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Citadelle Plaza Farmers Market in Glendale: What We Bought, What We Skipped, and What We're Still Lusting Over

The Spot: Citadelle Plaza Farmers Market, open Wednesday from 4 until 7 p.m. See Also: - The Meat Shop in Phoenix: What We Bought, What We Skipped, and What We're Still Lusting Over - The Edible Exchange Market in Scottsdale: Local Artisan Foods (and Food Trucks) - Bisbee Road Trip: Quaint Farmers ... More >>

Gregg Turkington on Punk in Tempe, the '80s, and a Band As Good as Black Flag

Speaking with comedian Gregg Turkington about Phoenix's storied 80's punk scene, yielded plenty of yarns about seeing legendary bands in their prime. However, he also painted a vividly grotesque portrait of Arizona during the Reagan '80s and his own teenage experience in trying to navigate reactiona ... More >>

Sun City's Alleged Meth-Lab Mom Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse

Half of a Sun City couple that allegedly ran a meth lab in their garage pleaded guilty this morning to child abuse.Brenda Lipe initially faced five felony charges after she and her husband, Lancelot Lipe, were arrested in April after Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies found out Lancelot had allegedl ... More >>

Arizona Medical-Marijuana Law Debated in Court; Judge Criticizes Wording of 2010 Law

Medical marijuana in Arizona faces an important court decision in a case that local prohibitionists see as a weak link in the voter-approved 2010 pot law. Arizona Republic reporter and rapid-fire Tweeter Yvonne Wingett-Sanchez has been filing live updates from the courtroom this afternoon. The hear ... More >>

Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 2

Editor's Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we've rounded up sound clips for (almost) everything featured in our list, and will be rolling them out over the course of the week. "I ... More >>

100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona

Fifteen Favorite Bakeries in Greater Phoenix

​In the 16th and 17th centuries, the skills of the pastry chef were added to those of the bread maker so that in modern Britain (as opposed to France), domestic and commercial bakers used the talents of both. Though the lines have been blurred, the benefit of combining these two trades mean ex ... More >>

Top 10 Bread Bakeries in Greater Phoenix

​Bread, often equivalent to the word "food," is an indispensable staple in many parts of the world. Throughout history -- in religion, magic, and custom -- this deceptively simple foodstuff has ensured a seat at our table of survival. Where to find some of the best of it in the Valley? Here ar ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Geriatric Goon Squad in You Write the Caption

​In honor of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 20th "crime suppression" sweep, we've chosen the above photo of the sheriff's youthfully challenged goon squad we snapped yesterday as the sheriff announced his raid on southwest Phoenix.To be fair, not all of the henchmen Arpaio picked for his swe ... More >>

Beaver Choice Serves Up Swedish Fare That's Too Good to Keep Secret

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

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 6, 2010

Austin Chantos: Olive and Ivy

Carol BlonderAustin Chantos​ Pastry Chef Austin Chantos grew up eating hearty midwestern meals in central Illinois. He still favors the flavors and kind of cooking his chef father provided for the family: biscuits with gravy and one- pot meals filled with meats, vegetables and potatoes. Austin gl ... More >>

Joe Arpaio To Live Stream the Bull Every Wednesday at 1:30 P.M.

I'm gonna be famous, ma. I'm gonna be on da Internets...The MCSO's highly-paid PR apparatchiks have just sent out an announcement on the one guy who seems to get more publicity than neo-Nazi J.T. Ready these days.I'm talking, of course, about our own geriatric, Mr. Magoo-esque gendarme, Sh ... More >>

Hot Links: Immigrant Center, Adoption Bill, and Kayak Rescue

​Federal immigration officials are opening an immigrant processing center in Mesa. The center, which will operate at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, will serve as the final stop before illegal immigrants board a plane to Central America. The facility will open in about two weeks...The Arizona Se ... More >>

East Valley Tribune Layoffs Follow Approval of Freedom Communications' Bankruptcy-Driven Sale of Paper

   ​The East Valley Tribune laid off about two dozen workers today, one day after a bankruptcy judge approved a plan to sell the struggling daily newspaper. As we reported yesterday, the Colorado-based Thirteenth Street Media plans to buy the paper and other Arizona holdings ... More >>

Phoenix Suns' Amar'e Stoudemire Undergoes Eye Surgery; Probably Out for Rest of the Regular Season

Just when things were beginning to look up for the Phoenix Suns. The team announced that power forward Amar'e Stoudemire -- on the trading block until he stepped up his game after a recent coaching change -- underwent surgery today for a "partially detached re ... More >>

Photo Enforcement Follies: Why Sam Crump Rocks, and the Arizona Republic Bites

State Rep. Sam Crump: Ignore the Repugnant, Sam, and keep giving Redflex hell.Has anyone informed the graying fuddy-duddies at the Arizona Republic that its shoulder-padded goddess Janet Napolitano is no longer Guv? The Republic's fawning, faceless editorial writers continue to kiss her broad tuchis ... More >>

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Gilby Clarke, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Sarah Brightman, Agnostic Front, And More

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is scheduled to perform on Friday, December 19, at the Celebrity Theatre. As we get closer and closer to Christmas (just seven days to go), the number of regular concerts tends to dwindles off, and the number of holiday-themed performances increases substantially. Which means, ... More >>

Doug MacEachern, aka, "Mr. Provincial," Takes a Swipe at His Betters at The New York Times

Is it just me, or is MacEachern looking more and more like the old dood from Family Guy these days?Here's a big surprise, the Republic's lead curmudgeon Doug "Mossback" MacEachern doesn't like it that the New York Times recently labeled Cactus Country a "State of Fear," due to our loss of Janet Napo ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 30, 2008

Arty Girl: Joseph Labate at West Valley Art Museum

Jokes you won't hear at the Joe Arpaio roast...

Theater Scene

What's running now

Keystone Clowns

This poop-producin' pelican dive-bombs slapstick sheriff's deputies, ex-mayor Skip Rimsza, and Chase Field's crotchety old baseball enforcers

Theater Scene

What's running now

What Would Jesus Do?

The winged wonder speaks for Jesus when it says: Keep Father Dale on his "electronic" leash! Plus, inside local Hollyweird casting calls

Escape Plan

Vinyl is deep and wide at roaming event

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Letters

Letters from the week of September 16, 2004

Bamboo, Pee-Yew!

"All items were edible, but beyond that, completely lacking in any flavor or pizzazz."

Happy Feet

Metro Arts kids dance the night away

World Piece

Theater Works hits a high note

Sweet Success

With a little help from her friends, Shawna Quain saves SweetCharity

God's Banker

One of the world's most notorious holy men is quietly giving Mass in Sun City

Turning the Tide

Letters from the week of January 2, 2003

Playing in Peoria

Grassroots theater

Flashes

From the Week of March 9, 2000

Commander Eddie Turns 100

Controversial couple celebrates in style

Central Miscasting

Ambulance Chasteners

Valley suburbs fight to bring slow emergency vehicle services up to speed

Night & Day

March 11 - 17, 1999

Olden Opportunity

Ed courted Lorraine, then went to court to prove their marriage was just

The Prying Game

Second Helpings

Hello Dolly, Goodbye Risk

Fresh theatre chokes in the dust as war-horses storm Valley stages

Emperor Strikes Out

Guv sequel is a sorry state of affairs

L.A. Flaw

Letters

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