Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival It may seem like nothing is happening in Phoenix now that the big game is over. But that’s just fercockt! Thirteen acclaimed, independent, and Jewish-themed movies will be shown at three Harkins Theatres around the Valley during the 19th Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival. So…
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, we can watch more than 80 years of development take place in about five seconds. Maricopa County keeps aerial maps dating back to 1930, and we’ve combined some into time-lapse images to show you how the greater Phoenix area has changed over the…
Phoenix’s premier performance and installation art platform, [nueBOX], hosted its launch party on Thursday, February 5, at First Draft Book Bar.The event served as an introduction to the organization, and featured both live and recorded performance and installation art by current and future [nueBOX] artists-in-residence…
Mick Foley lives for entertaining a crowd, and it’s something he’s been doing for most of his life. For almost three decades, the now-retired pro wrestler was a star of the ring in the WWE and other notable promotions. He also has been a best-selling author, made several appearances on…
Just as the last remnants of Super Bowl XLIX are leaving downtown Phoenix, something far more crazy, colorful, and chaotic is about to roll through this weekend. And just like the big game, it’s centered on competition, although nary any football is involved. We’re referring to the Phoenix Idiotarod, the…
“Delicate Beasts” Fiber artists Christy Puetz and Ingrid Restemayer have created weird, beautiful things to exhibit both together and separately since they studied in North Dakota more than 20 years ago. The duo’s current joint show, “Delicate Beasts,” continues through Saturday, February 14…
After whooping it up in Super Bowl mode during recent days and weeks, we figure it might be tough for some of you to do the quiet, contemplative art thing during this month’s First Friday. So we’re thinking it’s a good week to check out shows with a heavy entertainment…
Hey Phoenix, we know you are super busy. But we’d super appreciate it if you took a few minutes to answer our 10-question survey about the state of the arts in and around Phoenix. We want your take on all aspects of art — from theater, performance art, and dance…
February already? Just as the awards season rush dies down from December and January, we hit what is widely considered to be a dead month for movie releases. There may be a few surprises (last year’s Lego Movie turned out to be one of the biggest February hits of all…
(Heavy spoilers for the pilot; very light spoilers for the second and third episodes.) There’s more than one way to start a revolution. You can get high off your own sense of righteousness and authenticity, as celebrity chef and Fresh Off the Boat memoirist Eddie Huang recently did by calling…
“You ready for another miserable video game?” I heard one critic crack to another as I settled in for Jupiter Ascending. “Maybe in March we’ll see this year’s first good movie,” his pal said back, as if Girlhood, Hard to Be a God, Amira & Sam, Timbuktu, Joy of Man’s…
BERLIN — Riding from the Berlin-Tegel airport to my hotel on a crisp, sunny day last week, my cab passed the magnificent golden angel statue known as the Victory Column, a monument erected by the city in 1874 to commemorate assorted Prussian military victories of the day. But people all…
Those more devoted to the genre can debate whether Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman is the best comic-book movie of the last few years. What’s beyond argument, however, is that Vaughn has whipped up the most interesting one, the only to make ferocious, unsettling art out of the great contradiction of superheroic…
Don’t let the name fool you. Julie Akerly and Matthew Mosher’s [nueBOX] is a performance art venture very much outside the, well, you know. The program works with emerging resident performers and installation artists to facilitate their development and serve as a launch pad for burgeoning careers. Mix and mingle…
After years of oscillating between Jekyll and Hyde, the Arizona Coyotes have finally established an identity. The bad news is that the Yotes have settled on Hyde. Pretty much every player has struggled (with the exception of All-Star defender Oliver Eckman-Larsson) and the end result is one of the worst…
Todd Glass isn’t a household name, but he’s been garnering laughs and respect from comedy fans and fellow comedians for over three decades. Norm Mcdonald called him a “comic’s comics comic” in advance of his 2014 best selling book, The Todd Glass Situation, and the Philly-born funnyman does indeed deliver,…
They say it takes 21 days to break a habit. Well, that just seems like too much for us to bear, especially when local artist Tara Logsdon and DIE bearmy are offering an exhibit to eradicate unbearable tendencies from the viewers’ lives. “BEARial Ground” opens at Frontal Lobe Community Space…
The Yuletide season is traditionally primetime for boozy gatherings celebrating hideous cold weather wear. But look, dammit, we don’t have much time left to make the most of what passes for winter here. Sure, as it warms up, we could have shindigs featuring unsightly tank tops or repulsive flip-flops but,…
Racers, start your shopping carts. Around the Valley, teams of self-proclaimed idiots are greasing the caster wheels of their hijacked grocery carts for the Arizona Cacophony Society’s ninth annual Phoenix Idiotarod. For one ridiculous day, 36 five-person teams will race through the streets of Phoenix with pimped out supermarket rides…
From tudor and American colonial to Spanish revival and pueblo, the Willo neighborhood is a trail mix of early 20th century designs. Hence the popularity of its 27-years-running home tour. The self-guided Willo Home Tour gives historic home lovers the chance to view the eclectic ins and outs of 12…
Things might get a little loopy this weekend at the Heard Museum, 2301 North Central Avenue, when the world’s most skilled hoop dancers face off at the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. Top American Indian and Canadian First Nation men and women will be judged on the basis of precision,…
The Arizona Fine Art Expo is a lot to absorb, with artists representing 115 different studios. The expo’s goal, according to organizers, is to provide a one-on-one experience. Artists will not only be on hand to discuss their work, but offer mini-workshops while producing art on-sight. Whether it’s sculpture (wood,…
