Pittsburgh

Artisan Bakery Mediterra Bakes Fantastic Bread, and We'll Tell You Where to Get It

When Simply Bread closed nearly two years ago, it was a major blow for those of us who love crusty, European-style bread. Good news is: there's a new bakery called Mediterra Bakehouse in town (well, in Coolidge, to be precise), and they're turning out ravishing artisan loaves -- large and heavy wit ... More >>

Race Track

Ask Fan Landers: Either She's Your Girlfriend or Your Roadie, Not Both

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wro ... More >>

Phoenix's New Theater Season Looks for an Edge

Power Outage

DanceMission @ Madison Event Center

The Hungry Monk and Pittsburgh Willy's Pair Cold Beers with Hot Dogs Tonight

​ Did you read Chow Bella's Top 10 Hot Dogs list yesterday? Remember number 3? It was Pittsburgh Willy's and they happen to be bringing their award-winning dogs to The Hungry Monk in Chandler tonight from 5 to 8:30. How convenient!  If you haven't tried one of Pittsburgh Willy's do ... More >>

Top Ten Hot Dogs in Greater Phoenix

​The connection between hot dogs and dogs, the lovable tongue-wagging pets, is thought to have come from newspaper cartoons by T.A. Dorgan around the 1900's, which portrayed talking frankfurters, also known as "dachshund sausages," because of their shape. No matter the origin of the name, hot ... 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 >>

Bob Marley's Last Recorded Concert Released

Universal Music​To paraphrase what John Lennon said of Chuck Berry and apply it to Bob Marley's impact on his chosen musical genre, one could easily opine: "If you tried to give reggae another name, you might call it 'Bob Marley.'" Approaching the 30th anniversary of the Legend's death on Ma ... More >>

Girl Talking: A Q&A With Gregg Gillis

5 Ways to Celebrate Gregg Gillis/Girl Talk Day

I'm Gregg Gillis. I have my own day.​December 7 is a memorable day for a pretty big reason, but Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto wants some recognition for something completely different. He has proposed to sponsor a resolution declaring today "Gregg Gillis Day" in honor of Gillis' exploits ... More >>

Christopher's Serves Limited-Edition Andy Warhol Dom Perignon

Forget about New Kids on the Block. My obsession as an eighth grader was Andy Warhol. His art, the fashionable people in his world, Nico, Edie, the Velvets, Interview Magazine . . . it was all impossibly glamorous to little me, an image of New York City life and the art scene that shaped my m ... More >>

Lady Sings the Blues

Look what they’ve done to your song, Ma

Watch Girl Talk in Chicago Documentary

Perhaps you think it's silly to pay $35 to sit around while a skinny bearded dude from Pittsburgh with no discernible dancing skills jumps around stage in a dirty sweatsuit. If so, you've never experienced Girl Talk live. And if you're from Phoenix that's understandable. Ahem.So, yeah, Greg Gillis ... More >>

Fuse Fridays

Most Unusual Stadium Foods Across America

​Baseball is America's pastime, but food is our obsession. There isn't anything more American than going to a baseball game while taking in the sights and sounds and enjoying a hot dog and an icy cold beer. Or maybe some Rocky Mountain oysters and a glass of the finest wine. Long gone are the days ... More >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Brownie Showdown: Pentagon Brownies Chillin' at Sens' New Bar and Patio Tongu ... More >>

Corissa Croft at Robbie Fox's Public House

Corissa Croft​A football fan who enjoys a good microbrew, Corissa Croft may just be the perfect woman. And though still a newbie at Tempe's Robbie Fox's Public House (604 S. Mill Ave., 480-642-6442) she's also not a shabby bartender. The Pittsburgh native can serve drinks, talk sports and do ... More >>

Anti-Flag's Political Punk Rocked Hard

​The economy sucks... Let's party!Yes, these are the sentiments of Pittsburgh punkers Anti-Flag. If you know anything about the band, these sentiments shouldn't surprise you. The band has made a mark with their strong political views and activism. In fact, The Economy Sucks, Let's Party! tour ... More >>

Anti-Flag

Day Drinker: Kitty's

Who says you have to wait until the sun goes down to have a good time? Kitty's wake-up call.​On a recent weekday morning, feeling sick from downing a can of baked beans, oysters in oil, and three cans of Budweiser only a few hours before or, as my away-on-a-ski-trip hubby would later tell me ... More >>

Tucson's Digital Leather Signs To Fat Possum

​Tucson's Digital Leather has signed to hip Mississippi-based label Fat Possum (Wavves, The Black Keys, fellow Tucsonian Bob Log III) and is prepping for a national tour and album release. The band, a project of multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree, who grew up in the Baha'i hippie commune of Souther ... More >>

Hughes Your Daddy?

The Breakup Society recalls teen movie angst

Green Day Announces Tour Dates (But Not Venues), Phoenix in August

Green Day announced dates for their 21st Century Breakdown Tour this morning (full list on jump) but haven't said where they'll be playing in each city. They come to Phoenix on August 22. That could just be a hiccup -- bands do sometimes announce dates before venues if one or two are up in the air ... More >>

Chef Beau MacMillan to Appear on Today Show

Cardinals go to the Super Bowl, Arizona gets a windfall of PR. Totally expected. But publicity for a local chef is certainly an unusual perk for the Phoenix culinary world. Turns out, executive chef Beau MacMillan, from Elements at the Sanctuary on Camelback, is the lucky one getti ... More >>

"Robots in Flight"

Rusted Root

Grand Buffet

Hughes Your Daddy?

The Breakup Society recalls teen movie angst

Rusted Root

More than the company they keep

Marketing Lessons

Accidental Tourists

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

Kindergarten Rave

Bring your blankie

Spin City

Old Urbanism

Modey Lemon

(Birdman)
The Curious City

Designs on Greater Things

New SMoCA show celebrates the ordinary

BEST GRATUITOUS MENTION OF PHOENIX IN THE NATIONAL PRESS

"Things a Man Should Know About Music: A Guide to 2004"

Italian for Intermediates

Scott Baio reawakens his heritage in The Bread, My Sweet

Creative Class Act

Richard Florida knows exactly what's wrong with Phoenix

Exploring Bob

Bob Hoag may orbit the moon, but he may just launch your band into the stratosphere

Up in Smoke

Valley glass blowers and head shops fear prosecution, as Operation Pipe Dream shuts down a local manufacturer

Me and Ms. Jones

Partridge-under-glass with Shirley Jones

Shooting Star

Pioneering photojournalist Morris Berman's images are powerful portraits of this American life

Exorcise in Futility

As demonic-possession thrillers go, Stigmata's no head-turner

Ahmad's Blues

Long hailed by his peers, Ahmad Jamal at last has the critics firmly in his corner

Wanted: Undead or Alive

For one terrified fan, 1968's Night of the Living Dead still really strikes home

Resident Aliens

Steeltown transplants of Pollen learn to love the desert and stop hating girls

Is Anybody Listening?

Beyond Arizona, musicians rave about it, but the Phoenix Symphony, at 50, plays to half-empty houses at home. Can its new maestro, Hermann Michael, fill the seats?

Trek Meet