Yes, it truly is National Chocolate Milkshake Day, but consume without guilt, ’cause this guided trek on the North Trail will wipe the foam from your lips and the blubber from your hips. Sat., Sept. 12, 7:30 a.m., 2009…
The newly relocated troupe from up Columbus, Ohio, way makes its Valley debut with a performance by its slam team, a women-only slam, an open mic, and a special appearance by Lau (pictured), whose work has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and whose onstage style has been likened…
The popular west-side bar hosts this event, a live airing of the Chase for the Sprint Cup series race at Richmond International Raceway. The Phoenix International Raceway pace car will be on hand, and NASCAR memorabilia will be given away. Sat., Sept. 12, 4 p.m., 2009…
The 9/11 commemoration features almost 3,000 flags (one for each person who died in the terrorist attacks), a jet flyover and color guard, the reading of the names of first responders who died on 9/11, a candlelight vigil, and a keynote address by survivor Ginamarie Berger. Fri., Sept. 11, 5:40…
Midnite Movie Mamacita screens Tommy Wiseau’s love-triangle turkey, which she refers to as “Floor Plan 9 from Outer Space.” Others have called it “the Citizen Kane of bad movies,” and the flick, which belly-flopped on its first run, has become a sensation in L.A.’s midnight-movie circuit. Fri., Sept. 11, 9…
Before the sushi-dinner night out got all trendy, Mill Avenue’s Ra Sushi Bar & Restaurant was on it, going for a business model that equally satisfied sake-bomber-seeking frat boys and more sophisticated middle-class folks looking to expand their palettes. Ten years later, the joint is still going strong, and the…
You’re a freshman in college, sitting in your very first lecture hall with 800 other awkward souls. The course is Greek Mythology, and the wavy-haired professor is talking all of this noise about some captivating god-like dudes and dudettes. However, the guy is just so bo-ring to listen to. If…
If you’ve ever fantasized about walking the red carpet into a fabulous party filled with fashion and beauty, you’re probably a good fit for the Phoenix Art Museum’s screening of The September Issue. The award-winning documentary chronicles the collaboration of editors, designers, photographers, artists, and stylists that created the mammoth,…
If you’re one of those types who believes recorded music is far better than witnessing a live performance, go see Snow Songs and then tell us if you still feel the same way. We’re guessing you won’t. The Phoenix-based rock group, fronted by longstanding local musician Yolanda Bejarano (formerly of…
Whenever we step on the light-rail platform at Central and Roosevelt and look east, we lament that the original Thought Crime isn’t across the street. The chaotic collective, artist residence, and gallery was headed up by downtown art-scene vet Michael 23. Luckily, M23 had established The Firehouse before Thought Crime’s…
In WikiHow’s analysis of “How to Write a Symphony,” the first step is, “You must know a lot of music theory for the structure and analysis of music.” Yuck. That’s too hard. We’ll stick to mix tapes and leave the thrilling, grandiose accompaniment to our top local orchestra during Phoenix…
Those who witnessed Arizona’s personal X-File — the Phoenix Lights sighted over Nevada, Arizona, and northern Mexico on the evening of March 13, 1997 — have had to choose between what they saw with their own eyes and what governmental agencies subsequently told them they didn’t. The makers of The…
You should know by now that there are more chickens in the world than any other type of bird. They may not be smart or beautiful or willing to learn tricks, but they sure are popular. And for good reason. The feathered ground scrabblers eat pests, lay eggs, and can…
This should be fun. Combine a room full of impressionable young journalism minds, Alan J. Pakula’s still-thrilling 1976 take on Watergate, and an introduction by Leonard Downie Jr. (who followed the great Ben Bradlee as executive editor of The Washington Post), and you’ve got one Fourth Estate horn of plenty…
The documentary by Christoph Schaub and Michael Schindelm tracks the Swiss architects of the title (Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuronon) in China while designing wildly varying projects: the national stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympic summer games (pictured) and a building in rural Jinhua, China. Thu., Sept. 10, 6…
Malibu, California-based hip-pop artist Shwayze may not call Scottsdale home, but he parties like Old Town royalty. The 23-year-old rapper has stopped in the Valley several times in the past year and a half, most recently making an appearance at a Memorial Day pool party with the beautiful people at…
Some people were put on this Earth to symbolize your total failure as a human being. Take Lance Armstrong, for example. While he was winning the Tour de France seven times in a row, you were breaking records for the most keg stands in a night. As Armstrong muscled through…
The Phoenix Coyotes are the Gilbert Gottfried of Arizona sports: You know who they are, but you forget they exist until they show up in something you’re watching. The team could be decent this year, but its Gottfried-like status has done it no favors. The team recently (and infamously) filed…
Cheap? Hell, how ’bout free? And the library picked a dandy to kick off the series: Steve Martin’s feather-light (that’s good feather-light, as in fine meringue) take on Edmond Roston’s Cyrano de Bergerac. Martin starred and wrote the screenplay. Fred Schepisi directed, and Daryl Hannah glows as the title character…
Comparisons to Hoosiers are inevitable for The Mighty Vandals, but the New Carpa Theater-presented tale of the 1951 Arizona high school basketball champions is more unbelievable. A team of predominantly Mexican-Americans, the state titleholders from the small mining town of Miami, Arizona – who lived during a time when public-school…
Used to be, dude’d write a novel, lose the manuscript in a burglary, or burn it in an angst fit. Forget anyone besides Aunt Myrna ever reading it, either. But social media and print-on-demand have spawned viral lit (in the good, non-H1N1 way). See, these authors are just like us…
A lot can happen in 10 minutes. Condemnation, absolution, murder, birth — a simple word or gesture can change the course of someone’s life. Remember that at 8 p.m. Thursday, September 10, when Space 55 Theater opens its new season with the latest in its 10-Minute Play Showcase series. Artistic…
