If there’s one thing that unites basically everyone between the ages of 21 and 40 — regardless of gender, color, or creed — it is the lingering regret that we pretty much all share for not appearing on a Nickelodeon game show at some point in our lives. No matter…
They told you it couldn’t be done. Back in the ’90s, when your hair was spiky and your clothing preferences included all-too baggy shirts and pants hanging off your butt (preferably simultaneously) they said you’d never make a living skating So you might as well devote to your life to…
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: The can is the ultimate in beer technology. Not only does aluminum completely keep out sunlight and oxygen — beer’s mortal enemies — but it’s also easier to ship and store, better for bringing on a hike or to the beach,…
It really is a mad, mad world. Kids pop hyperactivity pills like candy, while adults Facebook-post creepy serial killer drawings penciled while they were hopped up on sleep aids. Montreal’s 7 Fingers circus addresses insomnia, paranoia, amnesia and other mental conditions in PSY, on stage at Scottsdale Center for the…
Puerto Rican culture, including dance exhibitions and lessons, live salsa music by Orquesta Tabaco y Ron and Chino Espinoza y su Duenos de Son, and the boxing challenge corner — featuring a meet and greet with several Puerto Rican boxers — will be on display Sunday when the sixth annual…
Next week’s Phoenix Comicon is the premier event in the southwest for comic book nerds and pop culture enthusiasts. If you’re a fanboy or fangirl who can’t wait for the Memorial Day weekend geek-fiesta, the Pixel Art Show & Retro Video Game Trivia shindig at Bookmans, should whet your appetite…
Arizona’s hardest-working female playwrights prepare scripts for Arizona Women’s Theatre Company’s annual Pandora Festival of New Works, named for the Greek version of the very first woman, who, when she opened her, uh, box, released all the bad things to fly out into our world — except for Hope, which…
If the deepest ethical question you’ve dealt with today revolved around whether to pick up that penny or leave it for another passerby, perhaps you’re due for something more stimulating. If medical quandaries are of interest, give University of Arizona’s Science Cafe lecture series a go. On Monday, the school…
Belly dancer Ava Fleming knows a thing or two (or three) about shimmies and shakes. Named the Belly Dancer of the Universe, the performer presents an afternoon performance of traditional dances from Kuwait, Iraq, and Egypt. Tue., May 22, 1 p.m., 2012…
Clayton “The Klaw” Kershaw is a force to be reckoned with on the baseball diamond. The 24-year-old ace pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers has a chip on his shoulder, a Cy Young Award in his back pocket, and — to paraphrase Eastbound and Down’s Kenny Powers — an arm…
With all of the crazy talk about Mayan calendars of doom and the Zombie Apocalypse, people are forgetting about the real dangers of life: killer bees, space aliens, another Bush in the White House. But even anal probes and Jeb in the Veep seat pale in comparison to the strange…
In his third collaboration with director Larry Charles, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Admiral General Aladeen, the young, dumb dictator of fictional North African nation Wadiya. Under Aladeen’s rule, oil-producing, uranium-enriching Wadiya is a hostile threat to global peace and capitalism. And yet, Aladeen himself is so attracted to Western culture…
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that’s so utterly shameless that it achieves a certain grandeur. Peter Berg’s Battleship, which, I swear to God, is described in its Wikipedia entry as an “American science fiction action naval war film,” is one such movie. Over the past few…
Twentysomething Silver Lake couple Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) talk their way into an unnamed cult that meets in the basement of a San Fernando Valley split-level in the middle of the night to follow the teachings of the enigmatic Maggie (Brit Marling). A supposedly sickly yet ethereally…
Richard Linklater’s Bernie is the rarest of rarities: a truly unexpected film. It might be classified as a black comedy, for it deals with the murder of an 81-year-old woman in a fashion that is not exactly tragic. But unlike most movies that fall under that label, it never indulges…
Let your inner foodie loose on the Valley when Arizona Restaurant Week brings together more than 200 restaurants for a nine-day celebration of culinary cool. With prix-fixe three-course meals offered at noted eateries such as Binkley’s, 6920 East Cave Creek Road in Cave Creek, and Citizen Public House, 7111 East…
[jump] Live jazz, spoken word, performance art, and spontaneous readings from the audience will set the tone for honoring Hurston, one of the greatest Harlem Renaissance writers, this Thursday night. Project Humanities director Neal Lester says the idea for Vital Voices grew unexpectedly from a Facebook conversation between himself and…
As the Valley settles in for another summer and the triple digit temps are once again the norm, hydration re-emerges as the top health priority for area denizens. Without question, water is gold.Just because it gets warm does not mean that we stop being active. Aside from swimming, cycling is…
After alien invasions and Samuel L. Jackson appearances, time travel is the next best plot device Hollywood can inject into a film to maximize audience attendance.The latest example: Men In Black 3 (released next week — in 3D!), in which Will Smith goes back to the 1960’s to meet a…
Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: It’s no easy task to feel (or for that matter look) cute when you’re sweating buckets between drying out in hyper-air-conditioned buildings. Flushed faces, thighs sticking to seats,…
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. We’re talking painters, writers, sculptors, designers, architects…
You’ve seen it at Urban Outfitters, on Etsy, and just about anywhere else that banks on trends: Native American-inspired designs surging to fashion’s forefront. And often, those who dub their wares Native or give them a name associated with a tribe (see Urban’s “Navajo” undies) do so in direct violation…
