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| Grease/Vaselina Herberger Theater Center |
Sat., October 11, 2:00pm more dates/times |
Central Phoenix | |
Bru's Musical Theater presents Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's Spanish-language interpretation of the Broadway musical in conjunction with the ¡Viva el Arte! Latino Arts Festival. Okay, remind us again: How do you say "This car is Auto-matic. Its System-matic. Its Hyyyyydro-matic. Why, its... More >> |
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| The Cook Chandler Cinemas | Sat., October 11, 8:00pm | Chandler | |
Midnite Movie Mamacita presents the sorority-house-babes-on-the-chopping-block flick by Gregg Simon, which won the Most Kick-Ass Film Award at this year's Seattle True Independent Film Festival. More >> |
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| "Dia de los Plush" Opening Reception Red Hot Robot | Sat., October 11, 7:00pm-10:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
More than 20 plush artists pay homage to the Day of the Dead via variously cuddly and creepy, Tim Burtonesque-style works. Heidi Kenney's kickass Rosa and the Devil is pictured. More >> |
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| Diablo II Icehouse | Sat., October 11, 8:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
Santa, forgive us for saying this, but screw Christmas. In our opinion, Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year. And since the haunted holiday is just around the corner, there's gonna be plenty of scary soirees that we're going to be hanging out at over the next few weeks. First up on... More >> |
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| Hoodlums' Grand Opening Hoodlums New & Used Music | Sat., October 11, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Tempe | |
Imagine realizing a lifelong dream by opening your own indie business. Not only does it pay the bills, but it thrives for nearly a decade, becoming a much-needed alternative to the big-box stores. Life is good. Love is good. Then, just like that, its gone.
This... More >> |
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| Jumpin the Creek Freestyle Motocross Harold's Cave Creek Corral | Sat., October 11, 2:00pm-9:00pm | Cave Creek | |
The FMX blowout features big-air tricks by locals Thomas Alves and Chase Bradshaw as well as live music by Underwater, Knock-Out, and VW Trainwreck. Donations benefit Every Kid Counts. More >> |
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| Phoenix Old World Oktoberfest Margaret T. Hance Park | Sat., October 11, 10:00am-10:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
This annual blowout promises "a giant beer garden with buxom beer maidens serving Bavarian brews." There's lots of other stuff, too, but need we continue? More >> |
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| Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets (Outdoor Exhibition) Indian Wells Tennis Garden (California) | Sat., October 11, 7:00pm | California | |
This preseason game in the greater Palm Springs area of California pits Nash, Shaq and crew against AI, Carmelo and company under the open-air night sky. More >> |
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| The Academy Is... Marquee Theatre | Sat., October 11, 6:00pm | Tempe | |
MTV has a lot to answer for. Killing the radio star to forcefeed us hair bands in the Eighties. Re-imagining punk and grunge to be all those lousy bands that filled two entire CDs of Buzz Cuts in the Nineties. Inventing the reality show and in reality gutting music from the music channel in the... More >> |
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| Tour de Fat Tempe Town Lake | Sat., October 11, 10:00am-4:00pm | Tempe | |
Bikes, costumes, and a parade. What more could one ask for? How about beer, circus acts, and live music? Heck, yes. Tour de Fat has all of this covered, and Tempe has been chosen as one of the eleven cities to which the Tour will spread its cycling gospel.
Fats first commandment hails... More >> |
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| Arizona FetishBall Venue of Scottsdale | Sat., October 11, 8:00pm-2:00am | Central Scottsdale | |
One of our favorite movie quotes courtesy of the late-Chris Farley in Black Sheep, goes like this: A corn-fed harvest mouse, a hooker, a nun, a Flemish peasant woman, whips, chains, whistles yo-yos, a circus midget. Every time we think about it, we laugh (haha!) and then, for... More >> |
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| Phoenix Coyotes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Jobing.com Arena |
Sat., October 11, 7:00pm more dates/times |
Glendale | |
Want to become relevant in an oversaturated and distressing sports market? Win. Some. Freaking. Games. Already.
You can say what you want about the decision makers in the Phoenix Coyotes front office, but the teams struggle to be recognized and revered will eternally be an obstacle until... More >> |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition Arizona Science Center | Daily from Sat., June 7 until Sun., October 26, 10:00am-5:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
We're pretty sure that the prototypical fantasy geek and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis never imagined that his acclaimed children's series The Chronicles of Narnia would spawn something as scary-sounding as an "immersive marketing experience." So trust it to late capitalism to concoct such a... More >> |
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| Britney Spears for President Chyro Arts Venue |
Sat., October 11, 8:00pm more dates/times |
South Scottsdale | |
In a nutshell, heres the problem with pop culture:
Marilyn Monroe created the template.
