Every year, half a million people journey to Rio de Janeiro for Carnaval, a four-day festival of decadence and debauchery. In other words, it’s the Brazilian version of Mardi Gras, complete with Vegas-style glitz that would make Liberace look like a Plain Jane. Get a taste of this Latin American…
It’s March. You can’t drive through any part of the Valley without hitting a traffic jam because of – what else – a freakin’ festival. Okay, you have two choices: Be miserable and curse the universe, or park your dang car and join in the fun at the 40th Annual…
Ever since seeing the 1969 Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy in an old singleplex cinema, we’ve argued that big-box theatres need to feed the nostalgia of the cult crowd. But what gives a film cult status? Video sales. In 2000, the shoot ‘em up indie thriller The Boondock Saints was released in…
“Thirty-five years ago today, in a little, dirty hospital in New Jersey, Chelsea Lately was born,” Chelsea Handler recently told the whooping audience of her late-night talk show, Chelsea Lately. “And that means nine months before that day, my mother allowed my large, sweaty, disgusting father to mount her one…
The bash includes Irish dancers and a traditional Irish breakfast consisting of sausages, crispy rashers (Irish bacon), black and white pudding, eggs, grilled tomato, traditional Irish chips, and baked beans served with bread and butter. Wed., March 17, 6 a.m., 2010…
We never had an automobile that warranted a ridiculously sexy name. So, we’ll live vicariously through the prime rides at the Goodguys Spring Nationals. This show of vehicular eye candy, curated by the Goodguys Rod and Customs Association, is the largest of its kind. After nearly 30 years in the…
Burn off your pre-green-beer calories during this run along the Arizona Canal between 56th Street and Goldwater Boulevard. Sat., March 13, 5 p.m., 2010…
The parade goes from Third Street and Thomas Road, and concludes at Margaret T. Hance Park. The faire commences at the Irish Cultural Center. Sat., March 13, 10 a.m., 2010…
The flick chronicles the lives of American Indian cowboys Jackson Sundown, Flathead/Nez Perce, and George Fletcher. Mon., March 15, 1:30 p.m., 2010…
With the recent tsunami scares in Hawaii, it’s likely there aren’t many Phoenicians booking it to the islands right now. But that’s no excuse to ditch the Aloha spirit. Check out the Arizona Aloha Festival. Beside the opportunity to don cute flowery get-ups, the fest features a bevy of Hawaiian…
Can’t wait until St. Patty’s to celebrate? Then check out this Westgate watering hole’s “St. Practice Day” on Saturday 13. There’s an open bar until 8 a.m., kegs and green eggs from 8 a.m. through lunch, and a raucous combination of bagpipes, live music, wee leprechauns, drink specials, Irish food,…
Beyond the impact on the local economy, there are other reasons to avoid big-box retailers. Those florescent-lighted traps seem to hire overly chipper sales-bots who adeptly disappear when needed. We’re glad that “keeping it local” gets a breath of fresh air with the Second Saturday Sidewalk Sale. The shops, restaurants,…
You needn’t bother trying to get hold of Brian O’Carroll on St. Patrick’s Day, because he’s gonna be a wee bit occupied. The bearded guitarist and frontman for local Celtic rock outfit The Biffos will be busy bounding around town with his bandmates during Lá Fhéile Pádraig, staging gigs at…
For centuries, fairy tales have held both adults and children in their magical sway. In actuality, these fanciful tales are basically mini-morality plays, spun to illustrate prevailing societal mores embraced by those rapt audiences. Through them, listeners have painlessly learned about the unquestionable reward of virtue (getting rich and/or living…
Better late than never — a bang-bang pulse-pounder predicated on the Bush administration’s deliberate fabrication of WMD in Iraq. Paul Greengrass’ expertly assembled Green Zone has evidently been parked for some time on Universal’s shelf. Had the movie been released during the 2008 election season, it might have been something…
Agreeing at the insistence of a Corsican mob boss to suck and then slash a fellow inmate, newly jailed Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) — poor, illiterate, a “dirty Arab” in the prison’s racist pecking order — gets what’s coming to him, but in a good way. Indeed, crime pays…
The art community grapevine in this Valley is about three inches long, so it didn’t take much time for me to get calls concerning a recent, very heated panel discussion at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SmoCA) about a show that’s been proposed called “People’s Biennial.”…
You have exactly two days to get your booty down to ASU for the South Phoenix PhotoVoice Project photography exhibition, “South Phoenix through the Eyes of Youth”.Okay, I realize this is really under the wire, but this is a blog, people, and giving some last-minute coverage to a well-deserved event…
La Llorona is the Mexican bogeywoman, the ghost of a mother who killed her children and cries and wails in the night, especially near bodies of water. She’s a mean, crazy bitch who might just come for you if you don’t behave yourself — or is she? That’s just part…
Artist Jason Hill threw a party at Studio 8 last Friday and come Saturday, I heard two things about it: It was a super fun time and the cops showed up.But it wasn’t for noise disturbance…..
It’s not exactly the Tonight Show, but late-night funny-man Conan O’Brien’s return to the stage could happen at a Valley theater.It’s believed that Coco is planning a live theatrical tour, and the only stop getting talked about so far is an April visit to Phoenix’s own Dodge Theater…
As you should well know by now, Artlink’s Art Detour 22 weekend kicks off tonight with the March First Friday. The self-guided tour of galleries and studios in the downtown arts district is THE art event of the year.I’ve been blogging like a madwoman this week and decided to put…
