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There's a big plaster duck in the driveway of Rick Orr's mobile home. If you know Rick Orr, you know this can't possibly be just any plaster duck; it's almost certainly one of...
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In the greater Phoenix area, there is no shortage of poets ready to get their words off their chest. However, Jessica Standifird of the Rorschach Poets Collective noticed that...
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Just when you thought it was safe to keep a secret, Frank Warren turns up with another of his PostSecret books.
Warren, “the most trusted stranger in America,” has...
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Novelist Zachary Lazar has a reporter’s heart. In Evening’s Empire, a Phoenix-centric account of the murder of his father, Lazar sets out to tell yet another of our...
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There’s one for the Irish and the Chinese. Now, Phoenix Latinos are finally getting their own arts and cultural center, and there’s no better way to celebrate than...
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We pretty much keep to ourselves here in the editorial department at New Times, huddled in our caves while creating the content of these beloved pages. But the marketing...
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For many, portly symbols of the holidays conjure up images of St. Nick and Frosty. Not for James Garcia, New Carpa Theater’s founder and playwright, who’s added Joe...
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Arise, lazy peasants! Raise your fists and remember Saturday, December 5, the day we finally overthrow that evil, tyrannical, big-box bastion, Walmart. Our weapon of choice?...
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For most of his life, Larry Forsythe had his hands in everything from concrete to steel. These days, they’re wrist-deep in clay behind a potter’s wheel. After more...
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The women’s-prison picture, that favorite of drive-in, grindhouse, and lonely guy at the video store, breaks loose again with Sugar Boxx. Cody Jarrett’s loving homage...
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Sure, Arizona lacks certain amenities, but for those of us with ancestry of the redneck type, the dearth of barbecue ranks among the most egregious failings. Funny, too, given...
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Chances are, at some point you’ve written a poem. Maybe it was the love sonnet you wrote for your third-grade crush, or a rap song you penned during your Vanilla Ice...
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We love the Christmas season here at New Times. Every winter we go for strolls along the snowy downtown streets, singing merry carols. We always visit with Christ, who lives...
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Imagine you’re a newbie art critic, strolling around downtown years ago to check out the scene. You pop into a few spots and view the work, which seems pretty good, but...
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Perhaps you’ve heard about the Boston electro-pop quintet Passion Pit’s backstory: Two years ago, falsetto voiced frontman Michael Angelakos – then just a dude...
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Now that the BCS is in its annual process of fouling up college football, there’s a March Madness-esque series coming to town that will kick our college-basketball taste...
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You’ll need a minute to take in everything you see onstage before Dry River Yacht Club begins to play — bassoons, violins, clarinets, and French horns aren’t...
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People love to reminisce, which is why folks argue about whether the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns could beat the Charles Barkley-era squad. Foolish, really. Besides, even if the...
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Following a day of watching A Christmas Story for the fifth time and playing Uno until your fingers bleed, it’s time to get the relatives out of the house and into a place...
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We’re assuming Skinny Puppy doesn’t really get into the “holiday spirit.” However, the band has something akin to an early Christmas gift for its...
