Since there’s really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week Jackalope Ranch brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe. This week: The Mai Tai at Trader Vic’s. Trader Vic’s is the undisputed king of the Mai Tai,…
There is nothing that will make us happier than a blog that looks really, really pretty.For that very reason, Merry May Handmade just made our day.Actually, the blog makes many of our days as it is frequently updated by Merry May Handmade founder and passionate crafter, Ashley Eaton…
Starting today, we’ll bring you occasional reviews of hookah lounges around the Valley. If you have a favorite hookah place you’d like us to visit, e-mail niki.dandrea@newtimes.com.I’m sitting on a leather couch with two friends, blowing clouds of white smoke into the air, and complaining about stupid songs that get stuck…
There’s a new designer in town and he’s encouraging locals to take their shirts off for a good cause. Less than a year ago, graphic designer John Kenney realized he was part of a consumer niche that wasn’t being addressed — late twenty- to early forty-something middle class and upper middle…
No Festival Required has had many homes over the years, its screenings hosted by so many different venues that its director, Steve Weiss, often refers to it as “the floating crap game of cinema”. Over the past year, one of its reliable haunts has been the Phoenix Art Museum, where Weiss…
A few months ago, Julia Fournier found herself revisiting the events of 9/11 at a central Phoenix eatery called the Tuck Shop. The manager there was telling Fournier how his niece had been born in a Montana hospital sometime between the crashing of the two World Trade Center towers on…
77: Mary Lucking Mary Lucking’s work ranges from large-scale, permanent artworks in parks, biking trails, and bus stops, to temporary interactive installations across the US. A fifth-generation Arizonan, she headed to east for school (architecture at Wellesley College and art and technology at the School of the Art Institute of…
I had a lot of great nights out on the town last year, but for me the highlight of 2009 was being able to experience the first part of Theater In My Basement’s “o++o cycle” at Teatro Caliente. It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen in this town: sitting shoulder to…
As the state remains embroiled in a battle over immigration policy, the question emerges: What if you are against SB 1070, but in favor of Arizona’s economy? Makes things awkward. Leave it to Kimber to find a solution. More than 700 Arizonans are expected to gather at the Heard Museum on…
It’s summer. That means there’s good news and bad news. Bad news first: When you run errands with a less-than-frigid car A/C, you’ll be treated to the sweaty underwear condition that we all dread every year. The good news? The chicks in this town show some serious flesh. Especially if…
What’s covered in concrete, smells like burning rubber, and has 20,000 arms and legs?Like a surreal version of The Fast and the Furious, the Midnight Run, Arizona’s original motorsports party, is back for its seventh season of automotive entertainment in the evening hours – racing, burning out, and just plain…
We don’t know much about Remain Calm, other than it’s a drama/comedy (a “dramedy,” if you will) about an ugly break-up, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, and technology. Turns out, there’s not much more we need to know. Daniela Crispo Talarico directs the minimalist performance that features actors and scripts on stage…
Racing magazines sell you sex and speed, with pneumatic young ladies blithely straddling pieces of machinery as if to say, “Ride me, ride this.” What’s the metaphor when a sweet-faced damsel can handle a roaring engine between her legs? Find out when Leslie Porterfield comes to town. In 2008, Porterfield…
Talking to strangers on a public-transit system is a crapshoot, as there’s an equal chance of finding rude urban professionals, chatty eco-friendly types, or folks that are straight-up batshit crazy. That’s why photographer and ASU student Sean Deckert rolled the dice when he decided to shoot black-and-white photos of people…
For those who would rather move more briskly through the wilderness, participate in the self-guided Mountain Bike by the Moon Light, a 15.4-mile ride at McDowell Mountain Regional Park. Make sure you keep pace because you gotsta be off the trail by 9:30 Fri., June 25, 7:30 p.m., 2010…
Lake Pleasant Regional Park offers a leisurely two-mile jaunt through the cooler Morristown climes. Fri., June 25, 7:30-9 p.m., 2010…
The hot season is the best season. Why? Because the weak hide indoors, leaving one of the nation’s largest cities a nearly empty territory to enjoy and discover. This rule of thumb also applies to the active, where all of the wimps stow away into air-conditioned gyms.The trails should be…
June is a tough time to live in Phoenix. While winter allows us to puff out our chests and brag to the rest of the country about the perfect weather, the Cardinals’ playoff appearances, and the Suns’ title hopes, this time of year makes us stare at our shoes while…
We went on a two-mile hike the other day to snap a photo of one measly petroglyph. Then, we felt totally gypped when we found out that the Deer Valley Rock Art Center has 1,500 freakin’ petroglyphs and just a quarter-mile trek to see them.The Center features the largest concentration…
Here’s a cool challenge: When the Poisoned Pen presents its 2010 literary conference “I Came Late To … _____, ” the mystery and sci-fi bookstore is offering a $75 gift certificate to anyone that can fill in that blank with a clever idea. On Saturday, June 26, the good times…
Here’s a cool challenge: When the Poisoned Pen presents its 2010 literary conference “I Came Late To … _____, ” the mystery and sci-fi bookstore is offering a $75 gift certificate to anyone that can fill in that blank with a clever idea. The talent on Friday, June 25, features…
Here’s a cool challenge: When the Poisoned Pen presents its 2010 literary conference “I Came Late To … _____, ” the mystery and sci-fi bookstore is offering a $75 gift certificate to anyone that can fill in that blank with a clever idea. Got anything? If not, no worries, because…
