Queens County

Glendale Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Could be Open as Soon as Friday -- What Will Sheriff Arpaio Do?

A Glendale medical-marijuana dispensary will be inspected by state officials on Thursday, and is poised to be the first such establishment to open in Arizona. If all goes well with the inspection process, which could take two or three inspectors up to six hours, the dispensary could open as soon as ... More >>

How The West Was Fun

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Now Open: Jivemind Community Music Workshop in Glendale

Musicians, producers and do-it-yourself novices rejoice: the community workshop known as Jivemind Cooperative Music Labs officially opened her doors last week. Founders Jeff Rose and Dustin Chaffin have transformed the old Bead Museum in downtown Glendale into a lean mean recording and rehearsal s ... More >>

Guess Where I'm Eating and Win A Prize

​Please excuse this picture of a sandwich with a bite out of it. After waiting for a table in the beautiful new dining room of this Central Phoenix eatery, I was so hungry I almost forgot to snap a picture before I pretty much inhaled the layers of fresh baked bread, soppressata, aged provolon ... More >>

Scottsdale 6 Bites the Dust -- the Latest in a Long Line of Shuttered Drive-Ins

No Matter How Polite You Are at a Vending Machine Expo in Glendale, Someone's Gonna Get Cranky If They Don't Get Their Free Twix

Because it is what we in the business call a slow news day, I dropped by the "Gratitude Tour," a one-day expo of new food and drink vending machines in Glendale, and, boy, folks were crabby with a capital C-R-A-B. "How much does this machine cost?" I asked the representative of a digital vending ma ... More >>

$10 Lunch at Coffee & Tea Express

Hannah Hayes​Coffee and Tea Express lives up to its name, and beyond -- the cozy coffee bar in downtown Glendale provides quite a few tasty options that don't fall under the beverage category. Hidden behind a parking garage (bonus: constant shaded parking) and open at 6 a.m., the café is a popula ... More >>

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Bob Dylan Scheduled to Perform at Comerica Theatre in July

William Claxton​Good news for fans who are still miffed at Bob Dylan for canceling his appearance here in 2009: he's scheduled to play Comerica Theatre on July 18, and the stage is indoors and air-conditioned. Back in 2009, Mr. Dylan and co. canceled a stop at Camelback Park in Glendale due to fea ... More >>

Puck Off

Tohono O'odham Nation One Step Closer to West Valley Resort-Style Casino

Artists rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort​United States District Judge David Campbell ruled today that the Tohono O'odham Nation's 54-acre property in the West Valley must be taken into trust.And that means that the Nation is one step close to building the West Valley Resort, a casino t ... More >>

Will El Mirage Ever Be Able to Emerge From the Shadow of Luke Air Force Base?

Southern Comfort

Ditch the BCS BS and post up at a sports hang

Authority Zero

Authority Zero @ Marquee Theatre

Hot Mess at the DPS: A Party-Loving DPS Pilot Was Fired After His Bitter Ex-Lover Complains to Her Daddy — Now the Agency's Director

Now Open: Los Taquitos

​There's a new, second location of Los Taquitos -- a brand recently acquired by JNK Concepts (Roka Akor, Bombay Spice, etc.) -- in a space at 16th Street and Glendale that previously housed San Gabriel Cafe, another South-of-the-Border spot that was owned by JNK. The original Ahwat ... More >>

A Wing and a Prayer: Zipps Sports Grill Tackles Pullano's Pizza

Watching actress Drew Barrymore chow down on some Buffalo wings in her latest rom-com Going the Distance -- her face slathered in sticky orange goo and creamy white sauce -- got me all hot and bothered. Hot for some crispy, golden wings, that is. Offered in varieties from grilled ... More >>

Closed for Business: Unlimited Coffee

​Turns out it was limited after all: popular North Phoenix hangout Unlimited Coffee, at 7th Street and Glendale, closed last week, much to the dismay of java lovers and folks who frequented the spot as a sort of office-away-from-home.Owner Hans Mathiesen confirms, "Yes, I'm very sorry we hav ... More >>

Job for a Cowboy

Goldwater Institute Will Sue Over Glendale/NHL Coyotes Deal

​So much for that "deal."Just days after Glendale and the NHL agreed to a $25 million deal to keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Jobing.com Arena for one more year, the Goldwater Institute tells New Times it will file a lawsuit to invalidate the agreement.Le Templar, a spokesman for the Phoenix-based ... More >>

Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a Casino in the West Valley -- Now It's Up to the Feds to Make It Happen or Break Another Promise to the Tribe

Cinco de Mayo Guide

Hot Links: Smoking Bans, Marijuana Tax, and SRP Vandalism

​In the next month, student groups at all four ASU campuses will vote on a proposed smoking ban. The ban would prohibit smoking anywhere on campus, and university administration says it is likely to accept the votes. If the ban passes, ASU would join about 381 colleges in the U.S. that prohibit sm ... More >>

N.W.A's Eazy E, Paul McCartney, and Wrestling Theme Music in This Week's Issue

​This week's music feature is on N.W.A's Eazy E, and how his death from AIDS shook the rap world. The column is the culmination of Martin Cizmar's 12-day series, The Posse Project.You can also find our list of Paul McCartney's worst songs, and the ten best wrestling themes. That should get you gea ... More >>

