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. Are you searching for a stand-out man but feeling like you end up dating the same…
North Phoenix will soon find a lot more to laugh about. At least, that’s the goal of local comedians Sidney Smith and Jamie Camire as they take their knack for making people chuckle all the way to Interstate 17 and Union Hills to open up the all new comedy club,…
Phoenix native Zach Bootz knows that the way men dress in Phoenix is very much restricted by the state’s weather. “It’s easy to dress well here,” says Bootz, “but a lot of people wear boat shoes and boring shorts and Ts because of the heat.” The 23-year-old has put his…
Adam Sackler, Dark Lord of the Sith? It’s one of the first things that sprung to mind when the much-anticipated cast list for the fanatically awaited Star Wars: Episode VII was revealed Tuesday, April 29, and included Girls actor Adam Driver among the new arrivals to that galaxy far, far…
Next weekend, fiction nerds will be taking their noses out of their books and into the convention arena as the Phoenix Marriott Mesa hosts LepreCon 40: 50 Shades of Green. The annual sci-fi and fantasy convention brings together special genres of art and literature and is going all out this…
A Phoenix-based Uber driver shares stories from behind the wheel. Two jobs, two sons, and a husband was not enough. I was in a rut and feeling bleh. After running into a childhood friend one day, she put the Uber bee in my bonnet and I was hooked. I have…
Have a good idea for the community but need plenty more funds to get it up and running? Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art can help with that. Submissions for the 2014 Good N’ Plenty Artists Award are open now through Friday, August 1, and we’ve got a strong feeling this…
We are proud to present the recipients of the New Times’ 2014 Big Brain Awards. The five winners were announced and each received $500 to further their creative endeavors at Artopia on Friday, April 25, at Bentley Projects…
Free People fans looking for a summery fashion fix, soon you’ll be able to get one in Chandler. The boho-chic brand, which has two locations in Scottsdale, opens a third Valley shop at Chandler Fashion Center on Friday, April 25. And there will be an appropriately stylish soiree to celebrate…
There’s only a month and change left until Phoenix Comicon and the event’s schedule is already packed wall-to-wall with cult heroes, major names, and special guests. But that’s not stopping organizers from dropping a few more living legends into the mix. And one of their most recent additions is pretty…
In honor of the fifth annual Big Brain Awards, New Times is recognizing five Urban Legends, established creative pioneers who have made Phoenix a better, cooler place. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will…
Get ready to mix and mingle with some of the Valley’s most compelling up-and-coming creatives in the fields of performing art, culinary art, visual art, design, and urban vision at New Times’ Artopia on Friday, April 25, at Bentley Projects. Those creatives? They’re the 2014 Big Brain Award finalists. We’ve…
Well, we’ve got some good news and some great news. The good news is that Game CoLab, the independent co-working organization dedicated to developing the local gaming community, has just received a good chunk of change: a one-time $33,798 grant from the City of Phoenix, plus a $4,000 grant from…
When Ayo Skeete was 10 years old, she had a make-your-own-jewelry birthday party. When she was in middle school, she made her own jewelry and sold it. In college, she began making pieces she loved and sold them in her very own Etsy shop, Ayo Femi Jewelry. At 25, the…
In honor of the fifth annual Big Brain Awards, New Times is recognizing five Urban Legends, established creative pioneers who have made Phoenix a better, cooler place. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will…
Between the pool parties, the creative mingling, and the growing bike community, we can totally understand why Phoenix is a great place for Millennials. Now, as if those weren’t enough, Time magazine has just given up-and-comers another reason make a trip to the Valley of the Sun: jobs…
After Pepper boutique owner Cathy Beach completed her master’s in clinical psychology in California, she began a career in fashion merchandising. She’s done everything from working as designer Rachel Pally’s assistant to overseeing visual display for Bloomingdale’s and Free People stores along the West Coast. She had just begun developing…
In honor of the fifth annual Big Brain Awards, New Times is recognizing five Urban Legends, established creative pioneers who have made Phoenix a better, cooler place. Leading up to the Big Brain Award announcement and Artopia on April 25, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will…
She fed you, bathed you, and clothed you. She dried your tears, kissed skinned knees, and changed your diaper. And don’t you forget it. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11, and gone are the days when a card colored outside the lines will cut it. Yes, pedicures are pretty, and…
Just because the temperature’s rising doesn’t mean your art career can’t rise with it. Rather than let your art supplies melt and separate in the garage this summer, Practical Art is encouraging local artists to put their tools and talents to good use by entering work into the third annual…
Everyone we love on Game of Thrones dies. Well, actually, pretty much everyone dies on the show regardless. Some of the hurt of losing beloved characters is lessened by the way George R. R. Martin crafts his bad to the bone villains, making their eventual demise that much more satisfying…
Fewer baby humans means more baby animals. Stay with us; it’s going somewhere. On Tuesday, April 22 (yes, Earth Day), recycled clothing retailers Well Suited will team up with the Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based nonprofit that advocates for endangered animals, to hand out free Endangered Species Condoms to…
