Palm Springs

The Best of Coachella 2013 Week Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella's art installations -- the ones designed to impress you while you're high, a.k.a. all of them -- were particularly impressive this year. There was the Tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant fluor ... More >>

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

Was Coachella 2013 Worth The Drive From Phoenix?

If you went to Coachella last weekend, you're probably still sunburned, dehydrated, and physically exhausted. Sleeping in your own bed is a glorious feeling after camping out or crashing on a friend's hotel room floor, but some aches and pains are bound to persist. Fortunately, if you had a good-en ... More >>

Why Is Everyone So Pissed About the EDM Reality Show?

By Andy Hermann As the Hollywood-based casting guru behind Jersey Shore and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Doron Ofir knows how the lowbrow culture game is played. But even the man who gave the world Snooki might have been caught off-guard by the outrage over one of his latest projects: a compet ... More >>

Three Things to Eat Drink, Drink, and Bake this Weekend, The Craft Beer Edition

See Also: Here Come The Growlers: Starting at Midnight, Bars Can Hand Over 64 oz To Go Happy weekend Chow Bella friends! Ready for another road trip? This time we're heading out west to sunny Palm Springs, California for one of the desert's biggest craft beer parties. Then we'll head home for a f ... More >>

Phoenix Businessman Sentenced To Big House In Murder-For-Hire Scheme, Other Felonies

Robert Arcieri, a former Phoenix businessman and exceptionally devious criminal who was on the lam for a quarter-century, was sentenced to ten years in prison this morning. ​The 73-year-old was sentenced by Commissioner Carolyn Passamonte after plea bargaining to the following char ... More >>

Robert Arcieri, Longtime Phoenix Fugitive Who Faked His Own Drowning, Arrested In California

Authorities later this morning will announce the surprise arrest of a former Phoenix businessman who faked his own drowning a quarter-century ago as police closed in on him in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme.Robert Arcieri in the 1980s before he "drowned'​Law enforcement sources tell us that Rob ... More >>

Ace it Ain't: Hotel Theodore's Future Still a Mystery

What will become of Hotel Theodore?​It's nice to dream.Yesterday, I speculated on the likelihood that Old Town Scottsdale's Hotel Theodore would soon be transformed into an Ace Hotel, given that Theodore's new owner, The Sydell Group, also owns Ace Hotels in New York and Palm Springs. In part ... More >>

Will The Ace Hotel Raise the Bar for the Old Town Dining Scene?

Here's a beautiful fried oyster sandwich that I enjoyed at The Ace Hotel Portland's restaurant, Clyde Common.​Finally, there's hope that Phoenicians will stop bitching and moaning and comparing the Valley to New York or Portland or Palm Springs, places that are invariably superior because they boa ... More >>

Cook Like an Iron Chef with Michael Symon Starts With Dissing The Food Network

​Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for people who've watched ... More >>

Adam Richman, Host of Man v. Food Takes On Chompies, Los Reyes de la Torta, Alice Cooper's Big Unit, and Scottsdale Guilt This Wednesday on The Travel Channel

​This Wednesday, former All My Children actor and current host of Man v. Food, Adam Richman, travels to Phoenix to stop at Los Reyes de la Torta and Alice Cooperstown, before taking on the Ultimate Slider Challenge at Chompie's. The challenge, which will air Wednesday night at 9 p.m. on the Travel ... More >>

79: Warm Maine Lobster Salad at Modern Steak

​Hungry yet? We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our siste ... More >>

Modern Steak Is Delicious -- If You Don’t Mind the Wait

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Third Friday, Drinking Marathons, Everclear, and More

Cassie MarmasThe madcap madness from last year's Marathon Pub Crawl.​We hope you've been training hard in anticipation for this weekend. Building up endurance, strengthening stamina, and basically preparing yourself for the long haul. So, are we talking about this year's edition of the ultra-grue ... More >>

Shore Thing

Ten-thousand dykes can’t be wrong

Chasing Pablo: For Old-School Art Pickers, the Thrill Is Fading – and So’s the Payoff

Ho Sweet Ho

Peep the past and present of a venerable Scottsdale landmark

Eagles of Death Metal Surprisingly Excellent at Martini Ranch

I only had an iPhone to shoot with -- gimme a break here, folks.The last time Eagles of Death Metal were in town, their show was nearly unberable. Opening for The Hives at the Marquee, the band made their (now latest, then soon-to-be released) record Heart On sound so boring I almost gave up on them ... More >>

Playboy Apartments Maintain a Swinging Style That’s Renovation-Proof

Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets (Outdoor Exhibition)

Hometown pride: Finding what's special about the 'Nix

Ho Sweet Ho

Peep the past and present of a venerable Scottsdale landmark

Diary of a Fat Black Woman

Mo'Nique gets her groove on

Original Soul

This time, it's personal: Our look back at an intimate year in music.

Pirate Booty

Lezbosagogo's Angela Pulliam and India wish they could live in Depp's world

Lezbosagogo

Phoenix's gay burlesque troupe's starring at a mega-lesbian-fest beside the ladies' pro golf championship. Could fortune and fame be next?

Fortune Smiles

Unsung country crooner Allison Moorer changes course on a new album — and she doesn't care what you call it

Various Artists

Corridos y Narcocorridos (Fonovision)

Dancing Queen

Chowing down in Cave Creek with the choreographer to the stars.

Two for the Show

Rockabilly Hall of Famer Jody Reynolds kicks off a new tour with friend and hometown legend Al Casey

Star Struck

Scottsdale astrologist spices up dinner with celestial seasonings.

Loathsome Lothario

Ben Affleck puts the moves on Gwyneth Paltrow in Don Roos' Bounce

Tough All Over

A lifetime of ups and downs helps 'Bama songbird Shelby Lynne craft a stunning Southern pop masterpiece

Good Riddance

Someone take the wheel because Gone in 60 Seconds is lost in boring wreckage

Laud of the Springs

The Palm Springs Desert Museum

Stoner Rock Royalty

Queens of the Stone Age finds tipped-out serenity in its private desert oasis

Desert Solitaire

For singer-songwriters Victoria Williams and Mark Olson, the fast lane ends in Joshua Tree

Surf King

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

Shooting Craps

U2 takes over the world--and turns it into a commercial

A Cinematic Affair

Scottsdale's Steven McKay is an accomplished Hollywood screenwriter. His legal war with an ex-lover is as melodramatic as any B-movie.

Waiting to Inhale

Luis Sharpe led a double life. In public, he was an admired NFL star. In private, he was a crackhead hell-bent on self-destruction.

Thanks for Quitting. Heres Your Gold Watch.

When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

WELFARE FOR GOLFTHE GOVERNMENT IS SUBSIDIZING MORE AND MORE WATER-SLURPING, PESTICIDE-LACED GOLF COURSES--EVEN THOUGH THE VALLEY ALREADY HAS 130 OF THEM

MOM-AND-POP ART

ENTERTAINMENT GOOD NIGHTWILL JOHN TESH'S SUCCESSFUL MUSIC CAREER EVER ECLIPSE HIS CELEBRITY AS THE GUY ON MARY HART'S LEFT?

BRUTALLY FRANK: ROCK STARS VERSUS FRANK SINATRA: WHO DID IT HIS WAY FIRST?

WHEN CACTUS AND CIVILIZATION COLLIDETRIFLING WITH SAGUAROS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO ONE'S HEALTH

A TREE GROWS IN PHOENIX

Tannenbaum Is a Rose, Is a Rose, Is a Rose

The ghosts of Christmas trees past