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Don’t Even Think About Fighting Phoenix City Hall Unless You’re a Good Old Boy
By Sarah Fenske
Published: May 21, 2009
Miriam Hayenga isn't your typical developer. For the most part, the Valley's earth-movers and shakers tend to be conservative white guys. Hayenga's not just female —...
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Big Surf 40th Anniversary Celebration
Published: May 21, 2009
The waterpark, unique when it first opened its gates in the summer of 1969, celebrates with a turn-back-the-clock clothing promotion, DJ spins, and a $4 Retro Meal. ...
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"Healing from a Hate Crime: A Dream in Doubt"
Published: May 21, 2009
The Valley's Rana Singh Sodhi revisits the story about how his brother Balbir was gunned down in a Mesa hate crime after 9/11 because of his religion (Sikh) and dress. Sodhi,...
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Animation Madness of Max Fleischer
Published: May 21, 2009
The festival salutes the pioneering Disney auteur of the 1930s with screenings of a 70th-anniversary reissue of the 1939 full-length features Gulliver's Travels and early Betty...
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Sedona UFO Sky Watch Conference
Published: May 21, 2009
It's not enough with the vortices, already? Apparently not. The night-vision-goggles-wearing folks behind this event promise "UFOs darting about in the nighttime sky" and "huge...
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Whisper Track
Published: May 21, 2009
"Avant-garde" isn't the most appropriate label to place on eco new music percussionist Jeph Jerman and his approach to producing sound. Sure, his uniquely captured artistry...
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To Hells and Back
Professional tough guy Jay Dobyns lives to sign new book
By Steve Jansen
Published: May 21, 2009
If you ever were to start a fight with someone, make sure it’s not with Jay Dobyns. In 1987, Dobyns – a former UofA football standout, law enforcement agent, and one...
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Non-Terrible Twos
Supercool downtown hang celebrates its birthday
By Steve Jansen
Published: May 21, 2009
We’re beginning to feel like downtown old-timers. Perihelion Arts is nearing seven years of existence, Trunk Space recently turned five, and now The Lost Leaf – the...
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The Beatnik Generation
Songstress Rain Perry relives her hippie childhood
By Wynter Holden
Published: May 21, 2009
Having cool, liberal parents isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Just look at Gwyneth Paltrow’s poor baby, Apple, who will undoubtedly grow up traumatized...
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Open Water
East Valley waterpark opens for season
By Lilia Menconi
Published: May 21, 2009
You don’t need a thermometer to tell it’s summertime. Just look at the kids. They’ve got dry, crackling skin dusted with funky chlorine residue, green hair,...
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Open Water
East Valley waterpark opens for season
By Lilia Menconi
Published: May 21, 2009
You don’t need a thermometer to tell it’s summertime. Just look at the kids. They’ve got dry, crackling skin dusted with funky chlorine residue, green hair,...
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Joystick Division
Get your game on downtown
By Leslie Barton
Published: May 21, 2009
To quote James D. Rolfe, a.k.a. the Angry Video Game Nerd, “You know what’s bullshit?” Here’s what: registering for the Pokémon Video Game Regional...
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Bad Hare Day
Politically incorrect ’toons lampoon Jews, gays, blacks, and evil Arabs
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: May 21, 2009
The adjective in the title Bad Bugs Bunny, a program of golden-age Warner Bros. cartoons playing at Chandler Cinemas, bears clarification. Purely on the level of cinematic...
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Hooray for Hollyweird
Queer little comedy is about growing up gay in La-La Land
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: May 21, 2009
Let’s say you’re a gay teenager, and you’re growing up in the barrio in Hollywood. You can count on being picked on for being queer, and maybe you’ll...
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Virtual Surreality
ASU prof concocts her own high-tech night on the town
By Julie Peterson
Published: May 21, 2009
Arizona State University professor and intermedia star Muriel Magenta has drawn on a career’s worth of creativity to develop CLUB M, an immersive “video...
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Do the Rights Thing
Doc walks the walk in corporate-copyright battle
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: May 21, 2009
Though the claim is tongue-in-cheek, P. Diddy's album title We Invented the Remix still smells of methane. The barest notion of the remix, the manipulation of source material...
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Misery Loves Company
Can’t get enough of the D-Backs losing? Try this.
By Clay McNear
Published: May 21, 2009
We know. We know. We’re only a quarter of the way through this seemingly interminable season, and there seems to be precious little reason to keep watching. Here’s...
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Misery Loves Company
Can’t get enough of the D-Backs losing? Try this.
By Clay McNear
Published: May 21, 2009
We know. We know. We’re only a quarter of the way through this seemingly interminable season, and there seems to be precious little reason to keep watching. Here’s...
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Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Marlins
Published: May 21, 2009
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Florida Marlins, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby...
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Riffer Madness
MST3K’s original cast docks in Mesa
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: May 21, 2009
Joel Hodgson is a geek god. As the creator and original host of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, the one-time stand-up spent a half-decade giving nerds and couch potatoes fits of...
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