Looking for cowboy/cowgirl collectibles? Good luck. They’re getting harder and harder to find, even here in the West. But if you’ve just gotta have a Ranch oak end table, an old Gene Autry metal lunchbox, a mask worn by Clayton “The Lone Ranger” Moore, or an autographed Tex Ritter guitar,…
The cream of the crop in the American Indian and Canadian First Nation hoop dance scene compete for hoop dance supremacy. Sat., Feb. 7, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 8, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 2009…
When the City of Surprise opened the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in 2007, it likely hoped against hope to one day see a headline like “Tennis Great John McEnroe Wins Thriller in Surprise, Arizona.” Wish granted last November 9, when McEnroe took down Todd Martin in a kick-butt finale…
Comics who make the transition to acting often experience a mixed bag upon returning to the road clubs at which they first honed their chops. The name recognition draws curious audience members, but the stakes are higher when it comes to eliciting laughs. It might not seem so based on…
It used to be there wasn’t much to do in The Glen, but that’s fast becoming ancient history. Along with an Antique Row that rivals any in the state, Glendale is the home of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes and, of course, the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, who nearly pulled a very…
Chagoya’s new exhibit, “don’t follow me i am lost too,” explores “themes of dislocation and immigration” via prints, paintings, and books. Gil’s installation, “Teleprompter,” is part of a video project examining the relationship(s) between “authority, privacy, validity, and truth.” (A Chagoya work is pictured.) Thu., Feb. 5, 7-9 p.m., 2009…
Chagoya’s new exhibit, “don’t follow me i am lost too,” explores “themes of dislocation and immigration” via prints, paintings, and books. Gil’s installation, “Teleprompter,” is part of a video project examining the relationship(s) between “authority, privacy, validity, and truth.” (A Chagoya work is pictured.) Tuesdays-Saturdays. Starts: Feb. 6. Continues through…
It sounds sublime: A C-list television actor receives an e-mail from a con artist who’s posing as the wife of a dead Nigerian leader in need of cash. The actor — Dean Cameron, star of the Ski School movies and Mark Harmon’s co-star in 1987’s Summer School — writes back,…
The 2003 German flick, which screens as part of the Paradise Valley Community College’s film fest, chronicles pre and post-Berlin Wall Germany. Wed., Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m., 2009…
Experimental art is like a box of chocolates – sometimes you get a scrumptious treat and other times a couple of stale nuts. Luckily, Paradise Valley Community College’s fourth annual Phoenix Experimental Arts Festival is packed with enough entertainment to guarantee that at least some of it will be palatable…
The unofficial first half of the 2008-09 NBA season ended ignominiously for the Phoenix Suns in their 41st game of the season on January 23: a 98-76 mauling at the hands of Boris Diaw and the Charlotte Bobcats. Though Suns castoff Diaw and the Bobcats had something to prove, so…
Get a taste of the Mother Road — literally — at this event, which features a cooking demo of Route 66-style grub by instructors from Sur La Table. Tue., Feb. 10, 7 p.m., 2009…
The guided four-miler takes place in the moonshadow of Piestewa Peak. Registration is required. Sat., Feb. 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m., 2009…
Since this is a piece about O Canada, we’ll try not to say “eh?” Uh, too late. Okay, while we’re at it, all Canadians live in igloos and eat blubber. Now that that’s out of the way, check out the 57th annual Great Canadian Picnic. Yes, there will be curling…
We never thought we’d recommend anything with the word “Smucker’s” in the title, but while hardcore porn chick Belladonna’s signing we’re-not-exactly-sure-what up at Castle Megastore in north Phoenix on Friday, February 6, skating’s It Girl — the far-sassier, in our book, Sasha Cohen — will be laying down sweet, white…
The adult-film, er, actress, 2007 F.A.M.E. Award winner for Dirtiest Girl in Porn, and star of XXX flicks like Genital Hospital and Belladonna’s Girl Train brings her hardcore self to town for a signing. Fri., Feb. 6, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
The doc tracks what happens when a small Virginia town nearly tears itself in twain over the possibility of a new Wal-Mart store. Also showing: Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America, billed as “a solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmental challenges: energy.” A discussion follows. In…
A documentary about “the potentially toxic effects of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)”? Deadly, right? Wrong. In the able hands of filmmakers/activists Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold (pictured), it’s funny and scary and completely engaging. Showing with Naa Daa Nanitin: Corn Teachings, a student doc about “the intimate relationship the Navajo…
The annual fest kicks off with a screening of The Little Traitor. The Best Feature Film winner at the 2008 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival stars Alfred Molina as an English officer in Palestine circa 1947 who strikes up a friendship with a young anti-British terrorist. Admission includes a dessert…
The traveling show features works by numerous cutting-edge artists, including Yoskay Yamamoto, David Choe, Todd Tourso, Too Tall Jahmal, Lisa Alisa, Logan Hicks, Mark Mothersbaugh, Eye One, Angela Boatwright, and Tessar Lo. (A work by Yamamoto is pictured.) Fri., Feb. 6, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
The traveling show features works by numerous cutting-edge artists, including Yoskay Yamamoto, David Choe, Todd Tourso, Too Tall Jahmal, Lisa Alisa, Logan Hicks, Mark Mothersbaugh, Eye One, Angela Boatwright, and Tessar Lo. (A work by Yamamoto is pictured.) Thursdays-Sundays. Starts: Feb. 7. Continues through Feb. 28, 2009…
No offense to municipal employees, but the breed doesn’t have the best track record for success. On the other hand, the folks behind the City of Phoenix’s wildly popular Silent Sunday monthly series at South Mountain Park – an alt-transportation-awareness event in which the park is closed to Sunday drivers…
