Boulder (Colorado)

Kevin Binkley Stiffed (Again) at the 2013 James Beard Awards

Tonight, the James Beard Foundation Awards, also known as the Oscars of the culinary world, announced this year's winners at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. See also: - Vincent Guerithault on Wolfgang Puck and Kevin Binkley - Bink's Mid ... More >>

Why Would Any Band Play Spokane?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wro ... More >>

Big Gigantic, Marquee Theater, 10/3/12

Big Gigantic @ Marquee Theatre|10/3/12Doors at 6:30 is pretty strange thing to me, but when it comes to music I like to be punctual. I want to make sure all is set for an entertaining night. Due Big Gigantic has always stood to the left of EDM, owing as much to jam band scenes and acid jazz. The be ... More >>

Lucinda Williams @ Harold's Corral

Lucinda Williams

Chairlift @ Crescent Ballroom

Sprouts and Sunflower: Together at Last, Naturally

Looks like natural food nuptials are underway for two farmers market store chains. In a move that translates to 139 stores, 10,000 employees, and two billion dollars, Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market has announced it will merge with competitor Sunflower Farmers Market, who has corporate offices ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats And, Gasp, ASU Sun Devils Both Take Conference Wins

The Arizona Wildcats and Colorado Buffs are very similar teams--scrappy, undersized, terrific team defense, very well-coached. The two teams met last month in Boulder, and the Cats lost a one-point heartbreaker.​Last night in Tucson was a different story, as Arizona, playing with just seven player ... More >>

ASU Overmatched In 69-54 Road Loss To University of Colorado

Pierre Newton may have had a "career" game last night up in Boulder, hitting a late three-pointer for the ASU men's basketball team near the end of a Pac-12 contest against Colorado.The problem for the Sun Devils was that Newton was in the game at all. He is a 6-4 walk-on freshman from Laveen, where ... More >>

Left Hand Fade to Black Volume 3

lefthandbrewing.com ​Beer: Fade to Black Volume 3Brewer: Left Hand Brewing Co. Style: Pepper PorterABV: 7.2 percent FADE IN: Dusk inside a shadowy bar. A snifter filled to the brim with sable liquid is placed before a thirsty patron. It seems at first glance to be a standard porter, but when ... More >>

Bad Lucy Release New Single, Set to Play Yucca Tap Room Tonight

​Phoenix alternative pop-rock trio Bad Lucy has been staying out of trouble by keeping a full schedule. After making an appearance on Channel 15 and performing at Downtown Phoenix Street Party last week, the band recently unveiled a new radio single and are gearing up for a free show tonight ... More >>

Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery Announces Three Contest Finalists, Phoenix Woman Among Them

​It's always nice to see local folks representin' the Valley proper-like when it comes to contests. So when Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery, the Colorado-based purveyor of certified organic bread and baked goods sold in Whole Foods and Safeway stores, announced that one of the three finalists in t ... More >>

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 >>

About Her

Local artist does good

About Her

Local artist does good

The Most Worthlessly Obscure Bands on The Soundstrike's Arizona Boycott List

​Well, Thursday is finally upon us -- however, what could have been an entirely shitty day was made less so by the wonderful foresight of U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton and her injunctions on SB 1070. Gov. Brewer's evil army of mercenaries will have to wait until a decision is made on the ... More >>

Conan O'Brien Makes Phoenix Date Official, Announces Full Tour

Oh, Coco, we knew you'd make it happen​Conan O'Brien has announced via his twitter account (@ConanOBrien) that he will tour North America this spring.O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" will span 30 dates will kick off April 12 in Eugene, Oregon and will come th ... More >>

Trib Food Critic Jess Harter Among Today's Layoffs

East Valley Tribune food critic Jess Harter's Twitter post an hour ago was quite a stunner: "EV Trib had another massive round of layoffs this morning, including yours truly. My final day will be when sale is finalized next week." The layoffs followed yesterday's announcement that the newspaper's sa ... More >>

Boulder Colorado "Jane Doe" Identified as Phoenix Woman Who Went Missing in 1954

Boulder Police DepartmentDorothy Gay Howard​Police in Boulder, Colorado have identified the famous victim of an infamous crime that took place more than 50 years ago. The victim, who was known for decades as Boulder's famous "Jane Doe," is actually a Phoenix woman named Dorothy Gay Howard who was ... More >>

Rasta Redmon: Hopi Reggae Artist Casper Lomayesva Brings Redemption Songs to the Desert

Chairlift

Mini T's Add More Dates to Fall Tour

Phoenix(ish) band Miniature Tigers have added more dates to their fall tour. The Charlie Brand-fronted outfit rumored to be moving to New York will be touring with fun., fronted by Phoenix expat Nate Ruess, as well as Say Anything, New Zealand's Ruby Suns and the Dodos.Full list of tour dates, inclu ... More >>

fun. Releases New Song, Sets Second Tour

Victor Palaganofun. at their first Phoenix show.With their album, Aim And Ignite, set for release on August 25, Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit fun., the vehicle for former Format member Nate Ruess, has a new song called "Walking The Dog" out. Yes, Nate is still, apparently, a little obsessed with ... More >>

Recipe: Vietnamese Pepper Pot from Mosaic

Lauren GilgerChef Deborah Knight in the kitchen of Mosaic.The travels of Deborah Knight are documented in her recipes. She's visited almost every continent (Australia and Antarctica seem to be the only two left off her list) and she's getting ready to head off again, when her restaurant, Mosaic cl ... More >>

Biracial Ephithets

You might be living in a black-and-white world, but Michael Dixon’s not

Feedback from the issue of Thursday, August 14, 2008

Mark Grey's cutting-edge classical work Enemy Slayer explores a Navajo creation story

Jello Shots

Paranoid punk prose

Campus Strife

A free-speech battle at ASU centers on enormous posters of aborted fetuses

Doesn't Compute

Things that make you feel dumb

Baby Man

At 54, William Windsor sleeps in a crib, eats in a high chair and does it in his diaper -- by choice. Believe it.

Delux and De-lovely

Great grub to be had while soccer moms snooze

Letters

Letters from the week of February 5, 2004

A Grand Guy

How Steven Soderbergh kept the Terry Southern tale from turning tragic

Old Glory

Veteran Phoenix lawyer Gary Peter Klahr fought The Bar and The Bar won

Are They It?

Believe the hype, because The Strokes are as good as advertised

House Hold

The dearth of affordable housing has reached the crisis stage

Mission To Marcia

Meet alien abductee/author/prophet Marcia Schafer and the UFO-seeing, consciousness- raising, technology-obsessed new wave of New Age

Flashes 03-16-2000

Flashes

From the Week of February 17, 2000

Pitt and the Pendulum

The JonBenet case, shrink-wrapped by Valley forensic psychiatrist and sleuth Steven Pitt

Under His Spell Again

A Buck Owens tribute turns into a celebration of the local music scene

Letters

Code Blues

A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

Pic Hits for the week

MC2

Strange Angel

Laurie Anderson breaks her own rules--again

Culture Club

At Lager-Heads

Harvey McElhannon sells Diamondback Beer, and was the first to file for that trademark. Now Jerry Colangelo and Major League Baseball want him eighty-sixed.

Kid Pics for the week