If you’re over chancing the First Friday chaos hoping to take in the best new work of young local artists, you should know that Third Friday is a lot more conducive to absorbing art and you can’t do better than Modified Arts. The Roosevelt Row mainstay’s opening reception for the…
If you’ve ever ridden your bike in the middle of the night and got a little, uh, excited, then you can probably relate to the sexy movies in the Bike Smut short film festival. The traveling showcase of all things cycling and erotic will be screening short films made all…
While some people are starting to speculate about which hit will sweep the Golden Globes, how many Grammy nominations Taylor Swift will squeeze out of her latest album, or if Interstellar just clinched an Oscar win for Matthew McConaughey, Phoenicians have a different award ceremony on their minds: the third…
If there are two things Tom Kirlin loves, it’s fine art and flapjacks — hence his ever-expanding Pancakes and Booze Art Show. The concoction of booze, batter, and breakout artists, which has popped up everywhere from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, Portland to Atlanta, is once again serving up breakfast in…
Grab your yoga mat and head to the Ro2 Lot on Saturday, November 22, when This Could Be PHX hosts an all-levels pop-up yoga class. The free class will be taught by Ashley Law, owner of Downtown Yoga Studio, and will run from 10 to 11 a.m., but guests are…
Join artists Hasan Elahi, David Gurman, and David Taylor as they converse with curator Claire C. Carter of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and photography curator Sandra S. Philips of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art about their collaborative exhibition, “Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknowns.” This symposium…
Elizabeth Streb’s Extreme Action Company follows one guiding principle: Anything too safe is not action. Streb’s company of performers is the subject of a new documentary, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity, which will be on view at FilmBar, 815 North Second Street, for one day only this weekend…
Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang’s improvised instrument jams were always the bomb, and their spirit of ingenuity will be taken to new heights during the Epic Maker Instrumental Challenge on Saturday, November 22.DIY music org Oh My Ears throws down the gauntlet for musical innovation by having contestants create…
Arizona football fans haven’t exactly been spoiled over the years. For decades the Cardinals were the laughing stock of the NFL, while both ASU and U of A’s programs have epitomized mediocrity. Not so in 2014. The Cats and the Sun Devils have maintained national rankings basically all season long,…
From 3 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 22, the Mothers Who Write group will present an afternoon reading of poems, prose, and true stories by the workshop’s latest batch of authors at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Lounge. This writing group, run by Deborah Sussman of the ASU…
If all you want for the holidays is to fly through the air supported only by silk tied in a few knots around your ankles and wrists or to swing from a hoop suspended from the rafters, then grab your courage and all your strength and head to Studio B…
What do mid-century lamps, chalkboard paint, and antlers have in common? Not much, except we’d bet you could find each at the giant vintage and handmade festival The Big Heap.Vintage lovers, artists, and craftsmen will take over Salt River Fields, 7555 North Pima Road in Scottsdale, from November 21 through…
If that scene from Jurassic Park with the raptors in the kitchen didn’t scar you for life, you might want to check out the critically acclaimed 3D dinosaur experience coming to US Airways Center, 201 East Jefferson Street, this month. Walking With Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular tells the story of…
It’s impossible to hear the name “Charlie Murphy” and not picture a be-dreadlocked Dave Chappelle, dressed as a coked-out Rick James, yelling and kicking as he defiles Murphy’s couch. Or Prince, all mascara and jacket tassels, destroying Murphy and his crew in a game of pick-up basketball, then making everyone…
Never mind that the now-Arizona Coyotes are holding down sixth place in the Pacific Division, 10 points behind frontrunner Anaheim Ducks, who were recently defeated by Arizona in a shootout. Almost every hockey team makes the playoffs now anyway. Still, there’s plenty of time for AZ to make a strong…
If you’re sick of watching your favorite space- and time- (and sometimes dimension-) traveling doctor all by your lonesome, Gotham City Comics and Coffee in Mesa is giving you the opportunity to hang out with like-minded Whovians every Tuesday and catch up on some episodes during Doctor Who’s Day. The…
This season’s Phoenix Suns are a hard team to figure out. They beat the Spurs, last year’s resounding winner of the NBA championship. A few weeks later, they took down the Golden State Warriors, who had zero losses until their visit to Phoenix. But the Suns also lost to Sacramento…
While we’ve sworn off purchasing new technology until it can synthesize sandwiches, we’re heartened to know that artists are pushing the boundaries that will almost get us there. The Generative Art lecture and film as part of the “Materialize” exhibition at the Shemer Art Center is Thursday, November 20.Max Chandler…
If you haven’t been over to BLD in Chandler lately, we’ve got a good reason to check out the breakfast, lunch, and dinner spot. BLD recently debuted an expanded dinner menu with entree options such as Squash Spaghetti with squash and zucchini “noodles,” peas, oven roasted, tomatoes, goat cheese, and…
English playwright Frederick Knott has received a special award from us: Guy Who Wrote the Most Familiar-Sounding Plays We’ve Never Actually Seen. One of them, Dial M for Murder, became a Hitchcock film and, based on Wikipedia’s plot description, is hella complicated — if anyone really did dial M, it…
Some folk tales have odd morals, like “don’t make a fairy angry.” Sound advice, to be sure, but not always applicable to everyday life. Other bedtime stories teach solid lessons about character and behavior, cloaking the serious platitudes in the adventures of cute little animals. Such is The Little Red…
Naturally, you’re a total expert when it comes to modern art – but is George Morrison on your radar? If yes, cool! If no, that’s okay, too. Because either way you can become well-acquainted through “Modern Spirit,” the first-ever comprehensive retrospective that looks back on the late Native American artist’s…