The Procrastinator's New Year's Eve Dining Guide

http://www.flickr.com/photos/optical_illusion/ / CC BY 2.0​So...you've waited till the last minute again and all of your usual haunts are sold out this New Year's Eve. We don't blame you for being distracted, what with all that last-minute holiday shopping and gorging and partying. If you ... More >>

Arizona's 10 Worst Ideas of the Decade -- And, Yes, It Was Hard to Pick Just 10

Courtesy of Wikipedia​We've been alternately bored/annoyed by the Arizona Republic's series of top-10 lists devoted to summarizing the Aughts. We know it's a good way to fill the paper during a slow news week and all ... but, really, they couldn't come up with anything more interesting than ... More >>

Hot Links: City Bonuses, Schnepf Farms, and a Suspect Shot

​Despite being millions of dollars in debt, Valley governments are giving some employees hefty bonuses. At least three Valley cities -- Mesa, Phoenix, and Glendale -- will pay out more than $18 million in combined bonuses, despite expectations that there will be more layoff ... More >>

Hot Links: Burglars, Sexting, and Settlements

​Police in Glendale are warning the community about burglars posing as neighbors. They say they've connected a string of burglaries in Phoenix and Glendale to two men, whom police say go to houses and pose as new neighbors or previous residents to get inside. After asking to use the bathroom or ge ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 19, 2009

Coyotes Latest Gimmick to Fill Some Seats: "Military Mondays"

www.stayclassy.net​In what seems to be a last-ditch effort to keep the team in the Valley, Phoenix Coyotes President Douglas Moss is pulling out all the stops to try to boost attendance at Jobing.com Arena.Yesterday, the team announced the "Coyotes Express," a free shuttle service to drive p ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Free Rock Shows, Bad-Ass Country, and Tattooed Punks

Loren Scott Sketching In Stereo is scheduled to perform tonight at the Hot Topic at Tempe Marketplace. Was the four-day workweek too much for y'all to handle? Fear not, fellow cubicle drones, as we've got a decatet of onexpensive options to spend your weekend recovering from the rat race. Th ... More >>

Job For A Cowboy Announce Ruination Tour

​Glendale boys done good Job For A Cowboy are mobilizing for a massively metal tour this fall promoting JFAC's sophomore album Ruination. The face-melters make two stops in their desert motherland: one in Tucson and the other in Tempe. Metal Blade label mates Gwar and The Red Chord open both shows ... More >>

Incoming: Kiss, Gogol Bordello and King Khan & BBQ Show

Kiss is bringing their over the top stage act to Glendale this December as part of their Kiss Alive 35 Tour​Get excited, Kiss Army, because the Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman and the Catman are on the prowl yet again. Seminal 70s rockers Kiss have just announced their Kiss Alive 35 Tour and it ... More >>

Someone in the Valley Won the Lottery, and They Don't Even Know it

www.paulwilkinson.wordpress.com​Someone in the Valley just won a ton of money, and they probably don't even know it.The Arizona State Lottery is looking for the person who bought a powerball ticket at the gas station of the Safeway store at 5810 West Thunderbird Road in Glendale for the Febr ... More >>

Job For A Cowboy Hits Billboard Charts

Ruination, the new record from Glendale metal act Job For A Cowboy, is officially a hit. The record, which we told you about last week when it came out, is number 42 on this week's Billboard chart. Their 11,000 units are also good enough to get them the number 4 spot on Billboard's Independent Albu ... More >>

Hot Links: Lethal Injections, Tribal Theft, and Jesus In Concrete

A federal judge ruled yesterday that Arizona's lethal-injection procedure is similar to the method approved by the U.S. Supreme Court. Executions have been on hold in Arizona since November 2007, when the Arizona Supreme Court stalled the execution of inmate Jeffrey Landrigan pending a federal decis ... More >>

Hot Links: Phoenix Coyotes, DUIs, and Cornville Bears

The Phoenix Coyotes will stay in Glendale -- for now. Yesterday, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ruled against a proposal to let Blackberry CEO Jim Balsillie buy the team and relocate it to Canada. The NHL hopes for a September 10 auction for bidders who'd like to keep the Coyotes in Glendale...A ... More >>

Hot Links: Priest Booted, Coyotes Broke, Teen Tased

Police in Mesa are investigating what the East Valley Tribune's calling the city's first homicide of the year. The victim, Rick Glum, was stabbed to death in a West Mesa neighborhood . A motorist found Glum's body Sunday morning...Catholic priest Chris Carpenter has been excommunicated from the ... More >>

The Greatest No-Show on Grass

For Tiger Woods, the desert’s always greener in Dubai

The Thrills

Let's Bottle Bohemia
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Getting Taken

In Nine Queens, the Argentineans do Mamet, damn it, even better

Confidentiality Trashed

Disposal error puts Value Options patient records on the streets of Glendale

Best Scottsdale Branch Of A Thailand Whorehouse

Giligin's

Stoner Rock Royalty

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

Ethnic Plate Cleansing

Gorge West, Young Man

Tossed in Yonkers