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Public Anime

You could lose a limb at Arizona Science Center

By Douglas Towne
Fascination with 3D animation will -- at least temporarily -- usurp Arizona Science Center visitors' preoccupation with 2-D anatomy at Triple Play Day . ?It?ll be an awesome day of technology,? says Meredith Barham, associate dean of the University of Advancing Technology, the event?s collaborator. ?Last year, we set up PCs and made technology happen for anyone visiting the Science Center." Activities include Rhythm Games, animation clips, and Citaga Game Engine and Photoshop stations, all using the latest software. ?The young visitors would have their pictures taken and then be able to properly morph their faces ? and, occasionally, the faces of their younger siblings -- into crazy monsters, or creatures with additional limbs," says Barham. "More often than not, they found removing appendages hysterical."
Date/Time: Wed., July 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Price: $7 to $9

 

Arizona Science Center
600 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ
602-716-2000
http://www.azscience.org

Bird on a Wireless

A-roaming we will go

By Clay McNear

The cast of St. Verizon

We're old-school, and damned proud of it. We read actual books bought at actual stores. We don't own a DLP rear-projection TV or one of those newfangled Wi-Fi-compatible networked DVDs, but make do with a battered Sanyo and a cranky old VCR. Most of all, we refuse to be sucked into the Cell Phone Nation. Insidious bastards. That, of course, would make the title character of The Confessions of Saint Verizon -- the fictional patron saint of cell phones -- an insidious bitch, but not really. Verizon is a middle-grade saint seeking full-fledged canonization; however, the miracle that would put her over the top, as it were, eludes her until she encounters Saint Kevin -- the real-life patron saint of blackbirds. Yep, blackbirds . The latest entry in the "Lunch Time Theater" series was co-written by Cindy Brown, Julie Peterson, and Serena Torres Webbe. Appropriately, says Torres Webbe, it was penned almost exclusively by e-mail. "I would write a part, then Julie would write a part. We came up with a lot of different ideas, then funneled them all down and came up with a linear script. That was our miracle," says Torres Webbe with a laugh.
Date/Time: Starting July 11 Tuesdays-Thursdays, 12:10 p.m. Continues through July 20
Price: $5; optional lunch available for $5.50 or $6.50
Event Phone: 602-254-7399

 

Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe St.
Phoenix, AZ
602-252-8497
http://www.herbergertheater.org

An Affair to Remember

Dance rave turns 1

By Owen Taylor
Foreign Affair , one of downtown's best-kept secrets, officially celebrates its first birthday with a Rick James-style throwdown, sans the cocaine sex frenzy. What hosts Delikacy and Xtra-E do have is a smorgasbord of DJs such as Osama Big Serge, KGB, Drunk Jeff, Stephascope, and My Friend Andy. Come early, as the complimentary eats by Cory Martinez of From Scratch Catering will go quickly.
Date/Time: Mondays, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
Price: free
http://www.after9events.com

 

Hidden House
607 W. Osborn Rd.
Phoenix, AZ
602-266-1763

Aria Code

Arizona Opera gets some screen time

By M.V. Moorhead

Sword to the wise: Don't miss Throne of Blood .

Elmer Fudd in Wagnerian drag, bellowing ?Kill de wabbit! Kill de wabbit!! Kill de wabbit!!!? -- that?s as close to opera as many film buffs want to get. But to show that there's common ground between the two art forms, Arizona Opera is presenting the Opera Film Series . The Opera?s season kicks off in October with Verdi?s Macbeth . Not coincidentally, the film series begins with another superb adaptation of Shakespeare?s unmentionable Scottish play: Throne of Blood , Akira Kurosawa?s brooding 1957 epic that resets the tale in medieval Japan. The second film, on August 20, is the splendid 1925 silent The Phantom of the Opera . This film?s presence in the series is justified because it?s a treatment of the Beauty and the Beast theme; next March, the company will mount Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry?s 1771 work Zemire et Azor under the easier-to-market title Beauty and the Beast . The film series wraps up on September 17 with Madame Butterfly , Frederic Mitterrand?s 1995 film of the Puccini favorite, which is also on Arizona Opera's slate for the new season. The series is sponsored by Bentley Projects.
Date/Time: Sun., July 16, 2 p.m.
Price: free

