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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
