Cruda, mexicana, picante. Whatever you do, don’t – and why would you? – order salsa inglesa. That’s Worcestershire sauce, decidedly not America’s number-one condiment. Rather, it’s salsa, and more than 75 rookie and professional chefs make the stuff onsite while competing for hot and mild honors in restaurant, business, and…
Pedestrians are on the rise. With the light rail and the green movement, it’s trendy. So, join a big old crew of bicycle enthusiasts at the Great Bike Chase. The 4.3-mile ride starts at Margaret T. Hance Park, where folks can register ($30 each person, cash only, exact change) and…
Writer Andy Diggle dedicated his snappy DC comic books “The Losers” to ’80s screenwriting superstar Shane Black, creator of the Lethal Weapon series. But in adapting “The Losers” for film, director Sylvain White and screenwriters James Vanderbilt and Peter Berg strain to achieve the pleasurable mix of cheap laughs and…
My friend Dan phoned the other day. “You have got to drive by this house in Paradise Valley!” he exclaimed. “It’s got a plastic deer in the yard! It’s so dumb! You could write about it for that thing you do in the paper!” I called Dan back. “That thing…
Long ago, Emily Post, that maven of manners for the would-be civilized, decreed that, ideally, you should behave around a disabled person the same way you would behave toward anyone else with no visible handicap. Important caveat: Never stare. If that’s the case, then artist Chris Rush has broken Ms…
Fast fact for your ass: Legend has it that the spirituous substance known as tequila was believed to help cure impotence and raise the dead. And here we thought it was only good for getting good and soused. We might have to put such myths to the test sometime over…
Temperatures are heating up, and you know what that means — it’s time to break out the swimsuit from the back of your closet, add a couple minutes (or hours) to your treadmill time, and get ready to mingle with strangers (sans clothes) as pool parties invade the club scene…
Local digital and social media guru Clintus McGintus (nee Comer) keeps us abreast of the latest tech and geek meetups on his multi-media blog, clintus.me. And he does it with such flair and panache that no one can argue when he labels himself an “attention whore.” McGintus, 28, covers a…
Beginning today, from time to time we’ll show you something you may not have known is right in the middle of the city. Starting this month, you have a place to go in the Valley to stick your head in some bat clouds. Who knew? Turns out, there’s a “Phoenix Bat…
If we had any wall space left, we’d snatch this one up ourselves. Local printmaker and otherwise-amazing-person-and-artist-and-designer Jason Hill has his own etsy shop, which we’ve drooled over more than once. He’s got a signed print of the Bikini for sale for $20. Buy it. …
If longtime Phoenician Christa Severns looks familiar, it’s probably just because you shop at Last Chance. What are you wearing right now? Ben Sherman jacket, brown pants, white polo and two strands of pearls. What is the last item of clothing you bought?Trina Turk dress from Last Chance. What item do…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/exfordy/ / CC BY 2.0 Your puppy will be one pleased pooch after this month’s Get Your PHX. Was your pooch jealous of the doggie diva gourmet dinner featured on last week’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills? Scratching at the screen? Giving you those puppy dog eyes? Console Fido with a trip…
Don’t panic. Take a deep breath, count to ten, and relax.Yes, it’s true. Arty Girl will be no longer.At least, not in this format on this blog. She will live on in spirit, however, at our new blog, Jackalope Ranch. It’s a blog completely devoted to Phoenix arts and culture…think…
Need a cow skull?Who doesn’t, right?If you’re in the market for cow skulls, Day of the Dead skeletons, hanging chili pepper bundles, and ceramic pots galore, Mercado Mexico is your jam…
Greetings, and welcome to Photo of the Day. Every weekday, I’ll post an image that I’ve personally sleuthed and shot in the Phoenix area. Subject matters will be all over the map, and the images will be photographed in all sorts of formats, such as 35mm, Polaroid, medium format, and…
Metropolitan Phoenix is home to some Big Brains — people busy creating and re-creating this city, making a home for fine food, eye-popping art and top-notch performance. Building community, whether through architecture or social media. Marking their turf online, on film and on the runway. This spring, New Times will…
$125. Around here, the name Robert Black is forever linked to fashion. For years, Black ran the best-known modeling agency in town. When he sold that business, he let his passion for fashion really fly — opening a vintage clothing and accessory store, Fashion by Robert Black, in Scottsdale last October…
“Life’s full of tough choices, isn’t it?”-Ursula, the Sea Witch from Disney’s The Little MermaidUrsula was so right on with that line. Especially when it comes to tonight, when there are two art lectures happening at ASU, at the same time…
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The Downtown Tempe Urban Garden wants you…to paint a mural…
Yet another thing you might not know about Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert is that they present a Children’s Theatre series — shows especially for little squirts, with whom, in case you haven’t checked lately, the east Valley is simply overrun. Naturally, because we care, Curtains is thrilled to tip…
Fridays are glorious.Especially when art by Andy Warhol and Fritz Scholder (one of my all-time faves…check out the review I wrote about him a while back) can be found in the same place.Such is the case tonight at NU (Native + You) at the Heard Museum with the opening of…
