The light rail is going to be busy this weekend, especially in and around downtown Phoenix. Like, crazy busy. After all, there will be some big concerts and a Phoenix Suns game taking place, not to mention that gigantic fan event for the College Football Playoff National Championship that will…
Charlie Kaufman is a cartographer of the soul. You can picture him hunched over parchment accurately inking each dark river and, off to the side, cautioning that there be dragons. What makes Kaufman cinema’s best psychoanalyst is a contradiction. He sees people for who we are — hurtful, hopeful, lovely,…
What’s been missing for years in Hollywood’s adventure films? Verisimilitude. Correspondent with the rise of the computers, and the ability to show us any place that filmmakers can imagine, has been the fall of immersiveness — that sense that the actors are in a place you can’t go yourself rather…
January in the Valley of the Sun means just one thing: Car auctions are back. But you don’t have to be a car aficionado to love the auctions, as just about anyone can get excited about the high-stakes bidding, flashy autos, and great people-watching opportunities that abound. While Barrett-Jackson is…
The Winnie Ruth Judd “murder house” is safe. Locals assumed the notorious house, where Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best friends in October of 1931, was about to be demolished after it was recently surrounded by chain link fencing. Purchased last year by Phoenix attorney Robert Warnicke, the duplex…
Famed muralist El Mac, who grew up in Phoenix but now lives in Los Angeles, has been commissioned by Mesa Arts Center to paint a mural at its venue. “We’re still in the design phase,” says Tiffany Fairall, associate curator for Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, which is located on the…
There’s no shortage of celebrities in metro Phoenix, whether they’re the rich and famous who reside in our pricier locales (read: Scottsdale and Paradise Valley) or Hollywood stars paying visits to our parts as tourists. And every once in awhile, these swells run afoul of the law and find themselves…
Though car culture dominates the Valley of the Sun, it’s undeniable that walking is one of the best ways to experience America’s sixth largest metropolis — especially during the winter. From hidden murals to public art works, repurposed warehouses, and one-of-a-kind boutiques just off the main drag, here are 10…
Back by popular demand, Jackalope Ranch Bingo returns to Crescent Ballroom on Thursday, January 14. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.for this 21-and-over event, and the games begin at 8. There’s no charge to play, but you’ll want to load up on food and drinks and settle in for an evening…
In the 2016 edition of New Times’ Winter Guide, we’ve rounded up our 10 favorite cold-weather destinations in Arizona. Arizona Snowbowl Arizona Snowbowl has been stepping up its game the last few years, adding snowmaking-equipment in 2012 and a new four-seat lift this year that should speed up lift lines…
New Times picks the best events and things to do in metro Phoenix from January 4 to January 10. “Ecosystem” Are you one of those people who sees bubble wrap and can’t keep your hands off its plastic pearls? That overwhelming desire to pop those little pods is something you must…
Breathes there a nerd born between, say, 1955 and 1990 that has never held an Alan Dean Foster book in his or her hands? It might just be a qualifying requirement for fully enfranchised American nerd-dom of that generation. Born in 1946, Foster, a Prescott resident for decades, has been…
We expected to see all sorts of cats and guitars at Chartreuse, where they’re the subject of an exhibition that opened on First Friday, January 1. We hadn’t quite anticipated the fact that once you get cats and guitars on the brain, it’s hard not to find them lurking around…
Masses of nude bodies photographed floating in the Dead Sea, fine art paintings by graffiti artist El Mac, and plays performed on Valley Metro Light Rail trains — they’ll all be part of the 2016 arts and culture scene here in metro Phoenix, where works of visual and performance art…
For 32, dancer and instructor Liliana Gomez has a lot under her belt. She’s family- and community-oriented, patient, informed, and incredibly sweet. Gomez’s dance classes are bright and positive, billed as Contemporary Modern with Liliana Gomez on Monday nights at Metropolitan Arts Institute. She claps, she snaps, she laughs. She…
With our Personal Space and Studio Visit series, New Times gets an inside look at the homes and studios of some of metro Phoenix creatives, including up-and-coming visual artists, uber-famous musicians, and the design-obsessed. Here’s a look back at everyone we visited in 2015. Paul and Keri Mosier’s Creative Haven…
With January come ideas for resolutions and chances at new beginnings. Perhaps you’re ready to say goodbye to 2015 and ready to get fit in 2016. Or maybe you’re just looking to get outside, see some new things, and have a little fun while you’re at it. Either way, here…
Artist Irma Sanchez left her Phoenix studio space early Wednesday afternoon on a mission. She was headed to a spot near Central Avenue and Buckeye Road, close to the neighborhood where she grew up, to install a set of three white tiles painted with black symbols and letters referencing a…
As cinematic year 2015 reaches its end, the FOMO specter threatens to haunt us all. If you pored over the results of our film poll and felt aghast at how many apparently great movies you’ve yet to see, here at last is a chance to catch up without braving traffic. —Michael…
Odds are, you’ll be spending part of New Year’s Day recovering from celebrating into the wee hours the night before. But there’s some serious incentive to bounce back by nightfall, when many downtown Phoenix galleries will be open for the first First Friday of 2016. Here are five new art…
San Tan Valley residents Barby Ingle and Ken Taylor might sound more than a little crazy when you learn what they’ll do to save a little time. They will do dishes in the shower, shave in the pool, and go to other measures to save precious seconds. And you can…
As the year winds down, I find myself wanting a lot—especially from the local creatives, and their audiences, in our fair city. A higher level of sophistication about the local arts scene Pretty much everyone who lives in Arizona knows that the Cardinals are not a baseball team, so why…
