab your grass skirt and a few friends because Modern Tiki is throwing a bash benefiting Phoenix Children’s Hospital that includes costume contests, classic horror film screenings, and Halloween-themed booze specials … not that we know what Zombie or Evil Dr. Funk’s cocktails have in them. Sun., Oct. 31, 7…
Socialite diva and party princess Raven Valdes brings her sleek and chic Halloween Masquerade Ball to the Talking Stick’s Grand Ballroom. The elegant affair promises entertainment from R&B vocalist Jasmine Hormez, Top 40, and old-school tracks from DJ The Mad Hadder, $6 well drinks and wines, valet parking for resort…
In Act Two of Moss Hart’s 1948 comedy Light Up the Sky, a group of theater types await the reviews of the opening night performance of their out-of-town play. They’ve already spent the first act gloating about how wise they were to have discovered, produced, or starred in this play,…
When we first see Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, the final adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy, she is being transported to a hospital in Gothenburg, bloodied almost beyond recognition, the result of a bullet put in her brain by Zalachenko, her barbaric…
Motti Lerner’s Hard Love tells a story that’s part Lifetime movie of the week (young couple’s marriage falls victim to issues of faith and religion) and part After School Special (Oh, no! Our kids from our second marriages have met and fallen in love!). But Lerner’s intelligent drama rises above…
