Maybe constant innovation and a 22-year-old company don’t mesh in your head, but who cares what you think? Arizona’s Movement Source has been dancing on the edge that long, specializing in multimedia collaborations and making sure our kids get that crucial helping of arts education. They’ve also been leading ethereal…
It’s May. We’re not sweating through every bit of clothing quite yet, but it’s warm enough to get away with wearing practically nothing . . . which is just the way we love it. So throw on your cut off shorts and strapless top (well, unless you’re a dude) and…
Some believe digital manipulation taints the art of photography. Local artist Hank Keneally makes no distinction between his original photographs and the digitally altered versions he exhibits. “All photographs are manipulations or distortions or interpretations of reality,” he explains. “If I want realism, I’ll step outside.” Peep Keneally’s latest works…
Deeply empathic people feel bad when a co-worker accidentally spills coffee all over her new blouse or a friend’s disaster wedding lands on YouTube. The rest of us just point and laugh. Twenty-four local artists, including Jacque Tobias, Donna Levine, and Logan Bauer, explore the complexities of human understanding in…
If you feel a sense of pride in our Valley sports teams, you can thank the Phoenix Mercury. Before the Cardinals, Coyotes, and Suns played themselves through successful regular seasons, the Mercury was wrapping up its second WNBA title in three years. And there’s a good chance that the lady…
We’re glad that most of the antagonistic talk between rappers featured in those Beef DVDs and countless web videos seem to be in remission. It’s idle chatter to hear some mix-tape, 16-bar spitter talk about going to war when you have a group like Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars escaping real…
The heck with pulling a rabbit out of a hat. The infamous duo of Penn & Teller has reinvented the traditional magic show by grafting on comedy and more than a little Vegas schtick. As one pundit once wagered, “If Penn & Teller could figure out a way to get…
Whether you boycotted Cinco de Mayo or spent it in a tequila-fueled sueño, oblivious to actual Mexican-American culture and sociopolitical issues, solace will come at the Paul Espinosa Border Film Festival, presented free to the public by the Arizona Humanities Council. Arizona State University professor and award-winning filmmaker Espinosa will…
The national spotlight may be on Arizona’s new immigration law, but let us remember why we love living here: warm weather, cheap housing, and, oh, just a little something called the Grand freakin’ Canyon. The giant hole attracts five million visitors (and their wallets) to our Nazi-esque dictatorship, er, great…
A picture is now worth 500 words. At least, that’s the going rate in the heart of downtown Phoenix, a heart represented by ghostwriter Joey Robert Parks’ brainchild, “26 Blocks.” The show, which opens Friday, May 7, paired photographers and writers, assigned each pair a specific city block, then set…
People are boring. Slap some felt around a pair of human hands and our interest is piqued. That’s why the adult-themed Spring Puppet Slam is bound to tickle our funny bone and fondle our minds. The handcrafted characters that will be brought to life before our eyes might be colorful…
As teenagers, most of us filled evenings of boredom and adolescent angst with ghost stories, slasher movies, and Ouija board Q&A sessions. Now, Chicago-based artist Corkey Sinks has gone and put a twist on these pubescent nail-biters with an exhibit crawling with creepy. Through her vast use of mixed media,…
As teenagers, most of us filled evenings of boredom and adolescent angst with ghost stories, slasher movies, and Ouija board Q&A sessions. Now, Chicago-based artist Corkey Sinks has gone and put a twist on these pubescent nail-biters with an exhibit crawling with creepy. Through her vast use of mixed media,…
Have you ever seen Charlie Hunter play? If not, then do us a little favor, please, and go to YouTube. Once there, type in “Charlie Hunter Recess” and take a look/listen. The sound may be a little low so make sure to crank up the speakers. (Take your time. We’re…
For the first time this 2010 Major League Baseball season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are coming to Phoenix. What does this mean for Arizona Diamondbacks’ fans? Complete hatred, thanks to clutch-hitting Matt Kemp (boo!), closer Jonathan Broxton (double boo!), and (hatestick eternal!) slugger Manny Ramirez. Worked up yet? Then drop…
Members of The Phoenix Symphony’s string quartet perform concertos of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as homage to Jennifer Steinkamp’s Mike Kelly 13, an art installation of a digital tree that changes colors. Wed., May 12, 7 p.m., 2010…
Ray Manzarek, co-founder of The Doors, and critically acclaimed slide/blues guitarist Roy Rogers, best known for his collaboration with John Lee Hooker, are performing at The Compound. Rogers recently told a California newspaper that the two men realize they’ve formed an odd musical coupling. “It’s an interesting combination, seemingly incongruous…
Wanna keep celebrating Cinco long after everyone else has called it quits? The cool cats at AZ Rockabilly have the same thought in mind as they’re flying in Latin ska band Inspector from Monterrey, Mexico, to headline this frenetic fiesta on Thursday, May 6, at Club Red, 2155 East University…
Late bloomers hold a special place in our hearts. They represent perseverance, new directions, and second acts. Such is the story of Long John Hunter, a Texas bluesman who didn’t “make it” until he was 66 years old, when Alligator Records turned him into a star — outside of the…
Welsh imports Bullet for My Valentine aim for metal’s sweet spot: shred-tastic enough for headbangers and poppy enough to please the girlfriends with power ballads. They deliver plenty of clean vocals over chugging percussion with galloping riffage and soaring hypersonic solos that rip a page from Iron Maiden and Metallica…
California artist Mark Zillman exhibits trippy road-trip paintings at Phoenix Airport Museum, Terminal 2. April 23-Oct. 18, 2010…
It seems likely that Andy Warhol wouldn’t have loved being on a double bill with another artist. But one can imagine that he’d at least mutter appreciatively about having his art displayed alongside the work of the late Fritz Scholder, one of the most renowned Native American artists of the…
