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Football Brunch Cadillac Ranch	Every week Saturday from Sat., September 12 until Sat., December 5, 9:00am-4:00pm more dates/times	Tempe	Food & Drink Sports - Spectator
Sick of eating dry cereal out of boxes while lounging around the bachelor pad in your boxers? Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace, 2000 East Rio Salado Parkway, has the answer for discriminating pigskin lovers: the Cadillac Ranch Football Brunch. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday... More >>

Mat Kearney Marquee Theatre	Sun., November 8, 6:30pm	Tempe	Music
It's been alleged that nearly every U2 song -- from "I Will Follow" to "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" -- is about Jesus; certainly, Bono and buds have never really tried to hide their sturdy Christian roots, and yet they managed to transcend that dreaded "Christian rock" tag and... More >>

"Phoenix Transect" Gallery Talk Northlight Gallery	Mon., November 9, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Tempe	Art - Openings & Events
Five years ago, Phoenix homes were worth a mint. Now you can score a three-bedroom pad for $60K – if you don’t mind that the previous owners hammered holes in the walls and pissed on the carpet as a pre-foreclosure “screw you.” Our economic situation looks bleak, but... More >>

"The End Is Ever Nigh" Harry Wood Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., November 2 until Fri., November 13	Tempe	Art
Someone's always telling us the Apocalypse is right around the corner. First, there was the Heaven’s Gate doomsday cult, then the Y2K freaks, and now, John Cusack. Of course, we know what spectacular bullshit the first two were, so don't spend your life savings on an underground bunker in... More >>

"Que Vivan Los Muertos: Dia de los Muertos Festival Exhibit" ASU Museum of Anthropology	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., October 12 until Fri., January 8	Tempe	Dia de los Muertos Museum Exhibits & Events
The museum presents the 10th annual exhibit of altars, cajitas (small, traveling altars), calaveras (skulls), and calacas (skeletons) in conjunction with Calaca Cultural Center and Xico, Inc. More >>

The Used Marquee Theatre	Mon., November 9, 6:00pm	Tempe	Music
It’s been nearly eight years since The Used released their self-titled debut, which put them on the rock music map and helped create the genre screamo. The disc spawned four catchy singles: “The Taste of Ink,” “A Box Full of Sharp Objects,” “Buried Myself... More >>

"Canalscape for Metro Phoenix" Opening Reception ASU Art Museum	Tue., November 10, 6:00pm-8:00pm	Tempe	Art Art - Openings & Events Environmental Museum Exhibits & Events
Who needs Venice? Like that lovely city, Phoenix may, if Dr. Nan Ellin and her students have their way, be fronted by waterways one day soon. The new exhibit “Canalscape for Metro Phoenix” proposes the re-creation of Phoenix’s most vital urban hubs, where our canals meet major... More >>

Green Street Tempe Festival Mill Avenue District	Tue., November 10, 6:00pm-9:00pm	Tempe	Environmental Festivals Green Events
The fest, held in conjunction with the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, features a carbon-neutral Community Market, live music, Drinks and Discussion sessions at various venues (including House of Tricks and Pho Thang Long), a green film festival at Harkins Valley Art, and more. More >>

Chris O'Dell Changing Hands Bookstore	Wed., November 11, 7:00pm	Tempe	Book Events
The rock 'n' roll "friend, lover, and confidante" presents her new book, Miss O’Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved. More >>

Russian Circles, Red Sparrows, & Young Widows Clubhouse Music Venue	Wed., November 11, 7:00pm	Tempe	Music
Frontman? Frontman?! This proggy instrumental-metal outfit doesn’t need no stinking frontman. On Geneva, their third full-length album, the Chicago-based trio proves fully capable of creating scintillating song narratives simply by shredding their asses off. From guitarist Mike... More >>

