Check the calendar, guys: Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. If you’ve learned anything from past failures, then this year your dinner reservations already are made and plans are in place. Still not sure what to get her? We once knew a girl who got a life-size duct tape model of…
Every year, thousands of UFO enthusiasts, researchers, debunkers, and the simply curious arrive at the International UFO Congress in Fountain Hills. It’s the largest annual UFO conference in the country, originally founded in Laughlin, Nevada, before moving to the Phoenix area in 2011. Since then, the Congress has been organized…
Remember in college when all of your friends started playing Ultimate Frisbee? Well, it turns out some people are still way into it, as documented by the new, disc-infused web series The Break Side…
New Times photographers had a busy weekend. Did they snap your picture? First Friday in Downtown Phoenix, 2/7/14 First Friday was alive with music, street performers, and food trucks Friday night, February 7, in downtown Phoenix. In the name of art, people from all over the valley came out to…
Cupid’s big day lands on a weekend this year, so you can bet Valley hot spots and hangouts are going all out with chocolates, poetry, burlesque, and more. Whether you’re single, situated, or somewhere in between, there are plenty of reasons to be out and about this Valentine’s Day. Here…
South Mountain Community College invites literary buffs to perfect their storytelling craft with a weeklong series of events led by acclaimed storyteller, three-time Emmy Award winner, and Circle of Excellence Oracle Award winner Bobby Norfolk…
Phoenix artist Monica Aissa Martinez is among the American artists being considered for inclusion in the exhibition “State of the Art” at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, according to a recent New York Times piece. The show will feature works from 100 unsung artists from across…
It’s become clear after years of painstaking research and trial-and-error gift giving that Valentine’s Day is not nearly as important to men as it is to women. Still, we’re of the belief that it should be given ample thought. After all, just because V-Day isn’t a deal-breaker for your guy,…
The Science of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” at Arizona Science Center The world is full of strange things. Sometimes it’s natures way of telling you something’s wrong; other times societal traditions require, say, neck stretching. Some folks can’t help carving angels on the heads of a pins or building…
Welcome to the Phoenix Bucket List. Robrt Pela and Amy Silverman — two New Times contributors and longtime Phoenicians — have put together a list of 100 things to do in this city before you die. Each week we’re presenting another 10; in March we’ll wrap it all up in…
Believe it or not, there are things that instill more fear than Valentine’s Day. FearCon 2014, for instance. Formerly known at the Phoenix Fear Film Festival, FearCon screens the goriest and greatest of local, foreign, and independent horror films…
Most of us don’t have a spare Benjamin or two nowadays to drop on a fundraising gala, even for those causes dear to our hearts, even if it’s deductible at the end of the year. Also, it’s usually no picnic (literally) to nosh on banquet food or stand around in…
First Friday heats up tonight with creative works going up all over the city. Here are Jackalope Ranch’s top picks for shows and events not to miss this artful evening. “Onloaded” at Hot Box Gallery With funding from an ArtPlace America grant and support from Roosevelt Row CDC, Greg Esser…
Arizona-based film company Running Wild Films has completed its goal to shoot a film a week for one year. Now, Running Wild will screen the films at the 52 Films/52 Weeks Festival this weekend from Friday, February 7, through Sunday, February 9. The festival will be held at Mariscos Vuelve…
SMoCA Spring Opening at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Phoenix’s arty set let out a collective squeal when news broke in mid-January that Sara Cochran, former modern and contemporary art curator at Phoenix Art Museum, would take a new curatorial position in the Valley as Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art’s…
Art Detour is back on March 8 and 9. But before the event highlights downtown’s art digs, it’s kicking things off with a little party and the help of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton…
Phoenix resident and Oklahoma City native Jamie Pettis brings her portrait-centric collection of vibrantly colored art to Grand Avenue’s {9} The Gallery for an opening First Friday, February 7, from 7 to 11 p.m. She brings with her longtime OKC friend and fellow artist, Jack Fowler, whose work ranges from…
There are many reasons to be thankful for living in Arizona and a big chunk of them fall under spring. Between the great weather, influx of tourists, and an abundance of things to do, February through May is a time for serious celebration. And we’re not the only ones who…
The setup: Tracy Letts’ epic, relentlessly dismal yet moving and entertaining August: Osage County won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and came through Tempe on a national tour four years ago. Since then, Julia Roberts and Ewan McGregor have grown old enough to play middle-aged in the film version…
Courting Disaster is Jackalope Ranch’s weekly column of dating horror stories, observations, how-tos, and more by Katie Johnson. Names of ex-boyfriends, past hookups, and bad blind dates have been changed to protect the guilty. My first kiss was with a porn star. Let’s back up. He wasn’t a porn star…
Now in its second year, PhotoTapas is taking over our state for the month of February, offering a nice diverse sampling from the Arizona photo community. This year, the series is being overseen by Art Intersection in Gilbert, but events also will be held in Tucson and across the metro…
Great minds may think alike, but creatives ones are doing the community one better by teaming up to deliver more of what makes Grand Avenue so, well, grand…