 

Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ
602-257-1880
http://www.phxart.org

Digital Images

Comics give us the bird

By Clay McNear

Mr. G The Five Fingers

Consider the finger. It's bony, utilitarian, sports that beastly knuckle, and isn?t particularly sexy -- unless you happen to be a masseuse, a hand model, or a ho. The digit is also decidedly unfunny. Right? Wrong, according to the quintet of Arizona comics behind the Five Fingers of Funny With a Twist Stand-Up Comedy Show . Each yukster represents a different appendage: The pinky finger (Darren Elder) is gay, the ring finger (Erik Miller) is married, the middle finger (John Buber) is a crude party animal, the pointer finger (Armon Williams) is a sports fan (think one of those idiotic foam-rubber thingies), and the thumb (Nick Tarr) is, well, they?re not telling. The title ?twist? is a guest appearance by nationally known comedian Scott Kennedy.
Date/Time: Sat., July 15, 7:30 p.m.
Price: $15 to $25; proceeds benefit the Arizona We Care Foundation
Event Phone: 602-252-8497, 480-784-4444

 

Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe St.
Phoenix, AZ
602-252-8497
http://www.herbergertheater.org

Reign of Tera

Take a sex drive up to Deer Valley

By Brendan Joel Kelley

Flapjack FHM cover girl Tera Patrick

Anyone else been watching VH1?s Supergroup lately? Other than Sebastian Bach?s histrionics and the Nuge?s surliness, the highlight for us has been former Biohazard vocalist and bassist Evan Seinfeld?s banter about his films with his more-famous wife, porno superstarlet Tera Patrick . Now, how Seinfeld ever scored a beauty like Patrick is beyond us, and we don?t necessarily appreciate having to see Seinfeld?s gnarliness unveiled in flicks like Tera, Tera, Tera , but we?d damn well like to see her in person. Wish fulfilled! FHM ?s July 2006 cover girl, and the subject of countless self-abuse cases, will be appearing and signing autographs.
Date/Time: Fri., July 14

 

Castle Megastore
21815 North 26th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
623-434-1390

Stand-Up Guy

Hughley's job's a joke

By Wynter Holden

courtesy of Tempe Improv D.L. Hughley

D.L. Hughley has made a career out of bad career choices. He ran with L.A.'s infamous Bloods gang until the shooting of a relative caused him to rethink that path. He changed his ways and became a telemarketer -- 'cause, yeah, that?s not a dead-end job -- and finally a comedian. For Hughley, the third time was the charm. He was the original host of BET?s Comic View , made numerous appearances on Def Comedy Jam and starred in The Hughleys , a sitcom based on his own experiences after moving to the suburbs. Hughley?s success is due in part to his ability to entertain children and adults with equal ease. One minute he?s voicing the Gadgetmobile from Inspector Gadget and the next he?s keeping the bleeping network censors bleeping busy on his solo stand-up show, Comedy Central?s Weekends at the D.L. Who?s next on his chopping block? Brangelina? Rush Limbaugh, with his secret stash of penis-popping pills? Hughley?s routines change with the times, but there?s one public figure unlikely to escape unscathed, even in a "red" state. ?President Bush said he will lead an investigation into what went wrong,? Hughley announced on Comedy Central after the Hurricane Katrina fiasco. ?Isn?t that like O.J. sayin? he?s gonna find the real killers??
Date/Time: Thu., July 13, 8 p.m.; Fri., July 14, 8 & 10 p.m.; Sat., July 15, 8 & 10 p.m.; Sun., July 16, 8 p.m.
Price: $25-$27

 

Tempe Improv Comedy Theater
930 E. University Dr.
Tempe, AZ
480-921-9877
http://www.tempeimprov.com

Microcinema Paradiso

Beating the box-office blahs

By Megan Irwin

courtesy of Microcinema International A scene from the film Torsten Kretchzmar: Entschlossenheit

