When we think about fashion, we see a glamorous disguise for a super-evil media machine that manipulates us into thinking we’re inadequate pieces of poo-poo. That way, we’ll rush out and spend hundreds of dollars on the latest pair of boots to feel better. But this isn’t always true. Fashion…
I’m going to go ahead and focus on this Saturday event for today’s blog since I know you already have your calendar filled for Friday…riiiiight?If you don’t, mark it right now for our Best of Phoenix Wonderland art show, will ya?So now that you’ve got your Friday all figured out,…
Sometimes I wish I had been in the movies. I mean, I know I would have cracked under the pressure of celebrity and developed a disgusting crack habit. But when I overdosed, Harkins Valley Art Theare in Tempe would have given me the raddest tribute ever.This week, just like they…
Do me a favor and click this link to the Grand Avenue Festival website. I’ve been looking forward to this all day event for months (and I’ve been blogging about it along the way). Hooray! It’s finally here! Er, tomorrow, anyway.So after you’re done poking around and mentally selecting the…
We’ve all experienced it: you’re sitting in a dark movie theater and the seats, walls and sounds of other peoples’ muffled farts melt away because you’re so enraptured with the story. And, inevitably, as you’re knee deep in this fictional film world, you’ll experience some savory scenes of sumptuous food…
We’re looking at a giant robot as it pancakes cars with its tremendous feet, punches holes in skyscrapers, and squishes screaming pedestrians. So why do we think this mechanical beast is so dang adorable? Probably because it’s a Jon Borette robot. The Phoenix artist just loves making quirky, child-like line…
Attention, all children and hopelessly single women of the Phoenix area: We have just the thing for you. Your favorite event of the fall, the Mariposa Monarca Monarch Butterfly Exhibit, is here. For the fifth year in a row, the exhibit at Desert Botanical Garden boasts hundreds of beautiful monarch…
We’re looking at a giant robot as it pancakes cars with its tremendous feet, punches holes in skyscrapers, and squishes screaming pedestrians. So why do we think this mechanical beast is so dang adorable? Probably because it’s a Jon Borette robot. The Phoenix artist just loves making quirky, child-like line…
One of my favorite artists in town (if not, my absolute favorite) is trying to fill a painting class.Trust me, if you have any fleeting interest in learning the craft, Suzanne Falk is the lady to take lesson from. Falk is a self-taught painter who makes her entire living from…
You may think of this whole Club Candids thing as a cheap excuse to run around town and get loaded but you’re quite mistaken, my friend. When we need to class it up a bit, we know how. And we felt like the Night of Fashion at Rowdy Boutique last…
Every woman I know has described herself as “crazy” at least once. And that includes me. Totally.Why do we insist on saying this? I can only speak for myself here – but I think I do it so I have license to misbehave, make mistakes or change my mind on…
A little dart of sadness pierced my black heart when I heard that the 61 year old Pink Pony Restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale closed. I loved passing by its salmon pink painted facade with old west saloon style writing…its silhouette of a bucking pony…and the two massive wooden doors…
Talk about some big shoes to fill.Back in April 2009, Heard Museum Director, Frank Goodyear announced plans for retirement for the end of this year after a decade of service. The man is responsible for the expansion of programming and the addition of two locations (one that will unfortunately close…
Comedians are underappreciated. Even though they have impeccable timing, perfect delivery, and lightning-fast wit, they’re never taken seriously as actors unless they cash in and go dramatic. Shameful. Comedian David Cross falls in this underrated category. The guy pulled double duty as a comic writer and actor in the early…
In my college days, my “style” was pretty pathetic. I was super poor and I biked to school so all my outfits went like this: ill-fitting jeans, Adidas (hey, it was the early 2000’s) and a black or gray wife-beater from the Men’s Hanes 3-pack I picked up at Target.Like…
Man, there has been some shady business all up on Roosevelt Row lately.Early Monday morning, the historic buildings (on 4th St., just south of Roosevelt) formerly known as House Studios burned.According to the news report by abc15.com,…
Remember in Season 3 of Project Runway when the contestants had just one day to sift through a recycling plant for materials and then create an outfit from trash?If you don’t, here’s an incredibly long (but somewhat hilarious) blow-by-blow account of the episode on TVgasm.com.Lucky for you, you have six…
My best friend came over a couple weeks ago wearing a metal rose, an I.D. bracelet, a broken Swatch watch, a chandelier crystal and a large, metal cross…at the same time.All of these broken bits were tangled, soldered, bent and twisted together in one odd and awkwardly gorgeous necklace.I completely…
We’ve got a monster problem in Scottsdale. These gigantic creatures are over seven feet tall. They look like humanoid aliens that sprout heavy coats of fluorescent-colored fur, break out in full-body rashes of beads, and shoulder elaborate headdresses of thrift-store bric-a-brac. It’s as if an atomic bomb hit your neighborhood…
Usually, we like to keep things smart and snarky for our Night & Day section, but today, we’re thinking it’s better to reign it in a bit. Reason being is that the Mesa Contemporary Art exhibition “Domestic Arsenal” showcases Eileen Doktorski’s sobering work that approaches, dismantles, and investigates domestic violence…
Some people were put on this Earth to symbolize your total failure as a human being. Take Lance Armstrong, for example. While he was winning the Tour de France seven times in a row, you were breaking records for the most keg stands in a night. As Armstrong muscled through…
You should know by now that there are more chickens in the world than any other type of bird. They may not be smart or beautiful or willing to learn tricks, but they sure are popular. And for good reason. The feathered ground scrabblers eat pests, lay eggs, and can…
