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Top Five Must-See Shows in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Title Fight's Ned Russin on Superstorm Sandy and the Elusive Definition of "Hardcore"

By Mike Bogumill Title Fight's growth has been well documented. Starting with a series of 7-inches in the mid 2000s, the band has evolved from teenagers playing fast pop punk songs influenced by Lifetime and Saves the Day, to young adults playing gruffer, darker music that's not quite as easy to pi ... More >>

Race Track

Ame Deal's Father Arrested for Alleged Abuse of Girl, Who Was Murdered for Taking a Popsicle

See also: "Hide-and-Seek" Suffocation Death of 10-Year-Old Ame Deal Ruled HomicideSee also: Police: Abuse of Ame Deal "Makes You Sick to Your Stomach."See also: Ame Deal's Killers Indicted for First-Degree MurderSee also: County Attorney to Seek Death Penalty For Alleged Killers of 10-Year-Old GirlS ... More >>

New Times' Summer Guide 2012

St. Francis Posts a Kids Lunch Menu and Sets Off a Little Debate About Children in Restaurants

Evie Carpenter​It started innocently enough. Last week, St. Francis, the stunningly cool bastion of contemporary American cuisine in Central Phoenix, posted a lunch menu for kids on their Facebook page and ended up with a discussion -- pro and con -- about children in restaur ... More >>

Phoenix Rapper Mega Ran Hitting the Road With Nerd-Rap Star mc chris

L-R: Adam WarRock, mc chris, MC Lars, and Mega Ran​Phoenix is a pretty great place to live if you like nerd music. Not only have we got The Minibosses, one of the most respected NES-rock bands in the biz, but we've got Mega Ran, AKA Random, who raps serious stuff over video game samples, including ... More >>

Pennsylvania Man Says He's the Father of Ame Deal, 10-Year-Old Girl Murdered for Taking Popsicle

10-year-old Ame Deal suffocated after being locked in a footlocker by members of her own family.​A Pennsylvania man tells New Times that he's the father of 10-year-old Ame Deal, the 10-year-old girl tortured -- and ultimately murdered -- by members of her own family last month.Ame was locked in a ... More >>

Province's Menu Is Merely a Flash in the Pan

Osama Bin Laden's Assassination Evokes Comments From `Friends'

The startling news last night of Osama bin Laden's assassination evoked many responses from friends of ours, including one from an old bud named Corey after he saw this headline graphic on the Fox News affiliate in Sacramento (Fox40):This man was not born in Kenya​"REPORTS: OBAMA BIN LADEN DEAD"Sa ... More >>

Another Brick of Weed with Arizona Address Sent to Unsuspecting People in Philly Suburb

​For the second time this month, a random person in a Philadelphia suburb received an unanticipated brick of weed in the mail from an Arizona address. Just two weeks ago an elderly couple in the town of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, opened a package with an Arizona return address with five pou ... More >>

Natural-Gas Exec Promotes Fuel, Slams Electric and Compact Cars During Road Trip in Hummer; Will Give $2,500 to Phoenix School

Image: www.gonatgas.comNatural gas exec Murry Gerber and his wife are taking a cross-country trip in a natural-gas-powered Hummer H2 to tout the fuel - and rip on electric and compact cars along the way.​ A Pittsburgh natural-gas exec and his wife will donate $2,500 to a central Phoenix s ... More >>

Tempe and Scottsdale Ranked Amongst "Rudest Cities" in English-Speaking World

​Two Arizona cities (that happen to be home to a large number of Arizona State University students) are ranked in the top 10 when it comes to rudest cities in the English-speaking world.According to a study conducted by the Foursquare social network, Tempe ranks No. 6 when it comes to rudeness, wi ... More >>

Cheba Hut: Because Medical Marijuana Goes Down Better with a Toasted Sub

Pastis vs. Pittsburgh Willy's: Another Pierogi Gets Burned

Last week, one of the dudes hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to run around in a pierogi costume was fired for comments he made about the team on Facebook. Not being from Pennsylvania, I could've cared less about the ridiculous mascot and his social media woes. But the incident did ... More >>

A Day to Remember

People's Biennial Slated for SMoCA Raises Hackles of Local Artists and Curators

Kathleen VanesianCould this be a contender for SMoCA's upcoming "People's Biennial"?​ The art community grapevine in this Valley is about three inches long, so it didn't take much time for me to get calls concerning a recent, very heated panel discussion at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary A ... More >>

Punxsutawney Phil "Tweets" About Seeing His Shadow; For Phoenix That's Probably a Good Thing

