It was only a matter of time before sitting and reading a book got “branded”; turned into a trend involving a crowd and a coffee drink; conceptualized as something other than a private pastime. Silent reading parties are now all the rage, and they’ve made their way to Phoenix. Changing…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 11. Xandriss. “I’m very…
New Times picks the best events in metro Phoenix from Monday, September 19, through Thursday, September 22. For more things to do, see our curated online calendar. “Biennial Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition” While their students focus on the new fall semester, the arts instructors at Mesa Community College have…
The City of Phoenix is suing the State of Arizona over its most prominent arts district, Roosevelt Row. Months in the making, the lawsuit is the result of a back-and-forth between the city and state. Back in January 2016, the city voted to create a business improvement district in Roosevelt…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 12. Amber Robins. Amber…
Every week, we’re recapping season two of Degrassi: Next Class, episode-by-episode. #WhateverItTakes. Just when we thought it would be smooth sailing waters for the troublesome twosome, Tristan and Miles, the boat was rocked yet again. During a game of truth or dare, Zoë pins Miles down with the “how many have…
[nueBOX] recently announced that oneTON collective and AZ Dragoneers have been selected as its fall 2016 artists-in-residence. Each will create new work, and present public programming as part of its residency. They join the list of 24 other artist-in-residence programs created through [nueBOX], which was founded in 2014 by Julie…
Think you’ve got a good understanding of the world and how it works? Better have a seat, pal, since we’ve got some bad news: Everything you think you know is probably wrong, or, at the very least, a half-truth. No, really. Think fingerprints are an infallible methodology of forensic science?…
Potential filmmakers and groups of friends, professional actors and drunk patrons all got creative for the camera during Dinerwood: Level 4, a 48-hour film challenge that culminated with a screening at Welcome Diner on Wednesday, September 14. Ten teams entered their three-minute films for a chance to be declared “the…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 13. Amada Cruz. Every…
For six years, casual public radio listeners and die-hard Snappers alike have come to recognize Glynn Washington’s comforting, yet compelling voice. As the host of NPR’s Snap Judgment, Washington introduces audiences to stories both familiar and extraordinary on his weekly show of narrative non-fiction, with only a hint of dramatic flair…
“Mr. Street, do you think God loves football?” asks a young boy in a Dillion High School jersey. “I think everybody loves football,” replies Jason Street, a quarterback-turned-coach on the show, Friday Night Lights. This clip kicked off a reunion special about the beloved drama, available to watch now on…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, September 16, through Sunday, September 18. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market Shoppers hoping to tackle that holiday gift list a little early, good news: Presents for quirky aunts, nieces…
1Spot Gallery in downtown Phoenix is closing after Third Friday, September 16, says Damian Jim, the Navajo artist who co-founded the gallery in 2012 with fellow artist Michelle Ponce. The gallery, which specializes in showing works by indigenous artists, is located in Roosevelt Row. In 2013, it earned a New…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 14. Lisa Von Hoffner…
Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest organizers have been busy lately unveiling a slew of celebrities and geek icons that will appear at this year’s event. And it includes some pretty famous names. Over the past week, they’ve announced a total of five special guests for Fan Fest, which takes place next…
Gloria Steinem is having a full-circle moment. In 1963, she shared her penchant for travel in The Beach Book, complete with an iridescent inside flap that reflected the sun’s rays. More than five decades later, she’s traveling the country to promote her latest book, titled Gloria Steinem: My Life on…
Prodigies flame out; it happens all the time. But the tale of Sergei Polunin, a young Ukrainian ballet dancer whose family hitched its wagon to his star, is a particularly sad one. Steven Cantor’s doc Dancer illuminates Polunin’s celebrity before it reveals his artistry; much of the film is a…
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth airs Sundays on Showtime In filmmaking, an assembly cut is when recent dailies are strung together in rough narrative order to create the first, very raw draft of the movie. Though it by no means lacks polish or editorial intent, Showtime’s…
Lily Rabe’s discomfiting performance anchors the fascinatingly uneasy comedy-drama Miss Stevens. Julia Hart’s film — about a young, slightly hapless English teacher who must chaperone three students to a state drama competition — has a premise that could easily invite cliché. You half expect it to become either an inspirational…
Matt Johnson’s prankish Operation Avalanche boasts a strong half hour of footage that’s fully engaged with this question: Could a couple of bright, Kubrick-obsessed A.V. geeks have faked the moon landing in 1969? Like the best speculative fiction, these scenes concern the practicalities. We see the gang’s hidden-camera peek at…
Still and silent, Jerry Lewis slumps there like old furniture in the lifeless house in which the first half of Daniel Noah’s coming-of-old-age drama Max Rose molders. The film is a fiction, a tidy and improbable one, but these scenes have documentary power. Lewis’ Max Rose, recently bereaved, sits and…
