The Japanese Friendship Garden is one of the most relaxing hidden gems in the city — short of a few visible skyscrapers, it’s easy to get lost in the moment and forget that you’re in the heart of Phoenix. Japanese culture comes alive with more than needy koi fish with…
Lately, Chelsea Handler’s been busy. Calling out Piers Morgan for sucking, dishing on ditching Anna Wintour’s fashion advice, and stirring up trouble with Oscars-related tweets have been filling up her schedule. Oh, yeah, her current comedy/book tour, too. And her schedule won’t let up much when she gets to Phoenix…
We’re gonna be sick. Not because we’re seeing The Sickie Bunch, the latest collection of sketch comedy from The [sic] Sense, but because the company’s restored the first “e” to its name, and ambiguous Latinate orthographic conventions make us hurl.The show features two short sets of live offensive music from…
The Phoenix Festival de España makes its debut in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, March 22, with a daylong celebration of Spanish arts and culture, courtesy of Flamenco Por La Vida and the Phoenix Center for the Arts.The warm weather event includes a beer and wine garden, traditional food, and flamenco…
The Arizona Rattlers have dominated the Arena League for the better part of the decade. The good news for the Rattlers is that their good standing doesn’t seem likely to change this season. The Rattlers are returning nearly every key piece from last season’s Arena Bowl-winning squad. The bad news…
If given the chance to join dragon boat racing team during this year’s Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, what member of the team would you be? Would you be one of 20 or so rowers, paddling mightily to slog your boat through the murk of Tempe Town Lake? Would you be…
Amy Schumer is a woman who knows how to keep it classy, with tales of cutting, masturbation, uncircumcised one-night-stands, and HPV. The comedian, actress, and writer, who made her presence known with her debut comedy album, Cutting, and debut stand-up special special, Mostly Sex Stuff, is now the creator of…
Glendale’s Brelby Theatre Company just won’t stop doing the Shakespeare. The young and frisky troupe focuses on the part of the canon that features young and frisky characters, and so far, so good. This time around, it’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, given a silent film/speakeasy kind of feel and a couple…
Jade bar, the newly revamped swanky mixology lounge inside of the Sanctuary resort, is offering up plenty of deals this spring, but one of the tastiest offerings happens every Monday night during Sip & Slide.While Jade’s craft cocktails, courtesy of master mixologist Ryan Margarian, typically price over $10, you can…
This spring, artist Pablo Helguera is putting the Spanish language back on the shelf, with the interactive exhibition, “Librería Donceles.” Having collected 12,000 Spanish language books ranging in every topic from art, poetry, and history to medicine, politics, and children’s literature, Helguera will create a temporary used book store that…
Somewhere over the rainbow, we’d 100 percent steal those sparkly ruby slippers right off of Dorothy’s dumb feet. We like to think we’d wear them better. But, honestly, the sequined red pumps would probably look silly sans blue gingham dress and braided pigtails.Such is the power of movies: to create…
The timing could not be any more perfect for “Moctezuma’s Revenge,” the current exhibition of work by multimedia artist Eduardo Sarabia at ASU Art Museum. Curated by ASUAM curator Julio César Morales, the expansive show deals with Mexico’s notorious underground drug culture and the deadly havoc left in its wake…
Azain Brito used to be a very patterned man. “My motivation,” he says, “was to be as loud as possible. I would wear patterned pants with a patterned button-up and throw a patterned bow-tie on top. It was very Marc Jacobs three years ago.”…
Chelsea Handler just released her fourth book Uganda Be Kidding Me — fifth, if you count the book she edited that was written by her friends about her, called Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me. Lucky for us, she’s stopping in Phoenix on her tour to promote the book, which…
In our groundhog-free city, the astronomically defined season of spring can still be rather delightful, even if the weather doesn’t feel that much different from autumn or even winter. Skies are blue, everything smells good (well, better than usual, anyway), and our typically understated vegetation is at its greenest, fluffiest…
Last week we announced the finalists for Phoenix New Times’ 2014 Big Brain Awards. Today we’re back with another announcement. In celebration of the fifth Big Brain Awards (time flies, huh?) — an honor that recognizes emerging creatives just beginning their careers — New Times has decided to also give…
If you’re a fan of the Twilight Zone, thriller anthologies, and films produced right out of Arizona, then there’s a good chance you’ll be buying a ticket this spring to see Locker 13, a film from Mesa-based production company, Brothers’ Ink…
The Brides of March 2014 in Downtown Phoenix A flash-mob style pub crawl that consists of people donning wedding gowns and mobbing up on a boozy establishment for drinks and all-around good times known as The Brides of March celebrated its annual outing on Saturday, March 15, in Central Phoenix…
Leading up to this year’s Big Brain Awards, we’re checking in with past winners. Up today: Dulce Juarez. You might call Dulce Juarez a two-for-one. The performer and activist transitions between (and blends) the worlds of art and politics in compelling and creative ways. That’s a major reason why she…
After what seemed like a very long time, Phoenix Theatre’s production of Pippin stopped shrieking and wiggling its collective hips, and shuddered to a close. Meanwhile, we — an audience made up mostly of “people of a certain age” — endured a lifeless rip-off of Cirque du Soleil staged by…
Tourists and locals agree, spring is Arizona’s time to shine between the sports, shows, conventions, and exhibitions. With so much going on in just one season, it’s time to get off the couch and get planning. Here are Jackalope Ranch’s top 30 events to attend this spring…
Spring officially starts on March 20, but to catch all the great exhibitions this season, you’ll want to get started ASAP. From a group show that entrances your senses to a solo exhibition featuring one of our favorite street artists, there’s plenty to be excited about in the art scene…
