Anyone can sense the coming of an M. Night Shyamalan twist from a mile away. Oh, that strict, strange, old-timey cult is actually living on a compound in modern times? I couldn’t tell from the painfully obvious hints you dropped a quarter of the way into the film. For mystery…
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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 Ernesto Moncada…
Editor’s Note: Last night marked one of the biggest openings of the monsoon season with a storm that was well documented on news outlets and plenty of social media feeds. Jackalope Ranch contributor and local photographer Andrew Pielage snapped the photo above, which he describes below … Last monsoon season…
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Some movies are the visual equivalent of comfort food: a little cheesy and a lot satisfying. Whether you’re sick, grumpy, or have a case of the mean reds, it’s usually old movies that offer such soothing. Singin’ in the Rain is one of those flicks, with Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor,…
If the late Carl Sagan is gazing down on all of us from his beloved cosmos then he’ll have plenty of spellbound admirers looking back at him during Summer Stargazing and Music from Outer Space. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts hosts the event in conjunction with its summer show, “This…
Anyone can sense the coming of an M. Night Shyamalan twist from a mile away. Oh, that strict, strange, old-timey cult is actually living on a compound in modern times? I couldn’t tell from the painfully obvious hints you dropped a quarter of the way into the film. For mystery…
It’s hard to believe, but the Phoenix Mercury is still very much in the WNBA title hunt. Despite winning only four games during the first two months of the season, the Mercury is still within striking distance of fourth place — and the playoff seed that goes with it. If…
Olympic fever is this close to totally saturating your daily lives, and, instead of sitting on the couch (obligatory ice cream and/or potato chips in hand) musing about how fast the track and field squad can move, follow in the marathoner footsteps of ASU grad and team USA runner Desiree…
Santa Claus may be many things, but a margarita-lover he is not. Used to the flavors of the Christmas season, the big man stows away a few Christmasy kegs each year to get himself through summer — and every July, SanTan Brewing Company sneaks into Santa’s stash to steal a…
Francophiles that we are, we’ve always sported a soft spot for Marie Antoinette. Sure, she technically played party to the broadening of the gap between rich and poor in 18th-century France. But the dauphine-turned-queen was functionally illiterate, had a joke of a hubby in Louis XVI, and, despite popular opinion,…
Hang tight, Phoenicians, there’s a stampede coming. No, you don’t need to grab your helmet and tranquilizer guns – this is a mad dash of a more intellectual manner. The Stoos Network, a Swedish brain trust of senior executives and business strategists, will come to the Valley for a two-day…
Comedian Adam Carolla doesn’t give a rat’s ass who he offends. The former Loveline co-host and Guinness record-holding podcaster has publicly blasted gay parents, called the Occupy Wall Streeters “self-entitled morons,” and, more recently, criticized his female counterparts. “The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is…
The typical American suffers from a short attention span. The DOXITA documentary film festival caters to that malady. No film in the annual roundup is more than 22 minutes long, so about the time that interest wanes, the short wraps. And, per organizers, each movie is selected to spotlight something…
It’s a well-known fact that overly theatrical world of professional wrestling is scripted and the winners of matches are pre-determined. But despite what you may think, it’s not completely fake. Just ask the superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment, who occasionally employ real blows against their foes when doing battle in…
We were promised hoverboards. To counter the distinct lack of gravity-defying personal transportation (c’mon, scientists, get on it), there are droves of concrete-cracking warriors that work to warp their surroundings with the ballsiest of skateboard tricks. In this weekend’s Street League DC Pro Tour, 24 of the coolest cats compete…
Lee Davis is on a mission to create approachable conceptual art. The local painter writes that he’s always had an appreciation for flora, fauna, and their habitats, and when his parents talked him out of becoming a paleontologist because of a potentially low salary, he decided to go to school…
A zealous gumbo of regionalism, magical realism, post-Katrina allegory, myth, and ecological parable, Beasts of the Southern Wild, the southern Louisiana-set debut feature of 29-year-old Benh Zeitlin, rests, often cloyingly, on the tiny shoulders of Quvenzhané Wallis. Her character, Hushpuppy, the film’s 6-year-old (also Wallis’ age during filming) protagonist and…
Never underestimate the power of a playwright’s imagination. Absurdist author Arthur Adamov was inspired by dreams, while a grungy dumpster-diver stoked the creative fires for modern writer Jessica Hagedorn. Fledgling local playwright Maxx Carlisle-King’s The Emerald Lounge’s Rihannon grew out of a game he played when he was a child…