​Today is Groundhog's Day and Pennsylvania's most famous marmot emerged from his hole in Punxsutawney this morning to see his shadow, which, of course, means there will be six more weeks of winter.Normally we would rely on morning shows like Good Morning America to broadcast Phil's findings but th ... More >>

Significant Others

Pennsylvania musical groups birth solo outings

How to Eat a Carrot, and our Favorite Food Shows This Week on TV Dinner

Looking for the latest in tasty television? Need to know the need-to-watch episodes of your favorite foodie shows? Chow Bella is here to help. We're reviewing the most delectable and dreadful with a handy, must-see schedule so you won't miss a thing. If there's one thing we need to get our hearts ... More >>

Sweetbreads at Tempe's Caffe Boa

​ For my dad's annual visit to Arizona last weekend, I wanted to take him out to a nice dinner at someplace where the food would be great and the atmosphere would be comfortable -- anything too trendy wouldn't suit him one bit. So we hit up Caffe Boa in Tempe, which I've always liked (and wh ... More >>

Metric, Brett Dennen, Phoenix Tequila Festival, Outer Bounds of Sound and Rogue Brewing Over the Weekend

​Phoenix Tequila Festival in Photos The first Phoenix Tequila Festival went down this weekend at U.S. Airways Center. How many of them did we try? All of them. Tequila distilleries including Patron, Three Amigos, Cruz and many more were present and representing the agave goodness...see photos ... More >>

Former Judge Bud Lee Would Rather Go to Jail Than Give Up His Fight for Off-Res Poker Parlors

Labor Unions' "Card-Check Bill" Dead; Act Would Have Removed Secret Ballot Union Elections

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

Arty Girl: Poet Cynthia Hogue

By Laineys Repertoire at www.flickr.com/creativecommonsSo all of us arty weirdos have probably been to a poetry reading or poetry slam at least once.Ask anyone who knows me...bad poetry being read aloud in an overly-dramatic-high-school-thespian way is my personal hell. Anytime I've seen an amateur ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 12, 2009

Pittsburgh's 10 Greatest Musicians

The PovertyNeck Hillbillies are the official band of the Pittsburgh Steelers -- yes, really. Last week we brought you a debate over the best Arizona musicians of all time after Arizona Premiere Living put out a list that includes Mr. Mister but not Stevie Nicks. Turns out, there are so many great mu ... More >>

Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Lash Out at Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for Terrible Towel Diss. Go Phil!

  Hell hath no fury like  Steelers fans, dissed. One day after a Cardinals rally at Sky Harbor Airport, where  Mayor Phil Gordon stomped on one of the Steelers' signature "Terrible Towels," the mayor's getting slammed on Pittsburgh talk radio -- and bombarded w ... More >>

Mmm: Mini-Pies at Lisa G

Move over, cupcakes. I've found a new tiny dessert to obsess over. Lisa G Cafe & Wine Bar just started serving miniature pies every Friday and Saturday night, available individually or as a "pie flight." The flavors change frequently, but I recently got a taste of the most recent ... More >>

Hot Links: Troops May be Coming to Arizona; PA Gov Apologizes for Napolitano Comments; Cops Bust Cockfighters

Are we expecting company? As many as 20,000 soldiers may be stationed in the western United States -- with a "significant" number going to Arizona -- to serve as a terrorist-fighting force. The idea is to stop any bad guys from trying to storm the Palo Verde nuclear power plan and other ... More >>

Perfect Misfits

Music for every nobody anywhere

Heaven Can Wait

Served by the bell

Crabby Chic

Reeling in a big one

CKY

Original Jackasses stay on Island

About Face

Ray Krone's got it all. A new look. Money. Problem is, he can't seem to forgive those who screwed up and put him on Arizona's death row

Dangerous Dance

Ominous storm clouds threaten to trample the Constitution and turn our republic into a theocracy.

Finding The Cure

Confessions of a doom doll

Against Type

The local bashers of Stereotyperider mull band life, day jobs and Halloween

Yippee-Oy-Vey

I'd Like to Buy the World a Kosher Meal

You don't like us, you really don't like us

Readers say they're disappointed, appalled and extremely upset. At least they cared enough to write.

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Value Pact

Quantity, not quality, woos this crowd

Letters

From the week of November 8–14, 2001

Arabian Knight

Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

Without Reservation

'Indian School Days' revisits a past to which no native should return

Letters

Letters

From the week of February 2, 1999

Long Sell the King

Busy Bees

HIS FORTE'S WRITIN, HISTORICAL ACCURACY AND PITHY, OLD WEST DIALOGUE EARN PHOENIX NOVELIST JOHN LEGG A CULT FOLLOWING