Looking for something to do this week? “Night Owl” is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We’ll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Sunday nights mark “Valley Fever” at Yucca Tap Room in Tempe. When we heard about Yucca…
All you’ll need to get into the StoryCorps silver Airstream trailer in January is a friend and a few questions. StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and preserving American stories, will make a stop in Phoenix from January 6 to 29 to record 120 interviews and conversations, with the collaboration…
So Sudan, a new indie shop in the AZ Lost Boys Center in Phoenix, will host a grand opening this weekend. The center was established in 2003 to provide a safe and community-based space for war affected Sudanese refugees living in Phoenix. Store founders Amguma Deng, Nyakour Kagook, and Alal…
Marky Staltari’s affinity toward all-things pinball isn’t difficult to explain. The punk rock guitarist of local band Janitors of Anarchy cites pinball’s controversial history; the game spent a large part of its history banned in major US cities and was a symbol of rebellion in classic Hollywood movies.Marky Hellspite, as…
Pantone Color Institute, a world-renowned authority on color, announced the 2011 color of the year last week.Give a big congratulations to 18-2120, Honeysuckle.Designers and artists alike are buzzing about this decision — a dramatic departure from the 2010 color, Turquoise…
If you’re like us, you’ve got at least one geeky loved one who seems impossible to buy for. Maybe it’s your tech savvy mom, your nerdy BFF with the L33T-speak license plate or a boyfriend whose Halo 3 addiction has him peeing in soda cans to avoid bathroom breaks. When we checked…
Artist: Carol Panaro-Smith…
TRON fiends and Daft Punk lovers collided (quite literally) on the Rips dance floor over the weekend when the bar held a TRON holiday party. We checked out the costumes, the lack of costumes, and the costume envy and took a few notes. The Good’s above, the Bad and the…
Don’t mistake passion for hate in Susan Pants’ inaugural issue of her indie food zine The Not So Lazy Susan – Issue One: With Alotta Issues. It’s just that the writer loves chow so much that she tends to get a bit worked up. (Don’t we all with stuff that…
Obscura turns Tron Tron Legacy took over the Obscura dance party at Rip’s on Saturday…see photos Thread Show: Indie Fashion in Photos On a balmy Sunday afternoon, the Icehouse in Phoenix played host to Thread, a traveling, curated indie fashion show. The set up was cool, the DJ was pumping,…
Crazy cat ladies, hoarders, and other preferably forgotten subcultures flocked to the Phoenix Convention Center this past weekend to take in the Phoenix Feline Fanciers Cat Show…
Note: This story has been updated to include up-to-date photos and information. Matt Toomey would like his chicken back. An “Abducted Chicken” flier posted around town reads that on December 8, someone broke into his backyard coop and attempted to steal two chickens. The alleged thief made off with his…
On a balmy Sunday afternoon, the Icehouse in Phoenix played host to Thread, a traveling, curated indie fashion show. The set up was cool, the DJ was pumping, the snacks were free flowing, the vendors were buzzing around each others’ tables — but where were all the people?…
If you can find an excuse to be outside tonight/early tomorrow morning, look up. Tonight will be the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, an annual event that occurs in mid-December. Meteor shower experts predict it will be the best meteor shower of the year, and depending on visibility, viewers…
Besides doing super-fun dating stuff like going to haunted houses for Jackalope Ranch’s comprehensive Halloween guide, New Times blogger Colin Lecher and fellow young journalist Jessica Testa go to the movies. Colin: Well, that was surprisingly unsurprising… pretty straight-forward movie. Jessica: Yeah, was that seriously a Coen film? There was…
So you didn’t attend early-December’s Crafeteria — the 5th-annual craft bazaar put on by Frances Vintage and a great spot to find unique, creative local gifts. You missed bustling crowds, St. Francis’ pumpkin soup, meeting some local artists, and picking up some really cool, creative and one-of-a-kind gifts. But don’t…
Artist: Unknown. Found in an Italian workbook … must be finals time at ASU. Good luck!…
www.flickr.com/photos/stevemacdonald/Holiday BBQ & Winter Games 2 @ Daley ParkThis cycle-centric shindig invites all bike riders to congregate for free beer and barbecue at Daley Park in Tempe from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, December 11. And since it’s hosted by those crazy kids at T.B.A.G. and Bike Saviours, there will…
To Gregory Sale, “It’s (meaning Arizona crime and the corrections system) Not Just Black and White.” The local artist is using the statement as a working title for his residency/exhibition slated to start in the ASU Art Museum in February. Sale’s project and ultimate goals are intentionally vague. He’s not…
Space 55 Theatre Ensemble defies pinning down, even in the world of offbeat, tiny companies. The dump they perform in is nowhere near the neighborhoods that are alleged to be bohemian — it’s crammed between some faux loft apartments and ASU Downtown. The folks who run the place are super-multi-talented…
When smells of pumpkin, sweet orange, blueberry and butterscotch come out of Tracy Perkins’ kitchen, trust us, it’s nothing edible. Perkins started Strawberry Hedgehog, a vegan beauty product company, after years of searching for soaps and products she could use, guilt-free, without having to empty her wallet.It proved to be quite…
