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Pilots on Their Airplane Shtick, Harry Potter Obsession, and Busting Into the Local DJ Scene

As anyone who's seen the Leo DiCaprio flick Catch Me If You Can is likely to attest, being a commercial pilot is a certainly a pimp experience. Sky captains certainly command plenty of respect (unless they're unlucky enough to get caught on tape spewing vulgarities), which is one of the things that ... More >>

Intrinzik and lululemon to Bring "Yoga Rave" to Phoenix

Admit it, you saw the words "yoga" and "rave" and thought they were two mutually exclusive propositions. One involves healthy living and the other...uh, drugs and baby pacifiers is the first thing that springs to mind there. That thought has certainly crossed the mind of enterprising local rapper Wi ... More >>

Essence Bakery Cafe Looking at Second Location in Central Phoenix

The building of a possible second Essence Bakery site near Indian School and 40th Street in Central Phoenix.​Looks like Essence Bakery, the sunny spot of upscale comfort food in Tempe, has its sights set on a second location in Central Phoenix. "We're cautiously optimistic," says Gilles Combe ... More >>

Michael Lamonica, Former Mesa Elementary School Teacher, Gets 15 Years in Prison for Attempted Child Molestation

MCSOMichael Lamonica​A former teacher at a Mesa elementary school was sentenced to 15 years in prison today after pleading guilty last month to charges that he attempted to molest a 7-year-old girl in the band room of the school where he worked, court officials announced this afternoon. The girl ... More >>

Young Female Promoter Vows to Return Pro Boxing to Glory in Arizona Despite Anti-Immigrant Laws That Have Put It on the Ropes

Last Minute Easter Brunch Roundup

​We don't want to rain on anyone's parade or anything, but Easter is like on Sunday. That's in about two days. If you're planning on getting your brunch on you had better book your table quick or else you will be stuck in a champagne-less kitchen attempting to make your own version of brunch which ... More >>

Easter Holiday Brunch Happenings Part 1

Viking ​Don't want to cook on Easter but haven't got a clue where to go? We're here to help. We have rounded up over a dozen restaurants and resorts that would be delighted to spend Easter with you. All you have to do is call and RSVP then let the experts handle the rest. Scottsdale's trendy ... More >>

Phat Friday

The Luhrs Building, Featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Has Been Spared -- For Now

McFadden's Three-Day Grand Opening Starts Tonight

The East Valley certainly has the market cornered on Irish chain pubs. (You know, quasi-Celtic party bars/eateries that lay on the shamrock schtick as thick as a pint of Guinness. My colleague Stephen Lemons once decribed them as "Irish Disneylands") Just off the top of our head there's Tilted ... More >>

Away We Go: Writers Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida Give Birth to a Beautiful Screenplay

Away We Go: Dave Eggers Makes His Screenwriting Debut

Federal Judge Found a Litany of Inhumane Problems in Joe Arpaio's Jails

Earth Dance 2008 Moved

Missed Opportunities

Kick yourself for not seeing these ten movies

Shrine Whine

Governor Photo-Op was wrapping herself in the flag over the new AZ 9/11 shrine. Now, she who puts the P in politician's running for cover

SuperMix Saturday

Our nightlife ninjas brave crackheads and broken bra straps to party 'til dawn at RedMonkey

Shabby Chic

Giving Phoenix the full Nelson

Studio Visit: Grand Seclusion

Pete Deise molds metal into modern art

Crack Addicts, Political Shenanigans and Indian Relics

Only in Phoenix is this a formula for a real estate hustle

Joe Arpaio's Balloon Payments

It hasn't been cheap keeping the Joe Show aloft. Now, his employees, his inmates and the citizens of Maricopa County are paying the price.

Jamaican Whoopie

Take a vacation to Callaloo

Poetic Justice

Eschewing lizard-king pretense, Rainer Maria offers highbrow rock for the literate masses

Yazzie's Razzle-Dazzle

With his 160-foot mural in a major museum and his face on the cover of a magazine, artist Steven Yazzie still loves his hometown

Almost Famous

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

Soft Cell

Special handling for a federal prosecutor's drunken-driving case sparks controversy in sheriff's ranks

Ace Venture

Prowling strip clubs and dishing dirt with the members of Johnny Ace

2000 Maniacs

If He Only Had a Brain Next: CPS Case Workers See the Darndest ThingsBut Strangely, There Was No "I WAS GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY'S IDIOT OF THE MONTH" Sticker Urine LuckSoul on IceAscent of a Woman?Lawn OrderCrime in a BottleSo That's What They

It Happened Last Year...

Discussing the Table

Thrush Hour

Street Without Hope

On Madison Street, crowds of crack-addicted homeless are plaguing police and downtown businesses. But no one seems to be doing much about it.

Letters

Madison Bar Forever

Billy's Blues

Singer/songwriter Billy Sedlmayr has spent half his life battling the law and his own dope demons

A Capitol Idea

Phoenix Community Alliance's new plan for the Capitol Mall sends the homeless scrambling while the city looks the other way

O Cap'n, My Cap'n

New Jade Tree compilation explores the underground phenomenon of the late, great Cap'n Jazz

Cramming for Finals

Pete and Eddie

House DJs reunite for Thanksgiving show at Red Monkey

Drear Diary

Second Helpings

Hangin' With Sheriff Joe

Two inmates commit suicide in the space of a week; feds had warned Arpaio of unsafe "overhanging structures"

Come Laud PUHSD

Stop the presses: Here's some rare good news about public schools

Where the Grills Are

Getting Down

TIMBERLAKE AND THE BOYS IN BRIGHT BLAZERS

Kid Pics for the week

That's All Folk?

Two folk art shows in the Valley

SHE'S NOT THEIR CUP OF TEA

ONLY IN THE MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD A PERSONAL SQUABBLE END UP IN COURT

A SCAR IS BORN

BRANDING COMES OUT OF THE CORRAL AND INTO THE FASHION ARENA