Once a year, ASU Art Museum gives both artists and sculpture fans the chance to converse over all sorts of ceramics — from decorative to functional. Those eager to elevate their skills can watch demonstrations by some of the state’s best-known ceramic artists. And those who like to go behind…
It doesn’t seem that graphic novels have seasons like other genres in publishing. Maybe it’s because of their roots in what are now labeled “floppies,” episodic comics with monthly releases: what we used to call comic books. Then there’s the fact that some of the books that fall under the…
A laugh comes at last just before the end credits of Robert Eggers’ lit-class horror-bummer The Witch: a boastful note attesting to the documentary truthfulness of the dialogue in the movie we’ve just seen. Over 90 minutes that prove shriekiness is no impediment to ponderousness, we’ve beheld the harrowing of…
A legitimate stunner in that word’s truest sense, Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s river-trip Embrace of the Serpent mesmerizes and jacks with you, leaving you not quite certain, at its end, how to go about the rest of your day. The film is beautiful and ferocious, calm and torrential, a plunge…
With consoles costing at least $300 and most new games priced at $60 a pop, it’s no secret that gaming doesn’t come cheap. Lucky for you and your budget, we found 10 games that not only let you save your hard-earned cash, but also offer some of the best, most…
It wasn’t until adolescence that Phoenix-based artist Cherie Buck-Hutchison realized she had spent her youth in a cult. As a young girl, Buck-Hutchison was raised in an ultra-conservative religious family. Within this society, women were prohibited from all official positions of leadership: teaching, baptizing, planning — even working as parking…
Bar Flies — the New Times/Valley Bar live reading series — is bursting at the seams. So we’re trying to something new on March 10, when the same lineup of readers will perform twice in one night. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a show at 7, and another at…
Arizona’s not for the weak of heart. It’s filled to the brim with dangerous creatures, killer heat, bad drivers, horrible diseases, freak accidents, raging wildfires, and raging psychopaths. Some of ‘em are unique to our state. All of ‘em could kill you. It’s definitely happened to plenty of others. We’re…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix this week. Art, Sex & Disobedience: A Conversation with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina, & Ksenia Zhivago If you’re at all transgressive in Russia nowadays, better disguise yourself. That’s why punk protest band Pussy Riot sports homemade balaclavas while laying down…
If you’re a grown-up person who has not recently been diagnosed with a mental disorder, and you’ve gone out in public in your pajamas, you need to know two things. First of all, you look like an idiot, and secondly, stop doing this. Immediately. Wearing pj’s in public is not…
For those in the industry, Instagram is one of the most powerful tools a tattooer can use. Short of the right choice of machine, ink, and other actual tattooing equipment, the photo-sharing app may very well be the next most important piece of the puzzle for tattooers to utilize. After…
Hamilton, the Broadway show everyone and your mom is dying to see, is coming to Tempe. ASU Gammage Auditorium and producer Jeffrey Seller announced on Sunday, February 14, that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s perennially sold-out musical will come to the Tempe theater as part of its 2017-18 season. The critically lauded show…
On the surface, there isn’t much to object to in How to Be Single. Look, it says! No matter how fabulous their lives may seem, everyone wants to be happier and more fulfilled. Everyone is looking for something more, just like you! And really, Christian Ditter’s film (based on the…
“The Sleeping Beauty truly is the best ballet,” Ib Andersen writes in the program notes for Ballet Arizona’s production of the classic ballet, which runs through Sunday, February 14, at Phoenix Symphony Hall. “The Nutcracker is good, Swan Lake is good, but The Sleeping Beauty is the ultimate classical ballet…
The saner among us will be spending Valentine’s Day watching the entire human species go down in a spectacle of torn flesh, blood, and brain. That’s right, The Walking Dead returns to AMC on February 14. We’ll admit that The Walking Dead is not for everyone. Like IPAs, Americanos, and…
Ah, Valentine’s Day: arguably the most divisive of all Hallmark holidays. Whether you’re planning a romantic evening for two with a longtime partner, hitting the scene with some single friends, or trolling Tinder from the comfort of your couch, there’s no avoiding it, the day of cliché is upon us…
Frills-free versions of You’ve Got Mail, Pretty Woman, and Love Actually.
HBO’s Vinyl is the latest in a series of cultural hard-ons for the rough-and-tumble world of pre-Koch NYC: From novels like Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers and Garth Risk Hallberg’s City on Fire to online photo galleries of graffiti-splattered subway trains and can-you-believe-this-juice-bar-used-to-be-a-crack-den slideshows, there’s a hunger for what Manhattan looked,…
The first Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s dopey, fitfully funny fashion spoof, was released less than three weeks after the September 11 attacks. Its sequel shows the extent to which another kind of nefarious plot — the cynical quest for world domination through cross-brand synergy — has proven impossible to eradicate on…
Valentine’s Day can trigger a range of emotions depending on your relationship status. It can make you painfully aware that you’re single or happy that you’ve found your sweetheart. (But we all get candy. So that rules.) Either way, there’s one fictional couple that’ll have you feeling grateful for where you’re at…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from February 12 to 14. Love Me Tinder Ain’t no shame in your Tinder game. We’ve been there. Some loved, most lost, but we always came back with a good story or screenshot. Whether you’re single and ready to mingle…
By the end of 2017, Mesa will be home to about 50 new units of artist live/work space, created through a partnership with Artspace, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that specializes in art-friendly residential developments. The City of Mesa invited Artspace to explore creating an artist live/work space development in Mesa during…
