Outspoken comedian Margaret Cho returns to the Valley on Tuesday, December 3, as part of her “Mother” tour, which doesn’t entirely focus on the Korean woman who loves to scream Cho’s birth name, Moran, when it’s time for dinner. Maternal figures are a big part of the show, but so…
First Friday heats up tonight with creative works going up all over the city. Here are our picks for shows not to miss this artful evening. “Generations: Inspiration of Bird City” @ Willo North Gallery Phoenix native and Chicago-based artist Joseph “Sentrock” Perez cannot contain his excitement when he talks…
It looks like the folks behind downtown Phoenix’s Rusty Spoke Bicycle Collective have packed up their pedals and headed to a new place to park their rides. The nonprofit and volunteer-run bike co-operative — which serves as a DIY repair spot, grassroots cycling resource, and community event space — spent…
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s — a flying ball sack. Yes, airborne testicles could very much become a thing in the United Kingdom if the country’s Male Cancer Awareness Campaign gets the proper funding. The program aims to get men talking about testicular cancer and has teamed up…
We have a sneaking suspicion local curator Becky Nahom might actually know all of the artists in the greater Phoenix area. Or at least she has a knack for bringing together a wide array of Valley creatives in her exhibitions. In “From the Sidelines,” her latest curatorial endeavor at ASU’s…
If the Miss America competition is Barbie, then Miss Native American USA is Skipper, lesser known and smaller in scale, but still very much in production. Its second-ever pageant brings together 10 native women from tribes across the U.S. to compete for a crown that represents how tradition and modernity…
Hip-hop culture haven and studio Cyphers: The Center of Urban Arts has always been an old school kind of place, from the vintage decor like boomboxes and classic Chuck Taylors adorning its digs to the throwback b-boy moves getting busted on its dance floor. So it seems only natural that…
Say what you will about professional cheerleaders, but these women take their job seriously. And they have to, since being a Phoenix Suns Dancer requires a lot more than just good looks and dance ability. Don’t believe it? We asked veteran Suns Dancer Brittney and Suns Dancer manager Taryn Carmichael…
Harry Potter turned 33 on Wednesday (yeah, don’t you feel old?). To honor the birthday of the boy who lived and his creator, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic Publishing unveiled a line of newly designed book covers commemorating the books’ 15th anniversary in U.S. print…
For anyone who’s been going to the movies at all regularly over the past 45 years, Woody Allen is practically family. His movies may draw fewer passionate responses than they did in the ’70s and ’80s, but we still feel compelled to reckon with him. Whenever Allen comes out with…
More terrifying than any horror film, and more intellectually adventurous than just about any 2013 release so far, The Act of Killing is a major achievement, a work about genocide that rightly earns its place alongside Shoah as a supreme testament to the cinema’s capacity for inquiry, confrontation, and remembrance…
In Andrew Bujalski’s admirable, vaunted 2002 debut, Funny Ha Ha, the microbudget auteur and occasional actor’s nervous temp, Mitchell, ineffectually attempts to seduce an aloof young lady over a bedroom chess match. As if pawns themselves, dependably obeying the established rules of conduct, the characters in Bujalski’s films are consistently…
“When Beeswax came out in 2009, I felt like there was a sense in the world of, ‘Well, that’s another one of the same from him,'” writer-director Andrew Bujalski says by telephone. “That frustrated me. I wanted to shake everybody by the collar and say, ‘No, can’t you see that…
All you need for a movie are two guys and two guns. Unless that movie is 2 Guns, in which case you probably need a good deal more. The problem with so many current action movies, this one included, is that once you’ve seen one, you can’t help feeling you’ve…
A movie can be highly imperfect, stilted, or implausible in all sorts of ways — and still be everything you go to the movies for. The Canyons, Paul Schrader’s contemplation of moral decay in Hollywood, is that kind of picture, in some places so crazy-silly you want to laugh and…
David Beckham is no longer there to bend it for the L.A. Galaxy, but there are still plenty of stars on the squad that might offer the Cristiano Renaldo-led Real Madrid a challenge. They will at least make the game entertaining as the Spanish La Liga team utilizes a super…
Finding out about a significant other’s past relationships is no fun task — but imagine battling all of your sweetheart’s exes to win her ultimate affection. We’re not talking metaphorically. We mean physically defeating your opponents, Mortal Kombat-style. Scott Pilgrim kept the fights pretty PG and never proclaimed “finish him!”…
Besides Arizona being the land of towering cacti, it is also ¨C or at least, once was ¨C the land of the cowboy. At Hidden Meadow Ranch luxury cabin resort in the White Mountains guests can still capture a sense of that past with wildflower-filled meadows and horseback riding.On Saturday,…
If the Miss America competition is Barbie, then Miss Native American USA is Skipper, lesser known and smaller in scale, but still very much in production. Its second-ever pageant brings together 10 native women from tribes across the U.S. to compete for a crown that represents how tradition and modernity…
While the Atlanta Dream continue to battle it out with the Chicago Sky for the top spot in the WNBA’s East Conference, the Phoenix Mercury hold down third in the West just behind bitter rival Los Angeles Sparks. Both teams feature 2013 all-star selections: rookie center Brittney Griner and six-time…
Drag queens aren’t that different from pageant girls. They’re beautiful and glamorous, and at the end of the day, they think the world would be a better place if everyone had a puppy. The world of drag is a bit more authentic, though,, since most queens go beyond saying they…
The Arizona Rattlers have put together one of the most dominant regular seasons in franchise history. The team outscored its opponents by an average of 18 points per game en route to winning its eighth division title. In spite of this, you can make an argument that the Rattlers shouldn’t…
