Looking at photographer Ernie Button’s images of masked action figures and plastic soldiers, you might assume he’s a geeky toy collector who still lives in mommy’s basement. Not so, says Button: “For me, it’s more about how the meaning of things changes as we get older.” Button photographed his whimsical…
Our parents, who would’ve been clapped in irons today, took us to see Barbarella when we were 7. All we really remember is a bunch of nasty-ass space dolls gnawing on Jane Fonda’s thighs – and that this freaky shit beat the crap out of Dumbo. Discover – or rediscover…
One recent weekday morning, we checked out Randy Slack’s “Paperless Society” exhibit, which is meant to prompt pure Zen, as every inch of wall space at @Central Gallery is covered in a wallpaper tree forest. Our subconscious-engaged being was violently thrown back to an aggro conscious-awareness when about 100 hormone-icidal…
It’s a shame in a way – but then again, not at all – that most people first come to Dashiell Hammett via Tinseltown translations of his hardboiled prose. The Glass Key. The Thin Man. The Maltese Falcon. The latter book, adapted in letter-perfect fashion for the big screen by…
You may think that knitting and lace-making are for the old and sexually doomed. For you, they conjure up images of Swiss grandmothers knitting socks all day, too comfortable and plain-brained from living on dirty war money all of their lives. Truth is, both crafts have been re-transfigured in the…
The other night, you were taking your dog Sigmund for a stroll when you suddenly fell into a gaping manhole. You plummeted down the dark utility vault, landing on a springy, cushioned surface. In the distance, you could see a group of gymnasts exercising in a frenzy, their clean-shaven bodies…
The music journalist and National Public Radio correspondent discusses his new book, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Wed., Sept. 24, 7 p.m., 2008…
Junot Diaz lived in the Dominican Republic until he was 7 years old, then emigrated to the United States, where he had a gritty New Jersey childhood. Now he’s written a book in which . . . a Dominican kid has a gritty New Jersey childhood while we learn about…
Yes, it’s visually stunning. Yes, we agree that trained dancers have leg muscles even the fiercest bodybuilder would envy. But unless you’re light in the loafers or you pee sitting down, chances are you’d rather have a spinal tap than sit through two hours of Swan Lake. Ballet Arizona hopes…
Yes, it’s visually stunning. Yes, we agree that trained dancers have leg muscles even the fiercest bodybuilder would envy. But unless you’re light in the loafers or you pee sitting down, chances are you’d rather have a spinal tap than sit through two hours of Swan Lake. Ballet Arizona hopes…
Yes, it’s visually stunning. Yes, we agree that trained dancers have leg muscles even the fiercest bodybuilder would envy. But unless you’re light in the loafers or you pee sitting down, chances are you’d rather have a spinal tap than sit through two hours of Swan Lake. Ballet Arizona hopes…
Yes, it’s visually stunning. Yes, we agree that trained dancers have leg muscles even the fiercest bodybuilder would envy. But unless you’re light in the loafers or you pee sitting down, chances are you’d rather have a spinal tap than sit through two hours of Swan Lake. Ballet Arizona hopes…
Yes, it’s visually stunning. Yes, we agree that trained dancers have leg muscles even the fiercest bodybuilder would envy. But unless you’re light in the loafers or you pee sitting down, chances are you’d rather have a spinal tap than sit through two hours of Swan Lake. Ballet Arizona hopes…
Yes, it’s visually stunning. Yes, we agree that trained dancers have leg muscles even the fiercest bodybuilder would envy. But unless you’re light in the loafers or you pee sitting down, chances are you’d rather have a spinal tap than sit through two hours of Swan Lake. Ballet Arizona hopes…
Toward the conclusion of the Arizona State Sun Devils’ 41-17 dismantling of the Stanford Cardinal on September 6 in Tempe, the gold-clad student section held up signs reading “Bring on Georgia.” This occurred a week before the Devils’ next opponent, UNLV, came to town. Appropriately, ASU channeled ex-coach Dirk Koetter…
It may be socially acceptable to ride the feminist-musician wave now (Pink somehow manages to sell a ton of CDs), but back in 1990, Ani DiFranco was one of few artists whose music incorporated overtly feminist themes. Then Lilith Fair turned the whole concept into one big eye-roll response. Rather…
Over the years, categorizers have shoved My Morning Jacket in numerous pigeonholes: jam band, Southern-rock band, Americana band, and more. Group leader Jim James doesn’t much like being labeled, though, as Evil Urges, the act’s latest disc, makes clear. The CD begins with the title track, “Touch Me I’m Going…
You’ve gotta hand it to the creators of the mobile pop-culture concept called the Seinfeld Campus Tour, ’cause they’re pretty front-and-center about what it’s supposed to do: “integrate the hit sitcom directly into the digital, on-the-move, multi-tasking lifestyle of college students and members of the 70 million-plus millennial demographic.” If…
You’ve gotta hand it to the creators of the mobile pop-culture concept called the Seinfeld Campus Tour, ’cause they’re pretty front-and-center about what it’s supposed to do: “integrate the hit sitcom directly into the digital, on-the-move, multi-tasking lifestyle of college students and members of the 70 million-plus millennial demographic.” If…
The so-called “Godmother of Chica Lit” and controversial author of The Dirty Girls Social Club discusses the sequel, Dirty Girls on Top. Fri., Sept. 19, 7 p.m., 2008…
Exhibit curator Dennita Sewell speaks about the return of the romper in conjunction with the exhibit “One for All, and All for One: The Jumpsuit.” Tue., Sept. 23, 7 p.m., 2008…
The annual meet-n-greet with our pro-hockey squad features free viewing of practices and intra-squad scrimmages, player autograph/photo sessions, a hardest-shot contest, and the Howler’s Kids Club Kid’s Zone. Sat., Sept. 20, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 2008…
