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What the Heck Is a Soledan Cocktail -- and How to Make It

There are a number of things I love about my career as a bartender. One excellent part is that when I take my work home with me, that means it's time to try some new cocktails. A favorite source of mine is the nice folks at the Phoenix Public Library. They have an excellent selection classic books ( ... More >>

Art That Makes This City So Irresistible

Watered Down

Phoenix's Homeless Escape the Summer Heat to the Big Rock Candy Mountains of Flagstaff

August 20 In Blogs: Rodney Glassman, Modified Arts, Drag Queens, Peach Pie Enchiladas, and Tempe Town Lake

​​​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:

Pay Off Your Fines, Go Outside and Make Coffee Jell-O in Today's Eater's Digest.

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ If you have over due charges at the Phoenix Public Library, here is your chance to pay them off and do your good deed for the day. During "Food for Fines" you will get a $.50 credit (up to $50) for every can of food ... More >>

Check it Out - Open Book Cafe at Burton Barr Central Library

Whoever said you can't get something for nothing hasn't been down to the Phoenix Public Library lately. We've been feeling little light on cash these days, so we're browsing the books, perusing the DVDs, and catching up with a few favorite magazines, all free of charge with our handy library card.&n ... More >>

Modifest: The Last "Big Indie Rock Show" At Modified Arts

Michelle Blades... and Modified Arts is down there somewhere.​Modified Arts is will again host a three-day music showcase for some of Phoenix's best up and coming bands. The event, which started last year with 25 local bands and comedians, has commitments from What Laura Says, Matthew Reveles, Bla ... More >>

Phoenix Public Library Issues "Top Five Reasons" to Get Card

​ Are you broke, unemployed or just looking for cheap intellectual thrills? The Phoenix Public Library system is the perfect antidote to the bad economy. Even if you live in east Mesa or Fountain Hills, you can still get a Phoenix library card. (Sorry Apache Junction -- you have to be a Maric ... More >>

Summer Guide: Checking Out the Library

Summer Guide: Summer at the Library

Classic Mexican Movie Festival Playing Free at Phoenix Library

Image: http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/salon1948.htmlScene from Salon Mexico (1948)Sure, we realize you can catch a Mexican soap opera anytime just by turning on the TV. But if you want to watch something a bit more artful, check out the "Golden Mexican Film Review" this Saturday at the B ... More >>

"Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography"

Betsy Schneider at Phoenix Public Library

Betsy Schneider is back. This summer, Schneider (a photography professor at Arizona State University) showed her work at The Kitchenette, a small photo collective on Roosevelt Row. An entire wall of the gallery was devoted to dozens of images of Schneider's daughter Madeleine, in various states of u ... More >>

Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

Friends Don't Let Friends Blow Dough

Design PHX

Public Wreckers

The ticked-off toucan recounts the trials of NT scribe Ray Stern, snickers at the County Attorney's press conference, and tells why Rusty Childress' anti-immigrant org is goin' to the library

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

BEST PLACE TO DITCH THE PARENTS

Teen Central

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Legally Brown

You've seen Legally Blonde, but did you know Elle Woods really grew up in Paradise Valley?

You've Come a Long Way, Baby

California mom returns baby book to owner -- 71 years later

Pearl Jam

Film examines Japanese-American draft resistance in the wake of WWII internment

A Touch of Grass

How Phoenix became a capital of cutthroat croquet.

Bathroom Reading

Library vandal sends 2,000 books down the toilet

Trainplotting

Transit-plan backers say they see a bus in your future--so how come they've been working on the railroad?

Family Affairs

A professional Phoenix woman wanted to help one poor, "at risk" family. It was the type of private initiative that both political parties say will ease the harsh impacts of welfare reform. Her three-year experiment in personal responsibility rescued an 1

Pic Hits for the week

Qi Whiz - Feng Shui

Two masters of the Asian art of place tell us how the energy of life flows downtown

TAKE THIS BOOK AND STAMP ITLIBRARIES GO SELF-SERVE IN WAR AGAINST CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

THE SILICONE SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVESENRAGED AND EMPOWERED, WOMEN HAVE ENLISTED COMUTER BULETIN BOARDS IN THEIR WAR AGAINST BREAST-IMPLANT MANUFACTURERS

DOWN TIME AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HERE'S ONE FOR THE BOOKS

MURDERS IN THE URE MALL DEATH TAKES NO RECESS IN TERROR TOMES FOR TEENS