6/7-8/31 Angus MacGyver himself couldn't have curated a craftier exhibition. Opening Saturday, June 7, at the ASU Art Museum, "Gadgets and Gizmos" showcases works that employ technology -- whether extensive or elementary -- providing techies young and old with an inside look at what makes things tick. The museum's fourth...
Springing from the page to the stage, Seussical the Musical has more star power than a beach full of Sneetches stamped by Sylvester McMonkey McBean's tattooing machine. "Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches/Had bellies with stars./The Plain-Belly Sneetches/Had none upon thars," wrote Dr. Seuss in his story about the hypercritical creatures' quest...
5/16-6/22 Stuck in a society more concerned with the workings of popular culture than with works of fine art, a trio of local artists has struck a shrewd artistic balance. Offering a modern take on the Pop Art movement that painted the 1950s and '60s with colorful, consumerist images, "Popped...
Thursday, February 20Arizona Dance Arts Alliance brings several of the Valley's top modern dance companies to Scottsdale Center for the Arts on Thursday, February 20, to launch the 9th Annual Arizona Contemporary Dance Festival. Performances by A Ludwig Dance Theatre, Center Dance Ensemble, Desert Dance Theatre, Instinct Dancecorps and Scorpius...
Pokafase knows he's in for a geographic challenge in the coming months -- and relishes it. "I blew from Phoenix/Only shit harder than that/Is leaving the club without getting martyred and back," rhymes the local rapper on "Gangsta Alone," a vintage West Coast G-Funk track from Mastermind, his major-label debut...
Thursday, May 15 There were few things more ominous and terrifying than the atomic bomb in the 1950s, but somehow the devastating new technology inspired a renaissance of dynamic, biomorphic art and design in that decade -- just stroll through Phoenix Art Museum's current exhibition, "Vital Forms: American Innovation in...
Light. As far as modifiers go, it's far from our favorite: light Miracle Whip, light rock and -- heaven help us -- light beer. But as a plural noun, light can be rather nice, especially around holiday time. In fact, the season's lights displays set our hearts glowing with the...
Thursday, April 3 We don't think rock 'n' roll ever died in the first place, but for the past two years, there's been nonstop buzz about its revival. Whether you believe the hype, you only need to believe in the beat and it's alive and well with the next generation...
Debris was just the gold that Matt Smith was looking for a month or so ago. A Tempe sculptor, he's always scavenging for inspiration in rubbish. But pawing through a mound of construction refuse across the tracks from Macayo's Depot Cantina in downtown Tempe, he found a mother lode that...
"Phoenix, MEXICO!"² Lupillo Rivera's shout is swallowed up by a deafening roar from the tightly packed audience in front of him. The singer grins at what he sees. Men in cowboy hats and women wearing tight jeans and halter tops fill Club 602, a large nightspot in west Phoenix and...
Bite Me takes St. Patrick's Day very, very seriously. She's got some Irish in her lineage and whenever she has the chance to be, ya know, a traditional gal, she jumps on it. Bite Me prepped for her trek to Rosie McCaffrey's by cookin' up some corned beef delights to...
City of Tempe Parks and RecreationSculling calls to mind images of dear old Oxford across the pond, or even rowing upon the Charles River in Boston. Now you can join the sport of English gentry and New England Brahmins right here in the desert. Don’t let the artificial lake distract you. The City of Tempe offers classes in team rowing […]
City of Tempe Parks and RecreationSculling calls to mind images of dear old Oxford across the pond, or even rowing upon the Charles River in Boston. Now you can join the sport of English gentry and New England Brahmins right here in the desert. Don’t let the artificial lake distract you. The City of Tempe offers classes in team rowing […]
Sun Devil StadiumDespite all the complaining and groaning about Sun Devil Stadium generated primarily by the hapless Arizona Cardinals, the facility remains one of the finest football venues in the country. Yes, the toilets are old and concessions stands are limited, but for pure football fans, the proximity to the field and clean site lines can’t be […]
Sun Devil StadiumDespite all the complaining and groaning about Sun Devil Stadium generated primarily by the hapless Arizona Cardinals, the facility remains one of the finest football venues in the country. Yes, the toilets are old and concessions stands are limited, but for pure football fans, the proximity to the field and clean site lines can’t be […]
In Arizona, swine feeding, dead chicken handling, cheese making, emu slaughtering, minnow selling and manicuring are regulated industries with state-enforced rules, permits and inspectors to make sure these activities are performed responsibly. But the state doesn't care quite as much about responsible clitoris piercing. In Arizona, the burgeoning body modification...
On the first Friday night of every month, the art galleries in downtown Phoenix, big and small, as well as many artists' studios and temporary art spaces, open their doors to the now thousands of people who come through on self-guided tours. Since the mid-'90s, nonprofit volunteer organization Artlink has...
Michael Crow has arrived. The former executive vice provost and science policy expert from Columbia University is now Arizona State University's new president. Crow doesn't mind discussing his successes in stuffing Columbia's coffers (the college consistently ranked first or second among all U.S. universities in income from patent and license...
Celebrating life in the "Land of the Free" takes on a new meaning with all of the freebie (and almost-free) Independence Day events going on around the Valley. Just don't forget that in the "Home of the Brave," you can keep all 10 of your fingers and leave the blow-away...
The future is here -- at the Phoenix Art Museum, that is. "New Nomads," the latest exhibition in the Fashion Design Gallery, is not the usual collection of significant clothing from the past but rather a projection of what will be significant, an inspiring, cutting-edge display that illustrates how technology...
It's a sharp, almost violent drop leading to the back entrance of Beeloe's bar. Down a steep flight of concrete stairs just off Mill Avenue -- currently teeming with baggy-pantsed high schoolers out for some Friday night cruising -- past a silver-painted door, and you're inside the club. Inside, the...
Jeff Newton is looking for office space. Nothing fancy, just a table and chairs, a good desk lamp and a caramel double-shot latte waiting when he walks in the door. For the past four years — nearly every night since January, when he quit his waiter job at Olive Garden...
