After months of uncertainty, Alamo Drafthouse has announced a new location for its first-ever Arizona cinema. Originally, the Texas-based movie theater chain, which offers films, events, booze, and food, had planned to open at The Row in downtown Chandler. But those plans fell through in October 2015. Alamo representatives announced…
It goes by many names – Exquisite African Fashions, African Fashions & More, and formerly Boutique Afrique – but the little maroon shop in Central Phoenix has probably slipped your gaze when heading down Indian School Road. A turn south at A One Liquor or the La Paz Funeral Home…
Two degrees and nearly two decades into the American educational system, I suddenly realized a simple truth: I learned more about life from Clarissa Darling than I did from any of my teachers or professors. For those poor souls who never got to know Clarissa like I did, let me…
In perhaps the ultimate pairing of things you love even though they’re bad for you, controversial Instagram star Josh Ostrovsky, better known as The Fat Jew, and Four Loko are coming to Tempe this weekend. But wait, you’re thinking to yourself, I thought at least one of those wasn’t a…
But what about the meaninglessness of everything? William Monahan’s Mojave is one of those ’90s-style chatty-killer movies, mixed with one of those ’90s-style guns-in-the-desert existential cheapies, the kind of picture where good-looking dudes shooting each other is passed off as elemental and beautiful rather than just what it actually is…
Searching for a pick-me-up after this month’s excessively gray skies? How about 11 miles of rainbow-colored ribbon to brighten your day? For “11 Miles of Color: Repurposing Spring Crossing” — Scottsdale Public Art’s first exhibition of 2016 in the Gallery at Scottsdale Public Library — 11 Arizona artists breathe new…
What happens in the studio shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit is a monthly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This month: Jeff Zischke, whose works for Scottsdale Public Art…
The Barrett-Jackson car auction comes to Scottsdale but once a year, and with it a sea of gleaming, beautiful autos. While some car are worth the visit due to how much they’ll inevitably sell for, others simply have that cool factor that keeps our inner-car geek giddy throughout the week…
New Times picks the best arts and culture events in Phoenix from January 18 to January 23. Art Night: Lamps You’ve done BYOB. Now try BYOL. Um, that’s Bring Your Own Lamp. Before you feel completely out of touch with today’s slang, let us tell you we’re fairly certain this is…
For the second year in a row, Scottsdale Public Art and New Times are teaming up for a spoken word event — and it’s time to party. Birthday party, that is. “Stories with a Splash: A Birthday Party” will be presented in conjunction with the public art celebration Canal Convergence…
The Grand Avenue Arts District saw plenty of change in 2015. Chartreuse gallery opened inside the historic Bragg’s Pie Factory building, Palabras began creating a Spanish/English bookstore, and artists working with Colibri Center for Human Rights in Tucson painted an immigration-themed mural on the La Melgosa building. But more changes are…
Arizona is a hotbed for urban legends. From the state’s own Bigfoot, to blood-sucking monsters, to a lady who snatches up kids, and more, we bring you 10 imaginary things that Arizonans believe in:…
Critics rarely receive love from filmmakers. Last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, Birdman, featured a vengeful harpy of a theater reviewer (played by Lindsay Duncan) hellbent on annihilating a play before she’d even seen it. Birdman was joined in its release year by other unfair portraits of critics in Top…
Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69. To Americans of a certain generation, he’ll always be Hans Gruber from Die Hard; to those of a slightly fresher vintage, he’ll never not be Severus Snape. But it was his ability to transcend the typecasting of those iconic roles that…
Benghazi is a hashtag battle-cry, a call to arms that many Americans don’t understand. Unlike the simplicity of “Remember the Alamo!” a bleat of “Benghazi!” still has people wondering, “Wait, what happened? And why are we mad?” Michael Bay’s 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi has an explanation, though…
Next month, Scottsdale will have a new space for getting its laugh on. Stand Up Scottsdale closed on January 3 and will be moving from its current Old Town Scottsdale location back to a brand new version of its spot, set to open on February 4. “We actually started the…
Even if you didn’t enjoy Snakes on a Plane and are currently fretting over poisonous, slithering creatures possibly finding their way to California shores thanks to El Niño, odds are, you’ll still dig the new mural at the recently opened Cobra Arcade Bar in Roosevelt Row. Painted by internationally renowned street artists El…
Stéphane Janssen has traveled the globe taking his clothes off for the sake of art. The Scottsdale-based art collector has posed dozens of times for New York artist Spencer Tunick, who creates and photographs art installations using nude bodies as his medium. Now, after years of collecting and posing for Tunick’s…
The world is reeling from the sad news that British actor and director Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69. His fans and co-stars have taken to social media to share their grief and to reminisce about their favorite roles in his career. Whereas some performers find a…
Some of you were still recovering from New Year’s Eve celebrations when January First Friday went down on January 1. We get it. But now you’ve got plenty of ways to redeem yourself during Third Friday and some new places to get your local art fix — including the new…
Actual angel from heaven and French Bulldog-Chihuahua mix Roxy is 15 weeks old, weighs in at a mere 6 pounds, and will be the first-ever Arizona shelter dog to represent her home state in Animal Planet’s annual Puppy Bowl. Yes, we agree that she is literally the cutest. And, no,…
Doug Stanhope stands atop a tiny stage the size of a wooden coffin, ready to unleash his vitriolic humor upon an audience whose members have come like willing lambs to slaughter. He’s a misfit, a carnival barker dressed in a pea-green thrift-store sports coat and sickish-yellow shirt, topped off by…
