If last night’s debut of the Crescent Ballroom is any indication, the new music and nightlife venue has a grand future ahead of it. A sold out crowd of more than 400 people were in attendance to break in the posh concert hall for its grand opening and there were…
As any pop culture nut or film buff will tell you, movie posters are cool things to collect. Just ask local graphic designer Victor Moreno, whose residence is filled with framed one-sheets for cinematic classics and cult films.”A classic movie poster has a way of drawing you into the film’s…
Despite its frat-tastic reputation, Arizona State University is one of the nerdiest places in the Valley, hands down. (After all, students play with atoms, construct intergalactic robots, and fiddle with laser beams.)Then there’s the fact that ASU’s also the home of the ultra-cerebral local PBS affiliate Eight/KAET. During ASU’s Homecoming weekend…
If you see Dani Danger out and about, chances are likely she’s dressed up to perform. The 28-year-old Mohawked fetish model and performance artist can often be found at local nightspots and alt-cultural events participating in flesh-hook suspensions, burlesque routines, or her monthly comedy gig at Goat Head Saloon in…
The Arizona Diamondbacks almost pulled off another come-from-behind rally to end the regular season last night, but ultimately came up short. Despite a late-game grand slam (which seems to have become as common a base hit this week), the team lost 7-5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field…
The Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a do-or-die situation last night and kept their postseason dreams by scorching the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 during Game Three of the National Leagues Divisional Series. And it was largely due to the hitting heroics of Paul Goldschmidt. The rookie slugger provided two hits and five RBIs,…
Sandra Solares doesn’t just make movies, she helps create masterpieces. Over the past two decades, the Mexican-born producer has been behind a host of Hispanic-oriented art house flicks that have won over audiences and earned rave reviews, including La Ley de Herodes and Y Tu Mamá También. Both movies were…
No one ever thought it would be them. Truth be told, when sports pundits were making their forecasts before the beginning of this year’s baseball season, the Arizona Diamondbacks were expected to finish dead last in their division. To the surprise of many, however, such predictions proved to be dead…
If ever there were a soundtrack to Scottsdale, then Top 40 is it. For instance, step into the dazzling danceterias populating Old Town’s nightlife district on an average weekend night and you’re likely to hear such overplayed Billboard hits as Beyonce’s “Best Thing I Never Had,” or Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop”…
The streets and sidewalks of the Valley will once again be the site of costumed conflict as pseudo-superheroes wage an all-out war against one another in public. The urban pranksters and mischief-makers of Arizona Cacophony Society recently announced the date for this year’s version of their yearly Epic Super Hero…
Attention night owls and science fiends: a new arts/performance venue in downtown Phoenix may soon be entertaining you all under one roof. Funny World, housed in a ramshackle residence at 12th and Madison streets, is owned by Phoenix resident Donald Roth, who goes by the nom de guerre “Space Alien…
If the Arizona Diamondbacks have any hope of surviving the upcoming postseason, they’re got to be firing on all cylinders. That includes displaying the sort of stellar pitching that got them to the playoffs in the first place, and not the poor performance put on by Daniel Hudson on Monday night…
Bruce Campbell may (or may not) approve of Jeremiah Gratza’s new nightlife event Boomstick. A few weeks ago, the hipster scenester/indie concert promoter tweeted at the cult movie star and asked his permission to use the phrase “boomstick,” which Campbell used to describe a shotgun in the Evil Dead sequel Army…
A triumphant energy filled Chase Field this past weekend as the Arizona Diamondbacks swept the San Francisco Giants and won the National League West championship in the process. The D-Backs were in a mood to party all weekend as they crushed the playoff dreams of the defending World Series champions…
It’s official: The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the playoffs. Kirk Gibson’s squad grabbed ahold of the National League West crown tonight after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. And, in what has become the norm for Arizona this season, it was a come-from-behind…
We’ve got both good and bad news to report about downtown Phoenix’s gallery scene. The bad news: Bloom Gallery Boutique and Of The Earth closed their gallery spaces in Roosevelt Row. The good news: Two of the artists from Bloom will open a new boutique and art space in the building that served…
Attention all fair-weather sports fans, Johnny-come-latelys, and bandwagon riders: Arizona Diamondbacks playoff tickets are up for sale starting tomorrow morning. Even though you probably didn’t start following the team until they began dominating their division in June, now’s your chance to be in the house when this year’s astounding D-Backs…
Daniel Zana’s documentary The Vinyl Frontier is one helluva toy story. The neophyte filmmaker spent almost two years creating this epic documentary, which screens at FilmBar on Monday evening and is devoted to the madness and mania behind the designer toy craze…
Although Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn’t resemble the mythological god Hades in the slightest, local artist David Bradley thinks they’re more alike than you know. Both share a penchant for pooches and dastardly trickery, he explains, as well as similar job responsibilities. “Hades presided over souls in torment and I think…
JahMek Selecta has never met a Jamaican-inspired beat he didn’t like. For the better part of two decades now, the dreadlock-wearing DJ has unleashed cratefulls of irie electonic anthems over the amplifiers of clubs across the Valley, shaking both windows and dental work with dub, reggae, and dancehall tracks aplenty…
There’s plenty of comedic talent that flows through the veins of the Wayans family. Elder brothers Keenan Ivory and Damon helped revolutionize sketch comedy (and gave Saturday Night Live a run for its funny money) when they launched In Living Color in the 1990s. Younger brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans…
Comedian Daniel Tosh apparently had a wild and memorable time during his visit to Tempe and Arizona State University last week. The ASU-centric episode of Tosh.0 aired last night on Comedy Central documenting his recent “Campus Invasion Tour” and was filled with some pretty funny bits. Over the course of…
