Since there’s really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week Jackalope Ranch brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe. This week: Grapefruit Infused Basil Gimlet at Chelsea’s Kitchen Chelsea’s Kitchen is just the type of “roadhouse” you’d…
From the second-story patio of Phoenix College’s art building in downtown Phoenix, photographer Bob Carey can point to the hospital where he was born, the neighborhood where he grew up, and the three or four houses he lived in after high school and university. The Phoenix native moved to New…
For the special release of the (not-so) critically acclaimed song book Rolling Words by rapper Snoop Dog, San Francisco agency Pereira & O’Dell created a smokable version. Yes, you can officially smoke this book. The binding doubles as a strikeable match surface and each perforated, hemp-seed page can be torn out and…
Here’s the thing about American film ratings systems: They’ve never been particularly consistent or logical. Consider Kate Winslet’s breasts, which will be revisiting a theatre near you beginning this week in James Cameron’s 3D reinvention of Titanic. Access to a teenage audience (of the sort who could best appreciate Leonardo…
Shine up those spectacles, aspiring poindexters, because there are plenty of ways to up your I.Q. in April. Here are five lectures that will fit the brainy bill. 5. From the Big Bang to Big Brains @ Changing Hands Hubble Space Telescope astronomer Jeff Hester hosts a two-hour discussion about…
Watch any 11-minute episode of Adult Swim’s warped, experimental sketch series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and then try to explain what Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim — the show’s stars and creative engine — do for a living. “‘Comedians’ never seems the right word for it, does…
In the canon of teenage girl flicks, we’d say there are two seminal cinematic experiences. There’s Tina Fey’s Mean Girls. And there’s its predecessor: Amy Heckerling’s Clueless. Copies of both sit on our movie shelves. And both have spun around in our DVD players and laptops more than any other…
There’s an annoying tendency amongst dark horse teams in Major League Baseball that tends to vex their fans to no end. Losing clubs will transform virtually overnight into hard-charging contenders and experience a Cinderella-like season, only to collapse and settle back into mediocrity the next year. With any luck, this…
It’s an age-old tale. A young creative type gets his start in the desert, and, upon gaining a little cred, splits for literal greener pastures: Portland, Los Angeles, and New York. The less familiar story is one that involves innovators staying here – even moving here – and finding success…
Normally kids get to have all of the fun on Easter, namely with hunting for eggs and munching on candy. But Provocatease’s Easter-themed performance will ensure that grown-ups have some fun leading up to the holy day. We’re All Going To Hell explores the seven deadly sins through burlesque, belly…
Doesn’t it seem ironic that so many of these surprisingly popular adventure challenges and obstacle courses include large doses of mud, uh, in the desert? Natural hazards such as heat, sun, prickly things, poisonous creatures, rocky and unforgiving terrain all make sense given the environment. But mud in the desert…
They don’t crown just anyone a King of Comedy — the throne must be earned through years of making people laugh. From his roles in hit films such as Barbershop, Be Cool, Johnson Family Vacation, and Madagascar to the stand-up documented in The Original Kings of Comedy that started it…
When the Phoenix Suns hosted the Los Angeles Lakers last February, the Suns had nothing to play for but pride. The Suns weren’t scoring quite as well as they used to and, consequently, they weren’t winning nearly as often as they used to. The Suns managed to beat the Lakers…
A hardcore mountain biker friend watched with us as dancers hurl themselves about in a video of Australian dance company Chunky Move’s Connected. “No way would I try that,” says the guy who hurls himself off rock ledges and navigates boulder fields on a bike. Yet the troupe has navigated…
Typical geek gatherings of the convention type feature guest panels and demonstrations, but LepreCon 38 will go frat-tastic by adding a toga party into the mix of science fiction, fantasy. Highlighting the art of mystical worlds far beyond ours, the con fittingly features special guests such as comic book artist…
Kristine Flaherty is a white suburbanite female who holds two undergraduate degrees from Stanford. She’s also K. Flay, an acclaimed up-and-coming hip-hop star. Given that her background is about as urban as a Bob Ross painting, Flay’s success in the sometimes misogynistic world of hip-hop epitomizes unlikeliness. Initially delving into…
Before audiobooks, before books of any kind, we humans delighted in the oral tradition — of storytelling, that is. (Other delights are, shall we say, another story.) And we still revel in a well-told tale passed through generations and across cultures. South Mountain Community College is the only Arizona school…
Isabel Allende’s trippy, political, multigenerational 1982 novel The House of the Spirits is a good match for the highly visual, dreamlike, multimedia aesthetic of ASU Theatre and Film professor Rachel Bowditch, who directs a stage adaptation of the book that runs through Sunday, April 15. The passionate strength of the…
Coming up with answers to life’s big questions is daunting. What if you make the wrong decision? What if Satan were the hero and God the villain? That’s the premise of The Devil’s Carnival, the latest film project from the creators of Repo! The Genetic Opera. “It’s the same type…
ASU’s Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory (PURL) kicks off its first Phoenix Urban Design Week on Monday, April 9, at 6 p.m. Through lectures and panel discussions featuring local historians, writers, and architects, Sloane McFarland’s sculpture installation “Signband,” and a screening of the decade-old documentary Making Sense of Place – Phoenix:…
Jessica Joslin has a good eye for detail and a great eye for treasure. The Chicago-based artist creates and recreates skeletal characters from bone, antique hardware, leather, and glass, adding bits of personality that bring each to life. “These are clearly not creatures that have lived out the biological or…
Although any fashion fiend worth her salt wouldn’t dare get them wet, the new and historic items of clothing exhibited in “The Sea” were inspired by bodies of water and nautical themes. The breadth of the collection, which is on view in the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery through Sunday includes…
