The most destructive villain in this year’s summer movies isn’t some super-powered fiend. It’s us, the consumers of North America, whose desires shape the world. The U.S. looms over Jayro Bustamante’s patient, observant, exquisitely painful debut feature Ixcanul, just as it looms over the Guatemalan coffee plantation in which Bustamante’s…
Starting with 1985’s No End, composer Zbigniew Preisner served as one of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s closest collaborators — he worked on all of the director’s films until Kieslowski’s death in 1996, with several of their collaborations actually revolving around the world of music. (The duo even created a fake Dutch composer, Van den Budenmayer,…
“I don’t have any answers,” Krzysztof Kieslowski once said, “but [I] do know how to pose questions.” Not an uncommon stance for an artist, certainly, but perhaps surprising for one who made a massive, 10-part miniseries based on the Ten Commandments. Later, trying to explain why he and screenwriter Krzysztof…
Make haste if you’re an artist looking for new places to show your work in metro Phoenix. We’ve found 17 open calls for art, and some have rapidly approaching deadlines. Here’s a roundup of artist opportunities to keep on your radar in coming days and weeks. Arizona State Fair Exhibition…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 20. Amy K. Nichols…
If you weren’t out exploring the metro Phoenix arts scene last month, you missed some impressive offerings — including drawings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and installation art. Here’s a look at 10 of our favorites pieces spotted in August at spaces including galleries, a library, a local community college, and even…
Turns out, Phoenix rolls deep. The Valley’s home to plenty of roller and ice skating rinks — even a facility dubbed the Hall of Dames that’s home to the Arizona Derby Dames’ impressive wooden banked track. Whether you’re looking to spend an evening gliding on eight wheels in a classic…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 21. Josh Brizuela. Josh…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Monday, September 5, through Thursday, September 8. For more options, see our curated calendar of events. Labor Day Divas While yes, for most people, the Labor Day holiday means an extra day off work, if you’re planning on attending…
Pass by the old Praise Sanctuary Church near 9th Avenue and Van Buren Street on the southwestern edge of downtown Phoenix and you’ll encounter a property that, quite frankly, has seen better days. Numerous patches of weeds, dying trees, broken fencing and other signs of blight surround the former house…
Every week, we’re recapping season two of Degrassi: Next Class, episode by episode . Three of the alumni from last week’s reunion make another appearance. Can you guess who? We reach the halfway point of this season similarly to how we began: with a sports montage. The episode starts off…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 22. Elly Finzer. Elly…
Formed approximately 30 million years ago, Arizona’s Mogollon Rim forms the southernmost portion of the Colorado Plateau. Just north of Payson, this area offers an abundance of Ponderosa pines, aspens, blue spruce, lakes, streams, fields of ferns, and much, much more. It’s not exactly what you’d expect when hiking in…
The Bridge Initiative creates opportunities for women playwrights. For its next event, Bridge is partnering with Southwest Shakespeare Company to present the first reading of New York playwright Liz Duffy Adams’ newest work. Tracy Liz Miller, who co-founded The Bridge Initiative in Mesa with Brenda Jean Foley in 2014, invited…
This year’s Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest is going to be turned up to Eleven. That’s because Millie Bobby Brown, the 12-year-old actress who plays psychokinetically gifted preteen Jane Ives (a.k.a. “Eleven”) on Netflix’s hit sci-fi serial Stranger Things, will be a special guest at this year’s event. The folks behind…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 23. Slawomir Wozniak. Slawomir…
Make room on your social calendar for another night of song and sass as Arizona Drag Stars joins the ever-growing ranks of don’t-miss drag nights throughout metro Phoenix. The show returns to the Crescent Ballroom main stage on Thursday, September 1, with a stacked lineup of outrageous personalities and local…
New Times picks the best events in metro Phoenix from Friday, September 2, through Sunday, September 4. For more things to do, see our curated online calendar. The Velocity of Autumn If you missed Eric Coble’s The Velocity of Autumn at Theatre Artists Studio in April 2015 — well, shame…
The last chapter of Jen Kirkman’s newest book, I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself, is an homage to Joan Rivers, a comedic hero and resident mom-in-her-head. But instead of referring to Rivers as a “female comedian,” as many do, she describes her as “a stand-up who also happened…
Some Valley residents are feeling excited for September. Specifically, we mean the self-described nerd population. Why? Well, they’re going to have plenty to do and see, thanks to a ladies night at Samurai Comics, a Leonard Nimoy documentary screening, and the largest anime convention in Arizona, Saboten Con 2016. And that’s…
We’re recapping Difficult People, episode by episode. You feel fat. This post contains clowns, blood, Kubrick references, and Colombian shapewear. You’ve been warned. We begin in one of those mobile blood donation vans that give us the Scooby-style heebie-jeebies, where Julie is donating, perhaps because she’s trying to be a…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 24. Tess Mosko Scherer…
