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Night & Day
The Date Escape
Bestselling author shares the love
By Lilia Menconi
Published: February 4, 2010
No matter how bitter we become after divorce and heartbreak, we keep coupling. Author Elizabeth Gilbert went from stubbornly single globetrotting queen of anti-matrimony in her bes...
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Shrapnel
The 10 Best Tribute Bands of All Time
By Craig Outhier
Published: February 4, 2010
Tribute bands are like high-tech silicone sex dolls — it looks like the real thing, feels like it, hopefully even sounds like it. But who's kidding who? That ain't Gwen Stefa...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: February 4, 2010
THURSDAY 4 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) AZ88: Mr. P-Body & Friends (classic and old-school grooves) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shan...
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Cafe
Modern Steak Is Delicious -- If You Don’t Mind the Wait
By Michele Laudig
Published: February 4, 2010
I was skeptical. By now, don't we all have steakhouse fatigue? After three celebrity chefs opened upscale temples to premium beef over the past two years, the news that yet anothe...
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Feature
Spy Games: The Citadel Turns Everyday Phoenicians into Covert “Spies”
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: January 28, 2010
"Who are you? What are you guys doing here?" The blonde poking her head out of the motel bathroom door looks genuinely startled. It's almost midnight on a Tuesday, and five people...
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Night & Day
Nature of the Beast
A roundup of full moon hikes in the Valley
By Steve Jansen
Published: January 28, 2010
During the day, your boss rips you a new one and threatens to fire your ass. Later that night, you arrive home to find solace with your partner, but instead, she tells you she want...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: January 28, 2010
THURSDAY 28 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) AZ88: Mr. P-Body & Friends (classic and old-school grooves) Bikini Lounge: DJ Sha...
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Needle Exchange
16bit
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: January 21, 2010
God bless the United Kingdom and all the influential DJs, turntablists, beatmakers, and other EDM artists it's produced over the decades (Paul Oakenfold, Goldie, Photek, et al.). O...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: January 21, 2010
THURSDAY 21 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickl...
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Cafe
D’Vine Bistro and Wine Bar in East Mesa Isn’t Worth the D’rive
By Michele Laudig
Published: January 21, 2010
Recently, I got an e-mail from a regular New Times reader who was looking for some good restaurants in the far East Valley. I mean really far — somewhere closer to Apache Jun...
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Resolution Guide
Be a Girly Girl
By Lilia Menconi
Published: January 21, 2010
The modern woman can be a real moron. And when it comes to relationships, I've definitely been one. I've spent the past 12 years getting myself into (and out of) serious relation...
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Night & Day
Queen G
Self-deprecating comic takes the stage at Dodge
By Lilia Menconi
Published: January 14, 2010
We like to think of ourselves as snarky writers here in the Night & Day section, but this writer is having a little difficulty taking that approach with this piece. Even at the hig...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: January 14, 2010
THURSDAY 14 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickl...
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The Bird
MCSO Shackling Pregnant Moms, and Singer Linda Ronstadt Plans to March Against Arpaio
By Stephen Lemons
Published: January 7, 2010
CHRISTMAS ANGEL Miriam Mendiola-Martinez is a small woman, but her passive, sad demeanor makes her seem smaller. When she was busted by Scottsdale police for using false ID at her...
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Music
Year in Music: The Most Unintentionally Hilarious Lyrics of 2009
By Ben Westhoff
Published: January 7, 2010
The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business, popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years t...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: January 7, 2010
THURSDAY 7 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickle...
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Cafe
Dave’s Electric Brewpub Continues Tempe’s Winning Formula of Burgers and Brewskis
By Michele Laudig
Published: January 7, 2010
In Tempe, where people gravitate toward bright commercial clusters like Mill Avenue and Tempe Marketplace, it can be hard for off-the-beaten-path businesses to do well. The corner...
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Film
Year in Film: Clint Eastwood Tackles Mandela, the Hereafter and Approaching 80
By Scott Foundas
Published: January 7, 2010
On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal monolith of Table Mountain in the distance, while down by the city's busy waterfront, ...
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Stage
August: Osage County Heads to Gammage Ushering in a New Year of Theater
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: January 7, 2010
Things were not going well. I was at a holiday party, and people were doing that thing where they try to get me to talk about theater. Mostly, when this happens, it's because peop...
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Feature
Paint on a Happy Face: Local Artist Luis Gutierrez Is on the Cusp of Making It in the Art World Despite Struggling with MS
By Malia Politzer
Published: December 31, 2009
It's a warm November evening, and another First Friday is winding down at Portland's Restaurant & Wine Bar on the edge of downtown Phoenix. The pulsing bass blaring from the art wa...
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