Here at New Times, we’ve covered the ever-living shit out of artist James Turrell’s skyspace viewing chamber Knight Rise at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Don’t believe us? Scroll up and punch “Turrell” into the search box. We’ve pimped it for good reason. It’s one of the best places…
Things with big hearts: elephants, Valentine’s Day cards, teen-girl signatures, Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups. Things with no hearts: amoebas, Tin Woodsmen, slumlords, former Nuggets guard Allen Iverson. Since the early-season Denver-Detroit swap of Iverson for Billups, the latter’s hard, smart play has ratcheted the Nuggets up a notch in…
Christmas is two days away, and you’ve yet to track down that special thingamabob for your arty friend — the one with the paintings and sculptures all over his house, the one who definitely won’t want to find a DVD box set or the new Josh Groban CD under his…
Ever played a partner-based card or board game and wanted to cheat? Well, here’s one way to do it: speak Spanish, and make sure your opponents are a bunch of gringos who don’t. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 21, you can pick up some en español skills while…
Think of all those scientists who wear tube socks, own the complete Babylon 5 series on DVD, and scream out the Pythagorean theorem when they bust their load. We’re afraid that if they don’t find some creative outlet, they’re doomed for some wicked shit. Don’t believe us? Take the quiz…
Generally speaking, we frown on guided hikes. The Sonoran Desert is not the Louvre, and true hikers hardly need to have someone spell out its (fairly obvious) magnificence. The extraordinary exception is this relatively difficult seven-miler, which takes participants into the park’s achingly beautiful backcountry for some sublime views and…
The “rock star of yeast” discusses his favorite Port Brewing and Lost Abbey beers. Fri., Dec. 19, 6:30 p.m., 2008…
Photo By Angela Franks WellsIt’s been raining this week and, as a native Phoenician, I’m ready for it to be over. I can’t help it, I’m addicted to the sun. So it’s no wonder I’m already thinking about Friday. It’s the first day this week that the forecast icon has…
Damon Dering (standing, center) plays Irish O’Flanagan in Times Square Angel in its Arizona premiere, presented by Nearly Naked Theatre. Photo by Nancy Lynn Miller. This week, Curtains flees gratefully back into the arms of the counterculture, but not far enough to avoid seeing another Christmas show. Charles Busch’s campy melodramedy…
By John BattenbergIf you’re a religious reader of the Night & Day section of the Phoenix New Times – and, my God, why wouldn’t you be? – you’ve probably already heard about Michael Dixon’s show, “Sambo Scatches His Navel and Watches His Crazy Sister” at West Valley Art Museum.With a…
Bettie Page, the 1950s pinup and bondage model that provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis (as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise), died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85.
Kelly Leeth and Fred Bornhoeft are adorable in Miracle on 34th Street. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he was heard mildly cursing into his body mic during a quick backstage costume change last Saturday night in Peoria. But he shouldn’t feel bad. Seriously, actor Fred Bornhoeft…
It’s no secret that we love local artist Jason Hill. His bold, graphic depictions of Phoenix landmarks have graced a few New Times covers, and this year he scored our Best of Phoenix award for Best Etsy Shop. His iconic images are everywhere, from coffee houses and vintage shops to light rail infomercials…
If you’re like me, then you take your tree-decorating seriously. When I saw the holiday themes out this year (if you haven’t noticed, ornaments come and go in cycles) I was less than thrilled. Snowflakes? zzZZZZ. A lodge-style moose, lanterns and flannel ornaments? Seriously, does this look like the Midwest? Ballet…
Puzzled by Tim HamIf you’ve know me for any amount of time, you know I’m an incessant story re-teller. It’s an unforgivable offense and I apologize to my friends and family for having to put up with me. There’s nothing more embarrassing than starting off with a great build-up only…
I hear America singing and I see . . . Richard Nixon. Not the man but the muse: Has any president since Lincoln inspired more movies, TV mini-series, and operas? As Nixon’s beetle brows, ski nose, and mirthless grin were made for caricature, so his rampant pathology was a gift…
Back in the early 1980s, when I was a graduate student in Boston, a prominent professor I knew was accused of sexually harassing a female colleague. This man was a compulsive flirt who couldn’t get within feet of a woman without coming on to her, so I wasn’t altogether surprised…
Flying saucers just aren’t that scary anymore. Especially after Ed Wood and Mars Attacks, it’s hard to take a threat from a giant Frisbee all that seriously. So what’s an update of the iconic 1951 sci-fi flick, The Day the Earth Stood Still, to do? In an extremely bold move,…
When it comes to constructing things, I’m not the most capable person. I rely heavily on safety pins rather than sewing machines. I seem to believe that a nail into drywall can hold up any size picture frame. Oh, and spackle is the perfect material to use when filling huge,…
You can’t walk across a college campus today without hearing the word “interdisciplinary.” So it only makes sense that Hoodlums, an indie music store with roots at Arizona State, would follow suit. Since 1998, Hoodlums has kept a steady foothold in the Tempe music scene. It was located in the…
We can add Blaine Drake’s glorious, curvilinear Scoville House to that long list of Beautiful Buildings That Have Been Obliterated from the Local Landscape. The house, the second mid-century Drake in the Biltmore neighborhood to be demolished in recent years, was significant for a number of reasons, not the least…
After eight games, the 6-2 Lady Devils have a half-dozen blowouts (including a 75-23 bell-ringing of UC Irvine) and a couple of squeaker losses to Oklahoma (in Norman) and Florida (in the Bahamas). Next up: the Highlanders of UCR. Sun., Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., 2008…
