So Far, So Good
Jewish tradition holds that you don’t have a baby shower until after the baby is born. So when my new neighbors proposed a baby shower before my daughter’s birth, I paused.
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The Rock Gods
Anyone faced with the possibility of imminent death may cling to an irrational belief — something that’s expected to control the one thing they have no control over: luck.
Something About Mary
Celestial beams of green, orange, and yellow light would fan out from behind the tall, bronze figure of the Virgin Mother on the church’s altar, and the statue would take human form.
Judge Sides with Phoenix Chinese Cultural Center Preservationists
But this isn’t the end of the fight.
Expect to See a Lotta Fortoul Brothers Art at Lost Lake Festival
The duo will headline the festival’s arts lineup.
20 Best Things to Do This Week in Metro Phoenix
Featuring Pumpkin Days, Pancakes and Booze, and Dog Yoga
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Fiat Lux Gallery Coming Soon to Downtown Scottsdale
Here’s what to expect at the first show — featuring Bob Carey.
The 10 Hottest Halloween Costume Trends of 2017
Show us what you’ve got.
Free Things to Do This Week: Star Trek Trivia, Bikini Boogaloo, “Tension and Territory”
No money, no problem.
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Here’s Every Guest Coming to Phoenix Fan Fest 2017
Celebs, pro wrestlers, cosplayers, and comic book artists.
Comedian and Internet Hoaxster Paul Horner Has Died
Update: MCSO is investigating the death as a possible accidental overdose.
Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher on the Punk Rock Act of Getting Onstage
The comedians are coming to Crescent Ballroom.
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Best Things to Do This Weekend: Ballet Under the Stars, Spice World, Coronado Art Show
Your weekend plans are here.
WTF Is Going on With the 2017 Mayor’s Arts Awards?
How distinguished can someone’s work be if people who closely follow the Valley arts scene have never heard of them?
Ace Comic Con Is Coming to Glendale — Here’s What We Know
For starters, it’s got some major names behind it.
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How Arizona Artists Are Using Quilts in the Border Debate
“With art we’re not directly confronting people, but we can reach them on a very visceral level…”
Don’t Miss Más — The Play About Tucson’s Ethnic Studies Ban
Here’s the story behind the play by Milta Ortiz.
That Stolen Jesse Perry Painting Was Returned to Bitter & Twisted
Here’s what happened.
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Trophy Dares You to Look at the Fates of Animals Born to be Hunted
One of the more welcome developments of recent years in independent films and documentaries has been the swing away from rough, handheld aesthetics — which dominated the early 2000s — toward a more elegant, cinematically sophisticated approach. The verite style is usually coded as authentic and immediate, but it can…
Mike White’s Brad’s Status Makes a Comic Horror Show of Disappointment
Mike White’s father-and-son college-trip comedy-drama Brad’s Status is legitimately more frightening than anything in It. Quite aside from the fact that real life is always scarier than monsters from the beyond, the writer-director’s deep understanding of envy, entitlement and embarrassment has never been more nightmarishly effective. But don’t expect one…
Stronger Powerfully Captures a Boston Hero’s Reliance but Whiffs at Everyday Life
There’s no delicate way to say this, so I’ll just spit it out. I spent the first 10 minutes of Stronger, David Gordon Green’s eventually potent drama of trauma and recovery, trying to work out whether star Jake Gyllenhaal was intending to suggest that the real-life Bostonian at the story’s…
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Stone and Carell are Ace, but Battle of the Sexes Too Often Faults
In Battle of the Sexes, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ film rehashing the most infamous tennis match in modern history, Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) must brawl with the coed United States Tennis Association for equal pay as she comes to terms with her attraction to women and what might be…