At first, before the murders, the story might sound like some nihilistic last-century tropical sitcom, what Sherwood Schwartz would have come up with if he’d been into Nietzsche. In 1929, German physician Friedrich Ritter, brain aflame with the promise of the superman, persuaded his lover, Dore Strauch, to abandon Berlin…
Greetings from Cannes! It’s an unwritten rule — maybe it should even be a written one — that no one who is lucky enough to come to Cannes for the film festival, now in its 67th year, should, in any way, shape, or form, complain about being here. But may…
Harrison Ford has been a good soldier in the Star Wars. He did whatever was asked of him by his commanding officer, George Lucas, even when his commanding officer was wrong. Now that Ford is back in Star Wars, and J.J. Abrams is running the show, Abrams’ first order of…
It certainly feels like there’s a lot of events using the First Friday model nowadays, but keeping track of Second Saturdays and Twelfth Tuesdays gets pretty cumbersome. So much so that, like most technologically dependent humans, you’ve probably thrown a few worthwhile events into your iCalendar and handed your scheduling…
Have you noticed that more and more people are drinking beer in cans these days? We’re not talking about the usual cheap swill either. The canned beer revolution unofficially began in 1990s Colorado with Dale’s Pale Ale — released exclusively in cans. Overcoming perceptions that canned beer tasted bad was…
Serendipity is nice, whether you think of the John Cusack movie, the kick ass restaurant in Las Vegas and New York City, or the true meaning of the word. These pleasant surprises can be found just about anywhere, and while it won’t include any frozen hot chocolate or copies of…
It’s time for a new spring look. The Clarendon Hotel and Spa is once again lending itself to local creatives to become the largest art installation in the Valley. Artel PHX is a three-day, multimedia project will encompass everything from performance and video art to neon sculpture and site-specific visual…
If you think professional wrestling’s too fake, you may hold an overinflated opinion of reality. But a play about that sweaty, spandexed world — The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, presented by Stray Cat Theatre — places the action on stage, rendering moot any doubts about authenticity. The show (not…
Forget what you learned at the makeup counter. It’s time to learn from the professionals. Join special effects makeup artists Mark Greenawalt and Casey Kaki as they demonstrate the transformative techniques of airbrushing, life casting, sculpting, and molding to create prosthetics during the two-hour workshop, “Hollywood Costuming with Special Effects…
Brian Barnett is grateful for the influence that the Ultimate Warrior had on his life. As a kid, the 34-year-old watched the late WWE legend on television and even got the chance to see him battle “Ravishing” Rick Rude at Madison Square Garden in New York during the late ‘80s…
Although the Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County (which did exist, despite your conviction that it was just a chalupa-fueled dream you had) is scheduled to close this weekend, its composer, Jason Robert Brown, remains in the limelight by virtue of his other profound, iconoclastic works. Like the Drama…
Jenni Pulos’ life plan didn’t pan out. She didn’t end up being the second coming of Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live. UCLA was not interested in her performing as their mascot. And her rap duo? Yeah, they didn’t hit the big time.But the actress, who grew up in Scottsdale,…
Don’t know who Fortune Feimster is? You will soon. The late-night comedian has been steadily on the rise since her television debut on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, where she walked away as a semi-finalist. Since then, she has become a full-time writer and roundtable contributor to Chelsea Handler’s hit E!…
With the way our technology is advancing, it’s looking more and more likely that robots will be running the show in a few decades. We’re not sure how or when it will happen, but the idea hardly seems far-fetched when we already have robots to clean our house (like in…
What better way to forestall the summertime forgetting of what the kids learned in school than to infuse them with the best educational earworms of all time? We’re talking about “Conjunction Junction,” “Interplanet Janet,” “Three Is a Magic Number,” the increasingly ironic “Just a Bill,” and the rest. Schoolhouse Rock…
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”The line, from William Shakespeare’s heralded A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is the perfect hint of foreboding and fun that follows throughout his popular five-act play.FairyWorlds! breathes new life into the tale of three interwoven love stories. Produced by Southwest Shakespeare Company under…
As Danny DeVito in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will vouch, trolls operating toll bridges are usually bad news. While typical trolls are quite greedy, they’re also easy to fool. Just look at the classic story of “Three Billy Goats Gruff.” A family of goats esnts to cross a river…
Every year someone hugs a cactus for all the wrong reasons. A Tucson man last year was “hugged” to death by a falling saguaro, and a cyclist was observed dutifully removing spines from his rear after a missed corner landed him in prickly hell. But there’s another kind of “Cactus…
2014 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. & Legendary Pictures Productions LLCGodzilla, opening May 16.Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and L.A. Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson recommend Neighbors (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron) and Godzilla (Bryan Cranston, Godzilla) and are joined by special guest, James Beard Award-winning L.A. Weekly restaurant…
If you look inside of Tawnee Clifton’s closet, you’ll find nothing but black clothing. The 20-year-old wears black every single day, which means she not only has to get creative with her style, but she also understands the importance of a good layering piece…
Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 95. Daniel Langhans. Daniel…
Every month Kathy Cano-Murillo, a.k.a. The Crafty Chica, dishes crafty tips and tricks in La Vida Crafty on Jackalope Ranch. Just because I make crafts for a living, doesn’t make me an expert on all things crafty. At least not at first. Sometimes it takes several tries to nail a…
