Although we still wish that longtime Phoenician Laurie Notaro hadn’t moved to Oregon, we’re always thrilled to know that the prolific scribe of Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood and We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive will crack…
Masquerading as just another empty boarded-up building in downtown Phoenix, the brick rectangle at 222 Roosevelt Street acts as a street-side bulletin board, sitting quietly next to the Scientology (Get your personality analyzed!) building at the intersection of Roosevelt and 3rd Street. But wait. …
A selective depth-of-field look at an aerospace engineer’s workshop out near Apache Junction…
When the breakfast & lunch nook Toast took over the enclave space from the old Drip, it meant there was room for Gina Madrid’s next big adventure; she’ll be opening an art boutique in the main Drip space this summer.Among Madrid’s offerings: handcrafted goods by local artists — jewelry, apparel, ceramics,…
Mona Lisa, The Scream, The Thinker, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living — famous works of art all captioned and hanging out in some museum. But what about the foundlings? The little gems of visual curiosity we see around us everyday. What are their names?…
The director of Denver’s contemporary art museum was in Scottsdale tonight to share his sometimes hilarious secrets to engaging community.Museums here in the Valley have increased attendance with events that bring together cocktails, DJ music and fashion shows. This guy mixes show tunes and aquatic plants or hot sauce and…
Those that know her, know her well. Phoenix’s Olive Annie (that delectable little spot that was open for a while off 7th Street by the now-former Lisa G) is ready to kick off her boots and stick around for a while. Lani Griffin and Laurie Lavy are launching another boutique…
Hey there, smarty pants! You — or someone you know — can win a cash prize of $1000. All you have to do is click here. Well, that’s not all you have to do. But that’s the first step toward making a nomination for New Times’ first-ever Big Brain…
You have eight days to get to the “Complicit” art show at Practical Art. And, if you make it to the closing reception on Friday, April 30, from 7 to 9 p.m., you’ll get the chance to participate in an “egg breaking extravaganza.”You heard that right.Artists Kara Roschi and Nicole…
Nick Bastian loves Valley Metro Light Rail so much, he started a comprehensive blog dedicated exclusively to it. Want to know more about how budget cuts affect light rail? Need the latest light rail schedules? Not sure what shirt to wear on the annual “No Pants AZ Light Rail Ride”?…
She’s best-known in some circles for taking off her shirt — and if you don’t know what we mean, you need to read her book, My One-night Stand With Cancer. But Tania Katan knows how to get dressed, too. What are you wearing right now? Blue blazer, red pants, red…
Sometimes, horrible controversy begats great art. Such is the case with spray paint artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano, aka Hecho Con Ganas, who cited Phoenix as his “third home” after stopping by in January for a Sheriff Joe protest. His work is killer: clean, bright and graphic, with powerful messages and iconic images like this…
Dwell, the ten-month-a-year bible for modern design, has nominated central Phoenix-based architectural firm [merz] project for a pretty big-deal award. In the mag’s annual “Houses We Love” contest, three of [merz]’s properties were selected out of thousands of nominations. Among the 20 worldwide finalists are the After Hours building on…
Have an hour or two to spare? Get yourself to CenPho and check out vintage stylemaker Michael Todd’s latest endeavor, Zinnias, and Heidi Owens’ new digs for her Hollywood Regency, in the newly opened Melrose Mall, 724 W. Indian School Road…
Phoenix is the perfect place to communicate with aliens. That’s the idea behind Probed: Signals, an original sci-fi web series showing at Atomic Comics in Mesa this Saturday, April 24, as part of the store’s “Drive-In Movie Night.”The series follows the fictional story of Phoenician Carter Fox (played by Kevin…
Here’s a random fence in south Phoenix with random things hanging above the random fence (shot on a Hasselblad 501C/M)…
No joking about Marcy Playground’s set at Rock the Zoo and how sex and candy smell better than . . . whatever. The Phoenix Zoo smells great, and headliners Vertical Horizon will maintain the groove while partiers 21 and older taste dozens of beers and wines. Abstainers can slurp fancy…
The life of Lucy Fisher, the wispy heroine of Laurie Notaro’s Spooky Little Girl, is quite messed up. In Notaro’s second fiction book, the protagonist gets kicked to the curb by her fiancé, she’s fired from her job, and then she’s run over by a bus. Emerging into the afterlife,…
Sometimes, the world just has a way of working out. Like how this year, April 20 happened to fall on a Tuesday—the day new albums are released—enabling Kottonmouth Kings to debut their latest full-length, Long Live the Kings, on 4/20. It’s only fitting for a group whose previous records include…
There’s an interesting quarterback contest happening on the practice fields of the Arizona State Sun Devils. We’re not going to call it a controversy – it is, indeed, only spring practice – but two prime signal callers, true sophomore Brock Osweiler and Georgia Tech/Michigan transfer Steven Threet, are participating in…
He’s been nominated for Grammys and logged hits on Billboard’s dance charts. He’s headlined at the Hollywood Bowl and closed the South Africa Freedom Day Concert honoring Nelson Mandela in London’s Trafalgar Square. So how come you’ve never heard of Baaba Maal? Probably because you live in America, where “Morning…
While many American Idol finalists go on to Z-list fame – anyone remember Nicki McKibbin who graced the cast of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab? – one-time American Idol fourth place finisher Chris Daughtry has proven his star isn’t in danger of falling anytime soon. Daughtry, who sold over five million copies…
