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Wet Strength

Damon Brasch of Green and Nami

At the second location of the vegan bistro, Green, we met up with owner and chef Damon Brasch for this week's Chef Talk. Next door at the also new-to-town snack shop, Nami, we chatted over a cup of coffee (with soy milk, of course) about the history behind the recently renovated buildings, of which ... More >>

Tail of Cool Kitties

At the second location of the vegan bistro, Green, we met up with owner and chef Damon Brasch for this week's Chef Talk. Next door at the also new-to-town snack shop, Nami, we chatted over a cup of coffee (with soy milk, of course) about the history behind the recently renovated buildings, of which ... More >>

Henry Rollins on Occupants, the Occupy Movement, and the Radio

​There aren't a lot of middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Henry Rollins. You love him or you hate him, and he gives you plenty of chances to do either: He hosts a radio show on KCRW (doing remarkable things like following up a Curtis Mayfield cut with a jam by Japanese drone-rockers Boris ... More >>

Warren Jeffs and Polygamist Henchmen Subject of Fine New Book

We remember Debra Weyermann from our long-ago days trolling for stories for the Sierra Vista and Bibsee dailies down at the Mexican border. She was known as "D" in those days when she covered the courts for the Arizona Daily Star, and did a bang-up job.   Kick-ass book by veteran journal ... More >>

Phil Roberts Exaggerated the Phoenix PD's Kidnapping Statistics, Then Tried to Debunk His Own Numbers

We remember Debra Weyermann from our long-ago days trolling for stories for the Sierra Vista and Bibsee dailies down at the Mexican border. She was known as "D" in those days when she covered the courts for the Arizona Daily Star, and did a bang-up job.   Kick-ass book by veteran journal ... More >>

Cold Ace

We remember Debra Weyermann from our long-ago days trolling for stories for the Sierra Vista and Bibsee dailies down at the Mexican border. She was known as "D" in those days when she covered the courts for the Arizona Daily Star, and did a bang-up job.   Kick-ass book by veteran journal ... More >>

Free Food Photography Online Workshop This Weekend

Penny De Los Santos What our food snaps aspire to be like... ​If you've ever tried to photograph your food at home, you know that it's tricky business. It looks and tastes so good but then you check the viewfinder of your digital camera and it looks like a yellow-tinted blob. Want to make ... More >>

Unwritten Law @ Marquee Theatre

Penny De Los Santos What our food snaps aspire to be like... ​If you've ever tried to photograph your food at home, you know that it's tricky business. It looks and tastes so good but then you check the viewfinder of your digital camera and it looks like a yellow-tinted blob. Want to make ... More >>

Christopher Nicosia of Sassi

Keyon Fareghi​The sprawling Italian style villa that is Sassi looks like something out of a movie. You almost expect an old-school, mustached Italian proprietor to swing the door wide open and welcome you in with a kiss on either cheek. Come to find out, the guy who runs thing ... More >>

Songs in the Key of Life

Musical culture for a cause

Calexico Gives National Geographic a Tour of Tucson

How's this for a cool video to kick off a rainy Wednesday: Joey Burns of Tucson's critically-acclaimed experimentalist alt-country outfit Calexico gives National Geographic magazine a tour of his town.He plays a song in Solar Culture, takes the crew by Cafe Poca Cosa and talks about the spirit of c ... More >>

"POP! Pop Culture in American Indian Art" blends Warhol and Spider-Man with Ceramics and Beadwork

How's this for a cool video to kick off a rainy Wednesday: Joey Burns of Tucson's critically-acclaimed experimentalist alt-country outfit Calexico gives National Geographic magazine a tour of his town.He plays a song in Solar Culture, takes the crew by Cafe Poca Cosa and talks about the spirit of c ... More >>

Spring Forward

Sleepy suburb becoming hotbed for art

King of the Mountain

Hill-bagging badass kicks off National Geo Live series

Hot Links: Drunk Drivers, Scrambled Eggs, and Arizona's Ants

​Arizona's three state universities will receive a boost next week, as the federal government begins dishing out $154 million in stimulus funds. The universities permanently reduced their budgets by 20 percent this year, but university officials say the funds will still help save hundreds of jobs. ... More >>

The Cove

​Arizona's three state universities will receive a boost next week, as the federal government begins dishing out $154 million in stimulus funds. The universities permanently reduced their budgets by 20 percent this year, but university officials say the funds will still help save hundreds of jobs. ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, J. Edgar Hoover and E.J. Montini

Just like Arpaio, J. Edgar Hoover loved dogs and compliant journalists I was up too late the other night watching a documentary on the National Geographic Channel about Hoover and his many, many sins. And aside from Hoover's reported penchant for getting himself up in drag, the& ... More >>

We Heart Freaks

Kids love ’em, too

Now Watch This

Coming soon to an air-conditioned theater near you

Minuteman leader Chris Simcox sued by pissed-off donor over border fence.

Coming soon to an air-conditioned theater near you

Useful Idiots

The pissed-off puffin paddles fellow journalists, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and an FBI monkey-spanker at U of A

Accidental Tourists

Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history

Pox Populi

Odds are against the few good bites

Freaknik Flossin'

The Starsky & Hutch of P-town take in an exotic-erotic extravaganza

Bad Weed

Even stoners won't find anything to laugh about in Potluck

Serart

Serart (Sony)

Sub: Par

Kathryn Bigelow's Widowmaker cruises in a mediocre sea

Standards and Practices

A guided tour of the best releases across the musical spectrum

Peak Performance

Towering Himalaya scales new heights in Tibetan cinema

Flashes

From the week of December 14, 2000

Gasp From the Past

Retro-ridden 'No Absolutes' is a deconstruction zone hardly worth the detour

Loft-Told Tale

Aerial photographer discusses his new book

Bop the Question

Drawing insight from the month's best in jazz, blues and heritage, Gumbo answers readers' nagging queries

Nada Chance

Reforming Arizona's bilingual education system won't be as easy as voters may think

King Kong

Gourmet House of Hong Kong

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...

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

Indian Stew

Not every anthropologist can digest Christy Turner's theory that the Anasazi were cannibals

Standard Brands

Meanwhile, back at the museum, Cowboy Artists of America mostly draw blanks

Human Target

Meanwhile, back at the museum, Cowboy Artists of America mostly draw blanks

The Man Who Loved Lucy

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

Escaped Crusader

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

Pic Hits for the week

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

KITSCH 22

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

AN OBSCENE LOOPHOLE DOUGLAS GATES WENT TO PRISON FOR SECRETLY VIDEOTAPING NAKED CHILDREN NOW, AN APPEALS COURT SAYS HE SHOULD GO FREE

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

THE SUNSHINEY, FUNSHINEY WORLD OF CANNIBAL CORPSE

ACTUALLY, AN AUTOPSY ON THE NASTIEST BAND IN DEATH METAL

OF THEE I STING

THERE ARE 34 SPECIES OF SCORPIONS IN ARIZONA. ONE OF THEM IS IN YOUR SHOE.

CLASS IS OUT

THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST LOVES TO RECALL BOARD MEMBERS. THIS TIME THE FIGHTING VERGES ON THE CHILDISH.

HAPPILY EVER AFGHAN

THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST LOVES TO RECALL BOARD MEMBERS. THIS TIME THE FIGHTING VERGES ON THE CHILDISH.