We don’t want to hear anyone say that Phoenix doesn’t have any culture ever again, and we’ve got a list of 23 festivals to prove it. This spring will be anything but uncultured in the metro Phoenix area. Phoenix has everything from a modern dance festival and celebrations of Spanish,…
Hey, nerds need love, too. Just because you’re a Trekkie or can name every township in Middle Earth doesn’t mean you don’t need a little something to make that hot muggle across the bar (or at the next booth over at Comicon) laugh. Here are 10 pick-up lines that’ll give…
While there are an estimated 2.2 million weddings held every year in the U.S., we’re pretty sure that few of these joyous affairs get as wild and weird as the Brides of March. After all, when the last wedding you attended that included a high-heel race, veils adorned with condoms,…
Some days, it’s fine to feel content with merely a modest amount of neurons firing. Whether great ideas burst forth depends on whether the requisite amount of espresso or Diet Coke is consumed. But ASU’s Center for Science and Imagination figures we’re all capable of far more, even challenging us…
We dig you, Phoenix. That’s why every spring we hunt for emerging creatives doing exceptional things in metro Phoenix and award the best and brightest with Big Brain Awards and cash prizes. They’re gems, these up-and-coming sculptors, dancers, musicians, and chefs. It’s what makes them Big Brains. For the 2015…
At 5 years old, David Zyla told his mother, who was getting dressed for a night out with his father, to wear a different necklace than the one she had on. He then told his dad to switch ties. “You can mix patterns?” his dad asked. “Of course,” Zyla said…
It doesn’t matter if you’re headed for a weekend road trip an hour away or backpacking through Europe for a month, going on a vacation can be an awesome time. Sometimes, if you play your cards right, that vacation can be made even better by finding romance while you’re away…
Goodbye, Melrose Curve. Hello, Roosevelt Arts District. After five years, one of Seventh Avenue’s sweetest vintage shops, Antique Sugar, is packing up its bags and setting up shop in downtown Phoenix. The retro retailer will be relocating to a newly renovated 1950s office building that it’s set to share with…
With Valentine’s Day in the rearview mirror and springtime right around the corner, there’s a certain scent in the air. It’s the smell of open bars, overpriced catering, decaying flowers, and the salty tears of lifelong bridesmaids. That’s right. It’s the start of the Valley’s early wedding season. Since we…
If there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear to us while covering geek culture in the Valley, it’s that everyone nerds out for something, no matter who they are. That’s especially true with members of the cosplay crowd, who put their particular passion on display for the world to see…
Call us crazy, but we’re starting to suspect that organizers of Phoenix Comicon might be fans of the Whedonverse. Okay, it’s not that big of a stretch, considering that they’re die-hard geeks and all, but if you look at some of the bigger guests they’ve lined up for the event…
When it all boils down to it, comic book conventions are ultimately about just that: comic books. While it seems like most ‘cons both locally and nationally include every possible aspect of geekdom imaginable — ranging from science fiction and fantasy to video games, costuming, fan fiction, RPGs, and animation…
If you happened to be cruising through either central or midtown on Saturday, February 7, there’s a good chance you caught a glimpse of this year’s Idiotarod in progress. After all, its participants certainly made it easy enough to spot them. As with any of the previous versions of the…
Sometimes, being in a relationship is about being able to guess what the other person is thinking. A prime example of that is when you have to give gifts to your significant other, particularly when those gifts have a romantic connotation, like they do on Valentine’s Day. There’ll be years…
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…
While escaping out of the friend-zone is only slightly easier than scaling the walls to escape the pit in The Dark Knight Rises, there are times when we accidentally place ourselves deep in the friend-zone when we could’ve been so much more. We’re not saying these will work in every…
Josh Duffy has always been fascinated by tattoos. From the moment he got his first tattoo at the age of 21, he knew it was what he wanted to do for a living. Fast forward to present day, and Duffy has moved out of the slums of Los Angeles to…
There are few words to describe the first impression of walking into Misty Guerriero’s home. It’s eclectic, for sure, but it’s not the kind of eclectic that results in pursed lips and slow head nodding. The vintage maven’s Phoenix home is eclectic in the way that an art museum is…
Hey there, Phoenix! We’re rolling out the grassy green carpet in honor of the biggest event to hit town since – well, since the last Super Bowl rolled through. The 49th annual celebration of all things professional football promises to be the grandest yet, and Phoenix New Times has it…
One-night stands can come in all different forms. Sometimes you’re looking for the right one and you end up finding the right one for right now. Other times, you might be looking for a casual fling. Some nights, you’re an alcohol-induced mistake. Other nights, you’re the one making the alcohol-induced…
If you’re a major fan of anime (a.k.a. Japanese animation), you probably were at Taiyou Con out in Mesa this past weekend. Ditto for anyone who happens to be into manga, shonen, imported video games, J-pop, or otaku culture, as such things are the focus of the annual convention out…
Every tattoo artist has that moment when they realize that inking people for a living is what they want to do with their lives. For some, it starts at an early age from an infatuation with tattoos, others find it when they realize they’re doing more doodling than homework in…