There's no denying it -- this has been an enormously dull summer at the box office. With about 250,000 sequels, remakes, and poorly conceived novels turned blockbusters, we need a break from the megaplex. Luckily, it?s time for Microcinema International?s Independent Exposure , a traveling celluloid showcase by the San Francisco-based indie champion and distributor. Microcinema has shown its works in literally every corner of the globe -- including Antarctica (really!) -- and the group is one of those wonderfully idealistic organizations that gives voice to small-time artists with big-time things on their minds. According to Stephanie Martz, Microcinema's associate curator, we can expect to see an ?eclectic survey of contemporary moving-image artists who are working in a variety of genres and mediums.? Can?t say that about Nacho Libre .
Date/Time: Wed., July 12, 7:30 p.m.
Price: $6

 

Modified Arts
407 E. Roosevelt St.
Phoenix, AZ
602-462-5516
http://www.modified.org
[Sponsored Location]

Man and Supermen

Graphic novelist draws on his experience

By Douglas Towne

An example of Ryan Cody's artwork

?Learn the basics from me and take the world by storm,? crows Ryan Cody, who, with a few strokes of his pen, is capable of eviscerating diabolical villains or steadying collapsing bridges. Cody will pass on techniques of creating superhuman characters in his Comic Art and Cartooning Class . ?[The class] will be fun for kids -- of all ages,? says Cody, who has published one comic miniseries and has two others set for release. ?The class is a way to share my skills, teach young artists, and make a little extra money so I can feed my kids,? he says. The six-week session, open to both advanced and novice sketchers, will cover character design, life drawing, concept creation, and the principles of sequential art, with students eventually creating their own comic book. Cody broke into the comic world through Internetworking and countless hours of drawing. ?The class is pretty unique in that I am working in the industry,? says Cody. ?For roughly $8.25 a session, it?s a downright steal."
Date/Time: Starting July 11 Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Continues through Aug. 15
Price: $50
http://www.hurricanekids.com/class
Event Phone: 602-380-5977

 

Samurai Comics
5024 N. Seventh St.
Phoenix, AZ
602-265-8886
http://www.SamuraiComics.com

Sit for a Spell

By Niki D'Andrea
Do Druids -- those polytheistic, Earth-loving, hooded figures of mystic lore -- still exist? They sure do, and they're even willing to teach us some spells when Phoenix's own modern Druid organization, The Grove of the Rising Phoenix, hosts "Druid Class: Spells."
Date/Time: Mon., July 10, 7:30 p.m.
http://www.risingphoenix-adf.org
Event Phone: 480-990-0429

 

Counter Culture Cafe
2330 E. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ
602-231-0762

Wood Work

Two puppet heads are better than one

By Julie Peterson

byMary.com Great Arizona Puppet Theater?s Douglas Strich, Gwendolyn Bonar, and friends

Ah, the loneliness of the puppet master, isolated in his felt-covered world. But take heart, fledgling Jim Hensons. At Great Arizona Puppet Theater's Puppet Incubator , you can "talk shop with other puppeteers: 'Maybe I could do a slam piece' or 'I'm making a marionette, and I don't know how to string it,'" says GAPT director Nancy Smith.
Date/Time: Second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m.
Price: free, but reservations are required

 

Great Arizona Puppet Theater
302 W. Latham
Phoenix, AZ
602-262-2050
http://www.azpuppets.org

The Passion of the Chris

Wiseacre Isaak rocks in the round

By Niki D'Andrea
Elvis-esque singer-songwriter Chris Isaak has always had a self-deprecating sense of humor, even in his home videos. Some pre-concert footage from one of those home movies aired on the cable channel E! in late June, with Isaak addressing the camera during sound check: "We did some of my songs last night and they didn't go over so well, so tonight, we're gonna be playing ABBA and Blue ?yster Cult." As much as we'd love to hear Isaak's rendition of "Dancing Queen" or "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," we're looking forward to hearing his own songs. After all, he's got a slew of great original tunes, including the hit singles "Wicked Game" and "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing." He can crank out a cover, though, as anyone who's witnessed his live rendition of Dorsey Burnette's "It's Late" can attest. The last time we heard Isaak tackle that tune, he was performing it as a duet with Valley songbird Stevie Nicks and cracking dirty jokes in front of her parents. That Chris Isaak. He's such a rebel.
Date/Time: Sun., July 9, 7:30 p.m.
Price: $45-$75

 

Celebrity Theatre
440 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ
602-267-1600
http://www.celebritytheatre.com
[Sponsored Location]

Gun Ho!

