Harkins Theatres announced on Tuesday, December 23, that it will show Seth Rogen’s The Interview at Tempe’s Valley Art starting on Christmas Day. That announcement follows Sony Pictures’ December 23 statement that the film will be available as a limited release at theaters across the country. The Interview has been…
Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson run down their ten favorite/best/top/whatever movies of 2014, along with Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl…
Thanks to the spirit of giving, we’re now in the spirit of saving. But just because our spending has been tapped out doesn’t mean we can’t still go out. This holiday season we’re taking advantage of all the no-cost happenings around town. From ugly sweater comedy shows to steampunk-themed calls…
Oh, 2014, parting is such sweet sorrow. That’s because it was a stellar year for art, dance, comedy, architecture, and all-around culture in metro Phoenix. In no particular order, these are the best things I saw…
Editor’s note: Harkins Theatres has announced that it will have a limited release of The Interview starting Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, at Tempe’s Valley Art. Sony assumed North Korea would hate the movie. The question was: What would it do? Pyongyang had just tested its atom bomb and threatened…
A relatively light crowd during December’s Third Friday meant more opportunities to get up close and personal with artworks normally surrounded by eager viewers. Some suspected protests in downtown Phoenix during this month’s First Friday left folks wary of hitting the downtown art scene, but there was nary a protester…
Hieronymus Bogs It seems everyone is all about the bundle package: your cable company, your insurance company, and of course, indie folk artist, Hieronymus Bogs. The experimental performer has made a name for himself on stage for combining poetry, music, and art as well as his own sense of fashion…
Let us explain: Kevin Hart’s coming to town. The comedian’s keeping plenty busy at the box office in Chris Rock’s Top Five and a string of upcoming releases, The Wedding Ringer, Get Hard, and Ride Along 2. And on Friday, January 30, he’s coming to a performing arts venue near…
They just don’t make them like they used to. And the ones they used to? They’re in different states of repair. While some old neighborhoods have fallen on hard times, there are other historic ‘hoods that are not only alive and well, but thriving. These home tour hotspots have kept…
The heavens dance. From the bottom of the world, where your eyes might freeze in your face, we see stars pulse against seams of luminous dust, all in slow and dizzying rotation. Then come the lights: Ribbons of green unspool and shimmer and whip across the sky, suggesting angels and…
Call it Stone Age materialism, but I still think movies are worth owning in physical forms you can hold, shelve, and collect, and therefore worth giving as gifts. Fuck the Cloud — who knows when Hulu will get sold to Google or when Netflix decides to narrow down its catalog…
Tania Katan is leaving Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The writer, performer, and erstwhile bingo hostess has been with the museum for about three years, working as its curator of performing arts to create events, including the mega-hit Lit Lounge, that engaged Valley dwellers in innovative ways and built an…
Early on Friday, December 19, Actors Theatre announced via press release that it will shutter after 29 years. “The simple truth is we’re out of money,” Actors Theatre board president Renee Gerstman says in the release…
A little of this, a little of that. It’s what we do this time of year — with food, spare time, and family gathered for the holidays. So we’ve picked five exhibitions that’ll help you explore the diversity of Arizona artists in some delightfully different settings. “Snoop” Halt Gallery, one…
“dos” Usually when someone turns two, it’s (somewhat) jokingly referred to as the Terrible Twos. Thankfully in Palabra Art Collective’s case, this does not seem to be the situation…
The funniest and most incisive show on television is ending this week — so let’s look back at how it began. On October 17, 2005, a power-suited Stephen Colbert furrowed his eyebrows and showed off highlights of his new set. Red letters above him shouted, “The Colbert Report.” The title…
Earlier this year, Phoenix New Times celebrated the cream of the crop with our 36th annual Best of Phoenix edition. Here are our top picks for shopping in metro Phoenix. Best Beauty Supply Store: Citrine Natural Beauty Bar Have you looked at the ingredients in your skincare products lately? How…
Take note if you’re keen on assuring the metro Phoenix art scene survives and thrives: Kids aren’t getting equal or adequate access to arts education. So says the analysis and recent report prepared by Quadrant Arts Education Research on behalf of the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Commission…
The first-ever Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest out at University of Phoenix Stadium this past weekend wasn’t what you’d call packed. Sure, it was definitely well-attended, very busy with patrons at certain points, and constantly filled with lively activity, but nowhere close to being the wall-to-wall chaotic hive of geeky humanity…
All dressed up and nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve? Consider any of the following options happening across the Valley on Wednesday, December 31, each of which will allow you to commemorate the final moments of 2014 in grand fashion. And there are plenty of events and affairs to…
All dressed up and nowhere to go on New Year’s Eve? Consider any of the following options happening across the Valley on Wednesday, December 31, each of which will allow you to commemorate the final moments of 2014 in grand fashion. And there are plenty of events and affairs to…
TV continued to unmoor from its origins and transform into something else this year. No longer tethered to a specific appliance, a particular kind of storytelling, or even commercial concerns, “television” now feels like an increasingly obsolete word. But that’s a discussion for another time, for we’ve come to celebrate…
