For some cats, customized hot rods, lowriders, and other souped-up rides aren’t just a casual hobby. They’re more like an entire way of life.Local artist El Moisés, for instance, grew up immersed in lowrider culture. And it’s heavily influenced his art, from childhood sketches of vintage vehicles his father painted…
Thursday 2 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, & DJ Matt Fox (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby…
Special Events Arizona Event Center 1300 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa www.arizonaeventcenter.com Danny Serrano, Richard Galaviz Jr., Manny Llanez, Kevin Soto, Jorge Ruiz, Ernesto Ortiz, and other jokesters will perform during the Latin Comedy Night on Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m.; $10 for general seating, $20-$200 for VIP treatment. Call…
Cool, dive-y live music venues in the West Valley are very few and far between. And there’s apparently one fewer as of this writing, as Donna Jean’s Libations over in Glendale has closed. Recent rumors of the bar’s recent demise led us to its Facebook page, where proprietor, um, Donna…
The enormous wave pool at Tempe’s Big Surf hosted more than just doggy paddles and belly flops during Wet Electric this past week. It was a giant twerkin, Harlem Shakin’ mass as local EDM fans raved, raged, and unleashed incalculable amounts of fist-pumps and ass-bumps in the shallow water while…
We’ve been seeing a certain bumper sticker plastered to more than a few cars around Scottsdale as of late declaring “I ❤ Pool Parties.” Said stickers were created by El Santo Cantina (in honor of its new monthly fiesta of the same name), it’s an emotion shared by the proprietors…
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Ian Kennedy fell into a major hole against the San Francisco Giants on Monday evening at Chase Field, having given up a total of three runs in the first two innings. However, that’s not what cost the D-Backs the game. Nope, Kennedy was able to overcome…
Attention Phoenix Comicon fanatics: While there’s still more than three weeks left to go until the event itself — 24 long, agonizing days to be exact — its organizers offered up a tasty appetizer earlier today to help whet your appetites and make the time pass more quickly. This morning,…
The country music world truly lost one of its biggest badasses today when the legendary George Jones passed away this morning at a Nashville, Tennessee hospital. He was 81 years old. The Possum, as he was known to countless, leaves behind a towering legacy in country, a long and troubled…
So what didja wind up doing last weekend? Get drunk and act the fool at a club, perhaps? Or did it involve sacking out in front of the latest episode of Game of Thrones or Mad Men? We’re willing to bet it was nowhere near as pimp as how Valley…
When Disney announced last week that plans are afoot to have a new Star Wars film in theatres every year starting in 2015, when the much-anticipated Episode VII is scheduled to hit the silver screen, we were both thrilled and disappointed at the same time. As major Star Wars fans,…
Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz got his mojo working again last night at Chase Field, pitching three solid strikeouts in the ninth inning to help his team nail down a close 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Thursday’s win moved the D-backs (13-9) into a tie with the San Francisco…
When Ben Kitnick first hung out at lo-fi art space and weirdo hangout Funny World last year, the ASU film student thought the house-show haven was a fascinating place. So much so that he immediately was struck by the notion that “someone needs to tell a story about this place.”…
A few hours from now, the dulcet crooning of Mario Moreno and the swingy sounds of his backing act The Ramblers will waft out of The Western and into the Scottsdale night air, announcing the arrival of the area’s newest live music spot. The stylish honky-tonk, which (as we reported…
Exactly one month from now, 40,000 people will invade downtown Phoenix for one reason: to geek out as hard as possible during Phoenix Comicon. During the annual Memorial Day weekend (Thursday, May 23, to Sunday, May 25) convergence of pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, and (of course) comic books, there are…
Let’s get real for a moment, Arizona Diamondbacks fans.Yes, your hometown heroes are off to a reasonably good start this year and are definitely in the swing of things in the National League West. The hitting’s been pretty decent over the first month of the 2013 season, thanks to numerous…
Old-fashioned common sense dictates that you don’t want to get electricity-powered equipment near a body of water, much less a swimming pool. The newly opened Maya Day & Nightclub, 7333 East Indian Plaza in Scottsdale, flips the script on that particular notion, as its does with a few others. The…
Thursday 25 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, & DJ Matt Fox (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby…
Special Events Chandler Public Library 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler Pint-size pups both speedy and swanky will be celebrated during Chandler’s Cinco de Mayo Festival on Saturday, May 4. The event’s tradition of Chihuahua races and beauty pageant once again will serve as its main attraction and offer the chance…
Arizona Diamondbacks fans watching their team’s battle against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday evening may have felt a nagging sense of déjà vu sometime around the ninth inning. It’s probably because the game was shaping up to be an exact repeat of how the defending World Series champs beat…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2013 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 27, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: Man-Cat The members…
The Arizona Diamondbacks may have dropped two of three games over the weekend to the Colorado Rockies, it quite possibly could have been a complete sweep if not for the impressive efforts of Didi Gregorius. The 23-year-old left-hander, who walloped a pair of base hits during Arizona’s 3-0 loss to…