By Wynter Holden
Wanda and Brutus seem like the perfect couple until their sadomasochistic relationship hits the skids and the two fight bitterly over custody of their apartment. Sounds like the makings of a sappy Jennifer Aniston flick -- until, that is, the story evolves to include an overzealous cowboy who chokes on a pretzel and hands out guns like candy. Sounds oddly familiar, no? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley's deliciously vicious comic parable Dirty Story , which the New York Times called "appallingly entertaining," promises to shock and awe. ?The play is a metaphor,? says director Carolyn Marbury. ?It?s relatively obvious for anyone who keeps up on current events.? Of course, for all of the gun-toting, Bush-supporting, AIMS-test-flunking dropouts who'll be at the theater, Wanda yells "Call me Israel" at the end of Act One just to make sure y?all got it right.
Date/Time: Fridays, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m. Continues through July 8
Price: free, but voluntary contributions are welcomed and reservations are required
Event Phone: 520-327-4242

 

Live Theatre Workshop
5317 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ
1-520-327-4242

Rolling With the Punchers

Gurlies, Beaters mop up the floor with one another

By Douglas Towne
?Our team chemistry is unmatched, and we pride ourselves on having the hottest racks and asses in the league,? says Brickhouse, listing the reasons her team, the Surly Gurlies, should trounce the Bad News Beaters in the Arizona Roller Derby Playoffs . ?The Beaters best bring their ?A? game unless they want to spend their evening mopping our sweat off the floor with their asses,? she snarls. Their opponents, however, are convinced that the Gurlies? pirate logo will soon fly at half-staff. ?I think the momentum has really started to build with our team,? says Beater Rayna Rage. ?We are prepared to bury some pirate booty.?
Date/Time: Sat., July 8, 8 p.m.
Price: $10
http://www.azrollerderby.com
Event Phone: 877-725-8849

 

Castle Sports Club
11420 N. 19th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ

VH2

Tribute band has Van Halen covered

By Brendan Joel Kelley

courtesy of Ralph Saenz Atomic Punks

There?s not really such a thing as a ?good cover band,? in our opinion, unless you?re wasted at a wedding or bar mitzvah, but if there were such a thing, the Atomic Punks would have to qualify. Even Van Halen, the authors of the catalogue that the Atomic Punks rip off, gives the faux-tistes its endorsement. In David Lee Roth?s autobiography Crazy From the Heat (and, yes, we do own that book), Diamond Dave calls them ?the best tribute to Van Halen ever!? Well, Double-D is a little biased, of course; the Atomic Punks play Roth-era VH hits, not the Van Hagar repertoire. Shit, twice now Roth has even recruited axmen from the Punks to go out on tours with him, and VH bassist Michael Anthony has sat in with the band. Why do you care? Well, ?cause ?Panama? and ?Hot for Teacher? rocked back in the day, dood. And you get all the costumed, glittering glory of David Lee Roth in the form of Punks front man Ralph Saenz (though Ralph's name just doesn?t have the same ring to it). The show is all-ages, so you can take your kids down there and show ?em how you rocked out in the good ol? days.
Date/Time: Sat., July 8, 6:30 p.m.
Price: $12
Event Phone: 480-829-0607

 

Marquee Theatre
730 N. Mill Ave.
Tempe, AZ
480-829-0707
[Sponsored Location]

Just Dew It

Skate tricks and treats in Peoria

By Steve Jansen

courtesy of the City of Peoria Skateboarders will get some air time at the Mountain Dew Action Free Flow Tour.

