A young woman fights off her brutal husband; a gun goes off; a marble spins on the floor where a toddler sits unattended. From B-movie beginnings, The Secret Life of Bees, a family drama set in the civil rights-era South, chugs along pleasantly like a television special tailored for the…
“So . . . jumpsuits, eh?” Combined with a look of slight confusion, that’s the reaction I’ve gotten when I’ve told people I’m writing a review about jumpsuits. “All for One and One for All: The Jumpsuit” at the Phoenix Art Museum may sound like a fluff show, but, as…
The management of the movie house confiscated my cell phone at a screening of Sex Drive last week. “But I’m with the press,” I explained to the security guard who was frisking me. “I’m here to review this thing.” “Doesn’t matter,” he said as he passed a metal detector between…
The kickass class is chock-full of wit and wisdom concerning the lovely Maggie, as well as insider’s tips on how to make the so-called perfect one. The price includes appetizers and a private margarita/tequila sampling. Thu., Oct. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 2008…
The playwright (The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, Zoot Suit) reads from and signs his works in conjunction with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing Series. Fri., Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., 2008…
Rose, of Jim Rose Circus Sideshow fame, hosts this 14-city cavalcade of freaks backed by Dos Equis in support of the brewer’s “The Most Interesting Man in the World” ad campaign. Weirdos on display include fire jugglers and Japanese robotic dancers, in addition to more prosaic acts such as acrobats…
To all of you transplants who say Phoenix is culturally and socially bankrupt, we say shut your trap and open your eyes. Indie businesses have loyal followings, while big chains are having going-out-of-business sales. There’s a farmers’ market in nearly every community. And we’ve got family-friendly fairs by the bushel,…
As we speak, there are people all over the world preparing for a marathon – one that will require determination, wrist strength, and caffeine. Lots of caffeine. These brave folks will be tackling the 24 Hour Comics Day Challenge, meaning they will create a 24-page comic book in 24 hours…
Except for Leonardo da Vinci — who was clearly a mutant – artists aren’t known for their brains. Van Gogh had that little ear disaster, Rothko slit his wrists, and Warhol had an IQ lower than Koko the Gorilla. Painter Colin Chillag sees that stereotype as a license for total…
It seems as though downtown Phoenix is finally taking shape as the vibrant place that the fifth-largest metropolis in the U.S. warrants. (Credit the long-entrenched arts community and local, independent businesses for fighting the good fight.) It even seems that, despite a few hiccups here and there, the civic leadership…
New Times presents a crazy evening of free Bud and Bud Light, free eats, and live entertainment with DJ Senbad, Bombshell Cabaret, Chuey the Rock & Roll Midget, and more during Doggy Style 4: Four on the Floor. Thu., Oct. 16, 7-10 p.m., 2008…
We dig the crossover thing when a musician who’s known to only dabble in one genre decides to try his or her hand at, say, melodramatic pop or Toby Keith-esque country barf. Sometimes the experimentation is successful (listen to Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below). Other times, the music comes off sounding…
Golfland SunSplash, usually the second-happiest place on Earth, has reinvented itself for All Hallows with The Gauntlet, a 4,000-square-foot maze re-creating the bubonic plague of the 1300s. Horrifyingly, the Black Death left its 75 million victims with decaying flesh, dark, scabby spots all over their bodies, and inflamed lymph nodes…
The former executive editor of The Washington Post (now vice president at large of the Washington Post Company) speaks about the Obama/McCain campaigns and “Focusing on the Future: Politics, Conflict and the Media.” Thu., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., 2008…
You’ve just broken up with your lover, and feel debased because of how you handled yourself in the end. “I can’t live without you,” you sniveled like a rat fetus while sobbing at her door, overwhelmed by the memory of never having been breastfed. We think you need a lesson…
This is perhaps the only article in the history of her career which will not mention by name the sitcom on which actress Eve Plumb became famous. That’s because Plumb’s current career as a painter has produced work that frankly deserves to be admired not because it comes from a…
This is perhaps the only article in the history of her career which will not mention by name the sitcom on which actress Eve Plumb became famous. That’s because Plumb’s current career as a painter has produced work that frankly deserves to be admired not because it comes from a…
Here’s the sitch: You and your partner have managed to vanquish friend and foe alike at the alcohol-fueled bar sport of beer pong. The boys from the frat house? Easy pickings. The mooks down at the neighborhood tavern? Made ’em beg for mercy. But before anointing yourselves “champeens of the…
You may not be a crystal-rubbing, chakra-conscious goofball, but you have to admit that you still get excited about a full moon. You’ve watched too many werewolf movies and, let’s face it, creepy shit happens on a full-moon night. Couples argue, there are car accidents galore, and suicide hotlines across…
Some rappers obsessively brag about moving product, whether record sales or controlled substances, but Devin the Dude is much more interested in his El Producto. The Houston native’s Southern drawl is homegrown, but his laid-back style is helped along by plenty of blunts and brew. The consummate Everyman, the Dude…
Here are some damn fine reasons you should check out our minor-league hockey franchise, the Phoenix RoadRunners of the ECHL, as they begin the 2008-09 season: • it was Arizona’s first professional sports franchise. • it’s one of the most storied, hoisting championship trophies following the 1972-73 and 1973-74 campaigns…
The first question that comes to mind when checking out the flier for Hot Import Nights: What the heck isn’t included? In other words, it’s like the Arizona State Fair for automobile-lifestyle freaks. Along with a grip of eye-catching vehicles and a gaggle of eye-popping models competing for Miss HIN,…
