Why would anyone pay the better part of a ten spot to view the steaming heap of cinema known as The Room, the nauseating story of a love triangle turned tragic that’s filled with nonsensical plot development and grade-school acting talents? Maybe because Tommy Wiseau — the movie’s writer, director,…
The ASU men’s basketball team hosts Texas State University — San Marcos, with Texas Christian University taking on Cal-State Northridge. The winners of the semifinal games meet Tuesday. Mon., Nov. 16, 9 p.m.; Tue., Nov. 17, 2009…
The Devils, coached by the marvelous Charli Turner Thorne (pictured) and ranked No. 16 in the preseason AP poll, kicks off the regular season against the Jackrabbits of SDSU. The Devils return two senior starters (Kayli Murphy, Danielle Orsillo) from last year’s Elite Eight squad. Sun., Nov. 15, 2 p.m.,…
Sure, the bohemian artsy hipsters and gallery rats may have laid claim to First Fridays, but there’s no reason Goths and horror geeks shouldn’t have some end-of-the-week fun, too. Thus, MADCAP Theaters’ Black Friday, an evening of bizarre and eerie festivities (including various performances and horror-movie screenings) that continues on…
The Smell of the Kill is an awful name for a play, especially one as smartly written as Michele Lowe’s tart black comedy, now on display at Algonquin Theater in Peoria. The story concerns three 21st-century wives stuck in pre-feminist marriages; each has a husband who’s lacking in some real…
Seven months after its theatrical release in the U.K., and two months after its DVD debut there, Pirate Radio washes ashore in U.S. theaters with a different title (it was formerly known as The Boat That Rocked) and most of its better bits excised. Writer-director Richard Curtis, paying homage to…
Completing his multi-film vendetta against the world’s tourist trade, German-born director Roland Emmerich sends the mother of all storms to level the Washington Monument, the Eiffel Tower, and a priest-filled Vatican City, among other locales, in his newest end-times thriller, 2012. From Independence Day (1996) to The Day After Tomorrow…
If you’ve ever driven along Indian School Road, just east of Seventh Street, you may have noticed the wacky birdhouses displayed on a long, low bench outside the little strip mall on the 1100 block. They’re a startlingly colorful exhibit on a rather bleak stretch of road, their wavy-walled, peak-roofed…
Now that Martin Cizmar has baited me to respond to his blog (he’s good at that, isn’t he?) about the Swell Season mural, I’ll go ahead and let everyone know that I actually really like it. Surprised?You shouldn’t be. Even though I can be critical from time to time, I…
Wrestlemania XXVI Pre-sale Party at Westgate City Center Rasslin’ fanatics from around the Valley and across the country converged on Westgate City Center in Glendale on Friday, November 6, to get first crack at primo tickets for Wrestlemania XXVI (a.k.a. the “Superbowl of wrestling”) a day before they went on…
I am such a moron sometimes, I swear.I can name a handful of people I personally know who have coughed up a bunch of dough and trekked across the globe to Venice, Italy. And, of course, I’ve always wanted to go, too. Why? For the beautiful canals, of course.I grew…
Didja hear the big, big news?!?!?Finally, at long last, after years of fighting a sea of people on the sidewalks of Roosevelt, dodging cars while jaywalking and breathing the exhaust of the slowed vehicles, Roosevelt Street is shutting out all traffic from Central Ave to 7th Street tonight. Yes, that’s…
We’re all about the green movement, but it’s the possibility of seeing sexy environmentalist Al Gore that has us excited about the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. Promoting his latest book, Our Choice, the ex-Veep kicks off the three-day event with a keynote speech at Chase Field. A performance by…
Do you ever feel like we’re ashamed to believe that being fat is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to any human? We treat it like cancer – as if it’s something unpreventable that will suddenly strike us down. But that’s not true. Just do a little walking…
In the wacky, chicken-fried world of fairs, it’s not sex that sells. It’s violence – and the cheesier, the better. This year’s Arizona Exposition & State Fair goes out with some loud bangs and grunts during a couple of final-weekend highlights: the yearly spectacle of the Demolition Derby at the…
Elizabeth Streb has been called the Evel Knievel of dance, and she clearly wants the white-knuckle excitement of daredevil stunts in her modern dance works, especially STREB: Brave. The celebrated choreographer called on renowned trapeze artists Noe and Ivan España to prime her dancers and composer David Van Tiegham to…
Often referred to as “the first lady of gay and lesbian comedy,” Kate Clinton’s successful career spans more than a quarter-century. And standup is hardly her only talent. She’s appeared in films and on Broadway, and is an award-winning blogger and the author of three books, including this year’s I…
If you’ve provided an alternative to soulless megacorporate retail since 2005, have you gone “establishment”? Local First Arizona’s Certified Local Fall Festival turns kindergarten-age Saturday, November 7, but if they’re The Man, we dig it. The party includes scads of local-centric indie vendors, free food samples, craft activities for kids,…
Luis Daniel Gutierrez went through a lot this summer. For one, he’s a starving artist just trying to make ends meet. But that’s no biggie considering that his sister was murdered a few months back. Instead of harping on the tough times, he decided to lighten things up a bit…
We love a parade of men, especially when they’re wearing leather chaps and riding bareback. Note to self: Watch more of Spike TV’s World’s Toughest Cowboy, the reality-show round-up that begat the World’s Toughest Rodeo trailblazing its way through Glendale’s Jobing.com Arena. The fall showcase features hanging-tough cowstuds like Bandy…
Andy Warhol’s name evokes images of soup cans and neon-painted celebrities, but the ’60s wild child was also known for throwing “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” parties at The Factory featuring sexy dancers, The Velvet Underground, and freaky performance art. That’s the kind of hip, bohemian bash SWAY Events is aiming to…
One of off-Broadway’s longest running gags, er, plays begins a run at downtown’s Soul Invictus Gallery & Cabaret tonight. It’s a safe bet that curiosity will make for a healthy draw given a name like Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Charles Busch’s ambitious piece follows the lives of two vampiresses who…
