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Rose Johnson: The Phoenix Arts Community Mourns One of Its Pioneers
By Kathleen Vanesian
Published: June 18, 2009
Anyone who's traveled south on 16th Street past Thomas Road in the past 10 years has seen the fading mural that snakes along the side of the old Mercer Mortuary building....
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The Bird
Mayor Phil Gordon Torpedoes Arpaio Over the Sheriff’s Neo-Nazi and Nativist Pals, and One More Reason the Democrats Need to Take Boxing Lessons
By Stephen Lemons
Published: June 18, 2009
POOH-POOH-ERS Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon scored a direct hit against nemesis Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the wake of the U.S. Holocaust Museum shooting spree by white supremacist...
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Night & Day
"Dust: William 'Bill' LeGoullon" Opening Reception
Published: June 18, 2009
The Phoenix photog is smitten by urban decay, and his shots of abandoned Arizona racetracks are especially striking. In this show, LeGoullon tracks modern central-Arizona ruins...
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Frozen Dinner is Served
Scottsdale’s CANAL makes camp a main course
By Clay McNear
Published: June 18, 2009
Times certainly change. TV dinners might now be largely the domain of gap-toothed hillbillies living in trailers down by the river, but when they were introduced by C.A....
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Turrell Skyspace Sunrise Viewing
By Lilia Menconi
Published: June 18, 2009
Here at New Times, we've covered the ever-living shit out of artist James Turrell's skyspace viewing chamber Knight Rise at SMoCA. Don't believe us? Scroll up and punch...
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Paolo Soleri 90th Birthday Celebration
Published: June 18, 2009
The visionary, Italy-born architect and founder of the conceptual town called Arcosanti near Cordes Junction turns the big 9-0 with this celebration, featuring the unveiling of...
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A Boy and His Dog and Alligator!
Published: June 18, 2009
Midnite Movie Mamacita takes her love of blood, gore, and camp on the road with this double-bill of the 1975 post-apocalyptic flick starring a pre-Miami Vice Don Johnson (the...
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Xbox Evolution
Phoenix scores its own joystick-Jedi Mecca
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: June 18, 2009
If you’re a hardcore gamer, chances are you woulda loved to have attended the annual E3 in Los Angeles, which is widely considered the absolute Mecca for joystick Jedi...
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mewithoutYou
By Craig Outhier
Published: June 18, 2009
Lead singer Aaron Weiss wants to set the record straight: MewithoutYou is NOT Christian rock band. Unless you want it to be. “It’s not like I’m offended if...
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Alternative Fuel
You may ditch the SUV after watching this documentary
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 18, 2009
Are you all gung ho about cheaper gas prices, even if it means jacking up the land? Well, you may change your mind after watching the beautifully-captured documentary Oil on...
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Bull Durham, AZ Style
Fledgling ballplayers compete for “The Show”
By Jay Bennett
Published: June 18, 2009
Unless you’re a professional baseball scout, it’s damn near impossible to look at the newest crop of Arizona Summer League talent and pick out who’s destined for...
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Night & Day
Back to the Sonic Future
Downtown gallery maps Valley music history
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: June 18, 2009
If you think of The Gin Blossoms as the primary legacy of Valley music, you're invited to hop into the Delorean that is "The Grid: Music Edition" exhibition. The Trunk Space,...
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Night & Day
Shizz in the Pool
Local org gets back to PHX’s summer roots
By Lou Kummerer
Published: June 18, 2009
Pool parties seem to be quite the “to-do” in Phoenix these days. The problem is that the more well-known pool parties are getting expensive, not to mention we're sick...
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Bad Brains
Let’s hope for zero cranium-fluid during Noize Tour
By Ben Westhoff
Published: June 18, 2009
BMX freestyle pro Rick Thorne has 27 screws in his head. He also once broke his palate and eye socket when he crashed into the corner of a loading dock. About the episode, he...
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Off the Stooks
Local sad bastard releases new album
By Lilia Menconi
Published: June 18, 2009
We're hearing the term "old, sad bastard music" thrown around quite a bit. Could this be a burgeoning genre? If so, JD Stooks – who openly admits to ripping the descriptor...
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A Splendid Rose
Community celebrates the life of a one-and-only
By Julie Peterson
Published: June 18, 2009
The news that artist Rose Johnson had died suddenly in Bali on May 31 seemed like a bad dream. Johnson left indelible marks on Arizona in her final 10 years in Bisbee and,...
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Twins Peaks
Loved one minute, hated the next? Seek answers during The Gemini Show.
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 18, 2009
There’s a fly honey that you’ve been seeing, but you can’t figure her out. One minute, she says that she’s really into you. The next, she’s a...
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The Crash Heard Round the World
Writer discusses aviation-altering disaster
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: June 18, 2009
In the wake of the recent crash of Air France Flight 447, there’s an unfortunate resonance to author Dan Driskill’s upcoming presentation about the 1956 collision of...
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Dark Sky Telescope Hike
By Leslie Barton
Published: June 18, 2009
We have some pretty sick fantasies, but none ever centered on staring at the night sky through a telescope. Undaunted hat- and scarf-wearers and general-punishment gluttons can...
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That '70s Art Show
The price is right in retro-looking exhibit
By Wynter Holden
Published: June 18, 2009
It’s hard to say what defined the ‘70s. The Vietnam War? Swingers? Saturday Night Fever? According to artist David van Alphen, it’s more than that....
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