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It was Kieran Doyle's 33rd birthday, and for once he was relaxed. Swigging beer and laughing it up with some friends at home, the burly Irishman allowed himself to forget for a...
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"This is where we do it," Survivalist's most garrulous MC, Preacha, welcomes you upon your arrival at Fo' Life Records, the tiny independent record label from west Phoenix that...
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Back Porch Cafe
President Bush is encouraging Americans to band together and support our country, and we're doing it. In this time of flags rippling from the rooftops and...
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This may be a strange time to release a thriller about the dangers of corrupt law enforcement, but Training Day -- with no explosions, no cheap thrills, no international...
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Long before the economy took its most recent nosedive, the state of the contemporary art scene in the Valley of the Sun could be labeled as pretty abysmal. Only a handful of...
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Broadway's Tony Awards -- a celebration of New York theater's best -- is not the first place you'd look for controversy. But the award of the coveted Best Musical for 2000 to...
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Arizona Republic restaurant critic Howard Seftel has been around so long it's tempting to characterize him as being here since Native American Indians settled the Sonoran...
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It's Saturday afternoon during this year's South by Southwest, and the collection of independent parties known as South by South Congress is in full swing along the main...
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There are two reasons to frequent Chez Bubba's, the wonderful Caribbean and Creole restaurant on First Street downtown. One of them is Bubba. Myron "Bubba" Stephenson is such a...
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Serendipity already feels archaic, like some dusty relic that's been unearthed from an antique store attic and polished off for display. It reeks of quaint and cute, from its...
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T he truest test of any great piece of theater -- or any drama whose title is routinely appended with a superlative, has been produced for years on Broadway to great critical...
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Arizona cowboy Cody Hancock rides bulls. It's something that he loves to do and that his father did before him. It's also how he makes a living. When Hancock, a national...
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The Phoenix Zoo is known for preserving wildlife, fostering environmental education and nurturing animal populations.For nearly 40 years, the privately funded facility has been...
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No matter what some delusional musicians might spew forth in their diatribes about "art" versus "commercialism," few bands would call for a ghostbuster if the specter of...
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Talk is swirling that the massive Mondo's restaurant may be closing, barely a year after opening at The Promenade on Scottsdale Road south of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard....
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It's generally considered a violation of the unwritten code of film criticism to reveal anything that happens more than halfway into a movie, let alone near the end. But these...
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Before he was editor in chief at Marvel Comics--which, by all rights, makes him the man who tells Spider-Man what he can do with himself and the X-Men where to go--Joe Quesada...
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Updated October 5, 2001
Washington, D.C. -- Florence Mahoney is a testament to the National Institute on Aging, an agency she helped create three decades ago.At 102 years old,...
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To those who grew up hearing -- and watching -- the best Brazilian and Afro-Cuban bands on the planet, chances are Ozomatli are L.A.'s most overrated band. When the Ozos go...
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Pressing MattersMedia muzzle: I enjoyed your column ("Nine One One," Kristi Dempsey, September 20). I have to put in my two cents, though. The U.S. media as a whole have...
