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Rendez-Zoo at the Phoenix Zoo and Grilled Squash Salad in Today's Eater's Digest

​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Rendez-Zoo 2011 Got $500 (or, for that matter, $75,000) burning a hole in your pocket?  Because an evening of conservation and cuisine does not come cheap. If you're looking to blow your kid's ... More >>

Another DOC Inmate Steals Car, Escapes Custody

​For the second time in just over a year, an Arizona prison inmate has stolen a car and escaped custody.The latest con to escape the clutches of the Arizona Department of Corrections: 40-year-old Dyan Castorena.According to the DOC, Castorena was was working at the Manheim Auto Auction in Tolleson ... More >>

Clutch Performance

​For the second time in just over a year, an Arizona prison inmate has stolen a car and escaped custody.The latest con to escape the clutches of the Arizona Department of Corrections: 40-year-old Dyan Castorena.According to the DOC, Castorena was was working at the Manheim Auto Auction in Tolleson ... More >>

Jay Z and Kanye Drop "Otis" Video With All The Spike Jonze, Aziz Ansari, Models, and East African Drought Relief Needed to Rule

​The charm of "Otis," Jay Z and Kanye West's "Otis," the first single from their collaborative album Watch the Throne, is simple: Jay and 'Ye spit great verses over a killer Otis Redding sample. But the track doesn't make all that much sense as a single -- it's infectious, yeah, but there's not mu ... More >>

Gay Ol' Time

​The charm of "Otis," Jay Z and Kanye West's "Otis," the first single from their collaborative album Watch the Throne, is simple: Jay and 'Ye spit great verses over a killer Otis Redding sample. But the track doesn't make all that much sense as a single -- it's infectious, yeah, but there's not mu ... More >>

Warner Music Group Sued by Shareholders to Block Sale of Company

Wikimedia CommonsWarner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr.​As we reported earlier this month, mammoth Warner Music Group was up for auction  -- supposedly to the highest bidder, but that's not how it went down, according to a class action lawsuit filed yesterday by WMG stock holder Derek Cou ... More >>

X Japan Leader Yoshiki Launches Celebrity Auction to Benefit Japan's Earthquake Recovery

Photo by NishiokaYoshiki​To a music fan, there's nothing like having a unique piece of memorabilia from their favorite artist -- for example, an autographed guitar, or maybe the mandolin that Ministry used on three world tours, or Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis' MTV Europe Award. To a ... More >>

Runway Pride

Photo by NishiokaYoshiki​To a music fan, there's nothing like having a unique piece of memorabilia from their favorite artist -- for example, an autographed guitar, or maybe the mandolin that Ministry used on three world tours, or Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis' MTV Europe Award. To a ... More >>

Road Rage

Auto enthusiasm reaches its peak

Mon Target

Local gallery gears up for another potential success

Gingerbread House Auction: After Hours Gallery

courtesy of After Hours Gallery ​ Now this is a home tour you can sink your teeth into. All over town, artists, architects, pastry chefs, fire departments, and neighborhood schools are busy creating and building -- out of gingerbread. After Hours Gallery and Neighborhood Housing Services ( ... More >>

Fork You

Grub on sweets for a good cause

Tastemakers

Downtown Chandler’s cooking up something big

Just Heat It

AZ-raised author comes back to her roots

Movie Stars

Local film fest at its biggest and best

Over the Hill

Forty-year old festival is anything but old

The Love Me Nots Selling Their Outfits On E-Bay

You could own this stylish ensemble, thanks to eBay.​The Love Me Nots are cleaning out their closets with the help of eBay. The stylish retro-rock foursome is running a whole host of eBay auctions for pieces of their on-stage attire, including these banging orange vinyl go-go boots (and matching d ... More >>

No Place Like Tome

Old-school book hunt at the Heard

Barrett-Jackson Auction Rakes in More Than $68 Million

​The numbers are in, and the torrential weather seems to have had little effect on the posh Barrett-Jackson luxury car auction in Scottsdale last week -- the cars drew some serious coin.The company announced today that, in total, the auction brought in about $68 million in one week, an 11 perc ... More >>

