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Author: Lilia Menconi
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    Big, Phat Deal

    Signature 10K will help you keep the chunk at bay

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: November 5, 2009

    Do you ever feel like we're ashamed to believe that being fat is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to any human? We treat it like cancer – as if it’s...

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    Lingering Monsters

    Artist’s “soundsuits” put run-of-the-mill beasties to shame

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: October 29, 2009

    By the time artist Nick Cave steps to the podium at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts tonight for an in-person discussion and showcase of his “soundsuits,”...

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    Portrait of Yousuf

    Netflix, fail. Phoenix Art Museum, success.

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: October 22, 2009

    This is a piece about a showing of the documentary Karsh: The Searching Eye at Phoenix Art Museum. This writer thought it would be real smart (and totally agoraphobic) to just...

  4. Art

    “From Caves to Castles: If Beads Could Talk” at Glendale's Bead Museum Has a Bead on This Ancient Craft

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: October 22, 2009

    In some craft circles, residents of Glendale, Arizona, are envied beyond belief and it takes only one visit to the Bead Museum to understand why. These beads aren't just for...

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    Undead Can Dance

    Scorpius vamps hit the boards again

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: October 15, 2009

    Vampires are the new ninjas. New pirates? No, wait, they’re the new zombies, right? However vampires rank in the whole ninja/pirate/undead craze of these past few years,...

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    Chic Magnet

    Design mavens and do-gooders take over the Valley Ho

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: October 1, 2009

    When we think about fashion, we see a glamorous disguise for a super-evil media machine that manipulates us into thinking we’re inadequate pieces of poo-poo. That way,...

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    Mr. Roboto

    Local artist makes mechanical people look so darn cute

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 24, 2009

    We’re looking at a giant robot as it pancakes cars with its tremendous feet, punches holes in skyscrapers, and squishes screaming pedestrians. So why do we think this...

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    Mr. Roboto

    Local artist makes mechanical people look so darn cute

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 24, 2009

    We’re looking at a giant robot as it pancakes cars with its tremendous feet, punches holes in skyscrapers, and squishes screaming pedestrians. So why do we think this...

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    Royal Engagement

    The monarchs return to DBG

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 24, 2009

    Attention, all children and hopelessly single women of the Phoenix area: We have just the thing for you. Your favorite event of the fall, the Mariposa Monarca Monarch Butterfly...

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    Daft Funke

    Arrested Development co-star gets his comic due

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 17, 2009

    Comedians are underappreciated. Even though they have impeccable timing, perfect delivery, and lightning-fast wit, they’re never taken seriously as actors unless they cash...

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    Four Pounds of Fashion

    Flick celebrates the Vogue “bible”

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 10, 2009

    If you’ve ever fantasized about walking the red carpet into a fabulous party filled with fashion and beauty, you’re probably a good fit for the Phoenix Art...

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    "Raising Chickens in Your Backyard" Class

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 10, 2009

    You should know by now that there are more chickens in the world than any other type of bird. They may not be smart or beautiful or willing to learn tricks, but they sure are...

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    Crawl of the Wild

    Put your drinking skills to use at mobile booze-a-thon

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 10, 2009

    Some people were put on this Earth to symbolize your total failure as a human being. Take Lance Armstrong, for example. While he was winning the Tour de France seven times in a...

  14. Art

    "Meet Me at the Center of the Earth" at SMoCA Lets Visitors See and Hear Nick Cave’s “Soundsuits”

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 10, 2009

    We've got a monster problem in Scotts­dale. These gigantic creatures are over seven feet tall. They look like humanoid aliens that sprout heavy coats of...

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    Turbo Tox

    Author exposes the nasty little chemicals that lurk beneath

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: September 3, 2009

    Do you like horror movies? Do you get a kick out of being too scared to piss by yourself for a week? You do? Well, then, we’ve got the book for you. Only this time,...

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    Princess for a Day

    Get swanky and wet at the Fairmont

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: August 27, 2009

    By this time, everything about summer sucks. The skimpy garb we eagerly threw on our summer bodies in May now makes us feel like unsophisticated slugs. And the backyard pool is...

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    Moving Pictures at an Exhibition

    Up-and-comers take on cinematic art at SMoCA

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: August 27, 2009

    Humans have plopped their collective butt cheeks down to watch moving imagery for more than 100 years. That means we’ve got some mad skills of observation. Camera angles,...

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    Twilight of the Year

    Lit dorks gather to celebrate Stephanie Meyer-spawned empire

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: August 13, 2009

    How much do you love Twilight? Did you get misty-eyed when Edward Cullen broke up with Bella Swan and left her emotionally comatose in the woods? Or how about when Jacob Black...

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    "Raising Chickens in Your Backyard"

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: August 13, 2009

    You should know by now that there are more chickens in the world than any other type of bird. They may not be smart or beautiful or willing to learn tricks, but they sure are...

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    Pets or Meat

    PHX artist Rachel Bess plugs inner-city poultry

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: July 23, 2009

    You should know by now that there are more chickens in the world than any other type of bird. They may not be smart or beautiful or willing to learn tricks, but they sure are...

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