Suns vs. Lakers There have always been rumblings that legendary Laker Kobe Bryant might at times be more of a liability than a luminary to his teammates. Well, in what may be Bryan’ts final season, no one is rumbling anymore. It’s obvious. On a roster chockfull of young talent, Bryant’s…
Admittedly, Chris Hardwick doesn’t get much sleep. And given his many projects and responsibilities, you can’t blame him for that. According to the comedian, television personality, actor, writer, podcaster, geek icon, and co-founder of entertainment website Nerdist Industries, he only gets about five hours of sack time each night. Needless…
The Heard Museum recently received a $1.1 million grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, which will fund two major initiatives at the museum — including refreshing and updating a long-term exhibition titled “Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience.” The exhibition explores the history and impact…
Last month was Arizona Archives Month (put on by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records – a division of Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan), but you might’ve missed it, what with all the beer festivals and costume shopping. A conservator with the Archives and Records Management Branch,…
“It’s a great thing and a scary thing,” Randy Slack says, taking a seat in a vintage chair in his warehouse space at Legend City Studios in downtown Phoenix as The Pixies’ “Monkey Gone to Heaven” plays over a speaker. In paint-splattered shorts, a T-shirt, and battered sneakers, he’s prepping…
We’ve gotten used to the idea that the highest-quality, most innovative television lives on premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime. But two of the most delightful and inventive series to premiere in the past year have come from an unexpected place: the CW. Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend…
Toni Collette rages through Catherine Hardwicke’s cancer weepie Miss You Already like a fire in a chain restaurant. The film around her is good, welcoming fare, the kind that snobs always underestimate. But then Collette, playing a vain patient bereft at losing her hair and her ability to wear seven-inch…
After closing R. Pela Contemporary Art gallery in Phoenix during the summer of 2015, Robrt Pela has decided to forgo the brick-and-mortar gallery model in favor of presenting exhibitions in non-traditional spaces for 2016. Starting in January 2016, you’ll find exhibitions presented by R. Pela Contemporary Art at Central Arts…
If everyone’s a photographer these days thanks to the iPhone, then maybe everyone’s a writer, too, considering the prevalence of blogs, personal platforms, and 140-character Twitter observations. The Second Annual Arizona Writer’s Conference, held at Wilkes University in Mesa on November 13 and 14, taps into the creativity. The two-day…
Although it seems to happen less and less with each passing year, random makeout sessions have always been an inevitable part of my dating life. After some long talks with friends, I’ve come to realize that regardless of sexual preference, amount of experience, age, or other factors, spontaneous face-sucking occurs…
New Times picks the top weekend events in the Phoenix area from November 13 through 15. Disgraced The holiday season will soon descend upon valley stages with lighthearted, sugary fare. There’s nothing wrong with dessert but Disgraced is bringing heavy food for thought to the table. The 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play…
Newspapers are dead, except in the hearts of anyone who has ever loved them — which means there are still narrow slivers of hope. One of them now comes to us in the form of a movie: Tom McCarthy’s bold, shirtsleeve-sturdy newsroom drama Spotlight, which shows how a team of…
Bryan Cranston parades through Trumbo, a wiki-pageant of shorthand history, like he’s a costumed kid playing Actor Bryan Cranston at a Disney park. As blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, a man given to mannered diction, Cranston layers movieland falseness over the scraped-raw heart of his Breaking Bad triumph. Remember how you…
How do you dramatize the unthinkable? On August 5, 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped when the 100-year-old gold and copper mine in which they were working collapsed around them. For weeks, no one knew if they were alive or dead. But 69 days later, after a team of international…
It’s clear why Angelina Jolie Pitt became a star. She was a sexpot with talent, and, just as crucially, her feline beauty was a sexpot breed we’d never seen. Past glamazons like Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, and Jayne Mansfield trailed a whiff of insecurity. We could sense that they were…
Saoirse Ronan makes a grand case for herself as the Millennial generation’s finest leading lady in Brooklyn, an immaculately crafted, immensely moving character study about a 1950s immigrant struggling to find her place in the world. With an open, innocent countenance equally capable of registering tremulous separation anxiety, exhilarating joy,…
Every Wednesday night, a crowd of people gets together at the Lawn Gnome bookstore and tells stories. Yarnball Storytelling Mic is about as simple as it gets: There’s a basic stage, a speaker system, and an audience crowded into old chairs. The outdoor space is so open that you can…
The world’s next big thing could be from Arizona — and you have a chance to watch the first round this weekend. For three years, Washington D.C.-based, a global incubator and venture fund, 1776, has hosted the Challenge Cup. An international startup competition, the Challenge Cup crowns one winner out…
Phoenix New Times celebrated the cream of the crop with our 37th annual Best of Phoenix edition. Here are our top picks for vintage and resale shops in metro Phoenix. Best Place to Buy Vintage Clothing Antique Sugar A friend visiting from England whined, “Your vintage clothing stores are a…
Here’s a sentence you didn’t expect to read today: There’s a recent Simpsons that’s entirely worth your time. Seriously. “Halloween of Horror,” the fourth episode of the series’ 27th season, is a rarity: a late-era Simpsons rich with feeling, sharp jokes and the sense that this family and their story…
After Jessica Rajko learned about the trend of Europeans holding American-style parties complete with hot dogs and drinks served in disposable cups, she started thinking more about drinking culture among young Americans. The Tempe-based performer, choreographer, and intermedia digital media artist has since choreographed a work titled I’m Not as Think…
Whether you’re a fine artist or casual crafter, you may find that at least one of these calls for art is well-matched to your interests. We’ve found all sorts of opportunities, from painting a piano for a local performing arts center to creating a Christmas wreath for an alternative theater…
