Crafting gets a bad rap. While someone labeled as craftsperson might make gorgeous wood cabinets or exotic metal jewelry, people hear the word “craft” and immediately jump to conclusions involving doilies, glue guns, and popsicle sticks — you know, shit you made in third grade summer camp. Phoenix’s leading craft…
We tried to think of an angle for this piece that was female friendly. However, after twenty minutes of staring at a blank document, we’re giving up. This is your dream come true, fellas, as sickeningly hot women with enviable bodies and impossibly clean bikini lines will duke it out…
At the end of a yoga class, our instructor always tells us to come out of Savasana (corpse pose) by placing our left palm on “mother earth” to push ourselves into a seated position. While we appreciate the yogi’s effort, it sort of kills the mood when we realize that…
There’s good news for those of us who can’t bear to wait to find out who won Best Lighting Design of a Musical or Best Scenic Design of a Play: ASU Gammage, in conjunction with Tony Award Productions, is presenting the Live Tony Viewing Party. The event, often called the…
Adults revisiting schoolyard-game glory is serious business. Forget the team names that are a little too clever for their own good — there are some ball-handling warriors who have poured blood, sweat, and tears into their climb to the top, including those ballers in the Great American Dodgeball Bash. The…
With the dwindling of both entertainment budgets and newspaper publishing (sshhhh!), you don’t always hear about a perfect place immediately. The horror! Turns out that a massive, friendly second-hand bookstore has been serving you since 2008. Dog-Eared Pages Used Books is online-shoppable and yoga-, Scrabble-, and discussion-group-hosting. The owners also…
Next time you see a hottie with a body at Ice Pics Video Bar, you might want to take a closer look. That’s because mischievous mistress Pandora and her crew take over the venue every Saturday night during The Follies extravaganza, which brings together some of the Valley’s most buxom…
It’s hard to be incognito when you’re a performer. That’s why it’s better to be a visual artist — you can spy on people talking about your work without them even knowing. Local artist Sue Chenoweth gets a kick out of hearing guests speculate about her whimsical, childlike paintings. “People…
The bills are piling up, the truck’s on the fritz, and the damn traps are empty again. What’s America’s only female swordfish boat captain to do after 10 years as a lobsterwoman? Go forth and fish – again. Linda Greenlaw, author of three New York Times best-selling books about life…
Although George Balanchine was accepted into the ballet program at the St. Petersburg Imperial Theater School at age nine, he began playing piano even earlier (at the ripe age of five). As a teen, he was dancing, studying piano, and learning music theory at the Petrograd Conservatory of Music. To…
If you’re more likely to show strangers photos of your Pekingese than your children, you definitely won’t want to miss the 2010 Phoenix Pet Expo. With more than 175 participating exhibitors and rescue groups, you and your furry, feathered, or scaly friends can watch live obedience training and agility demonstrations;…
The classic film stars Betty Hutton (in a dual role) and Bing Crosby. Nominated for an Oscar, the story follows twin sister nightclub performers as they leave their entertainment careers to join the Waves. Sun., June 13, 1 p.m., 2010…
Some paint, make jewelry, design clothing, quilt, or get crafty with scrapbooks and knick-knacks, but for all their many media, local women’s artist collective The Phoenix Fridas – whose exhibit is currently on display at the U.S. Post Office in Tempe – the focus is two-fold: Mexican folk-art and crazy-mad…
One thing we love about baseball is that you never have to wait too long for revenge. In football, the losing team often has to sit around for a year or more to settle the score. With baseball, there’s almost always a chance for payback lurking around the corner. The…
Typically, we think of a mid-life crisis as something only a man might experience. Therefore, typically, we’re sexist idiots. A woman can have a major freak out just as well as a man can, thank you very much. Sometimes, she can even do it better. See the shit hit the…
The wing-eating competition heats up in this latest bout that determines who goes on to ultimately compete in the grand finale contest. Wed., June 16, 6:30-7 p.m., 2010…
Wine enthusiasts listen up: Stratton Lummis wines from Row Eleven Wine Company of California will be ready for your palate, Lisa Rein of Rein Wine Consulting will be ready for your questions, and special pricing on wines will be friendly to your wallet. Tue., June 15, 6-8 p.m., 2010…
Whichever team wins the best-of-three series between the number 1 Arizona State Sun Devils and the number 15 Arkansas Razorbacks is going to Omaha’s College World Series. Sun., June 13, 7 p.m., 2010…
Whichever team wins the best-of-three series between the number 1 Arizona State Sun Devils and the number 15 Arkansas Razorbacks is going to Omaha’s College World Series. Sat., June 12, 6 p.m., 2010…
Let Vynnie the Gardener show you how to turn your stinky kitchen and yard waste into wonderfully rich, free compost for your garden. Tue., June 15, 6:30 p.m., 2010…
Crafting gets a bad rap. While someone labeled as craftsperson might make gorgeous wood cabinets or exotic metal jewelry, people hear the word “craft” and immediately jump to conclusions involving doilies, glue guns, and popsicle sticks — you know, shit you made in third grade summer camp. Phoenix’s leading craft…
If you thought the newly opened Musical Instrument Museum was diverse in its selection of exotic instruments from around the world (where Nigerian hausa trumpets and a Burmese saung guak harp are housed in the same building as Eric Clapton’s stratocasters), try checking out the multifaceted lineup of artists performing…
