If you’re going out tomorrow night for New Year’s Eve, we’d hazard a guess that you’ve got designs on staying up late — at least until midnight and maybe even beyond that. Granted, almost every place that’s hosting a NYE soiree is going until 2 a.m. — guaranteed. And while…
All dressed up and nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve? Consider any of the following options happening across the Valley on Wednesday, December 31, each of which will allow you to commemorate the final moments of 2014 in grand fashion. And there are plenty of events and affairs to…
All dressed up and nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve? Consider any of the following options happening across the Valley on Wednesday, December 31, each of which will allow you to commemorate the final moments of 2014 in grand fashion. And there are plenty of events and affairs to…
“Whoop! Whoop! That’s the sound of the police!” KRS-One had some major vocal backup on Thursday night at the Yucca Tap Room. As the bombastic boom-bap of the rap legend’s 1993 single, “Sound of the Police,” blares through the sound system of the Tempe rock bar, a horde of close…
After darkness falls every weekend night in Scottsdale, the city’s entertainment district and its many bars and club pulsate with a cacophony of beats, thumps, and the lively thrum of happy chatter. Come daytime, however, its replaced with a nonstop thrum of pounding, grinding, and a flurry of beeps from…
The first-ever Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest out at University of Phoenix Stadium this past weekend wasn’t what you’d call packed. Sure, it was definitely well-attended, very busy with patrons at certain points, and constantly filled with lively activity, but nowhere close to being the wall-to-wall chaotic hive of geeky humanity…
All dressed up and nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve? Consider any of the following options happening across the Valley on Wednesday, December 31, each of which will allow you to commemorate the final moments of 2014 in grand fashion. And there are plenty of events and affairs to…
All dressed up and nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve? Consider any of the following options happening across the Valley on Wednesday, December 31, each of which will allow you to commemorate the final moments of 2014 in grand fashion. And there are plenty of events and affairs to…
It’s getting toward closing time during The Blunt Club Thursday night at Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room and it looks like no one’s in the mood to call it quits. The main bar is glowing with Christmas lights and busy with activity as DJ Reflekshin drops slow jams in between classic…
Christmas is coming early for local nerds and comic book junkies. Over the next two weekends, a pair of geek-oriented mega-events are launching at either end of the Valley: the inaugural Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest in Glendale followed by the Marvel Experience in North Scottsdale. And both are going to…
Painting, to paraphrase the late Jackson Pollock, is an act of self-discovery whereby every good artist paints what he is and what he knows. And local painter Deon Doughty would certainty agree, since he’s spent the last three-and-a-half years doing just that. The 43-year-old artist is one of the biggest…
University of Phoenix Stadium is no stranger to colorful and larger-than-life characters and all manner of derring-do. Besides all the action of Arizona Cardinals home games during football season, the cavernous Glendale landmark has not only hosted battles by the heroes and villains of the WWE, but also the rock…
Several hundred Santas walked into a bar this past weekend. No, that’s not the setup for the lamest Christmas joke ever, but instead is the most succinct way we could sum up this year’s edition of Santarchy, which took place on Saturday, December 6, in downtown Scottsdale. Thing is, it…
There are a handful of high-profile bands and artists that have never, ever performed in Phoenix — Daft Punk being chief among them — that we’d give anything to see in concert here. As of yesterday, however, Knife Party is no longer on that list — at least not any…
Pretty much everyone has an ugly sweater, even you. Fact. Don’t bother denying it, because we know it’s hidden away somewhere dark and deep in your closet along with whatever skeletons that have been accumulating over the years. Chances are likely that you either got it from a snarky or…
An estimated crowd of more than 7,000 people came to the Global Dance Festival at Tempe Beach Park this past weekend, most of whom were dressed both warmly and colorfully for the outdoor electronic music massive — including hordes of attendees in outrageous and over-the-top costumes. Others went with skimpier…
A word to the wise: better warn your kith and kin that you might be a little “out of sorts” or “under the weather” at whatever family gathering on Thanksgiving Day…or possibly the entirety of this weekend. It’s said that the day before T-Day is one of the biggest drinking…
Downtown Tempe is in no danger of running low on electronic dance music or off-the-chain dance parties anytime soon, what with the clubs of Mill Avenue pumping out four-on-the-floor jams and killer drops most nights. The clamor of beats and bass coming from Tempe is going to get even louder…
It’s commonplace for new businesses to make any number of adjustments within the first few months of opening, and EDM Phoenix is no exception to that rule. The proprietors of the newly opened downtown dance club, which debuted last month along Central Avenue, recently rechristened the place Element 14…
You won’t be able to catch local indie band The Brown Tones performing at the Ice House Tavern later tonight. Ditto for Six Gun Satellites and their gig on Saturday night at the dive bar. That’s because all upcoming live music events at the Ice House Tavern have been canceled…
The first thing you should know about this Saturday’s Bloodfest out in Mesa is that the titular liquid that will drench attendees isn’t composed of plasma, erythrocytes, platelets, or leukocytes. Instead, it’s a mixture of water, various dyes, and other non-toxic ingredients. Despite what you may have heard or read…
Star Wars fans, get ready to geek the eff out. Episode VII has a title: The Force Awakens. Conversely, Star Wars haters can now start dishing out the snarky puns, online or otherwise. Within the last hour or so, the Mouseketeers at Disney and Lucasfilm that are in charge of…
