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Saving Alex: A Mother Finally Got Desperately Needed Help for Her Troubled Son — By Having Him Arrested
By Amy Silverman
Published: October 8, 2009
Niki Varlotta loves her son Alex so much, she called the cops on him. On a Wednesday evening not long ago, Niki sits in a booth in the back of a chain restaurant at a big mall...
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“Artificial Agents: The Robot Art of Brian Kappel” Combines Bots With Vintage Posters at After Hours Gallery
By Wynter Holden
Published: October 8, 2009
What's old really is new again. We've seen the resurgence of burlesque, bell-bottom jeans and the monsters of our childhood (via pop culture vehicles such as the HBO series...
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Analog Roll
Local mystery mixer Djentrification stays out of cyberspace
By Steve Jansen
Published: October 8, 2009
When we think of Willy Wonka, we think of a busy-bee eccentric, an inventor of sweet treats that capture the world's imagination, a dude who's content to plod away in a bizarre...
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Boyce Thompson Fall Plant Sale
Published: October 8, 2009
Like its counterpart at closer-to-home Desert Botanical Garden, Boyce Thompson's annual plant sale features scores upon scores of home-reared arid-land-adapted specimens,...
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Dark Sky Telescope Hike
By Leslie Barton
Published: October 8, 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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The Shizz Sequel
Local bands unite for an evening of music
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: October 8, 2009
Sequels can be tricky to pull off. For every Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight, there are twice as many shitheaps like Caddyshack II and The Two Jakes. This axiom also extends...
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"Ghosts and Hauntings"
Published: October 8, 2009
The Arizona Paranormal Investigators discuss some of the homie hauntings they've investigated over the years in Tombstone, Bisbee, Jerome, Prescott, and Superior. They'll also...
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Phoenix Noir Signing Party
By Clay McNear
Published: October 8, 2009
For a place with an overall IQ of about 32 – to judge by all the shotgun-toting boobs sporting Sheriff Joe bumper stickers – Phoenix has an ace literary scene. Many...
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Diana Gabaldon
Published: October 8, 2009
Stephenie Meyer may get most of the headlines these days, but Arizona’s other world-famed author of atmospheric romantic fiction is getting some new due of her own with...
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Diamonds in the Rough
While Snakes hibernate, promising youngsters come out to play
By Ed Kummerer
Published: October 8, 2009
Since the Diamondbacks are the only summer game in town, there’s no fallback plan if the season goes awry. That’s the tough thing about being a baseball fan in...
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Trans Phat
New Belgium fest celebrates bikes, beer, and bands
By Gren Radcliff
Published: October 8, 2009
Those who scoff at the sun as they pedal across Valley streets are invited to raise goblets of ale to the cooling of pavement when the annual Tour De Fat returns to Tempe....
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Worst. Movie. Ever.
Or maybe the best
By Heather Hoch
Published: October 8, 2009
Why would anyone pay the better part of a ten spot to view the steaming heap of cinema known as The Room, the nauseating story of a love triangle turned tragic that’s...
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Dissing in Action
Pop-punkers overcome the critics with snarky/fun tunes
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: October 8, 2009
Philly’s The Wonder Years could’ve easily renamed their band “Rodney Dangerfields and the No Respect Five” anytime over the past few years, since the...
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Ghouls' Night Out
Female horror scribes team up for hair-raising reading
By Clay McNear
Published: October 8, 2009
The most petrified we’ve ever been was on the stroke of midnight one bitter Christmas Eve, reading the final delicious syllables of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. King...
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Killer Wail
Quartet of creepy attractions will leave you howling for more
By Leslie Barton
Published: October 8, 2009
All Hallows Eve is almost upon us, and we're jonesing for one more perfect panic before settling into our boyfriend's candy bag. With 12 years to get it right, it’s hard...
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Gross Misconduct
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll heave.
By Kristina Smith
Published: October 8, 2009
Singer/songwriter, comedian, and Tony Award-nominated actor Stephen Lynch makes it feel so right to laugh at the so very sick and wrong. Just listen to 3 Balloons, his fourth...
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D'oh, Pioneers!
Author/NPR contributor takes on the Puritans
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: October 8, 2009
Apparently, the Pilgrims did more than wear buckle shoes and funny hats and forge friendships with Native Americans. Who were they, exactly, and how pure were they? In her new...
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Madeleine Albright
Published: October 8, 2009
The former U.S. Secretary of State under Bill Clinton (and the country's first female Sec of State) signs her new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box. ...
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"Que Vivan Los Muertos: Dia de los Muertos Festival Exhibit"
Published: October 8, 2009
The museum presents the 10th annual exhibit of altars, cajitas (small, traveling altars), calaveras (skulls), and calacas (skeletons) in conjunction with Calaca Cultural Center...
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"The Changing Face of Sports Coverage" Panel
Published: October 8, 2009
National and local luminaries such as ESPN's Pedro Gomez (pictured), MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez, Jose Romero of the Seattle Times, and the Arizona Republic's Paola Boivin and Paul...
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