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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...
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“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...
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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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