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Australia

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Matinee Energy? Power Co-Op Isn't Buying It; Proposed Benson Solar Farm Reportedly too Big for Nearby Lines

    Matinee Energy, the Tucson mystery company with ties to two controversial brothers, has plans to build a large-scale, 120-megawatt solar-power plant in Benson.But even if the firm manages to complete the project, which claims a construction budget "up to the maximum of $444 million," it isn't clear ... More >>

  • Music

    March 22, 2012

    Manufactured Superstars @ Axis/Radius

    Matinee Energy, the Tucson mystery company with ties to two controversial brothers, has plans to build a large-scale, 120-megawatt solar-power plant in Benson.But even if the firm manages to complete the project, which claims a construction budget "up to the maximum of $444 million," it isn't clear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Florence and the Machine Coming to Phoenix

    Looks like the Coachella runoff just keeps on...uh...running off. Florence and the Machine, scheduled to play the Indio Festival on Sunday April 15 and 22, is making a side trip over to Comerica Theatre on Friday, April 20. 2011 was big for singer Florence Welsh -- her sophomore album, Ceremonia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2011

    Blonde on Blonde

    Looks like the Coachella runoff just keeps on...uh...running off. Florence and the Machine, scheduled to play the Indio Festival on Sunday April 15 and 22, is making a side trip over to Comerica Theatre on Friday, April 20. 2011 was big for singer Florence Welsh -- her sophomore album, Ceremonia ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2011

    Catch a Wave

    Looks like the Coachella runoff just keeps on...uh...running off. Florence and the Machine, scheduled to play the Indio Festival on Sunday April 15 and 22, is making a side trip over to Comerica Theatre on Friday, April 20. 2011 was big for singer Florence Welsh -- her sophomore album, Ceremonia ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Pendulum @ Marquee Theatre

    Looks like the Coachella runoff just keeps on...uh...running off. Florence and the Machine, scheduled to play the Indio Festival on Sunday April 15 and 22, is making a side trip over to Comerica Theatre on Friday, April 20. 2011 was big for singer Florence Welsh -- her sophomore album, Ceremonia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Chef Bernie Kantak of Citizen Public House Joins Chef Jon Spahr of Amaro Pizzeria for Five-Course Wine Dinner

    Jackie MercandettiAmaro Pizzeria and Vino Lounge​Chef Bernie Kantak of Citizen Public House, the new restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale serving up standard American favorites with a delicious kick in the ass, will be heading North to Cave Creek to join Jon Spahr, chef and owner of Amaro Pizzeri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Xavier Rudd on the McDowell Mountain Music Festival, Code Green Tasmania, Australian Flooding and More

    ​It's that time of year again: the McDowell Mountain Music Festival is here! Each year the festival brings in big names from all over the map, and this year is no exception, with Australian indie-folker Xavier Rudd playing. Rudd's multi-instrumentalist approach will surely add a special touch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Cibo Welcomes Guest Chef and Sommelier plus Chocolate Factory Inspired Food Porn in Today's Eater's Digest

    SugarPuffi​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cibo's Thursday Night SpecialTomorrow night, downtown pizza extraordinaire Cibo proudly welcomes two special guests from Boulder, Colorado's Frasca Food & Wine. Sommelier Bobby Stucky and chef La ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Bush Gardens

    SugarPuffi​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cibo's Thursday Night SpecialTomorrow night, downtown pizza extraordinaire Cibo proudly welcomes two special guests from Boulder, Colorado's Frasca Food & Wine. Sommelier Bobby Stucky and chef La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Christopher's St. Hallet Wine Dinner and Citrus Cupcakes in Today's Eater's Digest

    cookingagents.wordpress.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Christopher's Wine DinnerJoin Christopher's for their first Wine Dinner of 2011 Wednesday January 19th at 6:30 p.m.. The four course dinner will start with a specialty cocktail amuse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Multiple Benefit Concerts Being Organized to Support Queensland Flood Relief

    ​Flooding in Queensland, Australia is bringing about plenty of benefit concerts, according to Spinner.While artists like Keith Urban and Mos Def are shuffling around some tour dates to work around the flood, other artists and promoters are putting a more positive spin on the disaster by organizing ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 7, 2010

    Angela Ellsworth on Being Gay, the Mormon Church, and Her Increasing Artistic Success

    ​Flooding in Queensland, Australia is bringing about plenty of benefit concerts, according to Spinner.While artists like Keith Urban and Mos Def are shuffling around some tour dates to work around the flood, other artists and promoters are putting a more positive spin on the disaster by organizing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Sean Snelling at Primebar

    Sean Snelling ​There are few things more attractive than a good accent -- the more masculine and foreign-sounding, the better. Sean Snelling, a native of Australia, has one of the best around. Having successfully managed Merc Bar in Phoenix, Snelling recently returned from a four-month hiatu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Master Wine Tastings and Summer Salmon in Today's Eater's Digest

    eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Master Wine TastingRound two of The Capital Grille's Summer Master Wine Tasting Event has started. From now until September 5th, you will be able to sample up to 11 different ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2010

    The X Files

    eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Master Wine TastingRound two of The Capital Grille's Summer Master Wine Tasting Event has started. From now until September 5th, you will be able to sample up to 11 different ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2010

    X

    eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Master Wine TastingRound two of The Capital Grille's Summer Master Wine Tasting Event has started. From now until September 5th, you will be able to sample up to 11 different ... More >>

