It’s Sunday, June 20, and you’re scrambling for a cool Father’s Day outing. We’ve got you covered.Dig into the Father’s Day Brunch at the Compass Restaurant which will feature awesome menu items like brats and kraut, rancho beef brisket, baby back ribs, and green chili fondue. Sun., June 20, 10…
Nighthawks, that famous Edward Hopper painting depicting a mostly empty, big city street-corner diner, has inspired songs, short stories, and now a play. Alan Austin’s Podski’s Hole imagines the possibilities in pairing a real-life Average Joe with the characters from a renowned painting, who’ve magically escaped its canvas and are…
We love salsa. Both the food and the dance are aces in our book. In the case of AZ Salsa Festival 2010, we’re talking about the latter. Start the night with a few salsa and bachata lessons. Then hear a live concert with the internationally acclaimed, Puerto Rican-based 12-piece orchestra…
There are a handful of teams that will always be a central part of their sports’ identity. For example, no matter how bad the Dallas Cowboys are, people will shell out big money to watch them play, because they’re the Dallas freaking Cowboys.The Arizona Diamondbacks will be playing one of…
If Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights is remembered more for the giant box of awards it’s amassed, it’s not because its story is dreary or forgettable. It’s just that In the Heights — which won the the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as for Best Music and…
It’s easier to bitch about the heartless CEO of your company who slashed health benefits or curse the tax man who’s threatening to take your car if you see them as faceless bureaucrats draining the souls of poor, defenseless Americans. Local artist Henry Bellavia takes a literal interpretation of “faceless…
Former WWE wrestler Chuck Palumbo brings his rock band to Joe’s Grotto for a Wednesday night performance. Watch the 6-foot-5 muscleman and tag team champion as he bodyslams his way through a collection of classic rock covers Wed., June 23, 2010…
May Tyler forgive us, but we’re about to break rules number one and two: Squalor, 5arah, ///she//, and the other twisted turntablists of Sadisco* are returning to Jugheads, 5110 East McDowell Road, this weekend for some fisticuffs and frenetic fun. The demented DJ collective is presenting its annual Fight Club…
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, this project has forced me to venture outside of my geographical bias. This week I took a ride to the southern part of the valley to CK’s, a casual sports bar that is primarily lit by flat screen TVs mounted against nearly every vertical…
The way Raining and OK lead singer Trevor Tillery remembers it, making music for the first time was much like taking a leak after an all-day Pabst bender. “I felt like I had these songs in me for years, and they all burst out of me at once because I…
Though considered the leading female voice of the neo-soul movement, you could say Erykah Badu pretty much transcends musical genres, taking on hip-hop, pop, soul and even the occasional jazz track without seeming out of her comfort zone. After a five-year hiatus, she re-emerges with New Amerykah Part Two (Return…
Beautiful bodies fueled by Wild Cherry Pepsi and tall cans of Arizona Iced Tea crowd into a tiny North Central studio on a hot Sunday afternoon. The myth that dancers are celery-nibbling ethereal beings is just that. Adrian Mendle, sporting bright orange high-tops, cargo pants, and a stocking cap, leads…
Fifteen years after ushering in a new era of CGI animation, and 11 years after a colossally successful pre-millennial sequel, the Toy Story franchise returns to a changed world. Its irresistible conceit and snappy good humor remain largely intact, though now it also hauls a saltier and more anxious sensibility…
My memory of Pioneer Living History Museum is that it smelled like horse poop. But when I visited recently, it smelled like summer in the desert: cactus-y and arid and oppressive. I also remembered being bored at Pioneer when I’d visited before, and was surprised to find it kind of…
Yesterday we ran down the top 5 video games that had our eyes glued to E3 coverage when we should have been, you know, working. There are so many titles fueling our excitement, but that’s not to say there aren’t a few that have our blood boiling. What video games…
Since we first reported on a synthetic cannabinoid compound called JWH back in February, “herbal incense” blends containing the compound have been selling like crazy on the Internet and at head shops. An Arizona company even claims to now sell pure, lab-made JWH in powder form. But for all its…
Now that I’ve fully recovered after the Hell Hike from a couple weeks ago, I’m finally emotionally ready to get back out on the trails.Not to mention, the weather’s cool spell this past weekend got me all fired up.Instead of risking my neck, I grabbed my hiking partner and opted…
Central Phoenix isn’t known for its sprawling cemeteries, but just off 12th Avenue and Jefferson Street, there’s a vast, historic burial ground called the Pioneer Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery is one of the oldest in the state, with graves that date back to the mid-1800s. The 11-acre cemetery grounds…
The biggest surprise about the latest edition of What Are You Wearing? That today’s subject, performance artist Tuey Burns, actually sat still long enough to take part in this. You see, Miss Burns lives her life like good performance art: You never know what she’s about to do or where…
83: Michelle J. Martinez Michelle Martinez was born in Arizona, but escaped to wander the mountains and rivers of Maine and Colorado. She came home to raise her children close to “familia” and study for an MFA at Arizona State. She’s shown her work at eye lounge and Shemer Art…
If there’s one thing gamers have in common the world over today, it’s that we were all watching E3 coverage when we should have been working. E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is an annual video game conference where future game innovations are revealed for the drooling, gaming masses to…
For 17 years, longtime Phoenix journalist Jana Bommersbach’s columns have been featured prominently every month in the front of PHOENIX Magazine.Not this month. And not, apparently, any time in the near future.In an email exchange with New Times, PHOENIX Editor Ashlea Deahl confirms that the magazine “felt like it was…
