Officials from the Buckeye Police Department and the Maricopa County Medical Examiner have released specific details regarding the cause of death of Tempe Improv owner Mark Anderson. Per the autopsy report issued by the Medical Examiner yesterday via the Buckeye P.D., the 60-year-old’s death was due to natural causes, specifically…
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…
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We’re here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide — an evolving guide to art walks around town. From time to time, we’ll introduce some of our favorite spots and dish out…
The human race’s fascination with space, extraterrestrial life, and the possibility of intergallactic travel is nothing new — we’ve spent hundreds of years staring at the sky, thousands of words on space travel, and countless dollars shooting our own kind into the atmosphere. “This Is a Present from a Small…
When we last put the spotlight on 100 creative forces in Phoenix, it was no secret there were more than 100 individuals who were making waves in the local arts community. So as we count down to our annual Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome (back) to 100 Creatives. If you’re…
It’s time a take a deep breath and face reality: school is around the corner. Yep. We’ll let that sink in for a second. Once you’ve come to terms, we’ve got some tips that might make the next 15-credit-hour-filled months just a bit more bearable. Here’s our list of nine…
Like many Phoenix Suns fans, David L. Bradley was a wee bit heartbroken when Steve Nash blew town last month. After all, the eye lounge artist is a longtime fan of the former all-star point guard for the Suns, who signed with the dreaded Los Angeles Lakers in early July…
See also: Laurie Notaro’s Five Reasons Why Haboobs Are Awesome See also: Five Must-Attend Lectures in August See also: New Times’ Calendar of Events Looking for ways to fill up your weekend? Here are your five best bets for getting out and about. Dr. Diabolic’s Traveling Roadshow & Fun-Time Variety…
This summer, the very creative and quirky minds at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art created a grant that’s community generated and in support of “innovative art makers, wise-crackers and trailblazers based in Arizona.” From a number of submissions from artists throughout Phoenix, five proposals from the local arts community have…
It’s summertime, which means it’s the perfect chance to make an exodus from the Valley, either by hitting the open road or jetting off to somewhere cool. Over the next few weeks, Jackalope Ranch will profile a few unique destinations around Arizona and the southwest that are perfect places for…
Shakespeare’s canon contains a fair number of shipwrecks, something I hadn’t really thought about before a big old wind- and thunderstorm pursued Brelby Theatre Company’s Saturday night performance of Twelfth Night, a comedy that begins with wreck survivors cast on shore. The show, originally scheduled for an outdoor patio due…
Now, we’re not big believers in signs and superstition, but the abundance of bizarre in our own town (of course) and nationwide had us wondering… What’s up with people claiming we’ll be immortal by 2045?, Why does there seem to be a sudden, freakish interest in Haboobs?, Since when were…
When we last put the spotlight on 100 creative forces in Phoenix, it was no secret there were more than 100 individuals who were making waves in the local arts community. So as we count down to our annual Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome (back) to 100 Creatives. Sean Deckert…
The Olympics are happening. They’ve been happening for a long time, but thanks to awesome new innovations in technology we get to collectively laugh at hilarious inadvertently embarrassing things people do when they’re competing in the sports equivalent of The Final Countdown. We also get to play video games based…
If Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz from American Pickers ever return to Arizona, there are a couple places the duo might want to go digging. Namely, the pair of neighboring houses over in the West Valley owned by Don Parks. The wizened treasure hunters would likely have a memorable day…
See also: Five Must-See Lectures in August — By Becky Bartkowski The non-vampire-killing, real-life Abraham Lincoln famously said, “Whatever you are, be a good one.” It would seem that the leaders from AIGA have taken that advice to heart. With their latest initiative, Design for Good, they support creative types…
Thankfully, the spaceship created by conceptual collective New Catalogue and installed at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art isn’t going into space anytime soon. In 1977, NASA approached American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and popular science communicator Carl Sagan with a mission: Find out what it means to be a human on…
It’s one of the most cherished legends of the American indie: A socially retarded ugly duck, despite making no effort to regulate his glaring emotional hang-ups, is discovered as a swan by a clearly out-of-his-league girl who loves him just the way he is. Buffalo ’66 (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love…
Red Lights aspires to be a genre movie of ideas. Like a great number of films dealing with supernatural and extraterrestrial phenomena, it’s a thriller in which suspense depends on keeping both viewer and protagonist teetering, in the face of the unexplained, between rational agnosticism and faithful credulity. By the…
The non-vampire-killing, real-life Abraham Lincoln famously said, “Whatever you are, be a good one.” It would seem that the leaders from the American Institute of Graphic Arts have taken that advice to heart. With their latest initiative, Design for Good, they support creative types who aspire to use design thinking…
It’s common knowledge that when women dress up for a night on the town usually they’re aiming to impress and out-dress fellow females — instead of looking to wow gents. Maybe that’s because dudes don’t pick up on fancy duds. Or perhaps it stems from an evolutionary tendency to compete…
Every year, Phoenix’s sweltering summer temperatures and monsoon humidity force the females of our fine city to seek refuge from the sweaty, sticky conditions with a potent fashion weapon: the easy, breezy, sassy, summer sundress. On Friday, those cool and sexy dresses (and the ladies that love them) will be…
