It appears finally to have happened: The Rolling Stones are too old to tour. Why else would the band have re-released its seminal concert film, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones, to cinemas nationwide? It’s possible, of course, that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and bandmates Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, and Charlie…
“So what are you doing this weekend?” A dreaded question in Phoenix, a city so big that it’s hard to know what’s happening. It’s even harder to know who’s happening, especially in a fashion community thwarted by social sprawl. Live in ignorance no longer when Keeping it Local goes off…
How was Peaches Christ while directing the twisted black comedy All About Evil? “A total bitch,” says Josh Grannell, first-time director and drag alter ego of midnight movie impresario Peaches Christ. “Peaches, more than anyone, ended up on the cutting-room floor.” Starring Natasha Lyonne, cult icon Mink Stole, and Cassandra…
How was Peaches Christ while directing the twisted black comedy All About Evil? “A total bitch,” says Josh Grannell, first-time director and drag alter ego of midnight movie impresario Peaches Christ. “Peaches, more than anyone, ended up on the cutting-room floor.” Starring Natasha Lyonne, cult icon Mink Stole, and Cassandra…
If your knowledge of Brazil starts with its waxing technique and ends with soccer, you really ought to read on. This Saturday marks the first annual Brazilian Day in Arizona, a night of dancing, eating, drinking, and celebrating of Brazilian culture on its independence day. The event features live music,…
You may not be a fan of the sexy vampire/werewolf/zombie genre (otherwise known as contemporary fantasy), but it’s hard to hate on the “Smart Chicks Kick It” Tour. Too often, book signings are overt money grabs, so it’s refreshing to see one that isn’t. Organized independently by a group of…
Francis Ford Coppola chronicles the famous nightclub that birthed legendary jazz and notorious criminals. Sun., Sept. 19, 1 p.m., 2010…
It’s 1 p.m. on a blustery Sunday afternoon, and more than 100 music fans are lined up outside downtown Phoenix’s Modified Arts. The doors to the intimate venue don’t open for another hour — and the headliner, Courtney Marie Andrews, won’t take the stage for nine hours — but that…
Perhaps no one has made more contributions to rock and roll, with so little recognition, than Shawn Phillips. No less than late Bay Area super-promoter Bill Graham once called the Fort Worth native the “best-kept secret in the music business.” Phillips attended Arlington Heights High School with Delbert McClinton. He…
“The things you own end up owning you,” as spouted by Fight Club’s Tyler Durden (portrayed by Brad Pitt), speaks to the dangers of consumerism infiltrating our identities. Those things that we actually let go of and discard may be just as rife with hints as to who we are…
You may not be a self-proclaimed fan of country music, but if you’ve lived in Arizona for more than a couple years, chances are you find at least some aspect of it endearing. Then again, maybe not. But, for a greenhorn aspiring to develop an appreciation for this part of…
Ah, alimony. Buster of dreams and bank accounts, you reside in law books and in the tiny, cold hearts of lawyers representing soon-to-be-ex-wives. Why, you’re even a character in a well-regarded stage play! Cheaper to Keep Her is Je’Caryous Johnson’s comic take on the financial woes of a busted-up marriage…
The proprietors of Palazzo, 710 North Central Avenue, are about to rid themselves of the blood-sucking, fang-wielding, pale-face creatures of the night that have infested their club for more than five years, but won’t be needing any garlic or crucifixes to do so. Notorious goth affair Tranzylvania is getting the…
This flute and bassoon duo offers an evening of unique and interesting classical music selections at the ASU Kerr Cultural Center. Wed., Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m., 2010…
Apollo 12 and Unicorn Warpath host the evening of longform improv. Wed., Sept. 22, 8 p.m., 2010…
A young king is betrayed, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake, and the kingdom is divided. Leave it to Shakespeare to tell this story right. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 19, 3 p.m. Starts: Sept. 9. Continues through Sept. 25, 2010…
Do you know what a harvest moon is? Yeah, we didn’t either until we had to write this piece. Allow us to share our newly acquired knowledge: A harvest moon is the full (or almost full) moon that occurs nearest to the autumnal equinox. And the harvest moon tells farmers…
School’s back in session so we know you must be itching to get back to hitting the books. Yeah right. After lugging around a 100-pound backpack in 100-degree heat, the thought of anything academic has to make your eyeballs roll back into your head. Whether you’re a school sucker or…
Sweden is a peculiar country — their furniture comes disassembled and their fish taste like gummy bears — but they’ve put out some good music. For a nation with a population comparable to North Carolina, they’ve put out some pretty diverse stuff, too. While you can draw a straight line…
“The things you own end up owning you,” as spouted by Fight Club’s Tyler Durden (portrayed by Brad Pitt), speaks to the dangers of consumerism infiltrating our identities. Those things that we actually let go of and discard may be just as rife with hints as to who we are…
If the Arizona Diamondbacks can improve next year, it will be fitting that they open their last homestand of this miserable season against the same Colorado Rockies that started Arizona’s recent downward spiral. Ever since the Rockies swept AZ in the 2007 NLCS, things have been downright painful for the…
Directing himself as a verifiable big-movie lead after some time in supporting-actor Triple A ball, director-star Ben Affleck models a full line of warm-up suits to play Doug MacRay, a second-generation blue-collar stickup man, brains of his four-man bank crew. The setting is Charlestown, the square-mile majority-Irish Boston neighborhood that…
