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Smells Like five15 Spirit
No escaping summer in the city
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 23, 2007
Walk outside and take a deep breath. That's the smell of our city, set to broil. After months of breathing the aromas of melting blacktop and hot garbage, it's only fitting...
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Art Scene
Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 23, 2007
Tawni Shuler and Alex Kutchins at Shemer Art Center and Museum: If you’ve ever reminisced with an old friend or family member, you’re likely familiar with the pitfalls of...
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Club Candids
Scottsdale Scope-Out
Lost in the clouds at Mickey's Hangover
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 23, 2007
We've been spending a lot of time on www.dirtyscottsdale.com lately, so when the weekend rolled around, we were properly inspired to guzzle vodka somewhere in Scottsdale. We...
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Night & Day
Seams Nice
Textile artist airs out her dirty laundry for fine art's sake
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 16, 2007
If you happen to be one of those “creative types,” you probably house a huge heap of disgusting laundry hemorrhaging from your closet, green stink lines undulating....
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Club Candids
Wednesday Warriors
Hip-hop club hop at The Door
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 16, 2007
This week, Club Candids showed up to work with a hangover because we hit The Door on Wednesday night for the one-year anniversary of Groove Candy. The midweek hip-hop/R&B dance...
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Studio Visit
To Preach His Own
Finding humor in religion, and vice versa
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 9, 2007
Kjel Alkire, 31, believes in God and goes to church. But don't make any assumptions. Alkire’s art performances promote a healthy, challenging conversation about...
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Club Candids
Getting Railed
Reminiscing on the route
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 9, 2007
Last weekend, we decided to bite the bullet and inconvenience ourselves with light-rail construction to visit one of our favorite central Phoenix standbys, the George & Dragon....
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Art
Forever Young
And temporarily 21
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 9, 2007
A 21st birthday usually means bar-hopping, endless rounds of shots, and plenty of post-partying puke. Thankfully, Lisa Sette decided to skip the debauchery and celebrate her...
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Art Scene
Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 9, 2007
Fausto Fernandez at The Latin American Art Gallery: We all need a little instruction — something to give us direction and guidance. Without it, we’d be flailing aimlessly...
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Night & Day
Skunk Works
five15 artists stink up the joint
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 2, 2007
In life, sometimes we have to face the music and ask ourselves the tough questions. Where is my career going? Am I living up to my potential? Can I do better than this guy?...
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Club Candids
Now and Zen
Let the pre-drinking begin
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 2, 2007
This week, Club Candids decided to hit up our favorite pre-party place in Phoenix, Zen 32. The sushi restaurant has a late-night menu and stellar bar service, so we often make...
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Art
Prints and the Revolution
Graphic depictions
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 26, 2007
I've always been a sucker for the graphic print. Today, printmaking is considered a valid process used by high-end visual artists. But the medium hasn't always been held in...
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Club Candids
Man-Filled Monday
Abundant bros at Bruno's
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 26, 2007
Ladies, if you want some attention, hit Bruno Mali's on a Monday night. We were there for the two-year anniversary of the DJ night A Foreign Affair on July 16, and the place...
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Art
Waste Not
Objets d'artifacts
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 26, 2007
With all this talk of going green and cleaning up our carbon footprints, it's no secret the world is knee-deep in trash. Changing old wasteful habits can prove difficult,...
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Art
Art Scene
Current exhibitions, shows, and installations
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 26, 2007
Fausto Fernandez at The Latin American Art Gallery: We all need a little instruction — something to give us direction and guidance. Without it, we’d be flailing aimlessly...
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Night & Day
Thank God It's Thursday
Two hangovers a week just don't cut it
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 19, 2007
Thursday night is never too early to get out, get effed, and get down. Partying before the weekend may seem decadent and unnecessary, but two weekend nights per week...
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Night & Day
SIX Degrees of Separation
Hey, beautiful people are people, too
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 19, 2007
We're all aware of what haunts us every time we attempt to negotiate reality when we look in the mirror. We ask ourselves if we're prettier than the ex, the neighbor, or --...
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Club Candids
Strolling the Strip
Fat Tuesday on a Saturday
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 19, 2007
This week, Club Candids decided to hit Mill Avenue and jump into whatever club seemed most promising. Turns out, the old standby Fat Tuesday was totally rockin' on Saturday,...
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Art
Lost in Space
As in taking up
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 12, 2007
Ever since we could use our eyeballs, humans haven't been able to shake a major staring problem with the night sky. The ancient Babylonians were so obsessed that they created...
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Club Candids
Play Ball
Bocce and booze at The Vig
By Lilia Menconi
Published: July 12, 2007
We remember when "nightlife" at 40th Street and Indian School consisted of a run-down Taco Bell and a super-scummy dive bar. But now that the Arcadia neighborhood is suddenly...
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