Barrett-Jackson, Love Me Nots, and Trunk Space Over the Weekend

​Love Me Nots Music Video Premiere at Martini Ranch Friday night at Martini Ranch, Love Me Nots, along with their pals Mod Zombies, brought the house down in honor of "Do What You Do," the new music video from Love Me Nots...see photos ​Car Porn at Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction 2010 The ... More >>

Arty Girl: Final Days of Auction Fundraiser at Cone Arts Gallery

11x14 print of Georgia O'Keefe taken at the Ghost Ranch, 1975, donated by Dan Budnik .This could be yours...for a good cause.​If you're on facebook and you're "friended" any of the artsy folks downtown, the name Rich Zandlo should ring a bell.Zandlo suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, a devastating gene ... More >>

Hot Links: Crystal Meth, John McCain's House, and Park Fees

​The former home of Senator John McCain is going up for auction. The home, near Glendale and Central avenues, has 13 bedrooms, two guest houses, and 14.5 bathrooms. The auction price will start at $5.9 million...Queen Creek officials are asking residents to help decide on a slogan for the city ... More >>

First Press Weekend of Wine Starts Friday

​Wine? Did somebody say wine? If your ears perk up at the sound of a cork popping out of a bottle, then this weekend's First Press events are for you. Friday night kicks off with the First Press Grand Tasting at the Hotel Valley Ho, presented by National Bank of Arizona. As you'd expect, t ... More >>

Pleasure Factory

Warhol-inspired bash encourages coloring outside the lines

Tucson's Solar Culture to Get Modified?

​Some sad news from Tucson: Solar Culture, the venerable gallery/venue that has a lot in common with Phoenix's soon-to-be-vastly-different Modified Arts, is on the auction block. The guy who runs it, artist Steven Eye, is apparently not the obvious winner. From Tucson Weekly. There are dark cloud ... More >>

Sunday: Taste of the Park

This Sunday brings another chance to eat, drink, and be merry in the name of charity. Taste of the Park, Litchfield Park's third annual culinary festival, will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on October 18 in downtown Litchfield Park, at Old Litchfield Rd. and Wigwam Blvd. And it actually benefits a variet ... More >>

Saturday: TASTE Chandler's Culinary Festival

Can any metropolitan area top the Valley for sheer quantity of culinary festivals? Seems doubtful, since the number of food-centric events across town only continues to grow. This Saturday happens to be the debut of TASTE Chandler's Culinary Festival, which will take over AJ Chandler Park (between A ... More >>

Arty Girl: NU Tonight at the Heard Museum

By craftychica on flickr.Isn't she gorgeous?​I was considering a blog about the Lowrider show at Phoenix Art Museum tomorrow but the fine folks over in Night & Day already got their paws on it. Nicely done, guys.Lucky for us, there's plenty of good stuff going on around town. Like the Heard Mu ... More >>

Brother's Keeper

Local filmmaker explores childhood grieving

Tomorrow: Forks and Corks at the Esplanade

Skip happy hour and splurge on the latest swanky culinary event, Forks and Corks, on Thursday evening. Proceeds benefit scholarships for the Arizona Hotel and Restaurant Foundations. Chefs from the Arizona Biltmore, Lon's at the Hermosa, Fairmont Scottsdale, Hyatt Regency, and many other resorts and ... More >>

Works on Canvas

Canvas sneakers, that is

Over the Weekend: Graffiti, Wiener Dogs and "Scottsdale Bars"

Canvas sneakers, that is

Even more foodie fundraisers

Canvas sneakers, that is

Tomorrow night: Taste of the Nation

Canvas sneakers, that is

Go for Joke

Funny can buy you love. Even for Sheriff Joe.

Brickhouse of Flying Paint

Funny can buy you love. Even for Sheriff Joe.

High Notes

Benefit concert for Drop In Skate Shop owner

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Benefit concert for Drop In Skate Shop owner

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Benefit concert for Drop In Skate Shop owner

Auto Focus

Three major automotive events for Valley gearheads

Goombah and Pokey

Mafia-themed Mickey Blue Eyes spoof doesn't deliver much of a boot

Peace Offerings

National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution

Little Green Grapples

There's always room for Jell-O wrestling

Capisce de Resistance

There's always room for Jell-O wrestling

WANNA SEE BETTE DAVIS' BUTT?

DAVID PARKER WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH---OR ANY SCRAP OF A CELEBRITY'S LIFE