While it’s easy to fire up Netflix and hole up to satisfy your entertainment cravings, there are some classics that deserve to be experienced on the big screen in a crowd of eager movie hounds. Stanley Kubrick’s impeccable horror film, The Shining, is one of them and it spills across…
Traipsing about in a flowing frock after partaking of a drink or two is a potentially hazardous endeavor. For proof, look no further than Jennifer Lawrence’s much-ballyhooed inebriated tumble in a Dior gown while racing to claim her gold statue at the Oscars.It’s something that those participating in this year’s…
To those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick’s Day is a time of spiritual renewal and prayer for missionaries across the world. How dull.We’d like to think that St. Patrick, the guy who brought Christianity to Ireland, would much prefer his namesake holiday involved a party, starting with the…
The ultra-popular neighborhood bar in Tempe will once again be putting on a grand Saint Patty’s Day party on Sunday, March 17, that will take place both inside the historic establishment and outside on the patio and extended premesis. Corned beef and cabbage specials will be available all day, as…
While it’s easy to get your antiquing on in just about any Valley ‘hood, it sort of sucks that there’s no be-all, end-all shopping mecca for vintage hunters. Lucky for those on the prowl for old goodies, this weekend there’s a massive market open at Thunderbird Plaza, 13802 North Scottsdale…
A majority of your life is fraught with stifled creativity. At work, your boss doesn’t want you to draw dinosaurs in the margins of your meeting notes. At home, your kids want nothing but plain ol’ cheese pizza. Luckily, you’re not alone. There are plenty of people just like you…
Reeling from life’s complexity, we ponder our place in time. Should more than just our coffee table be vintage? In Jordan Harrison’s Maple and Vine, a burnt-out Manhattan couple gets a chance to find out in the Society of Dynamic Obsolescence, a band of re-enactors that’s created a town way…
In a recent interview with USA Today, former Phoenix Sun Steve Nash made it clear that he has no regrets about moving to L.A. The two-time MVP went on to suggest that he could’ve stayed in Phoenix, but would have likely missed the playoffs again. Newsflash, Captain Canada: The Lakers…
Baseball is the most predictable team sport ever invented. A clever statistician can predict — with surprising accuracy — how many wins your team’s big off-season acquisition will bring to the table. Sadly, the better people get at modeling baseball, the more the sport becomes an exercise in determinism. The…
We’ve been known to marathon reality shows like Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, and American Pickers because it’s fascinating to see what people are willing to spend big money on: Hot Wheels wrapped in plastic, golf clubs, and weird old swords. It’s more fascinating yet when these bidders hawkishly home in…
Watching Robin Williams and Nathan Lane portray a gay couple attempting to act straight to impress their son’s fiancée’s parents in The Birdcage is pretty hilarious. Lane’s drag queen alter ego Starina is as poignant and memorable as his girlish scream. Tempting as it is to burst into a chorus…
The only thing better than a few of your favorite things is a few of your favorite things in a mash-up. The term has its roots in music, video, and visual art and has been around since the Dadas introduced the art of combining unrelated images and texts (usually by…
Hey, Veronica Mars fans, looks like you’re getting a movie. The teen-noir starring Kristen Bell kicked off in 2004 but was canceled in 2007. Ever since, Bell and creator Rob Thomas promised disappointed fans that they’d try to shoot a movie. Warner Brothers executives (who own rights to the Mars…
Arizona Spa Week is around the corner and the annual collection of $50 treatments were announced this week. On the list are signature massages, skin treatments, and facials at some of the best spas in town, but if you want the hottest treatment on the market, you’re going to have…
Comedian and actor Paul Reiser has starred in a wealth of roles over the course of his two decades in showbiz. Fans of NBC’s “Must See TV” era will, of course, remember him for the seven seasons he spent as the neurotic Paul Buchman with Helen Hunt on Mad About…
Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: We dig all the offerings from Phoenix-based home goods company Handmade Riot, run by James Waldron and former New Times contributor Nicole Whittington. But with the Lakers making…
Plenty of tourists are in town for Spring Training — your aunts, uncles and boyfriend’s parents included — who are often far too excited to see the sun (and faded from a few pre-game pitchers) to make any trips to local attractions. But it’s nice outside, baseball games don’t run…
This morning NASA released data collected by the Curiosity Rover, which landed on Mars in August 2012, supporting the possibility of ancient life on Mars “A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment,” writes Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program…
It’s never a bad time for a day at the spa. How we envy those who slip away during the week (or the weekend) to get a massage or a skin treatment . . . But this April, Spa Week is pulling together a collection of Arizona spas that are…
With government funding for the arts on the continuing decline and humanities programs facing harsher and harsher scrutiny, public defense of arts and culture is, perhaps, more important than ever. (But hey, you’re reading an arts and culture blog, so clearly it’s not all doom and destruction on the arts…
Gigi Arredondo has been working in the industry for nearly a decade as a hair stylist, makeup artist, and beauty consultant in Old Town Scottsdale. She’s constantly learning, trend-hunting, and shopping — all with access to beauty products not available to the public. And she’s here to share the good,…
The back room of Scottsdale’s Lisa Sette Gallery has been transformed into something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Inky black walls create a mysterious cave-like effect, the perfect foil for the gleaming bronze sculptures sitting atop jet-black pedestals of multimedia artist Siri Devi Khandavilli. At first glance, they…
