Cincinnati

Manischewitz Sells Gluten-Free Matzo

Just because you need to eat gluten-free, doesn't mean you have to skip Passover at your Bubbe's. Manischewitz, the world's largest matzo manufacturer, has a new line of gluten-free products just in time for the holiday. Manischewitz was founded by Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz in 1888 in a small Ci ... More >>

Chili Challenge: TexAZ Grill vs. Matt's Big Breakfast

When the temperatures turn arctic, there's only one way to do the math: chilly = chili. And because cold snaps are few and far between here in the land of eternal sunshine, this is chili-eating weather as we seldom see it. See also: - 10 Favorite Soup & Sandwich Spots in Greater Phoenix Nobody re ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it. Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest -- our top five must-see shows this week.

Arizona Diamondbacks End Disappointing Season With Loss to Colorado Rockies

It's all over but the crying down at Chase Field as the Arizona Diamondbacks ended their dreadful year in dreadful fashion with a 2-1 defeat by the Colorado Rockies. While there's much joy in cities with playoff-bound teams like San Francisco, Detroit, and Cincinnati, there's nothing but disappointm ... More >>

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of new Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in thi ... More >>

Sweet Republic Makes U.S. News and World Report's List of America's Best Ice Cream

No strangers to awards, Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung, the ice cream savants at Sweet Republic, have done it again. This time, ranking number five of 12 spots in the U.S. named by U.S. News and World Report as America's Best Ice Cream. "They called us the 'new kid on the block' compared to the o ... More >>

Bad Veins Are Just Another Two-Guys-and-a-Tape-Machine Story

Want to Win Tickets To Tonight's Sold-Out Walk the Moon and Young the Giant Show?

You guys sure like those Young the Giant guys: Their gig tonight at Crescent Ballroom sold out so quickly they added a second date tomorrow. And it's sold out, too. But we've got a pair of tickets to giveaway courtesy of Cincinnati popsters Walk the Moon. The quartet (name nicked from a modified P ... More >>

Jonny Rogers @ The Vig and Hanny's

Buffalo Killers at the Compound Grill, 7-28-11

​Buffalo KillersThe Compound GrillThursday, July 28I'm all for ironic appreciation of the '70s, but you know what? Some things about the '70s can be liked without having to resort to some sort of "ha ha, isn't it funny" crutch. When I watch Dazed and Confused, I don't find myself laughing at the c ... More >>

Buffalo Killers @ The Compound Grill

Buffalo Killers' Zach Gabbard Talks Records, Touring, and Family Business

Zach Gabbard, middle​When I listen to 3, the new album by the Cincinnati-based rock 'n' roll band Buffalo Killers, I like to imagine the band tearing down the highway, blasting sweet classic rock tunes on the way to some mythical backwoods gig.Speaking with bassist Zach Gabbard, who is joined by h ... More >>

The Decemberists Coming to Mesa Arts Center

​Huge and old-timey show announcement today: The Decemberists will play Mesa Arts Center on August 11.The date comes at the end of the Portland indie-folk act's extended summer tour, which is in support of their January record, The King Is Dead. No support for this date announced yet but other leg ... More >>

Sanctuary's Hollywood Dinner Series Not Very Glamorous

​ ​ ​ ​The premise of Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain's gourmet dinner series, "Hollywood Bites" is pretty enticing: diners are treated to a meal prepared by our own local celebu-chef Beau MacMillan, alongside Hollywood royalty. With Lady Gaga in town this weekend, we wondere ... More >>

Mary Coyle's: The End of a Phoenix Tradition?

​Landmark Phoenix ice cream parlor Mary Coyle's Ol' Fashion Ice Cream & Yogurt is on its way out, right as the Valley's starting to warm up after a blip of a winter.Business has taken a hit while the cost of ingredients has gone up, according to an article in the Republic. Bob Kelly, who owns ... More >>

Phoenix Symphony Tapped to Back Cover Singer

San Francisco's symphony famously backed Metallica for a two-disc epic called S&M, redefining how many people look at metal in the process. The Phoenix Symphony will back Canadian Christian singer Jim Witter, who has made his living doing knockoffs of popular tours like the Elton John/Billy J ... More >>

