Get ready, Great Britain. A trio of teenagers from Arizona are coming to save you with a very particular set of skills; skills they have acquired by practicing karate and studying the bible…
It’s a weird miracle that Johnny Cash and his primitive twosome banged out music that still feels so full and vital today. And it’s a weird miracle that My Father and the Man in Black is itself full and vital, despite throwing off all sorts of vanity-project warning signs: It’s…
We’ll always have Iron Man, they must be telling each other in Hollywood. As summer wanes, the hulking corpses of would-be blockbusters litter the home-video distribution channels like fallen Kaiju from Guillermo Del Toro’s giant-‘bots-vs.-giant-beasts movie Pacific Rim, the most enjoyable of 2013’s many urban-renewing summer blockbusters. In Del Toro’s…
Understandably, Peter Mayhew is not as well-known as Harrison Ford or Mark Hamill. But W. Ryan Ziegler wants to change that. The first-time filmmaker is now raising money on Kickstarter for Standing in the Stars: The Peter Mayhew Story, a documentary about the 7-foot-3 actor who played Chewbacca in the…
Filmmaker Kevin Smith has spent nearly 20 years intermittently donning the trenchcoat of his on-screen avatar, Silent Bob. Smith and his real-life pal Jason Mewes, a.k.a. mouthy stoner Jay, gear up again, bringing their crosscountry tour behind their newest adventure to the East Valley Thursday, September 12.Jay & Silent Bob’s…
For more than a decade, the Queen Creek Olive Mill has been perfecting the art of olive growing at the base of the San Tan Valley Mountains. In fact you’ll find more than 16 varieties of olives growing at Arizona’s only working olive farm and mill.On Tuesday, September 12, you…
Most superstitions are pretty silly. Clumsy people are bound to break mirrors and thousands of people keep black cats as pets, yet some folks still get the willies on Friday the 13th. The date can occur up to three times a year, so what’s to fear? Hip dance night RAD…
Close your eyes for a second and imagine yourself running through a forest of glowing neon trees that dance and change colors to booming electronic music. You travel through a tunnel illuminated with dancing patterns and figures on the walls, ceilings, and floors, then emerge above a lake glowing in…
To explain her current project documenting Native American culture in the Southwest, photographer Elite Henenson starts with a little bit of history about herself. She was born in Israel and traveled to South America after completing her compulsory military service. It was there that she discovered her passion for photography…
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 it hosts the free 2013 season kick-off, dubbed Remix, Remaster. This evening street festival will…
The Phoenix Mercury have clinched a spot in the WNBA Western Conference playoffs. Their matchup Friday, September 13, against San Antonio is a postseason launchpad, so raise the rafters for a distinct improvement over last year’s second worst record in the league.This season was already in turnaround mode with the…
Any respectable Arizonan knows that Mexico’s equivalent of cuatro de julio takes place on dieciséis de septiembre, not cinco de mayo. They also know just enough Spanish to make sense of the previous sentence. That is why one of the Valley’s most decorated cantinas feels confident that its Rockin’ Taco…
September 15 marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, commemorating contributions from Hispanic and Latin American countries — and this year your Arizona Diamondbacks are taking their celebration to the streets.Los D-backs are throwing a street fair before Saturday’s game against NL West Division rivals the Colorado Rockies. Fans can…
Lowell Observatory’s famous for discovering Martian canals that aren’t there and Pluto, which is. Space feels dignified — out where we can’t hear each other scream, surely we’ll find truth. On the less high-minded hand, Lowell operations cost a cool $6 million annually, and the search for well-heeled life in…
When the Big Apple becomes the biggest maximum security prison in the country, new meaning is brought to the phrase, “If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere.” In John Carpenter’s 1981 futuristic thriller Escape from New York, the city that never sleeps becomes the city that…
Let’s see… If it’s September already, then winter is just around the corner. At least, it is inside Jobing.com Arena, where the Phoenix Coyotes are gearing up for another season. So, get out your hat, gloves, and thick socks, and thrill to the chill as the Coyotes take on the…
Reggie Bush is arguably the biggest everyman in the NFL. The hype surrounding the halfback when he left USC was incredible; people genuinely thought Bush would change the game. Instead, he was awful. Bush coasted by on his talent and struggled mightily. Instead of washing out, Bush reinvented himself as…
They say those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach — but what about those who do both? Henry Schoebel, Anthony Pessler, and John Obuck aren’t just friends, wise guys, and veterans of the Phoenix art scene, they’re also professors at ASU. And as students head toward midterms, this…
Step aside, Superman. The cape’s making a comeback faster than a speeding bullet. Don’t fear, Phoenix fashionables; these coverups aren’t the floor-sweeping, candy-red costumery the Man of Steel’s made famous. Instead, the fall 2013 trend showcased in collections from Valentino and Mulberry focuses on luxe fabrics, sleek shapes, and cultivating…
As we announced this spring, the fifth annual Phoenix Design Week will take place from October 18 to 25 with a full week of speakers, workshops, parties, and more. This year will be the first to include the Method and Madness conference, a two-day “celebration of the crazy and inspiring…
For folks who are big into ghosts and goblins, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year. And it never seems to get here fast enough. If you’re one of those types who can’t wait to get your scare on, the good news is that the spooky staff at two…
The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at ASU West will host comic strip creator and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 17. At the free event, Bechdel will give a talk, take questions from the audience, and sign books…