  • Music

    April 15, 2010

    Sia

    eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Master Wine TastingRound two of The Capital Grille's Summer Master Wine Tasting Event has started. From now until September 5th, you will be able to sample up to 11 different ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    Sia

    eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Master Wine TastingRound two of The Capital Grille's Summer Master Wine Tasting Event has started. From now until September 5th, you will be able to sample up to 11 different ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    MC Hammer Is Working All the Angles

    eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Master Wine TastingRound two of The Capital Grille's Summer Master Wine Tasting Event has started. From now until September 5th, you will be able to sample up to 11 different ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    More Proof the U.S. Is Fat--in Chart Form

    www.awesome.good.is​ If you want to see something scary, click on this transparency by awesome.good.is. It's a representation of the percentages of people in certain countries who are overweight, and surprise, surprise, the U.S. represents with the highest percent at 66.3 pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    DownUnder Wines & Bistro is Moving

    ​In their weekly wine newsletter, Roger Carpenter and Phil Roberts announced that they're leaving their current Chandler digs in December and moving their Aussie-themed restaurant, DownUnder Wines & Bistro, to an expanded space in Gilbert (1422 W. Warner, northeast corner at McQueen).

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Q&A: The Wiggles' Murray Cook

    The Wiggles in their big, red car.​ By Stefan Shepherd Talking with The Wiggles' Murray Cook -- AKA the Red Wiggle, the group's lead guitarist -- is akin to talking to one of the Beatles, and finding out that they're really down-to-earth blokes. Before meeting Anthony Field and Greg Page whil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Hot Links: Electric Cars, Bat Mass Murder, and the Cardinals

    The Maricopa Association of Governments plans to announce a partnership with Nissan and a Scottsdale-based company called Ecotality Inc. to create charging stations in the Valley for electric and hybrid vehicles. Nissan wants to bring 1000 electric vehicles to Phoenix, and Ecotality Inc. said tax in ... More >>

  • Music

    February 12, 2009

    Z-Trip

    The Maricopa Association of Governments plans to announce a partnership with Nissan and a Scottsdale-based company called Ecotality Inc. to create charging stations in the Valley for electric and hybrid vehicles. Nissan wants to bring 1000 electric vehicles to Phoenix, and Ecotality Inc. said tax in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    Red-Hot, White, and Brown

    Canadian-Indian comic seeks world domination

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Chef Vincent Guerithault Hosts 10th Annual Champagne Affair

    You thought the time for bubbly came and went with New Year's Eve? Not at Vincent's on Camelback. Chef Vincent Guerithault is kicking off his 2009 wine dinner series with the tenth annual "Extraordinary Champagne Affair" on Friday, January 23. For $55 a head, guests will nibble on Guerithault's fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    A Year End Top 10 List with an International Flavour

    It's that time of year, the time when people trot out their list of what they see to be the top 10 albums of the year. I always enjoy this time of year, it's a great way to catch up on any albums I may have overlooked, a good way to check my own favorite albums against the multitude of lists and a f ... More >>

  • Film

    November 27, 2008

    Australia’s Got Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, but No Chemistry

    It's that time of year, the time when people trot out their list of what they see to be the top 10 albums of the year. I always enjoy this time of year, it's a great way to catch up on any albums I may have overlooked, a good way to check my own favorite albums against the multitude of lists and a f ... More >>

  • Music

    August 28, 2008

    The John Butler Trio

    It's that time of year, the time when people trot out their list of what they see to be the top 10 albums of the year. I always enjoy this time of year, it's a great way to catch up on any albums I may have overlooked, a good way to check my own favorite albums against the multitude of lists and a f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 31, 2008

    24 Hour Potty People

    Porta-loo cleaners of the world unite

  • Music

    November 15, 2007

    Props to Oz

    Porta-loo cleaners of the world unite

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    Out From Down Under

    Aussie punks seek American airwaves

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    John Butler Trio

    Down under a rock

  • Music

    September 22, 2005

    American Analog Set

    Set Free
    (Arts & Crafts)

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    MxPx

    B-Movie
    (Side One Dummy)

  • Music

    July 1, 2004

    Mush Records Tour

    No overdubs for AZ's underground hip-hoppers

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2004

    Excite Bikes

    Daredevil Bikers Zoom Into Town

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2003

    Hot Hot Feet

    Heatwave look to ice their opponents

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2003

    Ready Mercury

    Ladies of the court get set to issue season's beatings

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best Wine List

    Kazimierz World Wine Bar

  • Dining

    August 15, 2002

    Bow Wow

    Raw diet craze goes to the dogs

  • Music

    August 2, 2001

    Laugh, Riot

    Neil Hamburger died for your grins

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Hit Them Again

    Aussie rockers Radio Birdman beat the boots -- and strike a chord with the punk 'n' roll youth today -- with a new authorized collection from Sub Pop

  • Music

    July 12, 2001

    Road Testing

    The Living End is a living legend in Australia. Now the band is taking on U.S. audiences.

  • Film

    April 26, 2001

    Shoot the Moon

    Aussie-made The Dish illuminates eccentric scientists who helped televise 1969 lunar walk

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    Chainsaw Men

    Electric Juju
    (Smokin' Troll/NKVD/Corrosion)

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Wine Selection

    Cowboy Ciao
    7133 East Stetson, Scottsdale
    480-946-3111

  • Music

    December 14, 1995

    Who Can It Be Now?

    Will Silverchair's platinum success yield a golden opportunity for a slew of Aussie imports?

  • News

    January 13, 1993

    WHERE EAGLES SCRUMALL-STAR RUGBY HOPEFULS TO INVADE TEMPE

    Will Silverchair's platinum success yield a golden opportunity for a slew of Aussie imports?

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