Squat's Up I totally disagree with Tempe's proposed ordinance to prevent homeless kids from sitting on sidewalks ("Crusty Crackdown," David Holthouse, October 22). I think it is wrong and should not be accepted. I am an upper-class white male, and feel sorry for the bums on the street. They have...
You Can't Fight the INS Thanks for publishing the column on Oscar Fuchslocher ("Red Hot Chile Paperwork," Amy Silverman, December 17), which was no doubt an eye-opener for many of your readers. Few native-born Americans have any idea of the monster lurking at the heart of the federal government--an unaccountable...
1998 DECEMBER 3-9 december 3 thursday Does the phrase "A river of liver and an ocean of fish" ring a bell? If so, then you're probably a rerun junkie--it's from the "Adam's Ribs" episode of M*A*S*H, in which Hawkeye Pierce starts raving about the wretched cuisine dished up by company...
thursday november 26 It's Thanksgiving, for heaven's sake. Stay in, stuff your face, and lapse into a tryptophan-induced stupor in front of the tube. If, after showing your gratitude to the Powers That Be by gorging yourself on Earth's bounty, you recover any energy later in the day, eat pie,...
As yet another scalp-searing summer draws to a close, the local gentry at Casey Moore's seem suitably pacified with drink and the promise of cooler temperatures just around the corner. That cheery notion isn't enough to straighten out the furrowed brow of the Grievous Angels' figurehead, Earl C. Whitehead. Tonight...
Each day, a squadron of earthmoving machines tears through rolling Sonoran desert 30 miles north of downtown Phoenix, ripping out native plants, destroying wildlife habitat and preparing open space for development. The planned residential community dubbed the Villages at Desert Hills is bisected by Interstate 17 and is being reshaped...
Bob Jacks knows what's important, and what's important isn't carrying high-interest revolving credit debt on his back. In fact, Jacks doesn't carry much at all. The Hammertoes guitarist and self-described "American gypsy" understands that enjoying the freedom of moving at a moment's notice means denying himself material goods some consider...
The Tempe Arts Center (TAC) has always existed precariously. It was conceived by a well-meaning city committee in 1981 to be an independent, nonprofit spot of culture on then-run-down Mill Avenue. It grew into an ad hoc arts center that mounts a wide range of exhibits and sends artists into...
Gordon Biersch, 420 South Mill, Tempe, 736-0033. Hours: Lunch and Dinner, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., seven days a week. It's hot. It's sticky. It's August. How do you find relief this time of year? If you've got some vacation time and disposable income, you can get a cabin in...
Jim Adkins grins and looks up from his Pilsner while perched on a stool at a local brew pub. "Seriously, the last four months have been the best time of my life." Anyone familiar with the life and times of the 22-year-old singer/guitarist for Tempe-based Jimmy Eat World wouldn't be...
thursday october 22 Coming at a time of growing curiosity and concern about the nature of the Valley's own emerging urban sprawl, ASU's Western Humanities conference will present a spectrum of bright talk about the cultures of cities, "Cities on the Edge," which will view city culture through the varied...
thursday september 24 How often can you mention the Dalai Lama and the Beastie Boys in the same sentence? The lads take a break from fighting for their right to party in order to help out in the fight for the rights of the Lama's 'hood in Free Tibet, a...
He's been up close and personal with Cher's rear end, escorted Johnny Rotten around the Valley and entertained Fats Domino in his New Orleans living room. Yet Charles Levy--the man who single-handedly turned an anonymous roadside tavern into a hub of cutting-edge music, and manages Gloritone, the Valley's best chance...
thursday july 16 That least egotistical species of actors--puppeteers--convenes in Tempe for the Pacific Southwest Regional Puppeteers of America Festival, from Thursday, July 16, through Sunday, July 19, at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, 60 East Fifth Street. The weekend, which includes public performances, educators' workshops and such prestigious guests...
"Shoeshine" Joe House, guitarist for Tempe funk-rockers Polliwog, looks like a cross between Medusa and a billy goat. He's got enough shocking red hair in all the right places to make the comparison stick. He says exactly one word--"vagina"--during a 90-minute interview, and even that doesn't come easy. Slumped against...
thursday july 2 Veteran actor John Ratzenberger is best known as the know-it-all Cliff on Cheers. He's less well-known as the father of a kid with diabetes, a vigorous activist in raising money for research into a cure for that condition, and an avid motorcyclist. Ratzenberger, now on Harley-Davidson's cross-country...
thursday june 25 The vast screens and marrow-shaking sound systems of IMAX Theatres have been put to use taking armchair travelers to the wreck of the Titanic and to the Great Barrier Reef, up Everest and over the Grand Canyon, into space stations and beaver lodges--in short, to places we...
"I'm here every day," the guy says. "Well, every day except Sunday. Sunday is for family and God." The guy is Mexican, handsome, in his 30s, with a mustache and a smile like sunlight. He has a taco stand on Van Buren near 17th Avenue. The stand has been there...
thursday august 27 The soul sisters of the '70s trio LaBelle--Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash and Patti LaBelle--looked like they'd just beamed down from the planet Mongo in the "Lady Marmalade" days, but weren't they great days? Twenty-odd years later, the solo LaBelle (real name: Patricia Holt) still has the pipes--an...
thursday september 3 The art show of heretofore unseen works titled "The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss" is, for those of us who adore the late doctor's mad and wise poetic and artistic vision, far more seductive than Andrew Wyeth's Helga stuff. Wilde-Meyer hosts the show, which includes "secret images...
thursday august 6 "Arizona" and "ice hockey" aren't exactly terms that go together like a horse and carriage, so perhaps to raise consciousness about the chilly sport here in the land of dry heat, the Phoenix Coyotes present the second annual Power Play Tour, which kicks off from 4 to...
thursday august 20 The three one-acts that compose The Silent Accord of Transience: The Aluminum Can Man Trilogy detail the encounters of Al, who makes his living collecting aluminum cans, with three different women. The Unlikely Theater Company presents this work, by Victoria Safriet, in its main-stage venue for the...
