The opening reception for Alwun’s annual group exhibit features a screening of the latest loony papier-mache creature feature by the Valley’s Larry LoPresti, Blood Bath of the Bat Beast. Midnight Movie Mamacita introduces the film. Fri., Oct. 2, 7 p.m., 2009…
Travel to a galaxy far, far away as John Williams’ spectacular soundtrack from all six episodes of George Lucas’ epic space opera saga is performed by a symphony orchestra and narrated by Anthony Daniels (a.k.a. C-3PO). Sun., Oct. 4, 2 & 7 p.m., 2009…
Get a good, old-fashioned glow job as this Scottsdale after-hours party palace get lit up during this immense illuminated extravaganza that will feature hundreds of glowing spheres on its dance floor. A red-hot soundtrack will be laid down by such DJs as EPHX and Nando. Sat., Oct. 3, 10 p.m.-4…
The female-born (birth name: Daphne Scholinski) former mental patient has morphed into a fine artist, author (The Last Time I Wore a Dress: A Memoir), and all-around great guy. The Chicago native speaks in conjunction with his art exhibit at the college, “Sent(a)Mental Project: A Memorial to GLBTIQA Suicide.” Wed.,…
The ushers at a packed screening of Michael Moore’s latest movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, came proudly decked out in T-shirts bearing slogans like “Make Love, Not Capitalism” and “Capitalism, We Have a Problem.” The shirts and the movie are brought to you by those filthy Reds: Overture Films —…
The Invention of Lying’s plot hook sounds like a pile-up of Jim Carrey-Tom Shadyac concept comedies. The assumption is that there isn’t much crossover between the Liar, Liar and Ricky Gervais fanbases. Gervais’ fuzzy parable exists in an alternate universe where nobody has made a word for “truth,” because nobody…
David Vining is many things: theater director, dialect coach, university professor. In Stray Cat Theater’s new production of Blackbird, Vining reminds us that he’s also a fine actor. His rather estimable job in this one-act, written by David Harrower and directed by Stray Cat founder Ron May, is to create…
I’m going to go ahead and focus on this Saturday event for today’s blog since I know you already have your calendar filled for Friday…riiiiight?If you don’t, mark it right now for our Best of Phoenix Wonderland art show, will ya?So now that you’ve got your Friday all figured out,…
Sometimes I wish I had been in the movies. I mean, I know I would have cracked under the pressure of celebrity and developed a disgusting crack habit. But when I overdosed, Harkins Valley Art Theare in Tempe would have given me the raddest tribute ever.This week, just like they…
One of my favorite “little musicals” ever, ever, ever is Oil City Symphony. I could eat eggplant Parmigiana and watch that show for five, six days in a row and not need another diversion. You don’t see Oil City produced a lot these days, maybe partly because the four original cast members all…
Do me a favor and click this link to the Grand Avenue Festival website. I’ve been looking forward to this all day event for months (and I’ve been blogging about it along the way). Hooray! It’s finally here! Er, tomorrow, anyway.So after you’re done poking around and mentally selecting the…
Everyone loves an underdog: Seabiscuit, American Idol Kris Allen, the Arizona Cardinals. If you’re a perpetual winner, on the other hand, we’re secretly hoping you’ll trip on your $800 Prada boots and do a face-plant. California troupe El Teatro Campesino uses bilingual dialogue and song to tell the story of…
As much as we love this city, we can’t help but wonder what it would be like if we could enjoy the amenities that come with living by the ocean. Your chance to get a taste of coastal life takes place during the AVP World Challenge: USA vs. Brazil. While…
It is written in the sacred tenets of Buddhism that generosity is one of the paths to true enlightenment. If so, the promoters of this weekend’s Earthdance festival have a shot at Nirvana, since they’re providing local music heads 33 straight hours of EDM, entertainment, and enlightenment. Buddhist teachings will…
The good news is that the theater season has officially commenced. The better news is that Stray Cat Theatre is kicking things off with David Harrower’s controversial Blackbird, recipient of the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Play and featured on many American and London theater critics’ Top 10 lists…
Picture this itinerary: Ibiza, Milan, Athens, Prague, and London. For underpaid desk jockeys like ourselves, it sounds like the makings of a fantasy Eurotrip that we’ll never be able to afford. But for Japanese house heavyweight Satoshi Tomiie, said destinations are clubbing Meccas and thus regular stops on his seemingly…
We’re not huge fans of being scared shitless in cornfields at night. Silhouetted, human shapes screaming and waving God-knows-what. Is that a bloody pitchfork, a chainsaw, or a wriggly, dismembered arm? Lord, we’re getting the vapors. Please stop. The West Phoenix haunt named Fear Farm celebrates what owner Ed Sheely…
For more than 20 years, from Revenge of the Nerds through Napoleon Dynamite, the movies have been trying to turn dorky-dweeb style into a recognized form of glamour. The discerning among us have never needed convincing on this point, but the latest attempt, Negin Farsad’s documentary Nerdcore Rising, could be…
Despite the Valley’s car-town rep, we’d give up the gas-guzzling gridlock to go green in a heartbeat. And with temps finally receding, REI is ready to help us tackle urban biking with its “Intro to Bike Commuting” workshop. Before you go gung-ho into smashing asphalt via pure two-wheeled fury, the…
Last April 20, while the East Valley Tribune was – somewhat shockingly, but happily so – pocketing a rare local Pulitzer Prize for its Joe Arpaio/Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office reportage, reporters Julie Cart and Bettina Boxall of the Los Angeles Times were celebrating their own Pulitzer win for a series…
House overstuffed? Wallet on fumes? Bring your collectible goodies down to Atomic and sell ’em on consignment basis at this event. Thu., Sept. 24, 6 p.m., 2009…
Though it’s been 26 years since a bar brawl marked the beginning of Revolting Cocks, leader Al Jourgensen – also the frontman of Ministry – has steered the industrial-dance band through various refreshed incarnations. Earlier this year, Jourgensen introduced the world to the next generation of Cocks with the release…
