Cinco de Mayo

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Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - Mother's Day in Metro Phoenix: 12 Recommendations Based on Time, Budget, and Location - Aaron Chamberlain's Phoenix Public Market Now Open Inaugural Scottsdale Beer Festival ... More >>

Seven Nights of EDM, DJs, and Dancing

Porter Robinson - El Santo Cinco de Mayo - 5/5/13

Porter RobinsonMay 5, 2013El Santo Cinco de Mayo is typically spent sipping down some margaritas and throwing back some Corona or Dos Equis, but El Santo added one more treat to the holiday, Porter Robinson. It was my first time ever at El Santo and I must say that I was impressed by the turnout. ... More >>

UFIESTA - Quail Run Park - 5/4/2013

UFIESTA (view the full slideshow here.)Quail Run Park, MesaMay 4, 2013 When I arrived at KUPD's UFIESTA, Saturday afternoon, a 50-something blond with blue-tipped hair was stumbling out of the Powerman 5000 mosh pit, wide-eyed, yelling about her head getting stomped in but refusing medical attentio ... More >>

Seven Nights of EDM, DJs, and Dancing

Cinco de Mona's Rockamole @ Rhythm Room

Why Cinco de Mayo Is No Holiday in Minervaland

Dear 5th of May: We were never together and I never cared about you, but now we're officially over; you were, after all, never that important to me when I lived in Mexico. It's not like you have ever been a national holiday celebrated with closed banks and schools, paper flower-adorned floats flo ... More >>

Stone Sour, Flotsam and Jetsam, Chevelle, and More to Perform at KUPD's UFiesta

Each spring, right before it gets just ridiculous hot in the Valley, local modern rock station KUPD hosts UFest, a gigantic rock/nu-metal/modern rock outdoor festival. Past lineups have featured Three Days Grace, Helmet, Godsmack, and more, setting the bar high for fans of crunchy, shouty rock. Well ... More >>

Arizona's Top 10 Appearances on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart

In case you haven't noticed, the state of Arizona gets a hell of a lot of play on Comedy Central's "news" programs.Really, there's plenty of material for the writers to work with, and it seems like it's hard to go a month without seeing Arizona being the butt of either Jon Stewart's or Stephen Colbe ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Worshipping Chickens and the Irish-Mexican Connection

Three Must-Visits in the Valley for Mexican Independence Day

Let's get one thing straight: Mexican Independence Day is not Cinco de Mayo as many Americans believe (seriously, stop doing that!). It is the 16th of September, or Dieciseis de Septiembre, and a day when Mexicans across the globe celebrate Mexico's independence from Spanish rule. Unfortunately, Me ... More >>

Patriot Acts

Bieberbombed! We've Been Spotting Justin Bieber In the Weirdest Places

Last week we announced that Justin Bieber is coming to town on September 29. Of course, he responded to our blog by beating up a paparazzo. But we're still excited to see him at Jobing.com Arena. It seems like a big enough place to house all of the Beliebers, but the thing is, we've seen him aroun ... More >>

Alex Lora of Mexico's El Tri Is Kind of a Big Deal

Cinco de Mayo @ Crescent Ballroom

AndyTalk: Seeing Green -- An Ode to Guacamole

There are two things that every guacamole recipe needs; the first is salt and the second is some sort of acid. The salt brings out the flavor in the avocado, and the acid adds dimension and cuts the fattiness.

5 Things You Can Do to Make Great Sangria for Cinco de Mayo

Don't: add sparkling water (or 7Up) ... That's a spritzer or wine cooler and you're either a girl in high school or reliving your glory days as a girl in high school.

Double Trouble

Seven Don't-Miss Wine & Farm (& Tequila!) Dinners in Metro Phoenix

Whether you're looking for the perfect way to celebrate a special occasion, or just want an excuse to enjoy a decadent and delicious night out, there's a dinner this spring for everyone, including wine lovers, tequila aficionados, and fans of farm fresh ingredients. Some dinners are on weekdays, oth ... More >>

Philadelphia Sandwich Company in Scottsdale Moving to Craftsman Court

​There's typically a line out the door at the Philadelphia Sandwich Company in Scottsdale on weekend nights, as the dozens of Old Town clubgoers flock to the tiny 24-7 joint for a post-2 a.m. nosh on cheesesteaks, chicken parm sammies, and hoagies.By the time Cinco de Mayo rolls around, however, t ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Animosity Toward Lighter-Skinned Mexicans

The 2011 CruzCruise Taco Crawl: You Say Fiesta, We Say Bicycle Booze Cruise, Scottsdale Style, With Wide-Brimmed Hats

"Whoops, I drank my bike -- WAH!"​Itchin' for an excuse to pull that bicycle out of storage and get some extra wear out of your Cinco de Mayo muy loco party hat? Saddle up and get ready to ride through the streets of Scottsdale drunk off your ass and full of tacos, amigos, the 2011 CruzCruise ... More >>

