Hate techno? Pablo Gomez sure doesn’t, and neither do his buds Joe Bear or Shane Silkey. In fact, the DJ trio (also known as AreFriendsElectrik?) partnered up with .anti_space’s Justin McBee to present ^UP, their weekly Saturday dance night in the upstairs lounge of Homme, 138 West Camelback, to showcase…
When they aren’t busy letting loose in Black Rock City, local Burning Man freaks DJ Kodama and Chromatest J. Pantsmaker (a.k.a. the Salacious BeatSlingers) have been giving Valley hepcats a reason to stay out late on a school night with their weekly gig, A Case of the Tuesdays. Consider them…
Green Day is coming, and we ain’t talking about the punk band, brah. Nope, it’s the annual alcoholic extravaganza known as St. Patrick’s Day, where liquor and leprechauns collide in one clamorous Celtic craic. Everyone can have a wee bit of Irish in them, especially after pounding a few pints…
Graf artist-DJs are some of the hippest hyphenates we got goin’ on here in the PHX, with peeps like Wet Paint’s Jesika Jordan and FreshOut-DaBox’s T3PO tagging walls and tearing up turntables across the Valley. But back before these spray-painting spinsters grabbed their first can of flat black, the dope…
Green Day is coming, and we ain’t talking about the punk band, brah. Nope, it’s the annual alcoholic extravaganva known as St. Patrick’s Day, where liquor and leprechauns collide in one clamorous Celtic craic. Everyone can have a wee bit of Irish in them, especially after pounding a few pints…
Catherine Vericolli and Ryan Champagne might’ve dubbed themselves The Lucky Bitches, but the truth is that they’re quite the pleasant pair. Consider them to be goofballs to the third degree, as they named their DJ duo after a French & Saunders skit and incorporate silliness whenever possible into their weekly…
The masterful black and white copper-plate photogravures from Angela Franks Wells’ “Parts & Labor” series are highlighted at Tilt Gallery, 919 West Fillmore Street. More than two dozen images feature an “intimate view” of the workspaces and tools of plumbers, welders, and other laborers to demonstrate the passion of their…
If you’re looking for some affordable art this weekend, visit the Icehouse, 429 West Jackson Street, during its Art Flea Market on Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, March 4, noon to 6 p.m.; where painters, photographers, and other creative types will hawk their works and…
The entire 22-member roster of artists at eye lounge, 419 East Roosevelt Street, contributes their best and brightest works for the gallery’s annual Art Detour showcase. The lineup includes Lisa Sipe’s colorful encaustic wax and paint creation “The Bees Knees,” Aaron Abbott’s emotive photography, Leigh Miller’s perception-challenging designs, and more…
Soul Invictus Cabaret, 1022 Grand Avenue, hosts two nights of gender-bending entertainment featuring the showing of six different queer-friendly short films. The lineup on Friday, March 2, includes Season of the Troll, Taco Chick and Salsa Girl, and Nightmare on Castro Street, with music by all-girl punkers The Pubes; while…
Standing in the vacant lot beside Modified Arts, 407 East Roosevelt, this plywood wall created by (from left in photo) students Marcial White, Jordan Womack, and Ben Hyde, provides attendees with a chance to pick up some spray paint and create “live art chaos” alongside experienced graf workers in a…
With his longstanding liquor-license problems straightened out, Brickhouse Theatre owner Roger Belfiore is planning some phat festivities for Friday, March 2, at his joint, located at 1 East Jackson Street. B-boy dance competitions kick things off at 3 p.m., followed by live graf work from Adam “Dumperfoo” Dumper (pictured) and…
Like the Wallace and Ladmo Show on mescaline, Uncle Sku’s Clubhouse is a whacked-out kids’ show of comedy and music shenanigans featuring Sku “T-Bone” Hadley, Rusty the Kid, Mr. Jangles the Chain-Smoking Puppet, and Maestro “Can Do” Andrew. The latest episode, on Friday, March 2, at the Trunk Space, 1506…
Indigo Verton offers some freaky fun at The Red Door, 1229 Grand Avenue, with her “Absurdism” extravaganza. In addition to Charles Sanderson’s painting oddities, there’ll be “interactive installation art” (including bags of wine hanging from the ceiling) and absurdist entertainment all weekend, with a smorgasbord of sideshow acts, “chin puppetry,”…
Art Detour is an annual event sponsored by artlink inc. The following venues are not all “official” participants in the event, so they may not be included in artlink’s promotional materials. The purpose of this guide is to list as many of the art, music, shopping and dining opportunities downtown…
There’s tons of stuff going down this weekend in connection with the annual Art Detour in downtown Phoenix (just check out our special insert in this issue). With three big days of artistic shenanigans, by the time Sunday, March 4, rolls around, you’re gonna want some place to cool your…
Mommy and Daddy? We’ve been really good lately, so can we go on a field trip with our bestest buddies to the Kindergarten Rave on Saturday, February 24? Don’t worry, there’ll be supervision from growned-ups, like our two special hippy-hoppy friends, Grand Buffet from Pittsburgh (who’ll be performing), and we’ll…
Don’t get us wrong: We’re definitely down with all the old-school jams getting dropped during the off-the-chain hip-hop history lesson known as Take Me Back Tuesdays at Stray Cat Bar & Grill, 2433 East University Drive in Tempe. But let’s face it — the weekly DJ night is something of…
Good evening, ladies and gents; this is your captain, DJ M2, speaking from the record deck. I’d like to welcome you aboard Club Vibe, 3031 East Indian School Road, for Sound Trip, where tonight (and every Friday at 9 p.m.), I’ll be piloting y’all on a fantastic voyage through the…
Oi! If you’re a hepcat scooter kid looking for somewhere to take your Vespa, head for the George & Dragon English Restaurant and Pub, 4240 North Central Avenue, on Wednesday, February 7, when local DJ impresario William Fucking Reed debuts his newest dance night, Style Council. Every hump day, Reed…
Free time has got to be the eternal enemy of local DJ impresario Hyder. When the turntable trickster isn’t spinning at The Blunt Club on Thursdays at Hollywood Alley, he’s working the wax at Shimmy Mondays at Trax, hooking up with the scenesters of the Abstract Workshop, or teaching beat…
