Remember when basketball was basketball and not all about these football-esque drives to the lane and mixed martial arts-style rebound positioning? If you agree, you were certainly jonesing for the days of old on January 21 when the ASU Men’s Basketball team took out its bitter in-state rival, the University…
Remember the flick Happenstance, the other epic film by Audrey Tautou (star of Amélie, one of the best movies ever)? Well, there’s a new play by the name of The Visitation that has a similar bent. Written by Valley playwright Steve Wilcox, the production chronicles how two couples are brought…
If there was a bottom to this seemingly bottomless pit that is the Phoenix Suns’ 2008-09 season, it fell out on January 23 against the Charlotte Bobcats in a 98-76 loss. The Suns gave up 28 points to Bobcat forward Gerald Wallace, who averages 16. Worse – much worse –…
Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove is a young, black girl growing up in Ohio in the 1940s. But she’d like very much to be someone else. She prays that her eyes will turn blue, which will mean she’s no longer a poor, neglected black girl who’s carrying her father’s baby. She wishes…
Desert Dance Theatre presents its annual Black History Month homage to the great Tubman, who helped to free the slaves via the Underground Railroad. Wed., Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., 2009…
ASU head coach Pat Murphy (pictured) leads the Sun Devils against the Tigers. Tue., Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m., 2009…
Today, getting someone’s attention is all about texting and tweeting and maybe starting a rumor about the size of certain of one’s organs. But in the mid-19th century, it was fashion that caught the eye of a potential paramour. Medievalism — also known as Gothic style — is celebrated in…
The big boys of the sport battle the big bulls in this annual West Valley chute-out. Sun., Feb. 22, 6 p.m., 2009…
Generally speaking, we frown on guided hikes. The Sonoran Desert is not the Louvre, and true hikers hardly need to have someone spell out its (fairly obvious) magnificence. The extraordinary exception is the Elephant Mountain Fortress Hike at Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. The relatively difficult seven-miler takes participants into…
We have some pretty sick fantasies, but none ever centered on staring at the night sky through a telescope, especially when it’s freezing out. Undaunted hat- and scarf-wearers and general-punishment gluttons can rendezvous at the secluded Estrella Mountain Regional Park for the Dark Sky Telescope Hike, a 3.7-mile jaunt up…
Despite their recent close shave, the Arizona Cardinals have never won the Super Bowl. In 40 years, the Phoenix Suns are 0-for-NBA title. The Phoenix Coyotes . . . never mind. Of the four major pro sports in Arizona, only one has achieved true world-class status: baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks…
Despite their recent close shave, the Arizona Cardinals have never won the Super Bowl. In 40 years, the Phoenix Suns are 0-for-NBA title. The Phoenix Coyotes . . . never mind. Of the four major pro sports in Arizona, only one has achieved true world-class status: baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks…
Oh, golly gee, did y’all see yet another white-bread Indiana gal win the Miss America pageant? Don’t worry, according to the Nielsen ratings, no one else did, either. Now, if the talent portion had featured Phoenix’s fire-toting hottie Pyra Sutra shaking her flaming rack, we might’ve watched. Sutra will get…
After Kurt Warner was named starting QB, the Cardinals brain trust instituted a self-help course for the fumble-plagued Warner: Kurt had to cuddle with a pigskin every night while he slept. Result: a career revival for Warner and a first-ever Super Bowl appearance for the Cards. Maybe someday, when Warner’s…
Folks who love to shuffle their feet to London beats have a new night to groove to — and the spot is charmingly light-rail accessible. Tonight marks the first installment of Influx Fridays, an evening of drum and bass and breakbeats presented by Groove Corps Productions and Direct Drum and…
In the late Fifties and early Sixties, a handful of artists — most notably, Edward Hopper, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol — elevated Pop Art and became its acclaimed leaders. Among them was James Gill, whose work was the first of the group’s to be hung in major museums and…
In the late Fifties and early Sixties, a handful of artists — most notably, Edward Hopper, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol — elevated Pop Art and became its acclaimed leaders. Among them was James Gill, whose work was the first of the group’s to be hung in major museums and…
Last year, when the folks at the NCAA decided to adopt a standardized start to the college baseball season, some thought that the teams in warm-weather climates – who would sometimes play up to 20 games before squads on the East Coast ever took the field – would lose a…
The ranger-led float takes kayakers/canoers to this secluded rendezvous. An optional two-mile hike is planned at the cove. Thu., Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2009…
The cocktail guru shows off tricks of the trade and discusses some of his own more intriguing creations in the W’s Shade Bar. RSVP required. Thu., Feb. 19, 7-9 p.m., 2009…
While your friends back East are giving the weather a big, fat, middle-fingered salute, you’re chillin’ in this wonderful AZ weather. And since you’re a nice guy and all, you’re thinking of all the ways to piss off your frosty pals even more. Here’s a good one: Tell them you’re…
Valley of the Sun, Land of the Rising Sun — what’s the difference? Not much this weekend, as Matsuri: A Festival of Japan returns to Heritage & Science Park. The theme for this year’s edition of the annual fest, a collaboration between Phoenix Parks & Recreation and various area Japanese-American…
