Sadly, there’s a lot of Phoenix neighborhoods where the sight of people frolicking in the mud would hardly garner a glance from passersby, but when the muddy mayhem goes down in a squeaky clean part of Scottsdale, the necks of passersby get downright rubbery. Consider yourself warned.On Saturday, June 8,…
Maybe you look to former reality star Lauren Conrad’s candy-sweet beauty blog, The Beauty Department, for help with your makeup and hair conundrums. But if we’re talking best beauty advice, none compares to that of straight-talking Aussie Tabatha Coffey.Coffey stars on Bravo’s Tabatha Takes Over, a show that features her…
Afghanistan is a touchy subject, but it’s what Khaled Hosseini does and does well. The bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns brings his newest work, And the Mountains Echoed, to the Valley this week for a book-signing and conversation about his oft-misunderstood home country.His third…
First place in the NL West. We don’t get to say that often, so let us repeat ourselves: As of this writing, the Arizona Diamondbacks are in first place in the NL West. Now, whether they can hold onto this position is another question entirely. The month of June should…
Fans of Brian Setzer Orchestra and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will be happy to know that it looks like swing dancing is due for a comeback. The Arizona Lindy Hop Society formed to create an outlet where new fans of this 1920s and ’30s vintage music and dance form could…
The Phoenix Art Museum invites you to work some culture into your Wednesday with a special screening of of the cult classic film Chelsea Girls. Co-directed by Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol, this underground experimental film takes a split-screen look at 12 vignettes shot in the historic Chelsea Hotel and…
If you could have dinner with anyone — well, he’s probably either dead or imaginary. (We get that. We dined with a real, live person yesterday.) Some of our most popular dead people are presidents, and not just folding green ones. Abraham Lincoln is timeless, and nobody can shut up…
Tossing cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard in the recycling bin each week is awesome, but really, you’ve got nothing on Marco Albarran and Jose Benavides. These local artists up the recycling ante by providing cast-off and discarded objects new lives as art. These works also offer the remaining traces of…
A video by the Dollar Shave Club that markets a new line of ass-wipes for men is going viral, but the product itself stinks. Sure, they’re peppermint-scented and will leave your butt literally as clean as a baby’s. They’ve got a somewhat manly name — “One Wipe Charlies,” and that…
Grab a sweater and your snack of choice, you’ve got some movies to see. Here are our top picks for flicks this June. Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector @ FilmBar No matter the niche, there’s almost always a following. Take, for instance, VHS. The entertainment…
It’s no secret that Phoenix tends to arrive to the LA and NYC trend parties a little on the tardy side. Lucky for downtown Phoenix residents, that isn’t the case when it comes to the latest big-city trend of bike share programs. New York recently launched its bike share service,…
If variety’s the spice of life, then a big-box gym rat’s existence must be oh-so bland. In fact, training yourself to a treadmill day in and day out is downright dull — especially when so many other options are available. Personalizing and diversifying a workout routine is easier than ever,…
Hello Kitty is approaching 40, which might be a little early for a mid-life crisis, but if cats really do have nine lives, now is as good a time as any for reinvention. Enter: Chola Kitty — a feline with spunk. This Friday, local artist Such Styles is unveiling his…
Listen up, vintage-loving Phoenicians, there’s a new kid on the block. Urban Restoration is now open in the heart of the Coronado District. At 2237 North 7th Street, it’s downtown Phoenix’s newest go-to spot for vintage and upcycled goods. See also: Ten Favorite Places to Window Shop in Metro Phoenix…
If you’re looking to flex your literal muscles or rev your figurative creative engines this summer, then you might as well do something that’s completely out of the ordinary. Luckily, Phoenix is home to places that offer captivating classes on topics and activities that you might never expect. Here are…
Have you ever taken a whiff of someone who’s been playing video games for that days straight? Did the combined odor of leftover pizza, Mountain Dew, and unwashed pit sweat make you wish you could bottle it into a fragrance and have it with you always? Yeah, we didn’t think…
After announcing the imminent closure of home décor emporium Hard Goods’ storefront on Central Avenue, owner and concrete artisan Brandon Gore shared that, instead of shuttering, the shop will relocate to an outpost inside Midcentury furniture store Modern Manor. Gore says he was approached by the Melrose District mainstay shortly…
Guess who. Arizona-based model Madison Brown is one of 25 finalists currently in the running to be clothing label Guess’ next official Guess Girl. The fashionable (and implicitly racy) title has been held famously by such celebs as Drew Barrymore, Claudia Schiffer, and Anna Nicole Smith. And it seems like…
Forget decorations and placecards, and bring some handmade creativity on your next party or gathering with unique letterpress napkins. Cindy Iverson of Letterpress Central in Chandler shows us how to spell out words, personalize table settings, and incorporate images onto ordinary napkins as an easy way to add some character…
With spring cleaning said and done and the endless summer upon us, now’s the time to refresh your newly cleaned space with a new look. Like anything trendy — food, fashion, phrases, and even pets — home décor has its share of fad pads. Plowing its way into the design…
So it turns out Google Glass has potential for more than just floating images of flight times, snapshots, and calendar schedules. The wearable computer with a head-mounted display, which is still in the developmental stages at Google, almost received it’s first porn app by MiKandi on Monday. An adult app…
Tabatha Coffey was born a to be a hair stylist. Her career as a salon guru with a no-nonsense reputation? That came later. Coffey evolved into a pop culture personality after appearing on Bravo’s hairdressing reality competition show Shear Genius. Fans loved the striking and stern Aussie so much that…
