Crystal Moselle’s documentary The Wolfpack is a Manhattan fable about fear. Two decades ago, a Hare Krishna, conspiracy theorist, and self-described god named Oscar Angulo moved from Peru to a public housing tenement on the Lower East Side with his American bride, Susanne, whom he’d met and wooed on the…
There’s a new art commerce enterprise in town called Curator Engine, which seeks to connect artists with buyers. It’s starting with ASU-affiliated artists, including students, alumni or faculty — but there are plans to expand and replicate the model with additional artists and perhaps expand to other cities once the…
What happens in the studio, shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit Q+A is a weekly 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 week: Phoenix artist and member of Palabra Hair…
If for you “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” is less a Daft Punk song and more of a personal life motto, then we wouldn’t be surprised if you fancy yourself something of an Olympian. Fortunately for those who aren’t training to totally crush it during Rio 2016, New Times and Tempe Marketplace…
It shouldn’t take much for us to convince you that events where you don’t have to pay a single penny to participate are awesome. Actually, we think that’s about all we need to say. Free events, people, it’s what we’re all about, and we’ve got some that everyone from fine…
A new, hot piece of real estate is going on the market in Scottsdale. But you better be quick, because this house will only be in Phoenix for a few days. *can you actually buy the house or no? *Yes, I mention the price later, but should I put something…
What make a great summer read? For us, it’s a book takes its readers on some kind of journey, is short or can be read and understood in brief bursts and if I learn or experience something new, it’s a bonus. Above all, it had better be highly entertaining: I’ve…
Third Friday has always been more laid-back than its First Friday counterpart. But June’s crowds were a bit thinner than we’d expected, even given the mass exodus that tends to occur this time of year. For those who braved the heat, lines at local coffee joints were shorter, and parking…
For Phoenix native and photographer Kym Ventola, it’s all about balance. From managing her photography business to spending time with her family, Ventola aims to find an equilibrium. In fact, she’s recently started a mentoring business where she helps other people find balance in their lives. “I think that’s the…
Slow Roll In the not-so distant past, Phoenix has been decried as one of the nation’s least bicycle friendly cities. But, as one freewheelin’ poet observed, the times they are a changin’. With a Grid Bike Share system now in place, Phoenicians can expect to see more events like Slow…
Longtime Paradise Valley resident, philanthropist, and journalist Maxine Marshall died on Wednesday, June 17. She was 89. Marshall owned The Scottsdale Daily Progress from 1963 to 1987 with her late husband Jonathan Marshall, who served as the progressive newspaper’s publisher and died in 2008. The Marshalls’ influence extended to Jewish life…
We’re about as giddy as we ever get this time of year, thanks to this summer’s magnificent dearth of exhibitions curated around the topic of heat. We get that it’s hot here, so we’re not looking for reminders. Instead, we’re looking for escapes. This month’s Third Friday offerings include a…
Fresh on the heels of last night’s first-ever Bar Flies — brought to you by Phoenix New Times and Valley Bar — we’d like to announce the line-up for the next installment in the live reading series. The second Bar Flies will take place Thursday, July 9 at Valley Bar, Charlie…
New Summer Shorts Body-shaming glossy magazines question whether your legs are “ready” for new summer shorts. Screw that. Your legs, along with your brain and your funny bone, are super-ready for New Summer Shorts 2015, Theatre Artists Studio’s eighth annual compilation of short plays by Studio members. This year’s lineup…
The first real heartbreak I ever felt was in the eighth grade. The dog that I grew up with, a chocolate lab/greyhound mix named Barkley, passed away and took my childhood with it. After that, I decided that I’d never let myself get so close to a pet. Less than…
Jen Kirkman would like to talk about death now, please. The comedian recently released her first-ever Netflix special, titled I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine). It opens with a sketch featuring a woman, an old friend of Jen’s, bringing her young son backstage. What ensues is a perfectly…
No one recognized Rick Famuyiwa when he strolled up to the Ladera Park basketball courts on a bright weekday afternoon. In January, the lanky, 41-year-old director’s new comedy, Dope — a crowd-pleasing high school flick about nerds who dress like Kid ‘N Play, dream of going to Harvard and bash…
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl may not be the best teen cancer weepie ever made, if there even is a best teen cancer weepie. But it’s surely the most adorable, for better or worse — less like The Fault in Our Stars and more like Diary of a Wimpy…
Part of what makes writer-director Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope so fresh and joyous is that in many key ways it’s not new at all. Here’s a dramatic teen comedy, flavor-crystaled with sex and drugs and innocent raunch, about good friends who get caught up in bad business on their way to…
Of course a 2015 Joe Dante horror-comedy would be some kind of throwback. The Gremlins director has spent a career idealizing the creature-feature jollies of his youth, jolting audiences with wittily vicious nostalgia. Dante’s goofy monster movies have always been more toothy than their antecedents — more technically accomplished, fully…
The first time we cry, as a newborn, might be the purest emotion we ever feel. We sob — a raw mess of tears and terror — and a big human rushes to give comfort. Mentally, the connection is made: My feelings trigger a response, be it hugs or milk…
“Hidden Histories in Latin American Art,” currently on view at Phoenix Art Museum until August 23, 2015, brings together distinct perspectives and methodologies that address the personal and the political. The works in this exhibition, by artists from Colombia, Guatemala, Argentina, Mexico, and the United States, are engaged with history,…
