5/27-5/28 The standard fare, when exhibiting the horrors of war, includes photos of the dead, pierced helmets, and blood-splattered letters from weary soldiers. But what about the women left behind, whose work is never done -- especially in times of war? ASU's Museum of Anthropology and School of Art explore...
Thu 20 As music director for the Phoenix Symphony for the past seven years, Hermann Michael is revered as the company's artistic savior. After more than 225 performances at the helm, Michael achieves immortality and bids farewell to the symphony with a most apropos conclusion to his career -- he...
Arguably one of the most vital and prolific live music venues in Arizona is closing for good. On Saturday, April 3, Long Wong's on Mill Avenue showcases twelve of the notable local bands that have gotten it attention over the years, including signature Tempe acts such as Dead Hot Workshop,...
Slim Golba cuts a unique figure even walking along freaky Mill Avenue, where his bouncing, loping gait and long graying hair, braided in classic cigar-store-Indian style and falling in front of his button-down shirt, create the image of a mellowed ancient soul much older than his 43 years. On this...
Nobody ever said you'll get Tempe fans handed to you on a silver platter. That's what Emily Haines, the keyboard-playing front woman for the indie pop band Metric, found out when her group headlined the annual New Times Music Showcase on Sunday, April 18. Metric's catchy CD came out last...
Mon 5/10 In the grand tradition of twosomes taming the open road (Thelma and Louise, Bill and Ted, Kermit and Fozzie), Rosella North and Eva Duvall are bound for the big screen. In 1941, the friends hopped a Harley and rode from Detroit to Venezuela, a ballsy move even by...
From a pop-culture standpoint, it's always an interesting sign when quality reissues trump current releases. Thing is, that's pretty much all the time. Marvin Gaye deluxe editions soar miles above 99.9 percent of contemporary R&B material. Roots-reggae reissue specialists like Blood + Fire and Moll-Selekta have consistently outgunned any label...
I ventured up to Flagstaff the other day. Just to walk around and enjoy its wonderful downtown at the base of Arizona's most impressive mountains, the San Francisco Peaks. Rain, wind, sleet, snow flurries and occasional sunshine had left the air clear and crisp. The dramatic landscape and tumultuous weather...
Sat 8/7 When Jim Seagrave, along with his wife Karen, bought Fat Cats -- a rough and tumble bar home to hot-rodders, hot chicks and hotheads -- two and a half years ago, he didn't exactly see eye-to-eye with the clientele. "There were some pretty thick rednecks when I first...
4/23-4/25 Mad hops and beer hops join forces when the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour serves up the Tempe Open from Friday, April 23, through Sunday, April 25, at Tempe Beach Park. Think the Town Lake is a sorry substitute for Manhattan Beach? Not so, according to two-time Olympian Holly...
Lock Him Up Profile in courage: I take my hat off to Father Joe Ladensack, who had the moral courage to refuse Bishop O'Brien's outrageous demands to make a family rescind its charges of pedophilia in the Catholic church ("The Divine Sociopath," Michael Lacey, April 15). What courage Father Ladensack...
THU 29 Do the South Beach Diet, Scottsdale-style -- martinis and menthol cigarettes (low-carb, low-fat, high-maintenance) -- as Sonik magazine and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society present "South Beach," Thursday, July 29, at Devil's Martini North Scottsdale, 10825 North Scottsdale Road. Giveaways, gift bags, charity raffles and a balloon pop...
The Chill Is Gone Austin power: Great story ("Death of Cool," John Dougherty, April 8). What you didn't mention was the best coffee house on Mill -- Java Road -- replaced by a Bank of America, and then a yuppie-hell Internet cafe. And 6 East -- the best place to...
Someone tagged the plywood where the mirror used to hang in the men's room at Long Wong's: "Where do we go now? Tempe dies April 3, 2004." Last Saturday was, in fact, the Tempe desert-rock institution's last day open. But the tagger had it all wrong. Tempe died a long...
3/26-3/28 The Fifth Dimension said it best in its 1967 hit "Up, Up and Away": "The world is a better place" . . . from a beautiful hot air balloon. Nearly 40 years later, that magnificently cheesy tune (resist humming the melody within striking distance of anyone with a bat)...
My job just got infinitely more difficult. See, I just got word that Freedom, the dance-music mecca in Tempe, is closing its doors at the end of May. This is a pain in my ass because I write a little feature called "Needle Exchange" spotlighting a different DJ/turntablist performance every...
4/1-4/2 East and West, past and future . . . Desert Dance Theatre and New York's H.T. Chen & Dancers prance across cultural and spatial divides in Looking Back, Dancing Forward. The bridge has largely been one of incorporation. Think modern dance peppered with hints of classical Chinese dance and...
THU 22 We're not sure who the real star of a Chris Putrino Band show is: a bouncing, jumping Chris Putrino -- or his dark, flowing and, frankly, frightening mullet? Nevertheless, Putrino -- who jumps off the stage, and "the audience comes alive!" -- and the members of his band...
Thursday, April 15 Funny thing about Kevin Pollak: His dramatic films (The Usual Suspects, A Few Good Men) have met with serious success. Yet -- while he's among the most successful standups on the circuit -- his comedies (The Wedding Planner, Juwanna Mann) tend to be, well, laughable. Pollak gets...
4/17-4/18 "We have all the answers now in terms of technology, clean water, clean air, transportation, building, education [and] social issues," argues SolFest organizer Belle Starr. "We have those answers, and it's just a question of accessing them." It's also a matter of disseminating them to a sometimes environmentally heretical...
Thursday, March 11 Take a revealing look at an industry where the G-strings are lined with gold. Addressing "the self-esteem, dependency and objectification issues that plague dancers' lives," True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl continues its run at ASU Thursday, March 11, and Friday, March 12. While Jill Morley's play...
Sat 6/19 The scorching hot days of summer really get our libidos going. Unfortunately, the trouble of finding someone to stick to the sheets with has left us about to dry up. If the batteries in your "electric toothbrush" have run out, maybe it's time to find a new way...
