AZ Vibe – The Ultimate Phoenix Entertainment Resource

1) The Phoenix Coyotes vs. St. Louis Blues – April 7 – 7 PM – Jobing.com Arena – This is the second to last home game of the season for the Coyotes. Since they have returned to full strength they are finishing the season on a REAL strong note. Don’t miss your chance to see some great hockey before the weather skyrockets into the triple digits!

http://www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/246515/806002?brand=phxcoyotes&camefrom=CFC_COYOTES

2) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – April 3 – 7:30 PM – Jobing.com Arena – The Second night of his world tour comes to Glendale at the Jobing.com arena for a show that is destined to sell out. If you have never seen the Boss in action, you need to clear your schedule and head to his show. There’s a reason why he’s the hardest working man in show business.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E00423BDCE26B36?artistid=860453&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

3) Tempe Music Festival – April 3rd and 4th – Tempe Beach Park – As mentioned previously, one of the biggest musical events of the year is coming to the Tempe Beach Park. Kid Rock and 3 Doors Down are some of the killer acts that will be playing at the festival.

http://www.tempemusicfestival.com/

4) Star Trek Exhibition at the Arizona Science Center – How cool is it when you get to not only sit in Captain Kirk’s chair but check out the bridge from the Enterprise D? Open Daily. Please refer to the link below for hours and ticket information.

http://www.azscience.org/star_trek.php

5) The 26th Annual Gibson Jazz & Blues Festival – Historic Downtown Glendale – April 4th and 5th – Free – One of the coolest and most eclectic Jazz and Blues lineup will be coming to downtown Glendale to throw down some amazing tracks.

For more information along with the times and lineups of artists please refer to the festival website:

http://www.glendaleaz.com/events/GlendaleJazzBluesFestival.cfm

6) First Friday! – Downtown Phoenix – How can you miss this?!?!?

7) Shake! – Every Saturday Night – Rogue Bar – Scottsdale – $5 (approx) If you are a frequent reader of this site you know that one of the best places to go on a Saturday night is Shake!. Great Music and fun for a great price!

http://www.azvibe.com/phoenix-entertainment/2008/10/27/review-shake-the-rogue-saturday-october-25th/

8) FUSE – Bar Smith – Friday Nights – $5 – Bar Smith – Downtown Phoenix – 10PM – 2 AM

9) The Phoenix Film Festival – Scottsdale – April 2 to April 9 – The Phoenix Film Festival is back again for another run and from the looks of every movie synopsis it’s going to be a great one. There are a wide variety of films to choose from and it also looks like there’s a local movie maker category which is always fun to watch.

http://www.phoenixfilmfestival.org/

10) Movies in the Park with ‘From Russia With Love’ – Fridays Through April – Biltmore Fashion Park – Speaking of Movies how about heading to the Biltmore Fashion Park and watching the classic 007 Movie ‘From Russia With Love’? The fun starts at 7:30 at the Center Lawn of the Biltmore Fashion Park. Oh yeah. It’s Free.

http://www.shopbiltmore.com/events.asp?id=9160

11) Dark Star Orchestra – April 4th 2009 – Marquee Theater – $23 – 6:30PM – The absolute best Grateful Dead Tribute Band comes the Valley of the Sun to jam to some of the classic Grateful Dead songs. If you have never seen the Dark Star Orchestra, and you are a fan of the Dead, you need to be here to see this amazing production.

Tickets:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale%3bjsessionid=C5B6E63F59B0C129DC63B1DB0A5F0BDC?action=selectPerformance&cobrand=luckymanonline&performance_id=884533

12) Star Trek Movie Marathon – Chandler Cinemas – April 3rd, 4th, and 5th- $10 – See Link for Movie times – The Chandler Cinemas is having a Star Trek Movie Marathon this weekend for all to come see. The Movies featured will be Star Trek 2, 3, and 4. Admission is $10 for one movi

Last but certainly not Least….

13) OPENING DAY!!! – Arizona Diamondbacks – April 6 – 12:40 PM – Chase Field – That’s right folks! Another season of Arizona Diamondbacks baseball is just about underway! The opening game will be an afternoon game and is a great excuse to use your ‘9 inning flu’ excuse to get out of work.

Tickets can be purchased through the Arizona Diamondbacks website:

http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/ticketing/index.jsp?c_id=ari

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Make sure you don’t miss Long Way Down tonight only!!!!

https://www.azvibe.com/phoenix-entertainment/2008/07/12/movies-long-way-down-screening-7-31-10-glendale-mesa-phoenix/

I’m going to be checking out this alleged ‘mega’ sports bar in North Scottsdale this afternoon and will give the poop on what it’s like.

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Tonight only there will be a screening of the classic 80’s movie WarGames starring Ferris Bueller…er…Matthew Brodreck at various theaters around the Phoenix area.  There will be interviews and other cool things with the cast and crew.  If you are a fan of this movie don’t miss out on seeing this Classic movie in a theater.

The theaters that will be showing this one night only event are:

AMC Westgate 20 Glendale
Cinemark 16 Mesa
AMC Ahwatukee 24 Phoenix
AMC Desert Ridge 18 Phoenix

Cost $10 per person

More information about this special screening:

http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=724

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If you haven’t heard, the new Batman Movie, The Dark Knight, broke the single day box office record by pulling in $66 Million Dollars.  So of course I’m going to go see it tonight….

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iUrp4FEo_7YQxrTpBze-Hk4ob7PAD9218NA00

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Ok one more movie post for now.  I’m posting this one because it’s not going to get much attention if at all by the local media.

Ok long story short.  This movie is a documentary of actors Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, First three Star Wars Movies, Big Fish) and Charley Boorman (Excalibur) 15,000 mile motorcycle journey  from Scotland to South Africa raising money for Unicef (among other charities).  This film is a 2 hour directors cut documentary of their journey.  If you have seen their first journey around the world called ‘Long Way Round’ you know they come across some interesting stuff along the way.

Check out the trailer.  It’s pretty powerful stuff…

The movies will be screened in the following Phoenix Area locations on July 31st at 7:30 PM:

AMC Westgate 20 Glendale
Cinemark 16 Mesa
AMC Ahwatukee 24 Phoenix
AMC Desert Ridge 18 Phoenix

More information about the movie:

http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=725

Official ‘Long Way Down’ Web site:

http://www.longwaydown.com/

If you want to see something REALLY cool and unique, this movie is not to be missed.

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For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past…year or so there is a new Batman movie coming out.  For those of you who don’t live under rocks, know that “The Dark Knight” comes out on July 18th.  This movie has been getting some great reviews especially from an unnamed musician who basically said that if he could he would fuck the movie.

Anyways, I was poking around the BBC’s website this morning and came across this interesting little blurb about the film….

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7501393.stm

The Dark Knight features six sequences shot with Imax cameras and marks the first time that a major feature film has ever been partially shot using the Imax format.

Unlike traditional 35mm film which usually appears in “letterbox” format, scenes shot with Imax cameras on 15/70mm film will expand vertically to fill the entire screen.

What does this mean?  It means that this film was made for IMAX theaters and it should be seen first in IMAX to get the best movie experience. The only two theaters in all of Arizona that will be showing ‘The Dark Knight’ are the following:

AMC Deer Valley 30 with IMAX

3033 West Agua Fria Freeway
Phoenix, 85027
602-956-4262
Website

Gateway 12 IMAX Theatre

1935 S. Signal Butte
Mesa, 85210
480-354-8030
Website

You can buy tickets now over tEh interweb!

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