For some folks, the Fourth of July is a chance to celebrate the birth of ‘Murica and feel a swell of old-fashioned jingoistic pride. For others, it’s merely an excuse to set off Roman candles and watch things go boom. Needless to say, fuses are far from the only things…
About a week ago, several Facebook friends started linking to Simone Rovellini’s supercut video of exploding Disney princesses. No big whoop, we thought — people dick with animation all the time. Well, Rovellini’s “Exploding Actresses” Tumblr has now been active since June 16, with plenty of classic live-action kapows as…
Last Call: The End of An Era at Axis/Radius, 6/29/13 More than a thousand rowdy revelers and party monsters jammed into Axis-Radius in Scottsdale on Saturday, June 29, for one final fiesta before the iconic Old Town nightclub closed its doors after 16 years. Both parts of the double-sided dance…
Phoenix, we planned your week. Here’s how to spend it — from Independence Day bashes and educational exhibits to pub crawls and live comedy. “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids” @ Lowell Observatory While most Phoenicians are loading up on little packages of cardboard and gunpowder to express the…
The RAW Kaleidoscope Showcase had a little something for everyone, showing off the talents of local artists in various media. Both floors of Monarch Theatre were full of art displays, fashion, music, and mingling creative types. The event had such a big turnout that it was sometimes difficult to get…
Arizona’s monsoon season has arrived. Last night a dusty storm blew through the state, bringing (a little) relief from the high heat and a great excuse to snap a photo or two. Arizonans took to social media to share what they saw. Including the awe-inducing shot above, here are five…
Sometimes a little retail therapy goes a long way. Lucky for us (and you), Local First Arizona’s 11th annual Independents Week is underway. The coalition has brought hundreds of businesses together to offer Arizonans a nice incentive to shop small and local statewide. Through Sunday, July 7, participating retailers will…
¿Como se dice “hot mess” en español? It’s about the only term I can think of to describe “Turn Off the Sun,” an on-going exhibition of selections from the mighty Jumex Collection now showing at ASU Art Museum. Initially, I was ecstatic when I heard that work from the Jumex…
Editor’s note: We had so much fun over on Chow Bella, pitting New Yorker-turned-Phoenician Nina Gruber against Phoenician-turned-New Yorker Dominique Chatterjee against each other on the topic of food that we decided to do it again — and this time, we’re talking about culture. Today, we share Gruber’s list of…
There are Internet cat stories, and then there are Internet cat stories. Big cat = big story. The last time any human was aware of a jaguar north of the U.S.-Mexico border was 2009, when a series of total fuckups by allegedly well-intentioned people led to the death of Macho…
Phoenix, it’s been a busy week. Between the Supreme Court knocking down DOMA and dismissing Prop. 8, Dan Mintz dishing on Bob’s Burgers, and Dexter fans getting all hot and bothered over the final season’s premiere this weekend, it might be tempting to throw in the towel (y’know the one…
Eclectic Monkey Emporium on Main Street in Mesa is keeping its name but changing just about everything else. Mum’s the word right now, but big things are in store for the business, which is as interesting as its name suggests. Owner Glenn Blackmore plans to transform the Emporium into a…
If the phrase “You cannot be serious!” is a quotable reference and you have some inkling of who’s still in the running for a Wimbledon 2013 championship (a tough challenge considering how many top-ranked contenders are out already), then you are a tennis nerd and this one’s for you. You’ll…
At the beginning of the 20th century, when the art of filmmaking was in its infancy, audiences were content to look at moving pictures on a screen. Oncoming trains, bumbling cops, and whatever it was that the butler saw were all considered worthwhile entertainment. As the years went on, there…
It’s no Nancy-Grace-in-a-parking-lot level of suspense, but the fine Wisconsin judicial system has determined the fate of Gerard Streator, who might have gotten away with al fresco furniture-humpin’ last fall if an off-duty cop hadn’t been walking past at the time and seen the thrusting. Officer Ryan Edwards initially thought…
With Friday’s release of The Heat (Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy), another buddy cop movie joins a film library filled with explosions, oddball pairings and broad humor. While the genre’s been compacted into a cliche over the years (especially immediately following its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s), and…
When you’re looking to hit the trails but escape the heat and/or avoid the plethora of novices oblivious to basic hiking etiquette we covered earlier this week, chances are good that a camping getaway is on your calendar. If you’re putting off your next tent-pitching endeavor due to an aversion…
The setup: The 1992 film Sister Act was the perfect storm of Motown girl-group revival, a dream cast including Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, and Kathy Najimy, and a feel-good story that made Catholics and the sketchy denizens of Reno, Nevada, both seem a bit nicer than they probably are. It…
All right sci-fi nerds, the Phoenix Center for the Arts has your entertainment quadrant covered for the next two weeks. Scandalesque will present Sexy Sci-Fi in an eight-show run at the venue, where you can catch your favorite sci-fi ladies sexed up in an action packed burlesque show. “Sexy Sci-Fi…
This Saturday, No Festival Required gets experimental. The local film organization, headed by cinema buff Steve Weiss, will screen The Beautiful Brain: Two Films by Benita Raphan and Ana Voog Saturday, June 29, at Bragg’s Pie Factory…
Turns out fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan’s not only a grim reaper but also a bit of a trim reaper. Over the past seven seasons of Showtime’s blood-soaked drama Dexter, its anti-hero, portrayed in expert fashion by Emmy-winner Michael C. Hall, has not only engaged in mass amounts of justifiable…
Since our solar system itself is part of the Milky Way galaxy, you are technically viewing it when you see a toaster waffle, your own thumb, or dog poop on the street. But we usually think of it as that pretty, cloudy white streak of light in the night sky,…
