Old Town Scottsdale put on its leather chaps and ball gag this Saturday in honor of the Arizona Fetish Ball, where all were welcome to let their inner, kinky selves loose. Given: The fashion element at any fetish event is questionable. But we stopped by, checked it out and took…
Photo by Stephanie Carrico.Sean Bonnette (left) of Andrew Jackson Jihad.Sean Bonnette is the guitarist and singer in Phoenix-based band Andrew Jackson Jihad. The band’s currently trekking Europe and the United Kingdom promoting their newest album “Can’t Maintain.”Even with his crazy traveling schedule, Bonnette took the time to tell us about…
Wikimedia Commons/Gisel FranciscoImagine two women wrestling in this.Sunday night, I was surrounded by scruffy looking biker dudes in denim vests and do rags, drinking $2 Pabst Blue Ribbons and listening to the Rolling Stones “Paint it Black” on the jukebox. It was the sort of experience I expected in a…
If there are two things Silvana Salcido Esparza can promise for tonight, they’re kickass cocktails and badass art. Since early September, Esparza’s been gathering artists, donations and wall space along 16th Street in Phoenix (where her restaurant, Barrio Cafe, is located). Tonight, she’s all about selling … and celebrating a…
Phoenix Fashion Week While it may not have been New York or Paris, Phoenix Fashion Week had no shortage of style, innovation and sweet duds. Friday night featured fashions from Kiss the Girl, Femme Athletic, Seam Ripper, Badb Apparel, Domino City Legends, Masquedana, Fender, and hair designs by Voice. Saturday…
Comic by David Quan, aka Luster KaboomClick on the image (or right here) for a full-size version…
Show us your ink! MARKED is our new series where we ask 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: Jeff Kraus, owner/driver/chef of Mr. T – truckin’ good food –…
It’s finally October, which means two things: grocery stores will probably start playing Christmas music … and the Valley will finally be taken over by zombies, candy corn and, you guessed it, Haunted Houses. We’re on a mission to scout out the best (and worst) ones and share our experiences…
It’s one thing to post your photography online. It’s another to thoughtfully dish in detail how a work is captured in a The Daybooks of Edward Weston-esque fashion…
www.flickr.com/photos/peasapSince we don’t have leaves that change color, we throw lots of parties.Fall Opening Reception @ Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary ArtWhat does three new art show openings mean? Time for a party, that’s what. SMoCA’s hosting a night for folks to cruise through the museum’s galleries and soak in three…
Show us your ink! MARKED is our new series where we ask 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: Cara Hendrix Age: Currently 22. I started my tattoo when I…
We’ll admit: We’re kind of nuts about maps, and ASU Art Museum in Tempe just came out with a really good one. It’s a guide to Open For Business — the museum’s community-wide installation project — which kicks off tonight with a free opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m….
Phoenix Fashion Week kicked off the first shows for its sixth year at the W hotel in Scottsdale Thursday night. The event, benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure Phoenix, raised funds and awareness to fight breast cancer. Check out some highlights (and low lights) from the shows and a…
Larry Ehrhardt has been in the bicycle business awhile — since 1958 to be exact, when he was in the fifth grade and his father started Ehrhardt’s Schwinn in Tempe.After taking over his father’s business, he started selling Schwinns, and now remembers one customer in particular: a man who bought…
Tequila is tricky, and let’s face it, we’ve all had our tequila terror stories: that night your don’t remember, the salt burn on your hand, the horrific hangover that leaves you in the fetal position on the cold, hard, bathroom floor until 4 p.m. the next day. We’ve heard it all, but Danielle Griffin, the Tequila Goddess of La Hacienda at The Fairmont Princess assures us tequila can be tasty, fun and regret-free.
Courtesy of Deborah SussmanDeborah Sussman announced this week that she’ll be unpacking a few boxes in Tempe; starting Monday, she’ll be joining ASU Art Museum as a public relations specialist. Sussman (who, full disclosure, has freelanced for New Times) was with the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, where she was…
I last studied Mexico in second grade. How about you? Since then, I’ve learned that an eagle on a prickly pear eating a snake is a pretty safe bet if you’re looking for a sign to found your city just about anywhere in this climate zone. But I haven’t learned…
With more than 140 artists reportedly scheduled to participate in the Sunnyslope Art Walk this weekend, it could be hard to pick some must-see places. Just about every business along Central Avenue from Dunlap to Ruth Avenues will be participating, but we’ve already picked our four “top stops.”myxMedia: This gallery…
Old West junkies are going to love this: The rehab of the Pioneer Living History Museum and Village, which gives it up to the days of the Arizona Territory, has been completed. Since 1969, the museum, which includes old-school homes and cabins, has acted as an ode to pre-statehood Arizona…
Show us your ink! MARKED is our new series where we ask 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: Sabre Deterding, the court reporter turned Bikram Yoga instructor and avid…
Image courtesy of noctisthreads.comMale models sport Noctis’ “LP,” a basic polo shirt with the owl mascot. Model in purple wears the brand’s “Owl Wreath Tee” and model in blue shows off the “Glam Wreath Tee.”Phoenix Fashion Week is back and in keeping with its mission of developing young designers, the…
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/Bil Keane, a Phoenix comic, started drawing Family Circus in 1960. Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th-century German philosopher, never wrote a comic or lived in Phoenix. But we have LosAnjealous.com to thank for their meeting. Keane’s Family Circus is no stranger to getting hijaked. Before the Nietzsche Family Circus, Greg Galcik…