Competitors in the Mountain Dew Action Free Flow Tour will have more than just trucks to grind. The all-amateur extreme-street-skateboarding competition showcases the best local skate talent busting out radical kick flips and killer shove-it variations on an urbanized street obstacle course filled with curbs, ledges, handrails and stairs. ?It?s a cool event for local kids to show off what they got, since they don?t get a lot of chances to compete,? says Jason Mangum, City of Peoria Director of Teen Programs. The one-of-a-kind tour features a Junior Jam for the young dudes and dudettes, while the winner of the Main Event receives the kick-ass prize of a free trip to the nationally televised finals in Portland, Oregon, this August, plus an opportunity for pro recognition. The competition is open to the first 120 registrants for males and females age 18 and under, and skate-gear giveaways include tee shirts, Vans shoes, and protective equipment.
Date/Time: Sat., July 8, 1 p.m.
Price: participant registration costs $10; viewing is free
http://www.dewactionsportstour.com
Event Phone: 623-773-7137

 

Rio Vista Skatepark
8877 West Thunderbird Road
Peoria, AZ

Air Farce

Former flyboy earns his wings with comic zings

By Clay McNear
Comedian T.A. Burrows doesn't have a buzz cut, and this is disappointing. We were pretty gung-ho to check out a dude who cut his comic teeth in the Air Force and then climbed onstage to get all up in our face like the drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket . Alas, the five-time winner of the Air Force's Worldwide Talent Competition is now a suave-looking gent whose flyboy days are long past. But Burrows is still the bomb onstage, specializing in understated comedy and dead-on vocal impersonations of folks like Bill Clinton, Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond, and Peter Falk's raggedy-man detective Columbo. The funnyman's extremely weird r?sum? also includes a singing stint with a Las Vegas lounge act and voice-over work for a CD-ROM titled The Voice of the Bible .
Date/Time: Sat., July 8, 8 & 10 p.m.; Fri., Sept. 1, 8 & 10 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 2, 8 & 10 p.m.
Price: $10

 

The Comedy Spot
7117 E. 3rd Ave.
Scottsdale, AZ
480-945-4422
http://www.thecomedyspot.net

Shakin' Not Stirred

By Niki D'Andrea
Before Tom Cruise became Mr. Scientology, he played a bad-ass bartender who entertained patrons by making drinks while spinning, flipping, and balancing bottles in the movie Cocktail . Such displays of bartending bravado can still be seen during Flair Fridays , an event modeled after the Cruise film.
Date/Time: Fridays, 10 p.m.

 

33 Lounge
15680 North Pima Road
Scottsdale, AZ
602-369-5819

Hotter Wheels

A night at the tiny track

By Clay McNear
Collectors are ape-shit. Some amass dolls and bears, some old milk-bottle caps, some twine that they wrap into giant-boulder-size balls. Some scary loons hoard things you really don't want to know about. The crazies at Tuff Traxx specialize in slot cars -- larger, faster, leaner and meaner versions of their distant, Hot Wheels-style kin. Tuff Traxx hosts various Model Slot-Car Racing events every night of the week except Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Date/Time: Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays-Sundays
http://groups.msn.com/tufftraxx
Event Phone: 480-986-2225

 

Tuff Traxx Model Car Racing
9333 East Apache Trail, Suite 104
Mesa, AZ

Who's Your Dada?

Anti-art at Paper Heart

By Megan Irwin

courtesy of Paper Heart A Greg Pentkowski work from "Neo Dada 3"

If chaos and joy were compatible emotions, they?d find their release in the art of Dada, that nonsensical post-World War I movement that paved the way for Warhol, and, unfortunately, the pretentious kind of jerks who swear a pile of dirty laundry is totally ?art.? Don?t buy that it?s pretentious? Check this definition from Wikipedia.com: ?Dada was not art. It was anti-art.? Suuuure. But, overly affected or no, the stuff is interesting, and the opening of the "Neo Dada 3" exhibition is worth attending. The installation was created in the ?spirit of joyful madness? and will feature a full bedroom scene devoted to Frida Kahlo as well as other randomly placed oddities.
Date/Time: Through July 29
Price: free

 

Paper Heart
750 Grand Ave.
Phoenix, AZ
602-262-2020
http://www.thepaperheart.com
[Sponsored Location]
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