The National Make American Music

Phoenix Ranked No. 2 City in Country for College Grads

www.hollycatherine.com The (ahem) majestic skyline of downtown Phoenix.​Phoenix has gotten sort of a bad rap lately -- ya know, the miserable economy, the housing bust, the state legislature being hell-bent on returning Arizona to its wild west glory -- but according to a recent study ... More >>

The National Stream From New York Times

​The Old Gray Lady is getting a little bit hipstery today. The New York Times is streaming The National's newest record, High Violet, here.It's the first time the paper has streamed a record. The multimedia is paired with a feature from the Times' magazine which comes out Saturday.A few things tha ... More >>

Hot Links: Plane Crash, Crazy Cities, and Tuition Rate Hikes

​A Chandler man died in a plane crash at Chandler air park yesterday. Nazzi Hirani was flying his World War II plane when it cartwheeled and crashed into a building at Stellar Airpark. Officials have not yet determined the cause of the crash...The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has laid off 12 worker ... More >>

Miley Cyrus Core

“Top 40 indie rock” may be an oxymoron, but it sounds cool

Bad Veins Play Modified August 31

​Hope Modified Arts' soundguy is ready: Bad Veins play the downtown venue Monday, August 31. The Cincinnati duo does an intricately-layered brand of indie rock you'd expect a band to par down significantly live. They use a third member to avoid that, instead aiming for precision, which should mak ... More >>

DJ Dossier: JonnY Rogers

  After spending more than a decade behind the record decks, JonnY Rogers is certain that's it all comes down to creating that perfect mix. Whether it was during his college days interning as a late night electronica jock at WOXY in Cincinnati (the station that will forever be immortalized by i ... More >>

Junket to Saudi Arabia for Mayors Includes No Women; Mayor Phil Gordon and Nine Men Selected by Mayors' Group

Image: City of Phoenix Mayor Gordon recently signed a pact with DubaiPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and nine other mayors will travel to Saudi Arabia this month on a junket paid for by the Saudi government, Arizona Republic reporter Scott Wong reports this morning. When we looked at the list of ma ... More >>

What's On Tap for Tonight's First Friday: UFOs, Back Ted N-Ted, and DJs galore

Close encounters of the weird kind are scheduled to take place at tonight's First Friday. Someone better call in Mulder and Scully, because there's gonna be a UFO sighting going down during tonight's First Friday in downtown Phoenix. Or at least, that's what the people at the Firehouse (1015 ... More >>

Border-Jumping with Roger Clyne

More Human than Human

Big Apple slam poet likes the sprite in you

GrainBelt GrillHouse: Hearty eats from the Heartland, right in downtown Gilbert

Motor City, Mab Men

Yes, Virginia, there are Mexicans in Michigan and fairies in Mexico

Been There, Beamed That

Technical difficulties

Melissa Cohee

Expression
(Beatlocker)

Aloha

Hook of Genesis

Tanya Morgan

Moonlighting
(Loud Minority Music)

Swearing In

Year of the R-rated comedy

Let There Be Rock

Ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Dope Flows

MCs battle for the Benjamins

Al Green

Reverend Al brings his brand of soul to the Dodge Theatre July 25

Entry Level

O.A.R. traveled instantly from Ohio State University to touring nationally. They have only their fans to thank.

Chimp on His Shoulder

An exotic-animal broker says Arizona's 'monkey rules' are forcing him out

Flaming Wreck

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines but lands in familiar terrain

Ass Ponys

Lohio (Checkered Past)

Hi-Tek

Hi-Teknology (Rawkus)

High Times

Once dismissed as novelty, G. Love & Special Sauce find a serious niche with Electric Mile

For the Love of Mike

The call of karaoke pulls three pairs to the stage in likable Duets

I, the Jerry

Rollicking Ringmaster offers revealing peek inside Springer's TV tent

How the Fest Was Won

APOCALYPSE YOWTHE JESUS LIZARD, LOLLAPALOOZA'S SURPRISE DARLING, STICKS OUT ITS TONGUE AND GOES, "ARRRGH"

CREME DE LA FEMMES WHEN THEY SUCK, IT'S ONLY ON CIGARS

WE BRAKE FOR NEONAURAL SURGEONS FIND NEW VEHICLE FOR EXPRESSION