Since this is a piece about O Canada, we’ll try not to say “eh?” Uh, too late. Okay, while we’re at it, all Canadians live in igloos and eat blubber. Now that that’s out of the way, check out the 57th annual Great Canadian Picnic. Yes, there will be curling…
We never thought we’d recommend anything with the word “Smucker’s” in the title, but while hardcore porn chick Belladonna’s signing we’re-not-exactly-sure-what up at Castle Megastore in north Phoenix on Friday, February 6, skating’s It Girl — the far-sassier, in our book, Sasha Cohen — will be laying down sweet, white…
The adult-film, er, actress, 2007 F.A.M.E. Award winner for Dirtiest Girl in Porn, and star of XXX flicks like Genital Hospital and Belladonna’s Girl Train brings her hardcore self to town for a signing. Fri., Feb. 6, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
The doc tracks what happens when a small Virginia town nearly tears itself in twain over the possibility of a new Wal-Mart store. Also showing: Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America, billed as “a solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmental challenges: energy.” A discussion follows. In…
A documentary about “the potentially toxic effects of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)”? Deadly, right? Wrong. In the able hands of filmmakers/activists Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold (pictured), it’s funny and scary and completely engaging. Showing with Naa Daa Nanitin: Corn Teachings, a student doc about “the intimate relationship the Navajo…
The annual fest kicks off with a screening of The Little Traitor. The Best Feature Film winner at the 2008 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival stars Alfred Molina as an English officer in Palestine circa 1947 who strikes up a friendship with a young anti-British terrorist. Admission includes a dessert…
The traveling show features works by numerous cutting-edge artists, including Yoskay Yamamoto, David Choe, Todd Tourso, Too Tall Jahmal, Lisa Alisa, Logan Hicks, Mark Mothersbaugh, Eye One, Angela Boatwright, and Tessar Lo. (A work by Yamamoto is pictured.) Fri., Feb. 6, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
The traveling show features works by numerous cutting-edge artists, including Yoskay Yamamoto, David Choe, Todd Tourso, Too Tall Jahmal, Lisa Alisa, Logan Hicks, Mark Mothersbaugh, Eye One, Angela Boatwright, and Tessar Lo. (A work by Yamamoto is pictured.) Thursdays-Sundays. Starts: Feb. 7. Continues through Feb. 28, 2009…
No offense to municipal employees, but the breed doesn’t have the best track record for success. On the other hand, the folks behind the City of Phoenix’s wildly popular Silent Sunday monthly series at South Mountain Park – an alt-transportation-awareness event in which the park is closed to Sunday drivers…
Interdisciplinary artist Ellsworth speaks about Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s “Breathing Is Free 12,756.3” installation, an an ongoing project simulating the experience of refugees. (Jun is pictured.) Fri., Feb. 6, 11 a.m., 2009…
The winter desert walk under a frosty moon takes participants to the old Pemberton Ranch site along the Pemberton Trail. Sat., Feb. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 2009…
The celebrated home-girl painter shows off new examples of her “formal-gone-wild” abstracts. Fri., Feb. 6, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
Rarely has revenge been served colder than the frozen shit sandwich the record industry has been served. Two decades after forcing the record-buying public into accepting the CD without once lowering its list price, people let it be known via iTunes that they just want the tracks they like, thanks…
You don’t know bass improv until you’ve heard the sweet stylings of David Friesen. In the past two years, he’s been named one of the top 20 most influential jazz bass players of all time and inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Friesen performs a duo concert with…
Meet the Hall of Famer and Golden State Warriors/New York Nets great in the Suns Team Shop. Wed., Feb. 11, 3-4 p.m., 2009…
There’s not much I can say about Angela Ellsworth that my beloved colleague, Kathleen Vanesian, hasn’t.So after clicking those links I graciously provided for you (you’re welcome), you now know that Ellsworth is truly a gem in our local arts scene.And you’ll have the opportunity to chat with her this…
If you haven’t heard of the gory stage show turned slasher flick known as The rest of the cast literally rocked, from Phantom of the Opera soprano Sarah Brightman as GeneCo opera diva Blind Mag to Anthony Stewart Head (yes, fellow vampire nerds, that’s Giles from Buffy) as a doting…
I was a pre-teen in the early 1990’s and when I think of the endless hours I spent at Scottsdale Fashion Square, Keith Haring comes to mind. With all the loitering in Z Gallerie and The Museum Store, I couldn’t escape his famous doodles splattered all over neckties, playing cards,…
Don Crosby and Eric Thompson are pretty darn sweet in Lend Me a Tenor. I thought I’d seen Lend Me a Tenor several years ago, but as the plot unfolded at Gilbert’s Hale Centre Theatre I realized what I’d seen back then was Moon Over Buffalo. Both are Ken Ludwig farces about touring entertainers, so perhaps my…
My ego won’t really allow me to believe that you didn’t read my art review about the “Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting” show at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. That being the case, you already know that I thought the show was excellent and surely worth a visit.If you haven’t…
She’s too thin. She’s a bobble-head. Her forehead doesn’t move. Where has that Jerry Maguire girl gone, the one we once knew and loved? Did the Oscar from Cold Mountain ruin her forever? Or is Kenny Chesney to blame? It’s not easy being America’s Sweetheart. Nor is it any easier…
A House with No Walls is neither an enlightening history lesson nor a compelling entertainment. Thomas Gibbons’ play tells us nothing we didn’t already know about America’s unfortunate history of slavery, and its iTheatre Collaborative production, which commenced last weekend, provides little more than a handful of interesting performances. Flashbacks…
