It’s all about first and last chances during August’s First Friday in Phoenix. Bassim Al-Shaker is showing his first exhibition in his new Babylon Gallery, and Phoenix Art Museum is getting ready to close its “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion” exhibition, which ends on Sunday, August 7. For those…
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 45. Michelle Dock. Little…
Now, while August may be hailed as the number-one month for traveling, staycations have become a great way to enjoy and explore your own city with new perspective. And for those of you looking to bring a little outdoor adventure to the beginning of the end of summer, then look…
On a recent Saturday, Zavier Pike picks up a pair of devil sticks. The teenager tosses the baton back and forth. He flings it behind his back, and then he passes it under his leg. Each time, he catches the baton with ease. Finally, he flips the tasseled stick forward,…
Due in part to a particularly robust lineup of local gallery exhibitions for July’s First and Third Friday art walks in downtown Phoenix, there was an abundance of great art on view during July 2016. We saw plenty of great art outside of Phoenix, too – especially in East Valley…
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 46. Vanessa Davidson. Vanessa…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Monday, August 1, through Thursday, August 4. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Mahalo Mondays We don’t live near the ocean, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy some beach vibes in the middle of the desert…
A trio of birds created by Phoenix artist Lauren Lee now tower over part of Roosevelt Row, an area of downtown Phoenix that’s been named one of the nation’s best neighborhoods and art districts. Lee’s Three Birds in Flight comprises acrylic paintings on three 10-by-10-square-foot metal panels and was installed on…
Phoenix nerds, we know you don’t need any more distraction than you already have, given you probably haven’t stopped playing Pokemon Go for the last month. But you need places to walk while playing, right? And you need to find other trainers to play the game with and to drop…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, published in 1943, might stand as a children’s classic, but it’s not-so-secretly a story for grown-ups. Kids have long been drawn to the book’s dreamy sense of wonder, to the golden-haired star-child of the title, but Saint-Exupéry’s ruminations on regret, solitude and loss belong…
You can have your houses of cards, your Jessica Joneses, your wet hot American summers. The Netflix original with its finger firmest on the pulse of our fraught current moment? It comes from Germany, comprises three feature-length “episodes,” and commences its tale more than a quarter-century ago. NSU: Germany History…
Just over a minute into the third season of the Netflix animated comedy BoJack Horseman, an entertainment-news interviewer asks our hero, “What would an Oscar nomination mean for BoJack Horseman?” The rest of the season is dedicated to answering that question, tracking BoJack (voiced by Will Arnett) from press junkets…
“The world changed when Superman flew across the sky,” Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller says early on in Suicide Squad. “And then it changed again when he didn’t,” she continues, over somber images of the Man of Steel’s funeral following his (non-)death at the end of Batman v. Superman. Luckily, that…
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 47. Tiffany Fairall. Tiffany…
Every week, we will be recapping the second season of Degrassi: Next Class. Whatever it takes! Unlike most Netflix shows, we only had to wait from January until July for another season of Degrassi: The Next Class. Then again, Degrassi is unlike most shows, period. The cornerstone of the Degrassi…
Iraqi-born artist Bassim Al-Shaker recently moved into a new studio and gallery space in Roosevelt Row, and will present his first exhibition there on August 5, during Phoenix’s First Friday art walk. He’s calling it Babylon Gallery, which references his Iraqi roots. Until recently, the space located at 918 North Sixth Street…
The story of Linda and Sixto Valdez is like something out of a movie. In short, Sixto crossed into Arizona from Mexico through a hole in the fence to be with Linda in Tucson. They were married two weeks later – and remain together today. Linda looks back on this…
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 48. Liz Ann Hewett…
Just one month after announcing it needed $50,000 to continue operations, Scottsdale-based Don Bluth Front Row Theatre has announced that it will close effective September 17 in order to focus on fundraising. The goal is to raise $50,000 in time to reopen and present a holiday production of It’s a Wonderful…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July 31. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Untidy Secrets Storytelling When it comes to the next installment of Untidy Secrets Storytelling, think less Mulder and Scully and more out-of-this-world real…
Whether lighting up backstage or in the audience, weed and stand-up are a common combination, one that often produces hilarious results. Pot is pretty funny, and that’s the idea behind the “Cannabis Comedy Tour,” an eight-city event that comes to Marquee Theatre in Tempe on Friday, July 29. The free…
Pete’s Dragon is as cuddly as the mountains of plush toys Disney hopes to sell from it. A disarmingly homespun blockbuster, this loose remake of the studio’s 1977 live-action/animation hybrid is perhaps best defined by all the things it’s not: It’s not a soaring action flick, nor an indulgence in…