Madonna was a knockoff, but a scam artist with enough personal charisma and talent to make the theft seem in some ways like an homage.
Britney Spears is whats left after all the... More >> |
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| Kidnapped by Craigslist Soul Invictus Gallery & Cabaret | Every week Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., October 3 until Sat., October 18 | Central Phoenix | |
A girl needs a sofa. A guy wants to gripe about his bitchy boss. Another fellow wants to rent an apartment with a stranger who likes teacup poodles and sleeps during the day. Will these people meet? If so, will they fall in love? Or will they just end up wasting time chatting on the Internet... More >> |
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| Late Nite Catechism III: 'Til Death Do Us Part Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday | Central Scottsdale | |
Patti Hannon returns as Sister in this sequel-to-the-sequel, which is full of fresh doctrine, "right off the net." More >> |
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| The Producers Phoenix Theatre |
Sat., October 11, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Central Phoenix | |
There's a reason Mel Brooks The Producers has been a movie and a musical and a movie musical: You can't see it all the first time you see it. You can't hear it all, says Michael Barnard, producing artistic director at Phoenix Theatre. I must have seen the original movie... More >> |
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| Arizona Duck (DUKW) Tour Pleasant Harbor Marina at Lake Pleasant |
Daily, 10:00am more dates/times |
Peoria | |
Military intelligence, as the old saw goes, is an oxymoron. But the dudes in khaki got it right when they introduced the odd amphibious vehicle called the DUKW during WWII. The bastard spawn of a U-boat and a Hummer helped American troops survive beach attacks like Normandy by transporting... More >> |
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| Arizona Exposition & State Fair Arizona State Fairgrounds | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., October 10 until Sun., November 2 | Central Phoenix | |
Way back in 1884, a small band of heat-addled Phoenicians put their hardscrabble noggins together and thunk up the Arizona Territorial Fair, which was essentially a reason to bust out of their stifling shotgun shacks after a season on the brink of madness. The diversions they installed at the... More >> |
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| Arizona Exposition & State Fair: Figure 8 Racing Arizona State Fairgrounds |
Sat., October 11, 7:00pm more dates/times |
Central Phoenix | |
Have you high-tailed it down to the Arizona Exposition & State Fair yet and given yourself swamp ass from all of that super-weird-looking grub? Well, even if you have, you should hit it up once again this week, because there are a number of supercool events that can only happen this time of... More >> |
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| Festival in the Desert JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa |
Sat., October 11, 11:30am more dates/times |
North Phoenix | |
Dunno if yall heard the news, but the economys kinda in the toilet. Majorly. So much so that what little money you have for leisure activities has to be stretched tighter than the spandex hugging the naughty bits of the Cardinals cheerleading squad. Hence, youre probably in... More >> |
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| Greater Phoenix Greek Festival James A. Speros Community Center |
Sat., October 11, 11:00am-10:00pm more dates/times |
East Phoenix | |
The 48th annual event features a scintillating mix of Greek goods, food, music, and more. More >> |
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| Harkins Theatres Paul Newman Tribute Harkins Valley Art |
Sat., October 11 more dates/times |
Tempe | |
The weeklong salute to the late actor/racecar driver/healthy-food entrepreneur includes rotating screenings of Newman's biggest hits: The Sting, Road to Perdition, Cool Hand Luke, Slap Shot, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Verdict. Play dates and showtimes vary; see the... More >> |
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| Haunt of the Living Dead Mesa Riverview |
Mon., October 27, 7:00pm more dates/times |
Mesa | |
Scoot closer, honey, and turn those lights down so we can tell you something. Legend has it that the government experimented with D-13 serum to turn dead soldiers into fighting machines, but instead they became man-eating zombies. The D-13, stored near Mesa Riverview, leaked into a local... More >> |
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| "La Casa Murillo: A Life-Size Shadowbox" Heard Museum | Daily from Fri., October 3 until Sun., January 11 | Central Phoenix | |
AZ ain't Connecticut, so our lifestyle gurus are the anti-Martha. Namely, Patrick Murillo and Kathy Cano-Murillo, the latter of whom, Crafty Chica, has already been zazzing us up with her newspaper column, cruises, events, and new line of supplies. "La Casa Murillo: A Life-Size Shadow Box,"... More >> |
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