Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend

Need some help finding something to do during the big three-day weekend? If hanging out with freaks and geeks at Phoenix Comicon or going on a manhunt during the Hot Dude Safari doesn’t suit your fancy, there’s plenty of other entertaining possibilities for fun and excitement.​Tempe Art a Gogh-Gogh @…

Club Candids at American Junkie

New bars and clubs are constantly popping up in Scottsdale as of late. But no matter how hip and hype the latest sensation might be, we prefer coming back to old favorites like American Junkie. The sports bar-meets-danceteria is almost always a popular playground for drinking, dancing, and debauchery, as well…

Pucker Up

The brainiacs behind the scenes at Chandler’s Gangplank are a rather handy lot. Not only can the folks at the local technology-based collaborative space wield soldering guns or screwdrivers with aplomb, they also know how to handle a hockey stick. Every week, members gather on the rooftop of parking garage…

Atomic Night @ Anderson’s Fifth Estate

Back in the day (read: the mid-1990s), one of the pimpest places to dance up a storm to goth, industrial, and alternative tracks was the old Atomic Café in Scottsdale, which has since become rock club Chasers. DJ Ricky D and Reverend Dale are reviving the spirit of the bygone…

Geek Mythology

Geeks everywhere dig on discussing the concept of alternate realities, particularly when it creates interesting scenarios. Like what if the Nazis won World War II, or if Spiderman had joined up with the X-Men? Here’s a scary proposition: What if Stan Lee had never been born? It’s an alternate reality…

King and Country

Overconfidence might be a potent partner to have in your arsenal when talking up a hottie, but it’s also brought forth the tragic downfall of many a lad throughout history, be they kings or congressmen. In Rudyard Kipling’s classic 19th century story The Man Who Would Be King, hubris causes…

Phoenix Comicon’s Badge Art Contest Winners

Spiderman, The Joker, Juggernaut, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Is this a checklist of our favorite characters ever, or the lineup of the latest blockbuster crossover between Marvel and DC? Nope. It’s a sample of the sort of colorful comic book characters who will be adorning the beautiful badge…

Gearing up for Phoenix Comicon

​The members of Dune Sea Garrison are shining up their stormtrooper armor, cosplay artists and steampunk fans are putting their final touches on their costumes, geeks are dreaming up questions to ask their heroes like Stan Lee and Leonard Nimoy, and comic book retailers are selecting which titles they’ll be…

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend

It may be the last weekend of life as we know it, so even if you’re out for Third Friday artwalk in downtown Phoenix or planning on chilling by the pool, we have a couple more events to add to your schedule … Noche de Lotería @ Madison Events Center: Former…

Three Post-Rapture Parties Planned for Saturday Night

[jump] Lexington Hotel’s The Poolside Gallery1100 North Central AvenueSeizing upon the zeitgeist of this weekend, the monthly Places, Spaces & Faces community discussion and dinner will adopt an “End of the World” theme. Attendees are asked to bring either and appetizer, side dish, or entrée (based upon which month they…

Valley Ho and Beach Ball Pool Parties Start this Weekend

Mother Nature’s a mighty trickster. After years of making the air boiling hot around this time of year, she’s decided to throw us a curve ball and keep things unseasonably cool. No worries for the pool party crowd — this coming weekend, the mercury will spike back up and a few of the…

Disco in Scottsdale Closes

The place made a splash when it opened last summer, offering a flashy interactive LED dance floor that was like something out of Saturday Night Fever. Dubstep found a home there every Thursday when the cats from Subversion brought in major names like Jakwob and (most recently) 12th Planet. It…

Seven Places We’re Dining At Before The Rapture

Not to be gloomy or gauche, but it might be time to start thinking about your last meal.  As those obnoxious billboards scattered around town are warning, The Rapture is prophesized to be happening two days from now. Much like the characters in the Douglas Adams tome The Restaurant at the…

The Blunt Club’s Birthday @ Yucca Tap Room

It takes real skills to maintain staying power in the realm of hip-hop. Just look at such one-hit wonders as Buck 65, The Ying Yang Twins, and Das EFX, all of which have faded into rap history. Thankfully, the proficient peeps behind The Blunt Club have little in common with…

Club Candids: Friday After First Friday at The Quincy

Bad news for any hipsters who like to stay up late in style: The Quincy ain’t gonna be hosting any more after-hours affairs until the end of the summer. Photographer Quincy Ross is taking a break from presenting parties at his CenPho studio and gallery for the next few months.There…