DJ Smite Brings Latin and Cumbia-Crunk to Two Las Fiestas Patrias Events

​September 15 marks the celebration of Grito de Dolores one of the five Fiestas Patrias, or national holidays in Mexican history. It's an important day, coming directly before Aniversario de la Independencia, the day Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called for the end of Spanish rule in Mexi ... More >>

Sound Strike: The Worst Way to Show Opposition to SB 1070

Wikimedia CommonsSound Strike founder Zack de la Rocha​Sound Strike, the movement in which musicians boycott Arizona as a statement of opposition to the state's anti-illegal immigrant law, SB 1070, is still going strong. As we reported in recent months, acts like Maroon 5 and My Chemical Roma ... More >>

Bat Men

Calexico and Mariachi Luz de Luna Rep the Southwest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

​ Jimmy Kimmel may lag behind CoCo and Jimmy Fallon as the funniest guy in late night television, but he kicked everyone's ass with his musical guest last night. Rocking a strong Cinco de Mayo vibe, he featured Tucson-based act Calexico, joined by Mariachi Luz de Luna. Performing "Crystal Front ... More >>

Los Lobos in Tucson: Derechos Humanos Refuses To Cross Sound Strike "Picket Line"

Drew Reynolds Strikebreakers, rockers, or both? Los Lobos was never officially part of the Sound Strike, the musicians' boycott of Arizona over Senate Bill 1070, Sand Land's notorious breathing-while-brown law. But when the old-school Chicano rock band announced the cancellation of a gig at&n ... More >>

Tucson Unified School District's Tuesday Night Debacle

From Tuesday's demonstration, outside TUSD...Police in full riot gear, some tech-ed out SWAT-style with pepper-spray guns. A cop chopper overhead. Protesters locking arms to prevent police vehicles from moving. A 69 year-old activist on crutches arrested and cited, along with six others. Cops flingi ... More >>

Tucson's Rebellion Over Ethnic Studies Continues Today

Ethnic studies student Angelica Penaran takes a TUSD board member to the woodshedThe fight against the effort to slowly kill the Tucson Unified School District's embattled Mexican-American ethnic studies program continues today with a TUSD board of governor's meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. La ... More >>

May 3 In Blogs: Ethnic Studies, Indie ArtHouse, Tequila, Beckett's Table, and Donald Trump

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

The Roots Featured in Project Next Movement: A Collaboration Between Sol Exposure and Dumperfoo Sponsored by OKAYPLAYER

​ Music photography can often be a static thing. You've no doubt seen the promo shots: bands scowling, arms crossed in front of a brick wall, that one guy staring away from the camera in a real meaningful way. But occasionally something happens in the middle between the visual and the audible that ... More >>

Nate Kolasa at Loco Patron

Nate Kolasa ​For fans or tacos, tequila and all things Mexico, the knowledge that Cinco de Mayo comes but once a year is depressing. Luckily all the joy of the annual fiesta can be found year-round at Loco Patron (4228 N. Scottsdale Road, 480-874-0033), the popular cantina tucked in the ... More >>

Machete's Steven Seagal Is Joe Arpaio's Deputy Dawg

Here's a tough one: Which is the fake lawman?Recently, someone e-mailed me asking if the aged, stone-faced action hero Steven Seagal, who stars in Robert Rodriguez's Mexican-immigration revenge flick Machete as a badass drug lord, was one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "special deputies." You know, like Lo ... More >>

Antonio Villaraigosa Says Los Angeles Will Take Joe Arpaio If Suns Best Lakers

L.A.'s resident Mayor-comedian, Antonio VillaraigosaFinally, a way to get rid of Maricopa County's geriatric gendarme Sheriff Joe, and he doesn't even have to get indicted by the feds! Though that would still be pretty sweet.In a message to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon publicized today, La-la Land Mayo ... More >>

Phil Jackson's Asinine, Nativist Remarks About Los Suns and SB 1070

from AltoArizona.comSay it ain't so, Phil...Is Lakers head coach Phil Jackson -- generally known for his lefty ways -- a nativist as well?That's the only conclusion one can draw from his recent statements to ESPN in support of SB 1070, a law sponsored by neo-Nazi hugging Mexican-hater, state Senator ... More >>

SB 1070: Many Shout That Arizona's New Immigration Law Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Who's Ready to Kick Some Political and Economic Backside

Supergroup Therapy

Big-name Latin acts descend on downtown

Supergroup Therapy

Big-name Latin acts descend on downtown

Prosecutors suggest charges for other driver in the Bryant Wilkerson case

Guess which driver's facing 21 years in prison — the drunk , rich, white one or the sober, poor, black one?

Cinco de Steve-O

A fiesta in your mouth

Wing Ding

Bite Me bids salud to the Cinco revelers