Documentary spoof of evolutionary dunderheads by marine biologist turned Hollywood filmmaker Randy Olson, who will be present for the screening and a discussion. Wed., Feb. 4, 5:30-8 p.m., 2009…
They labored in isolation in Prescott, yet the work that Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer created in the middle of the 20th century has gone on to international acclaim. The three self-taught photographers, toiling together in solitude, began the transformation of classic mid-century photography from flat journalism into…
Recent studies show that cave paintings took up to 20,000 years to complete, with later generations adding to the original pictures. Iconic ’80s pop artist and AIDS activist Keith Haring took his cue from prehistoric man, making chalk “cave paintings” of crawling babies on blank New York subway ad signs…
Recent studies show that cave paintings took up to 20,000 years to complete, with later generations adding to the original pictures. Iconic ’80s pop artist and AIDS activist Keith Haring took his cue from prehistoric man, making chalk “cave paintings” of crawling babies on blank New York subway ad signs…
Generally speaking, we frown on guided hikes. The Sonoran Desert is not the Louvre, and true hikers hardly need to have someone spell out its (fairly obvious) magnificence. The extraordinary exception is the Elephant Mountain Fortress Hike. The relatively difficult seven-miler takes participants into the park’s achingly beautiful backcountry for…
The three-mile, Year of the Ox trek on the Baseline Trail features info about the Chinese zodiac, the history of the Chinese people in Arizona, and a pre-hike Chinese Moon Cake tasting. Fri., Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-noon, 2009…
The 1.6-miler ventures to the largest concentration of Hohokam/Yavapai petroglyphs in the Valley. Fri., Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-noon, 2009…
The Torch Theatre puts on this high-octane improv duel featuing three-person comedy teams from all over the Valley competing against one another. Fri., Jan. 30, 7 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 31, 8 p.m., 2009…
Artist Linda Connor, an ex-pupil of famed shutterbugs Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer, talks about how these three heavy-hitting photographers — whose work is currently on display in the “At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer” exhibit at SMoCA — influenced her art. Sun., Feb. 1,…
Joel Davis – a.k.a. DJ Epidemic – has some mighty clackers. Whether you consider Dolly Parton camp personified or a bumpkin genius, it takes a lead-covered set for a quasi-underground jock to banner his MySpace page with a funked-up remix of Dolly’s “Joleen.” But the DJ’s “Joleen Epidemic Edit” is…
What do Halloween, sweaters, and studying abroad have in common? They are, according to author and social commentator Christian Lander, “stuff white people like.” Lander’s blog of the same name (stuffwhitepeoplelike.com) launched a mini-revolution on the Internet by satirizing the interests of “left-leaning, city-dwelling white folk” who like ugly-sweater parties,…
As long as human beings have mouths, no secret is safe. Think of all the things you know that you really shouldn’t. In high school, you knew which boys were uncircumcised. In college, you found out about the girl who had the giant bush. How do you know all this?…
The museum’s senior curator and interim director discusses artist Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s new “Breathing Is Free 12,756.3” exhibition. (The artist is pictured.) Fri., Jan. 30, 11 a.m., 2009…
Meet members of the Cafe Justo coffee-growing collective, which grows, harvests, and markets Arabica “in a spirit of justice,” at this celebration of Mexican food and culture. Sat., Jan. 31, 5-8 p.m., 2009…
Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum hasn’t been “The Madhouse on McDowell” since the Phoenix Suns outgrew it in 1992. What better league to kick back open the cuckoo’s nest than the hip-swaying, trigger-tempered Arizona Derby Dames, who’ve moved into the cavernous Vet after selling out all of their games last season at…
A boy is locked in a closet. We never learn his name, but as we watch John Caswell Jr.’s Closet.Drama: A Homo/Hetero Collision unfold, we learn a little about him: He is struggling with his sexuality. He’s acquainted with the Reverend Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, and…
Murder. Scandal. Black-ops. Military profiteering. Fraud. Bribery. Beltway blackmail. Hmmm, you’d think author Len Downie Jr. had written a secret history of the past two presidential administrations in his debut novel, The Rules of the Game. In a way, he has. The gripping read is an end product of the…
Michelangelo took four years to complete his Sistine Chapel ceiling. Convicted forger A. Schiller supposedly went blind etching The Lord’s Prayer on the head of a gold pin. Artist Henry Leo Schoebel may not be crazy enough to undertake either task, but his paintings’ mathematically plotted circles and lines are…
For those of you who grew up in the 1990s and were fans of cheapo martial arts movies, you probably still haven’t forgiven Jean-Claude Van Damme for not having illegitimately fathered you. It’s about time you let the wounds heal, and a good place to start is a screening of…
Linda Connor, Mudra Mindroling Monastery, Tibet 1993I have to hand it to photographers…and not just because I get paid to.Honestly, I don’t have a mind for what they do. I took one photography class when I was 17 and ended up dropping halfway through the semester. It’s the process that…
Ever since the Aquarium opened at Wildlife World Zoo, I’ve been dying to go. Yes, as of last month, Phoenix has an Aquarium! Like a real city! Through the oh-so-fab “crappy coupon booket o’ the week” I get delivered to my doorstep, I had a coupon good for $3 off…
“Diane took it really hard today,” the clerk said, bagging up the purchases of the last customer of the day, yesterday afternoon, at Diane Ribbon & Notion, a craft supply warehouse favored by Phoenix artists and the latest casualty of what economists are struggling to name, but for these purposes…
