From punk art shows to theater picks and comedy festivals, here are Jackalope Ranch’s top picks for things to do in and around Phoenix this weekend. “We Got Power!” @ Modified Arts Southern California in the 1980s was a crazy time and place for the region’s hardcord punk milieu. In…
The galleries of Roosevelt Row are certainly no strangers to showing off artsy nude photography. As a matter of fact, stylishly rendered pictures of the naked form have been a regular part the downtown Phoenix art scene mix, whether its scandalous shots leaving little to the imagination or more elegant…
In honor of National Yoga Month, we’re sitting down with some of the Valley’s favorite instructors to find out how they first got involved in yoga, how it changed their life, and why they believe everybody should incorporate yoga in their lives. Danielle Campagna-Withycome (she just celebrated her one-year wedding…
Ben Saunders is ready to get into a fight this weekend. More than ready, in fact. The mixed martial artist is scheduled to face off against fellow welterweight combatant Douglas Lima during the headlining bout of the nationally televised Bellator MMA event on Friday night at Grand Canyon University Arena…
Best of Phoenix hits newsstands Sept. 26. In conjunction with this year’s Vintage Phoenix theme, New Times is collaborating with R. Pela Contemporary Art to present “Hot Plate!” It’s an exhibition of one-of-a-kind, Phoenix-inspired commemorative plates made by local artists. Leading up to the show’s Oct. 4 opening, we’re profiling…
The setup: Alice Childress was a pioneering African-American stage actress of the mid-20th century who also wrote several plays and the well-known young adult novel and film, A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich. Her play Wedding Band, which features an interracial relationship in South Carolina during World War I,…
Home ownership is a big step. Made even bigger by the fact that you have to wade through an online shitpile of vague, misleading, and too often disappointing in-person pads before finding the right one. But if there’s one silver lining to your real estate woes, it’s knowing that others…
Grab your day planner and get a pencil, because your fall season is about to be booked. As the heat dies down, the Valley livens up with festivals, shows, holiday entertainment, and more. Since there’s so much to do and only so little time to do it, Jackalope Ranch presents…
When Herberger Theater Center’s art gallery canceled the group exhibition “Prime Example” less than a week before the show was set to open at the theater’s gallery, the arts community cried foul. Although it took a few days for all the details to come out, it’s clear that the show…
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson and Michael Sheen as William MastersIn 1957, the same year that The Ed Sullivan Show refused to shoot Elvis below the waist, a gynecologist and a former nightclub singer began hooking strangers up to electrodes and asking them to fuck in the name of science…
The setup: The traditional info about source material or theater history will not do justice to the extravagant stage musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. So, to build the necessary foundation, here’s some trivia not included in the press packet: It’s allegedly just one of those show-biz coincidences that the…
Best of Phoenix hits newsstands Sept. 26. In conjunction with this year’s Vintage Phoenix theme, New Times is collaborating with R. Pela Contemporary Art to present “Hot Plate!” It’s an exhibition of one-of-a-kind, Phoenix-inspired commemorative plates made by local artists. Leading up to the show’s Oct. 4 opening, we’re profiling…
The new entranceway to Camelback Mountain’s Echo Canyon Trail won’t be finished in time for a planned November 30 opening, a Phoenix official said on Tuesday. The city had previously announced a “firm” date for the re-opening of the trailhead, which has been closed since January 28 for the $5…
If you happened to be one of the record breaking 6.4 million viewers that watched Breaking Bad last Sunday, chances are you tossed and turned your way into a disheveled state by Monday morning. Between the unforeseen plot twists, heart-stopping cliff hangers, and the looming fact that the story of…
“If they made a movie, Holden wouldn’t like it,” Martin Sheen opines deep into the new documentary Salinger. He’s speaking of the possibility of a film adaptation of The Catcher in the Rye, a disastrous idea that J.D. Salinger prevented in both life and death. Sheen could be talking about…
Forbidden fruit has never seemed more poisonous than in Thanks for Sharing, a remarkably sensitive and surprisingly romantic ensemble drama about sex addiction. A winsome mix of funny, harrowing, and smart, it’s most commendable for making characters who are addicted to bad behavior — and who refuse to blame themselves…
If five Oscar nominees lose two young girls in the woods, will their wailing make a sound? That’s the key question of Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve’s prestigious puffery about a father (Hugh Jackman) and a cop (Jake Gyllenhaal) trying to catch a kidnapper. Prisoners is a dog-whistle for Academy voters keyed…
Written, produced, directed, and edited by Rena Riffel, who also reprises her role as Penny from the original Showgirls,Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven has been available on VOD for at least a year but now is being released on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing, thus conferring onto it the legitimacy…
Is it knit one, purl two? Or knit two, purl one? We really can’t remember, and if you’re anything like us (or if that “scarf” you started last winter looks more like a coat for an iPhone), local craft haven Frances has just the class for you. The knitting refresher…
Since 1996, Tempe-based beer house Four Peaks Brewery has been satisfying suds lovers with its collection of locally made beers. From timeless standbys like Kilt Lifer, the Scottish-style amber ale we know and love, to seasonal cult favorites like the Pumpkin Porter, Four Peaks beers have made this microbrewery’s reputation…
With their postseason aspirations fast becoming pipe dreams, the Arizona Diamondbacks find themselves in the disheartening position of having little left to play for other than their pride. Meanwhile, the Dodgers punched their ticket to the postseason a long time ago. Now they find themselves in the enviable position of…
While the rest of the country flirts with fall, Indian Summer is upon us, preventing Arizonans from leaving air conditioning until the cover of darkness — or at least the early evening.Ballet Arizona takes full advantage of these September “summer” nights with Ballet Under the Stars. For 16 years, thousands…
