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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 5, 2009
Published: May 7, 2009
PRIUS PROBLEMS Wanna reduce your footprint? Buy used: Look at me; I'm an attention whore! I wouldn't say all Prius owners are like this, but a few of those interviewed for the...
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RandomCon
Published: May 7, 2009
The gaming con features console gaming, role-playing, LARP, card and board games, and guest appearances by genre bigwigs like Houses of the Blooded's John Wick (pictured), Eric...
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Phoenix Celebrity Classic Happy Gilmore Open
Published: May 7, 2009
Celebs including Joe Theismann, Lawrence Taylor, Alice Cooper (pictured), Seth Joyner, Neil Lomax, Dan Majerle, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Williams are scheduled to...
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Unnatural History
Artist bucks the trendy in wowza exhibit
By Lilia Menconi
Published: May 7, 2009
Here’s our promise to you with this piece about Jessica Drenk: We're not going to talk about the green movement. Of course, being that the Tucson-based artist makes works...
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Silent Nice
By Chris Parker
Published: May 7, 2009
Like moonlight on a starless night, the Silent Years project across a crisp, endless expanse both stark beauty and a rich, engaging brightness. The Detroit quintet indulge...
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Iron Man
Local artist makes light work of metal
By Wynter Holden
Published: May 7, 2009
There’s an undeniable allure to the 10-foot-high undulating metal sculptures of Phoenix artist Pete Deise. However, unless you’re a trust-fund baby or made a mint in...
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Complete Boriqua
The “Wepas!” fly at island hoedown
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: May 7, 2009
The Puerto Rican flag, with its distinctive lone white star, blue triangle, and red stripes, has been popping up more frequently around town. With the infusion of that island...
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Graveyard Shift
Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies
By Lilia Menconi
Published: May 7, 2009
So, it's been a dream of yours to fly to Paris and see the grave of Jim Morrison at the famed Pere Lachaise cemetery since 14-year-old you hung that Forever 27 poster on your...
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Soused Party
Vistalance and other local rockers tie one on
By Craig Outhier
Published: May 7, 2009
Had your fill of clean-living, yoga-mat rock stars? You know, the kind who avoid meat and alcohol like Brandy Norwood avoids break pedals? Then come to Tempe’s Club Red...
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Italian Rapscallion
Brains, beauty have Cleveland comic on the cusp
By Julie Seabaugh
Published: May 7, 2009
She’s tough. She’s hot. She’s proud of her roots. And she’s a pretty darn formidable poker player, to boot. If she didn’t already exist so...
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Mom's The Word
Scottsdale eatery offers a mother of a deal
By Clay McNear
Published: May 7, 2009
If your mother’s a pill, do your duty with some used mausoleum flowers and a trip to Cracker Barrel. If your mom’s kickass (like ours), make a res right now for the...
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World Fair Trade Day Festival
Published: May 7, 2009
The socially conscious event features sale items from around the globe, plus live music and food. Sat., May 9, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 2009
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Much Ado About Playthings
Valley expo will make mouths of all ages water
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: May 7, 2009
Just because you want to go to the Phoenix Toy Show doesn’t mean you’re stuck in childhood. So what if the prospect of the largest collectible-toy market in the...
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Red Ink
Cardinals defensive standouts sign ’graphs at Sports Card Show
By Lou Kummerer
Published: May 7, 2009
Watching pro athletes do anything outside of the sporting arena is kind of awkward and embarrassing. It’s like they’ve been conditioned to a point where smashing...
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Danskin SheROX Tempe Triathlon
Published: May 7, 2009
The USA Triathlon-sanctioned event for women includes a half-mile swim, 21K bike, and 5K run. Sat., May 9, 8 a.m., 2009
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International Film Series: Noise
Published: May 7, 2009
This topnotch thriller from Down Under, which world-premiered at Sundance 2007, stars Brendan Cowell as a cop afflicted with tinnitus who's thrown into the cacophony of a...
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Katherine Benton-Cohen
Published: May 7, 2009
The Georgetown University assistant professor signs her new book, Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands, which looks at the racial...
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The Running Man
New book examines the secrets of distance
By Ed Kummerer
Published: May 7, 2009
We’ve tried to get into running plenty of times, but it never lasts for more than a couple of miles. No matter how motivated we are at the start, it doesn’t take us...
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Dying in the Desert
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: May 7, 2009
A lot of really hideous things can happen to you in the desert. You could get stung by a highly poisonous scorpion. You could get lost without any water, wander around for a...
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Opera & Ballet Film Series: Tamerlano
Published: May 7, 2009
Teatro Real, Madrid, presents the filmic version of Handel's work about the 14th-century Turko-Mongol conqueror of Asia. Sun., May 10, 10 a.m.; Wed., May 13, 11 a.m.;...
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