Skinny on Dippin'

You're gonna feel like a noob if the town of Maricopa's eighth annual Salsa Festival is your first, but you'll be an excited, happy noob, enjoying samples from amateur and pro chefs vying for cash prizes awarded to Best Overall, Mild, Hot, and Unusual recipes for the spicy slush, for...

By Julie Peterson

March 29, 2012

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You're gonna feel like a noob if the town of Maricopa's eighth annual Salsa Festival is your first, but you'll be an excited, happy noob, enjoying samples from amateur and pro chefs vying for cash prizes awarded to Best Overall, Mild, Hot, and Unusual recipes for the spicy slush, for which you get to vote. Not your chip of tea? How about an artists' alley, live entertainment, kids' activities, a beer and margarita garden, food vendors, and not merely a mercado, but the Mercado Zone of crafters and other businesses? And in case you were confused about what kind of salsa festival this is, free dance lessons will let you pretend you knew all along.

Sat., March 31, 4-9 p.m., 2012

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Julie has written for the Night & Day events calendar section since 2005. As a student at Arizona State, she received the Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Creative Writing Award and the Theatre Medallion of Merit.

Contact: Julie Peterson