31. Patricia Colleen Murphy Patricia Colleen Murphy teaches creative writing at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus where she is the managing editor of the online literary magazine Superstition Review.In 2009, her poem “Why I Burned Down Namdaemun Gate” received the Gulf Coast Prize. As a travel enthusiast, Murphy…
Opening Day @ Lucky Strike LanesAttention all downtown Phoenix faithfuls: The day has finally come. Lucky Strike Lanes opens its doors today, Friday, August 27. Housed in Cityscape, the swanky lounge-style bowling alley is poised to become a downtown hot spot. As of noon today, you can check out the…
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Mill Avenue in Tempe is typically flooded with ASU students, day in and day out. Even on a recent Wednesday night, a few hundred coeds keep the businesses busy — a pack of students smoke hookah on the patio at Crave and a line of 20-somethings streams out of the…
From time to time, the Thrifty Maker will find, bargain, borrow, steal (not really) to create something a little different. She’ll rely on her own skills as a scout of trashy treasures and will sometimes bring in a few experts to help.This week we ask: Q: Now that the Primary…
Tickets are now on sale for the third annual Arizona Underground Film Festival, which rolls through Phoenix and Tucson September 18 to 25. Last week, the festival announced the first six films to make the cut. What to expect: A comedy about German hit men, a surreal skateboarding flick, a…
Pardon Davin Lavikka if he repeats “location” three times when asked why he moved Artspace on Sixth. That’s because he’s seen a lot more foot traffic since posting up on Scottsdale’s North Marshall Way earlier this summer. “We were the largest gallery in Scottsdale, but the area we were in…
32: Sue Chenoweth Sue Chenoweth is an artist and an undercover educator. She has an extensive inspiration wall. In May, Chenoweth transformed the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art into a whimsical board game (Wynter Holden reviews it here). Chenoweth’s whimsy and imagination plays a large role in what she paints…
If you’re quick, you can catch, “SB1070: An Artist’s Point of View” up at Gallery 2345 in Phoenix. The show just arrived, and 2345 is hosting the exhibitions opening tonight, but the flags, stop signs, postcards, canvases and posters will be back on the road on Monday. The pieces are…
Last night, Hurricane Bay, Forever 21 and Rolf’s Salon teamed up for the Forever 21 Fall Fashion Preview.Forever 21 supplied clothing, outwear, accessories and shoes from their fall collection; Rolf’s Salon decorated models with bold makeup and voluminous hair to represent upcoming trends; And Hurricane Bay, known for having the…
Jason Bravo will be with you in a second — he has to check the chicken’s ID first. While Bar Smith in downtown Phoenix doesn’t typically attract what Bravo calls the “eclectic, First Friday”-type, tonight’s attendee in the chicken costume is an exception (the chicken promises he lost a bet)…
Now that this bride-to-be writer has been cursed by the general public because of her last wedding post, she thought she might do something helpful to boost her karma and correct things. As requested, and compiled with much experience, here’s a rundown of extremely useful wedding websites and resources for…
Whipped Cream Pie is on tap at Yucca Tap Room, so pull up a stool at the wood wraparound bar, forget about the run-of-the-mill beers and bourbons and cokes, and order one. This liquid dessert tastes like a boozey cross between coconut milk and homemade French vanilla ice cream topped off with an appropriately alcoholic whipped cream and a cherry.
Poetry readings can be all over the map — and what’s for you depends partly on whether you prefer listening or performing. The gamut runs from chancy-but-adventurous open mics to competitive slams to official, pre-planned literary events, like the three-year-old Phoenix Poetry Series, currently caressing our ears at Urban Beans.The…
The annual Tempe 12 calendar was released earlier this month, highlighting a dozen of the most attractive female students at Arizona State University. This week, we bring you what we hope will be the first of many blogs focusing on a Tempe 12 calendar girl. In this case, it’s Nicolette…
Hollywood Regency, the all-things-vintage shop established by the late Heidi Owens, will cease operations once everything is sold. “There’s enough merchandise to carry through January, even with everything being 50-percent off,” says Hollywood Regency’s Michael Todd Robertson, who declined to say why the store will close once its contents are…
33: Roy Wasson Valle Roy Wasson Valle was born in Mexico and has lived there and in the United States and Germany. He likes to draw and paint and make little sculptures out of plastic clay. You may recognize his goofy, semi-creepy skeleton character, Raul (he’s the one in the…
DoPho artist Morgan McNally exhibits mixed-media sculptures that features “abstract interpretations of home and the inherent emotions of the journey to find your place in the world.” Sept. 1-30, 2010…
If you’re all into preseason media polls, then you adamantly believe that the 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team will suck serious ass this season. If that’s the case, then you might want to share your strong opinions with radio play-by-play announcer Tim Healy and the Sun Devil football…
Phoenix’s notorious heat does have a few perks. Wet hair dries instantly. Oil bills are dirt-cheap. And it’s attracted Hell City 10: Let it Burn, a festival celebrating inked, stretched, and pierced flesh at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.”Phoenix is perfect for Hell City Tattoo Fest because of the…
In a galaxy far, far away, a trio of Latex-clad space bimbos are busy fighting crime when they receive an alarming message: Someone is murdering songbirds at an intergalactic discothèque. Something must be done — and to the tune of a disco beat, if at all possible. So commences Saucy…
Tackle the 3-mile Overton Trail with the one that you love during this adults-only jaunt into the wilderness. Thu., Aug. 26, 7 p.m., 2010…
