Arts & Culture

The world-renowned conservationist and Harvard University professor speaks about “Darwin and the Future of Biology” in conjunction with ASU’s Darwinfest. Tue., Nov. 4, 7 p.m., 2008…

The fest features the Phoenix premiere of Linda Helm Krapf’s Woven Ways (pictured), which details the impact of uranium mining on the Navajo homeland. Also on the agenda: the Citizen Storytellers’ Project, in which eight Native American Valley residents produced short documentaries about “the Indian experience in Phoenix.” Sat., Nov…

The No Festival Required-sponsored event promises “the best in hallowed, strange, gross, controversial, odd, and just plain weird films.” See the Web site for a complete program. Sat., Nov. 1, 8 p.m., 2008…

Outlaws, drag radials, and other classes compete in this event inspired by the new TV show 1320X, which was developed by the producers of Pinks. Sat., Nov. 1, 9 a.m., 2008…

Hit the bars — specifically, Chez Nous, Rose & Crown, Bikini Lounge (pictured), Kincaid’s, Amsterdam, Carly’s Bistro, Hooters, the Copper Door at the San Carlos, Steve’s Grill, the Hard Rock, Coach and Willie’s, Sonoma, and Fate. The blanket admission price includes entertainment, food tastings, and drink specials. Sat., Nov. 1,…

Joe DiMaggio was Mr. Coffee. Reggie Jackson was Mr. October. Bob Uecker claims to be Mr. Baseball. But the real Mr. B is Mr. G, ESPN’s walking encyclopedia of diamond lore. Don’t miss your chance for a clear-headed wrap on the season just passed and a look ahead to the…

It might not count, but here’s your first chance to see whether head coach Charli Turner Thorne (pictured) can work her usual magic on the hardwood. Wed., Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m., 2008…

Turns out you can make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Find out how at this, which features finalists in a nationwide architectural competition designed to “inspire creative, new visions for the renovation of the small-scale strip shopping plazas that line the streets of this metropolitan area and virtually…

However well they might do this year, Your Sunnies are a team on an inevitable decline. Portland is either the NBA’s team of tomorrow or its biggest bust, and which way the Blazers go depends on the bum foot of presumed superstar Greg Oden (pictured), the big-upside center who’s played…

Don’t miss your last chance to walk through a flapping field of live butterflies at this magnificent annual event. Sept. 27-Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 2008…

The annual Alwun House fundraiser features readings of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings by the Planet Poe Players, DJs, performance artists, dancing, cabaret and burlesque, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, a no-host bar, and more. Also enjoy the “Monster’s Menagerie” group exhibit, consisting of “evil, satirical, edgy, dangerous, otherworldly, and fantasy” works of…

New figurative nudes by Yvonne Palermo, whose style has been described as “London ’70s punk graffiti.” Tuesdays-Saturdays. Starts: Nov. 4. Continues through Nov. 29, 2008…

The intrigue in the Mexico vs. Ecuador match? Shut, dude, it’s all over the place, especially if you’ve watched the fútbol at all over the past several years. Even if you haven’t, you can relate to Ecuador’s recent success. It’s a team that has gone from doormat (think Arizona Cardinals,…

Harry and the Potters may have started the whole Wizard Rock/WRock mess, but it was L.A.’s Remus Lupins who penned the movement’s anthem, “Wizard Rock,” which pretty much sums things up in its opening lines: “I’m skipping Potions class/To teach you how/To rock and roll.” You, too, should skip class,…

Awesome. Phoenix is celebrating National Pupusa Day with a homegrown Festival of the Pupusas. What’s a pupusa, you ask? Now, now, don’t go all east Mesa conservative on us and start talking about deporting those stuffed handmade corn tortillas “cuz dem illegal Mexicans eat ’em.” For one thing, the pupusa…

Ah, the comfort of the nightlight – its thin, pale beams chasing away the monsters of the imagination in our sugar-fueled childhoods. Nowadays, our plug-in savior casts enough illumination to keep us from stubbing our toes in the shroud of darkness. More than a mere sentinel protecting us from dangers…

When’s the last time you saw a clown up close? Was it this morning in the bathroom mirror? That’s what Jeffrey “Bungles” Potts sees first thing in the a.m., reaching for the toothpaste and pulling up his BVDs, only he’s a professional and you’re nothing but a two-bit huckster who…

When it comes to hip-hop, it doesn’t get any more old-school than KRS-One. The 43-year-old MC is an icon and living legend who’s spent the past two decades educating many rhyme-spitting rappers on coming correct. He’s had particular influence on PHX artists, including a recent collaboration with Cut Throat Logic…

The number seven has always been mysteriously alluring. Across different mythologies, it’s been associated with perfection and divinity. Soul/funk songstress Erykah Badu named her and Andre 3000’s son Seven, noting that the integer is the highest single-digit prime number – beating George Costanza to the punch. The Coronado Neighborhood Association…

Still waiting to get your art-walking feet wet? This is your week. Not only is the weather pretty much perfect, but we’ve found an exhibition where you can say, “Geez, what’s that? I totally don’t get it,” and the artists will probably be thrilled. “Mysterious: simultaneously arousing wonder and inquisitiveness”…

Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible buildup of noise and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fail in a miserable pool of fuzzy annoyance. Blending messy, raspy vocals with pummeling drums, writhing riffs and strident organs, the band produces…

“Actually, I know very little about astrology,” says Harvey Sid Fisher by phone from L.A. “But I thought, no one’s written a song for all the signs. I could become a billionaire.” With this incentive, Fisher set to work on a cycle of songs based on each sign of the…