October 13 at W Hotel in Scottsdale won’t just be a typical Sunday night. It will be a chance for Arizona to get to know Ben Mollin and the most talented salon teams in Arizona, who will bring out all the stops during Hair Wars the Supreme Salon Tour. Lucky…
Whether you believed The Office was over as soon as Michael “World’s Best Boss” Scott made his season-seven departure or you felt inclined to stick it out and stay tuned until the lackluster series finale two years later, fans of NBC’s Emmy-awarding show can all agree we had some good…
Electric Run 2013 at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa An estimated 3,200 people took part in annual Electric Run on Friday, September 13, at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa. Participants clad in luminescent apparel from glow sticks to fluorescent paint traveled through a variety of surreal environments during the 5K race/walk. After…
Puff up your pom-pons and shine up your tiara, because it’s time for a homecoming — Laurie Notaro’s. The humorist/potty mouth returns to Arizona this week for a lecture and book-signing at ASU’s Polytechnic campus Tuesday, September 17…
From hookah hangouts to fashion exhibitions, here’s what to do and see in metro Phoenix this week. Noche Latina @ Club Cloud N9ne Hanging out at a typical hookah bar can be pretty tiresome. The combination of blaring pop music and the veil of smoke all but guarantees a migraine…
You think you’re hardcore? Try telling that to David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, founders of punk fan rag, We Got Power. The small-scale magazine captures the sights and sounds of punk pioneers in the Reagan era of the early 1980s, featuring bands like Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Suicidal…
Adios, Arizona summer. Fall brings with it a slew of fun things. In case you’ve forgotten what the Copper State has to offer, thanks to spending the last few months cooped up in air-conditioned bliss, here are a few of our favorite things to get you up and at ’em…
Reach for the sky, Scottsdale. The town of Cave Creek wants to challenge you to a showdown. Long before Old Town Scottsdale spawned a reputation for high end shopping, dining, and douchebags, it was given the title of “The West’s Most Western Town.” And little did any of us know,…
If Bob Ross were alive today, he’d be painting happy little trees all over the place in ecstatic fervor for all the arts and culture happenings in Phoenix. To help you see the forest for the trees, here’s a recap of the top arts and culture stories of the week…
The countdown to New Times’ 35th Annual Best of Phoenix is on, but it’s not too late to make your voice heard in our annual Best of Phoenix Readers’ Poll. Submit your top picks for the best Valley arts, shopping, and more and get entered to win free burgers for…
Last night entrepreneurial incubator Seed Spot celebrated its second cohort of ventures at a kickoff party, revealing the 15 ideas that were selected from hundreds of applications to participate in the program. The party, held at The Duce, introduced the start-up businesses to members of the Phoenix community and served…
Fall is the most wonderful time of year. The schools are back in session, the storms prevent Phoenicians from commenting on the dry heat, and the leaves turn colors in pictures from other parts of the country where trees grow. However, the best part of the season comes somewhere between…
Attention yogis and yoginis: September is National Yoga Month, and we’ve rounded up some of the Valley’s yoga studio specials and events for you in one nice, little package. Wanna flow under the moon, downward dog under the sun, warrior in the dark with glow bracelets under blacklights, learn how…
Spanish Professor Manuel Hernandez of Arizona State University will give a lecture on journalist and joker, Gustavo Arellano, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, September 16, at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. The pressure is on for Hernandez, because the subject of his lecture, “The Humorist Gustavo Arellano’s Work and the…
Carla Norton’s first novel, The Edge of Normal, is a twisted tale of sexual depravity set in the middle of an unsuspecting community. It’s written with the self-assurance and attention to detail that marks a seasoned crime writer — and that’s largely because while this is Norton’s first novel, it’s…
The weekend awaits, Phoenix. Here’s how to spend it. Remix, Remaster @ Mesa Arts Center Forget the pumpkins and the autumn leaves. For like-minded creatives, the fall season starts at the museum. On Friday, September 13, Mesa Arts Center invites the community to celebrate the arrival of new works as…
Nowadays it seems like there’s a fine line between high-brow pornography and quality cable programming. While the more professional adult videos cost money and contain graphic sex scenes, explicit language, and hard-to-believe plot lines, cable networks like HBO offer, well, all of those exact same things. Seriously people, have you…
Visionary arts and counterculture event Burning Man is akin to a feast for the senses writ large. Very large. Or at least that’s how some of the Valley creatives who frequently attend the epic weeklong festival each year out in Nevada’s desert hinterlands describe the experience. It’s a seven-day communal…
Tonight New Times hosts the finale of its three-party summer series to help you beat the last of the summer heat. Head to Maya Day & Night Club in Scottsdale for Odds & Ends from 7 to 10 p.m. This fashion-centric event will offer you the chance to browse the…
The self-proclaimed “psychedelic soldiers of the VHS realm” and all-around mad geniuses behind the found footage/puppeteering/live show extravaganza Everything Is Terrible! again is touring the country. While preaching the gospel of randomness, they’re putting out two new film series — one focusing on the dark and sometimes ridiculously closed-minded world…
Phoenix, who knew you’d like bingo so much? Well. We had an inkling you might. After a month of great hosts, prizes, and hundreds of players showing up for some B-I-N-G-O, August’s weekly bingo bonanza came to a close. But y’all have caught bingo fever. And the only prescription is…
Local writer and director Nathan Blackwell is gearing up to show the anticipated finale to season two of his sci-fi comedy web series Voyage Trekkers at FilmBar this month. If you haven’t watched the series, its episodes (each less than 10 minutes) are easy to binge on in an afternoon…
