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Jim Pederson has a dream. He wants to make the Arizona Legislature safe for democracy.
That's a lofty goal for a man who's spent his career building shopping centers rather...
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Stuck on Buck Now the Diamondbanks know how Spinal Tap felt.That's a riff on the introduction to a September 27, 1999, front-page story in the Pre-Millennial Arizona Republic....
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'N Sync and its lacquered ilk might induce more screams from the ardent nymphets packing our great nation's stadiums, but no one has inspired more teenage girls to grab...
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Tomaso's -- the elegant Italian restaurant that's charmed Valley diners for almost two decades in its original 32nd Street and Camelback location -- has set up a sister shop...
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With global overpopulation neatly intertwining with the advent of the home video camera, we have been afforded, as a species, several near-miracles. For instance, when...
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"We're going to get silly, and at the same time find our way through this mire of romantic hell that we often find ourselves in," promises Mark Anderson, describing his show...
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Neal Pollack -- iconic journeyman!
The globe-gallivanting literary godsend has not only redefined journalism, but rephrased and restructured it as well. Readers adore his...
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Much has been made of the renaissance composer Burt Bacharach has been enjoying as of late. The Maestro's sudden resurgence is the result of a number of high-profile...
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Pleasures of the Palettes, one of the Valley's most exclusive culinary fund raisers being held later this month at the Phoenician, has been leaving a bitter taste in the...
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Meet the Parents has just enough class to make for prestige pop: Robert De Niro as star, Randy Newman as composer, Blythe Danner as wallpaper, Ben Stiller as schmuck. It has...
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John Wesley Hall believes justice is a myth taught in classrooms, a fable found in law books, as imaginary as the unicorn and the mermaid. The Arkansas attorney mentions case...
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As any well-meaning parent who has tried it will tell you, dragging the kids to an art museum can be a real disaster. To start with, everywhere you look is a sign saying...
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It's nerve-racking to write about Dave Eggers. His magazine Might was a carnival of media satire and clever think pieces before it folded in 1997. His book A Heartbreaking...
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Feel like you'll throttle Dionne Warwick's scrawny little neck if you hear her version of "I Say a Little Prayer" one more time? Don't throw Burt out with the bath water. Here...
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There's plenty of campaign rhetoric about working families, but who ever talks about one of the biggest problems of the working man today -- massive corporate downsizing? In...
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After a dark summer of illness and hospital stays and medical bills they cannot afford to pay, Ed and Janyce Dawson took heart last week when the state announced it will fight...
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In a way it's not surprising, though categorically unfair, that Taj Mahal often gets snubbed by blues purists. As far back as his self-titled first album, Mahal's records were...
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String Being
Name dropper: Thanks for Gilbert Garcia's exposé on the Valley's most famous guitarist ("The Tao of Estéban," September 21).
I studied guitar in...
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Rob Withem sits cross-legged on his living room floor in the Phoenix apartment he shares with his wife. On the couch are two of Withem's bandmates from Fine China, bassist...
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It's fall once again, and that means the Arizona State Fair will get into full swing shortly. This year's lineup of musical performers is enough to make us think your time at...
