If all goes as planned in the next 60 days, uptown Phoenix could get its own Changing Hands Bookstore. According to Cindy Dach, co-owner and general manager of the Tempe-based independent bookstore, an offer made by Jon Kitchell and Lorenzo Perez of Venue Projects was accepted for the long-gone Beef…
Between Friday the 13th and Tax Day next Tuesday, going into full-on isolationist mode might sound like the smartest way to spend the weekend. We have to disagree because there’s too much can’t-miss action going down this weekend: Karen Gravano has a book signing, Monsterland is reopening, and, in case…
Lori Cothrun expects a major crowd to show up at next week’s Survive The Hunger Games event at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange in Mesa. And with good reason, considering the rabid popularity of both the book (more than 17.5 million copies in the U.S.) and the blockbuster movie ($312 million and…
Most artists would be biting off more than they could chew with a solo exhibition titled “Heaven, Hell & the Earth,” but painter Yuko Yabuki seems to have it covered. The series, which will be unveiled tonight at downtown Phoenix’s OP-tic, is part retrospective, with pieces dating back from 2003…
Pin Up Girl is a weekly guide to all things Pinterest. Our resident pinner, Laura Gill, will take a look at some of the best eye candy from around the web, provide a few pointers on how-to crafts, and weigh in on weekly trends and highlight local and national pin fiends. As…
When mob heiress Karen Gravano was in her late teens, her father Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano, who was second in command in the Gambino crime family, became an FBI informant and fed juicy bits of mafia info to hungry agents that eventually took down boss John Gotti. And apart…
IWhile this weekend might be your last chance to enjoy the cool weather, it’s also time to start scoping out your go-to spots for when things really heat up. Pool hopping is as much of a summer sport in Phoenix as people watching in the air-conditioned shopping centers. So get out a notebook and…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: From Wyoma Films comes a trendy…
As followers of the social media flowchart, we’ve embraced photo-sharing iPhone and Android app, Instagram. Yes, we’ve shared photos our weekend reading lists, our street art sightings, our field trips to letterpress studios, and our dog in Easter bunny ears.But it’s time to come clean about a few things –…
The House of the Spirits, now at ASU’s Galvin Playhouse is based on Isabel Allende’s bestselling, first novel, and is a “splendid production” writes New Times contributor Robrt Pela, in this week’s stage review. Pela writes: On a single glorious set that fluidly shifts locations and time, a triumvirate of stunning…
It’s no one’s fault but my own (okay, and maybe that of the design of Actors Theatre’s promo poster below) that I’d really hoped Annie Baker’s Body Awareness would delve deeply into the topic of body acceptance even while being funny, moving, and well-acted. It doesn’t in particular. For example,…
Downtown Mesa will be invaded by an abundance of curious and colorful characters during Second Friday this weekend, and we aren’t talking about the usual assortment of funky steampunks or quirky artists that frequent the monthly event. Instead, we’re referring to all the werewolves, demons, succubi, horror movie icons, and…
The Bill of Rights Monument Project is not only a celebration of one of the United States’ most important values, it’s also affording Arizonans an opportunity to donate by attending the Phoenix Comedy Festival. On Sunday, May 13, comedians including Lewis Black, Bill Engvall, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dick Gregory, Kathleen Madigan,…
When you talk to Al Cappello, co-owner of Portapedal Bikes in Tempe, he’ll immediately sound like one of the most fervent bike advocates in town. But he has a distinct bone to pick with the two-wheeled traditionalists.”We have become servants to the big-wheeled, rigid framed bikes,” says Cappello.This comment would…
You have to hand it to the marketing team behind The Cabin in the Woods.No movie has had such a successful hush-hush campaign since 1992’s The Crying Game, when critics went so far as to eschew protocol in taking out all gender-specific pronouns (and leaving us to discover on our…
Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: During a visit to Tudela, Spain in 2011,…
Caridad Svich’s theatrical translation of Isabel Allende’s bestselling The House of the Spirits arrives on the stage as a mere shadow of its former self. Which isn’t to say that the production, now at ASU’s Galvin Playhouse, is anything other than praiseworthy. It’s just that there’s so very little left…
If the weekly Scottsdale ArtWalk isn’t on your radar, you’ll want to mark April 12 in your calendar. For one night, the ArtWalk will showcase glasswork by artists from around the state. Dubbed the Glass Act ArtWalk, the event is a result of collaboration between the Scottsdale Gallery Association and…
If artist biopics like Pollock and Vincente Minnelli’s Lust for Life taught us anything it’s that some artists are better left alone while engaged in their creative processes, lest one witness aggro meltdowns or aural mutilation. Director Sophia Fiennes left those notions by the wayside to observe the creative process…
Unless you count fake sports like horseshoes, slow-pitch softball is the most egalitarian of sports. In most other sports, success belongs to the people who have the most God-given talent. In the realm of slow-pitch, however, there’s a place on the field for everybody from highly trained athletes to completely…
Be warned: The Valley’s nightlife landscape is overflowing with vile creatures desperately in search of prey. Visit any bar or club around town and you’ll likely witness them hanging about in the dark corners: Aging dudes sporting comb-overs or tatted-up brosephs adorned in shiny shirts and reeking of Axe. Despicable…
State Bicycle Co. has teamed up with Red Bull to host the first-ever Midnight Crit — a fixie race that also serves as a qualifying round for Ride N Style invitational in San Francisco. Sat., April 14, 9:30 p.m., 2012…
