The 26th annual AriZoni Theatre Awards took place Monday, September 19, at Tempe Center for the Arts. More than 20 theaters, in addition to several youth theaters, participated in this year's awards — which are meant to honor excellence in local theater. Awards for general (rather than youth) theaters were...
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"Don't repeat our terrible mistake." These words are delivered in extremely dour fashion by Wellington Webb, former mayor of Denver, Colorado, in a new 30-second commercial opposing Proposition 205, the measure to legalize limited recreational marijuana sales in Arizona. The proposition is clearly modeled on Colorado's Amendment 64, which voters in that...
The Amazon series Good Girls Revolt, centered on a landmark 1970 gender discrimination case at Newsweek, is the kind of period drama that’s more interested in commenting on the present than recreating the past. The storyline, about professional journalists, plays fast and loose with the facts, and creator Dana Calvo...
Hey, Phoenix. We planned your week. And it's going to be a busy one, between the St. Patrick's Day parade, the final days of a Childsplay Theatre classic, and a sporting event or two. Need more? Take a gander at our curated calendar. Cubs vs. Angels Now that America’s most...
In theory, the Mesa Music Festival sounds like fun.
On October 15, Scottsdale's Sidewalk Surfer, located at 2602 N. Scottsdale Road, starts its 40th year in business. The shop has been serving skateboarders, rollerbladers, snowboarders, and all manner of extreme sport enthusiasts and aficionados for, think about it, generations. "There are people who came in here as kids who...
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A Phoenix woman's story of teen girls making "swastika cupcakes" at a birthday party has gone viral, making headlines in Jewish news outlets and other news sites on Monday. The Phoenix mom, a Jewish public-relations specialist who asked that her name not be published in this story (even though she...
In pro sports these days, analytics are everything. Forget about what you fee in your heart or gut — if a stat can't capture it, it's not real. This includes how prolific teammates are at congratulating one another. At the outset of the 2015 season, a Cal-Berkeley psychology professor —...
10 of Phoenix's best and most memorable drinks of 2016.
Desert Viking is the latest real-estate development firm to stake a claim in downtown Phoenix's Roosevelt Row, an area that has been named one of the nation’s best neighborhoods and art districts. Desert Viking announced on October 19 plans for a revitalization project called The Blocks of Roosevelt Row. It's...
A report published this past week has found that public schools in Arizona with high Latino populations have less funding and face greater challenges compared to schools that have lower proportions of Latino students. Released October 6, State of Latino Arizona 2016 finds that schools with large percentages of Latino students generally...
Columnist Stephen Lemons lays out how felony pimping charges against the founders of online-classified giant Backpage.com are the product of a prosecutorial overreach that might seem ridiculous if it didn't have such serious ramifications for defendants, for the internet as we know it, and for the First Amendment.
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Global meets local at Match Cuisine & Cocktails.
At the Phoenix Hyatt Regency, amid the euphoria over Donald Trump's victory Tuesday night, those who gathered for the state GOP's watch party overlooked key losses to Democrats as if they were mere trifles, rather than the demise of some major Arizona power players. Perhaps this was due to the unexpectedness...
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When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that...
Streaming music is, at best, for the most basic music consumer. At worst, it’s exploitative and shitty. All of the major streaming platforms tout the fact that they are an amazing way to discover new artists. But for more serious listeners, that claim is usually empty. I’ve never “discovered” an artist...
The new Binkley's Restaurant in midtown Phoenix might be the most ambitious, and expensive, restaurant in the city.
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In a year in which the fringe aspects of country music are taking on more shine than ever with traditionalist acts like Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, and Sturgill Simpson sitting firmly in the spotlight, it’s as good a critical time as ever for Joe Nichols to come in swinging. An...
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix's creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we're taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 26. Rembrandt Quiballo. "What...
Eugene Mirman, Shooflies, and Durant's Never Closes.
Talk about a metaphor. Sheriff Joe Arpaio was limping toward me on his way out of federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s courtroom in downtown Phoenix, following a recent hearing before the jurist. Snow, the trial judge in the landmark civil-rights case Melendres v. Arpaio, had signaled, for what seemed like...