Marshall Shore can be spotted at nearly any Downtown get together, rally, or conference (even a peacock gathering). He’s usually taking a few photos and notes, but mostly, he’s gathering people’s stories about Phoenix.Shore’s a local historian who also shares his collection of notes and photos at a monthly slideshow/story…
Some people are crafty, some aren’t (i.e. me). It’s the way of the world. But taking a cue from Mantastic Crafter Patrick Murillo, I’m training in the art, and hoping to work my way up to something truly mantastic, all while trying to avoid what Murillo calls a “craftastrophe.”When I…
Name: Shannon Armour (Full disclosure: Shannon Armour is a New Times employee.) Age: Currently 31; I’ve been getting tattoos since I was 19. My Sleeve: Is a New Orleans funeral march, and a tribute to my chihuahua, Ruby, who died in 2008. It was designed by Chris Rupp of Living…
Decade: Fashion and Art Event Celebrating Ten years of Tiffe Fermaint @ BrickDude. If you leave the house this weekend, this is where you want to go. Local fashion designer Tiffe Fermaint is throwing a big bash as a big thank you to everyone who has supported her during her…
Ruben Gonzales will always have b-boying on his mind. From a young age, Gonzales was a regular with the Arizona breakdancing scene; but he had another passion — design. When he wasn’t dancing, Gonzales did graffiti art until a friend pointed him to instructional videos on Youtube for Adobe Photoshop…
This week, we’re starting “Wingman”– A nighttime mission that involves a consented game of tag along with a local nightlife figure in efforts to understand how and why they’re making Phoenix a decent place to party. For most people, a Wednesday night is pretty simple and by simple we mean…
If you’re hungry, like Dry River Yacht Club, or want to rub elbows with a few local artists, the Alwun House might be the place to drop by this weekend. The gallery hosting a benefit concert to raise money for its current project: “Green Art Park” The concept is fairly…
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: Can I start this off with a confession? Jessica: Go ahead. Colin: I didn’t read all the Harry…
If you run into Jon Barno at American Junkie in Scottsdale, you should really just call him “Barno” — he insists.And you’ll probably run into the guy if you spend any time in the Scottsdale restaurant/bar — when he’s not working the door with a flashlight and a clicker, he’s…
More than 200 people showed up for the latest meeting of the Phoenix chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). The meeting, which took place Wednesday night at The Firehouse, was the largest Phoenix NORML meeting to date — probably largely due to the recent…
The Happy Hippie boutique has only been in business for a year, but the store’s chill vibe, and friendly staff makes it a standout in downtown Glendale. Tons of accessories and clothes line walls, shelves and racks, making this boutique a promising destination on any holiday shopping scavenger hunt (especially…
How disgusting: Dr. Gunther von Hagens must be a head case to bring more than 200 preserved human bodies to Arizona Science Center for a limited engagement.More details after the jump … …
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but apparently those in Fausto Fernandez’s “The Virtue of Wisdom,” now on display at Scottsdale’s Gebert Contemporary, are not. They would look great in a corporate conference room though. Kathleen Vanesian on “The Virtue of Wisdom:” In person, one discovers that many…
I’m gay, but I don’t like most gay bars. Generally, lesbians go to lesbian bars to hook up with their future stalkers, or they go to gay boy bars to either feel out of place or hit on straight chicks who’re there with their gay friends (oops).But BS West is…
It’s true — November 18 has been hijacked by the stubbly Movember cult-following and has been named Have Sex With a Guy With a Mustache Day. Good luck with your gimmick, dudes with nasty facial hair. Can I have my leg back?…
Roxy’s Great Escape is our new (not-so-)secret hideaway. Tucked away in a strip mall off Indian School between 40th and 44th streets, it’s buzzing with the liveliness of an awesome neighborhood bar: A game of Yahtzee is being played at one end and another crowd of regulars is at the other. One guy mistakes us for someone and gives us a big side hug. We already like it here. Behind the bar, Holly whips up a spicy shooter she calls a Southwest Cucumber.
The holiday season is upon us which means that we, as a nation, must collectively endure time with our families.For some lucky few, this is a joyful endeavor. For the rest of us however, it’s an annual ritual we’d rather do without.Instead of drinking your way through the next few…
Maybe it’s because I couldn’t skate a lick when I was younger (my I-just-gotta-land-an-ollie re-do in my late ’20s was the pathetic equivalent of a mid-life-crisis man buying a Harley), but for whatever the reason, I’m digging issue 12 of Hoozdo, which mostly focuses on Phoenix’s skateboarding and underground cultures…
All living beings deserve respect. On the other hand, if you’re famous and take advantage of it to have a ridiculously bad book published, put on your big-girl panties, because people will make fun of your book and you don’t need to take it personally. That’s what happens during Celebrity…
Jackalopes can ride bikes, right? (Given the temperature, they should be able to … ) This week, we’re introducing Cycle, a weekly feature where our own fanatic, Jason Franz, will tell tales of rides and routes, and cycling dos and don’ts, as he spins pedals across what Bicycling Magazine calls…
Name: Chris Galli Age: 22, and I received my first tattoo in October 2010 My Arm Piece: I got the outline of the Golden Rectangle and Spiral on my right arm back in October with Heather at Lady Luck Tattoo Gallery. My whole life, I’ve tended to possess a very…
