Looks as if the Royals may finally vie for the championship this year. Not those piss-poor, forever-losing Royals of Major League Baseball, but rather the fledgling ballers that represent the squad’s minor-league club in the twelve-team Arizona Rookie League. The Royals, along with the division-leading Giants, Rangers, and Brewers, are…
By 1983, Dave Mustaine had been kicked out of Metallica for being a boozy, substance-abusing asshole; bitched to rock magazines that Kirk Hammett stole his job and licks; and then, seeking the ultimate revenge against his former bandmates, created Megadeth. Mustaine, 49, will sign copies of his confessional tome, Mustaine:…
The rare objects in America that’ve endured since the 17th century tend toward breadbox-size, fragile, and amazing . . . just like the oldest pieces in “Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints from the ASU Art Museum,” the first exhibition of several dozen prints usually housed in the museum’s Jules Heller Print…
Rob Dyrdek spent 6 years trying to revolutionize skateboarding and he’s confident that the end result “will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done forever.” Said innovation is a real-time scoring system that he promises will keep tensions high as it forces the skaters to use more competition-savvy strategy. Dyrdek’s…
“Unlike a lot of white folks in the South who won’t admit it, I got some black blood in me,” says comedian Ralphie May. “I wish I got that big dick. Instead I got bad credit. That’s how it goes, a big dick or bad credit every time — that…
Listening to Green Day’s major label debut, Dookie, in 1994, who could have imagined that they’d be a video game in 2010? Not me, certainly. For one, the idea of a video game branded to a rock band was still pretty far-fetched, despite Midway’s Revolution X arcade game, a standard…
Get your downward facing dog on in the dirt for this outdoor yoga class. Thu., Sept. 2, 9 a.m.; Sat., Sept. 4, 8:30 a.m.; Mon., Sept. 6, 6 a.m.; Tue., Sept. 7, 9 a.m.; Thu., Sept. 9, 9 a.m.; Sat., Sept. 11, 8:30 a.m.; Mon., Sept. 13, 6 p.m.; Tue.,…
It’s not just composting . . . it’s composting with the help of worms. Let Lisa Taylor show you how these slimy little organisms can benefit your home waste and garden management. Wed., Sept. 1, 6:30-8 p.m., 2010…
Around here, few good things last. Our transplant residents usually split town after just a couple years. Old buildings are constantly turned to rubble. And independent businesses hardly stand a chance. So if a local bar is turning 22 years old . . . hell yes, it’s a reason to…
Almost everyone has created a personal shrine sometime in their life. Perhaps yours was a memorabilia collection from your favorite quarterback. Maybe it was a mound of Star Wars crapola. Who are we kidding? It was probably the photos, locks of hair, and nail clippings you kept from your high…
Everyone should have a dream. While yours may not be as ambitious as, say, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, it’s nice to have something to strive for. And if Liquid Entertainment’s dream was to throw a Scottsdale dance night lasting at least one year then that dream has come true.How…
We grew up looking at some effed up things. And, no, we’re not talking about violence on TV. We’re talking about art. As children, we gazed at Picasso’s play with color, body parts, and whacked-out compositions like it was no big deal. How did that happen? Blame it on Cézanne…
Don’t give up your summer diet and body hair removal regimen yet because there are still a bunch of pool parties to attend. The latest to come across our radar is ROQ’s Summer Pool Series. This weekly party goes down at the swanky InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Joya Spa. As…
In its “King of Rock” video, RUN DMC are nonplussed at the staidness of the museum they encounter. We imagine Matthew Mosher might feel the same about the traditional art space, because his takeover of the Step Gallery bends the boundaries of art presentation. His “The Gallery is No Place…
Charlie Chaplin plays a tramp who is trying to improvise his way through the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s. Sun., Aug. 29, 1 p.m., 2010…
The arts consultant presents the seminar “Creative Communication in the Digital Era.” Sun., Aug. 29, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 2010…
Forget history, and you’re doomed to repeat it. Luckily, we have Everything is Terrible! rifling obscure and random VHS tapes to seek out the inept, the ridiculous, and the straight-up awful. What started as a website in 2007 (EverythingIsTerrible.com) for a group of Chicago friends to share their gems from…
If there’s anything this town needs, it’s a decent excuse to spend a Sunday night away from the couch and HBO programming. Luckily, SideBar has answered our dance-party prayers with its Sunday-night ritual Retro Hi-Fi. The weekly event has put an indie dance, house, and disco soundtrack to the spot’s…
Joan Waters is inspired by Phoenix, her home for more than 20 years. Originally from England, she studied African art at the University of Maryland, and lived in that state for many years. But it’s the klieg-like lighting and the vast openness of the desert that informed Waters’ early, abstract…
The rare objects in America that’ve endured since the 17th century tend toward breadbox-size, fragile, and amazing . . . just like the oldest pieces in “Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints from the ASU Art Museum,” the first exhibition of several dozen prints usually housed in the museum’s Jules Heller Print…
When author Sherman Alexie read from his latest novel, War Dances, to a sold-out crowd at the Heard Museum last fall, he ranted about technology, specifically Amazon’s Kindle and some trouble his outspokenness about the gadget had caused him recently. Alexie, who presents more as a stand-up comic than as…
With a small, well-chosen cast, sly script, and slippery, ambivalent characters, The Last Exorcism gives a welcome twist to the demonic-possession movie revival. A fourth-generation minister, Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) of Baton Rouge’s Church of St. Mark was groomed for the pulpit. Onetime child preacher Cotton has grown out of…
