Learn how to mix and mingle the five sacred ingredients (white rum, sugar, lime, carbonated water, and mint leaves) to create the delightful rum-based highball from down Cuba way. The price also includes a tapas plate, live music, and a potential 15 percent discount off your bill if you stay…
Few bands better embody the term “metal core” than South Florida expats Shai Hulud. Founded in the mid-’90s by guitarists/record-store employees Matt Fox and Oliver Chapoy – and propelled by the youthful exuberance of 14-year-old future New Found Glory guitarist “Little” Chad Gilbert’s vocals – Shai Hulud’s mid-tempo, Slayer-esque riffage,…
So we’re watching a video clip of comedian Chas Elstner discuss NASCAR versus Indy cars and how the body changes a great deal after 40 (which, according to him, includes a possible decrease or backing up of semen), and we’re trying to figure out where we’ve seen this certain move…
There’s loss, then there’s the childhood loss of a sibling, which, according to filmmaker Perry Allen, comes with peculiar complications. Besides the usual grief, there’s guilt (“Why not me?”), the loss of companionship, and the restructuring of the family dynamic. Allen explores childhood grieving and the loss of his brother…
Our job here at Night & Day is simple: We try to steer you to cool shit, first and foremost. The secondary aim, only slightly less important, is to keep you buzzed on the cheap. When we can achieve both simultaneously, we sleep like a baby who’s accidentally sucked down…
God, are we sick to friggin’ death of watching celebs and regular schmoes tip the scales on reality weight-loss shows like The Biggest Loser and DietTribe. This is America, land of the lard-ass and the free, and our national verve seems to be going the way of our fatty acids…
Various MJam drivers, including Dennis Anderson, Chad Fortune (pictured), and Alex Blackwell, will greet the fans prior to the Jam proper on Saturday. Fri., July 31, 5-8 p.m., 2009…
A great sports rivalry has an appeal that transcends a traditional fan base. While many people hate baseball, the rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees always draws the nation’s attention. Similarly, you’ll go home on Thanksgiving to watch your parents fight, even though you normally hate your family. Another…
Nick Cave didn’t decide to call his artworks “Soundsuits” until he climbed into one and started moving around. Then, the former Alvin Ailey dancer (no relation to the cult musician) liked what he heard: a swishy, ritualistic, twiggy noise. It sounded like that because he made this particular piece out…
The Valley author signs her first novel, The Curse of Nefertiti, which proposes that the ancient Egyptian queen has been reincarnated as a modern Phoenician living right here in the Valley of the Sun. She’s cute and hip and troubled even more than your typical modern youth, because she’s being…
Most of the plays — and playwrights — at Phoenix Theatre’s annual New Works extravaganza are fresh off the assembly line. Not so with Robin Rice Lichtig, whose tri-generational family drama has already had its first public reading at New York City’s 3Graces, and whose oeuvre includes well-received works such…
Chicano, once a derisive word used against Mexico’s lower classes, was transformed by Mexican-American activists of the 1960s into their own term of endearment and assertion of ethnic pride. The art that followed made a similar journey, and on Wednesday, August 5, Rita Gonzalez – co-curator of the current Phoenix…
There’s a fine line between writing fiction and nonfiction, but one of the things that distinguishes a great writer of both is the ability to know what to leave unsaid. After all, truth is sometimes harder to believe than fiction. Best-selling author J.A. Jance learned that when she was shopping…
There’s a fine line between writing fiction and nonfiction, but one of the things that distinguishes a great writer of both is the ability to know what to leave unsaid. After all, truth is sometimes harder to believe than fiction. Best-selling author J.A. Jance learned that when she was shopping…
Actress Nia Long has a sister – Sommore, a straight-talking, no-nonsense ball of thunder who cuts into men like a hot knife through butter. And on Friday, July 31, the topical comedian’s in town to cut everyone up. Be prepared, because the Trenton, New Jersey, native is armed with an…
Florida emo/screamo-pop quintet Red Jumpsuit Apparatus may be one of the quietest success stories in recent years, having jumped from the pack of Warped Tour forgettables to platinum-selling stars — via 2006’s Don’t You Fake It and the recently released Lonely Road — without a ton of fanfare. Frontman and…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the New York Mets, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Mon., Aug. 3, 7 p.m., 2009…
He was disqualified from Last Comic Standing for multiple violations, including smuggling a BlackBerry into the finals, but humiliation via reality TV certainly hasn’t hindered Gabriel Iglesias’ standup career. After all, how many Hispanics do you know who can pull off impressions of Steve (“Crocodile Hunter”) Irwin, Shrek, and George…
Love him or hate him, there’s no escaping rapper Dirt Nasty, otherwise known as actor Simon Rex. Rex has performed with Mickey Avalon and will be invading Scottsdale’s Martini Ranch on a weekly basis for the club’s new night Hustlerwood. You’re welcome, Scottsdale. Rex seems to be a regular in…
Outside of jazz circles — and people who actually pay attention to the Grammys, where she’s been a perennial nominee and/or winner for well over a decade — Canadian-born singer/pianist Diana Krall’s name usually rings a bell because she’s the wife of Elvis Costello. The pair married in 2003, and…
After devoting his first two films as director, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, to getting laid and having kids, respectively, Judd Apatow brings the circle of life to a close with Funny People, which stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a popular, Sandler-esque movie star diagnosed with a rare…
In Phoenix, summer is a challenging time for business owners — partly because the snowbirds have flown north and partly because the remaining population is busy making vacation plans. Some restaurants and art galleries just close for part of the season, while others struggle to find a balance between effort…