Phoenix Noir Signing Party Tempe Public Library	Thu., November 12, 3:30pm	Tempe	Book Events
For a place with an overall IQ of about 32 -- to judge by all the shotgun-toting boobs sporting Sheriff Joe bumper stickers -- Phoenix has an ace literary scene. Many of those same redneck yahoos who try to run you off the road every morning run amok in the pages of the new Phoenix Noir, the... More >>

Barbara Kingsolver Marcos de Niza High School	Thu., November 12, 7:00pm	Tempe	Book Events
When Jimmy Carter visited Changing Hands Bookstore, the parking lot overflowed. When pop sociologist Malcolm Gladwell spoke, his genius-y head disappeared in the crowd. So Changing Hands has booked award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver at a larger venue, just down the road: the auditorium of... More >>

Rockaraoke Yucca Tap Room	Every week Thursday, 10:30pm	Tempe	Music Nightlife
What's better than rocking out to karaoke? How about doing it with a live band instead of a poorly translated laserdisc with incongruous video footage? The four-member posse of Rockaroke has a repertoire of oldies-but-goodies and a few newer tracks ready for you to obliterate with your drunken... More >>

ASU Men's Basketball vs. Western Illinois Wells Fargo Arena	Fri., November 13, 7:00pm	Tempe	Sports - Spectator
If ASU Men’s Basketball coach Herb Sendek thought he had it rough coaching against the big dogs in the Atlantic Coast Conference, or trying to bring the Sun Devils back from the dead in recent years, he didn’t know what rough was. Rough is trying to take the Sun Devils back to the... More >>

Black Friday MADCAP Theaters	Second Friday of every month, 6:00pm-12:00am	Tempe	Nightlife
Sure, the bohemian artsy hipsters and gallery rats may have laid claim to First Fridays, but there’s no reason Goths and horror geeks shouldn’t have some end-of-the-week fun, too. Thus, MADCAP Theaters’ Black Friday, an evening of bizarre and eerie festivities (including various... More >>

“Phoenix Transect” Northlight Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday from Mon., October 19 until Thu., November 19	Tempe	Art
Five years ago, Phoenix homes were worth a mint. Now you can score a three-bedroom pad for $60K – if you don’t mind that the previous owners hammered holes in the walls and pissed on the carpet as a pre-foreclosure “screw you.” Our economic situation looks bleak, but... More >>

Phoenix Noir Signing Party Changing Hands Bookstore	Tue., November 17, 7:00pm	Tempe	Book Events
For a place with an overall IQ of about 32 -- to judge by all the shotgun-toting boobs sporting Sheriff Joe bumper stickers -- Phoenix has an ace literary scene. Many of those same redneck yahoos who try to run you off the road every morning run amok in the pages of the new Phoenix Noir, the... More >>

"Canalscape for Metro Phoenix" ASU Art Museum	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 7 until Tue., December 1	Tempe	Art Environmental Museum Exhibits & Events
Who needs Venice? Like that lovely city, Phoenix may, if Dr. Nan Ellin and her students have their way, be fronted by waterways one day soon. The new exhibit “Canalscape for Metro Phoenix” proposes the re-creation of Phoenix’s most vital urban hubs, where our canals meet major... More >>

More Events

Field Map & Compass Class REI	Sun., November 8, 7:00am	Tempe	Classes & Seminars Outdoors

A Race for Maggie's Place 9K Tempe Town Lake	Sun., November 8, 8:00am	Tempe	Charity Events Sports - Participatory

Walk for Lupus Now Kiwanis Park	Sun., November 8, 8:15am	Tempe	Charity Events Sports - Participatory

Astronomy Fair 2009 ASU Memorial Union	Sun., November 8, 1:00pm-4:00pm	Tempe	Children's Events Family Events Nature

ASU Women's Soccer vs. Oregon Sun Devil Soccer Stadium	Sun., November 8, 1:00pm	Tempe	Sports - Spectator

The Noodles, & Classy Penguins The Sail Inn	Sun., November 8, 4:00pm	Tempe	Music

Wine Fiesta House of Tricks	Sun., November 8, 6:00pm	Tempe	Food & Drink