In this month of giving thanks, let’s take a moment and appreciate the movies that make us smile, make us cry, make us cheer, and make us laugh. If you’ll be traveling to see family or hosting them, there’s plenty to see this month that likely won’t even cause an…
If you’ve seen American Pickers, you’re probably familiar with Frank Fritz. He’s got a knack for finding awesome buried treasures in people’s junk-filled storage spaces, and his personality is impossible to not notice. He’s also coming to Tempe on Friday, November 6, for the third annual Salvage This!, which figures…
As one might expect, costumes were literally everywhere to be seen across the Valley over Halloween weekend – and people adorned themselves in all manner of getups for the occasion. Some were stylish and sexy while others ran the gamut from downright silly to flat-out scary. And there was no…
Susan Fritzler’s kids gave her a $55 gift card earlier this year, redeemable at the recently shuttered Palms Theatre. “They fully expected I could use the gift card for dinner or for a show,” Fritzler says. But before she had a chance to enjoy a revival of Kismet, Fritzler heard…
Of all the places in the cosmos, Neil deGrasse Tyson is coming to Phoenix. In addition to serving as America’s favorite astrophysicist, Tyson hosts the StarTalk podcast and presented Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. You probably also recognize him from guest appearances on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. Soon, he’ll take his…
Halloween can be an expensive holiday. The cost of costumes, candy, cocktails, and Uber rides home can be scarier than any horror movie you’ve seen. Give your bank account a rest, and check out these seven free events to help you recover from Halloweek 2015. Indoor Ping Pong Tournament You’ve…
Alliance Residential Company, a Phoenix-based firm that has previously developed mixed-use properties in metro Phoenix using the Broadstone brand, plans to build a multi-family residential complex in the heart of Roosevelt Row. It’s the latest in a slew of changes slated for the downtown Phoenix arts district. A preliminary site…
Spillers Storytelling events have been all the rage the last few years. Unlike many of these happenings that feature writers presenting pieces based on their own real-life experiences, the quarterly event, Spillers: Short Fiction and Tall Drinks features six wordsmiths performing edgy, 10-minute, short fiction stories for the crowd. If…
The leaves are changing, the winds are blowing a little cooler, and the smell of pumpkin and cinnamon is in the air. With that in mind, here are five great outdoor activities to celebrate the return of fall. Questival Scavenger Hunt Looking to experience a taste of adventure, Amazing Race…
Roosevelt Growhouse got a new look in late September as Carrie Marill, an artist represented by Lisa Sette Gallery, began painting a mural on a couple of its exterior walls. The mural, which Marill titled Hand Tools, features images of various items culled from Roosevelt Growhouse, which serves as community…
It’s a great time to be a nerd. We know people say that a lot, but consider it: Scientists are making incredible strides in space exploration, a new Star Wars trailer made everyone collectively lose it, and we live in a world where a human being can make a living…
Entirely too many comedians do jokes about only dating “crazy” people. You know, lines like “If I like you, it’s not a compliment. It’s a diagnosis.” No matter how many times I’ve seen it done, it’s always been a sentiment I can relate to. As many people could tell you,…
On Tuesday, October 27, Phoenix Spokes People announced the news on Facebook. “HUGE NEWS! We are thrilled to report that the City of Phoenix has been awarded a $10.3 million federal grant to improve the Grand Canal,” read the post. “Our canals are such an asset to our bicycling community,…
Pot is profitable. Whether intentional or not, that was the message behind the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo earlier this week. A few thousand people turned out for the inaugural event, held at the Phoenix Convention Center in the heart of downtown. The three-day experience hosted a career fair and…
Those who’ve grown accustomed to visiting Artisan Markets on the Scottsdale Waterfront on Thursday nights will have to change their Thursday night plans after November 12, which is the last Thursday night Artisan Markets is authorized by the City of Scottsdale to operate there. The City recently responded to an…
Phoenix Ghost Tours Opening as part of the nationwide Orpheum Circuit of theaters in 1929, Phoenix’s Orpheum saw its fair share of vaudeville performers and touring Broadway productions pass through. It seems inevitable that in its storied history that eerie creaking, bumps in the night, and other imprints of the…
Political drama has long been shaped by what we can call the conversion narrative. In a play like One Third of a Nation, one of the Living Newspaper extravaganzas mounted with New Deal funding by the Federal Theatre Project, an everyman Joe you just gotta root for tries to live…
David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis is a horror film wrapped in fast-talking political comedy. Watching Sandra Bullock, as ruthless campaign manager Jane, flog her uncharismatic candidate for Bolivia’s next president, I snickered at her knowing quips. Asked by an offscreen TV interviewer (the film’s awkward framing device) to…
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin is the Taiwanese director’s first foray into the martial arts genre. It may also be his most resplendent film yet: Watching it is like floating along on a sumptuous gold-and-lacquer cloud. Hou favorite Shu Qi (who also starred in Millennium Mambo and Three Times) plays Nie…
Before Anthony Bourdain published Kitchen Confidential, in 2000, mere mortals who simply eat in restaurants had little idea about the drinking, debauchery, and drug use rampant among the folks responsible for getting their fettuccine alfredo to the table. The book was eye-opening if true, and a rambunctious, vicarious pleasure even…
Sure, you can blame the aliens, the gophers, the monkeys, and the fridge. But even without all those, 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Harrumphing of the Whatsit likely wouldn’t have worked. Its director, you see, no longer finds it edifying to dream up new ways to kill America’s historical enemies…
For years now, developers have been working toward transforming the former Lexington Hotel in central Phoenix into a boutique art hotel. Finally, the project has a name and a semi-firm timeline. On October 26, Habitat Metro and Bond Partners announced that renovations will be completed in spring 2016 and the new…
