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Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers Tried to Give Up Music

Hakata Ramen from Cherryblossom Noodle Cafe

​Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 6: Hakata Ramen fr ... More >>

Boba: A User's Guide, Part One

David Sydiongco​The forecast is finally calling for some serious weather this weekend, Phoenix-style. We say bring it -- just give us a boba tea to wash that heat down. Wondered what this increasingly popular, bizarre beverage is all about? You've come to the right blog post.  Boba teas, a ... More >>

Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

David Sydiongco​The forecast is finally calling for some serious weather this weekend, Phoenix-style. We say bring it -- just give us a boba tea to wash that heat down. Wondered what this increasingly popular, bizarre beverage is all about? You've come to the right blog post.  Boba teas, a ... More >>

Dirty Beaches @ The Trunk Space

David Sydiongco​The forecast is finally calling for some serious weather this weekend, Phoenix-style. We say bring it -- just give us a boba tea to wash that heat down. Wondered what this increasingly popular, bizarre beverage is all about? You've come to the right blog post.  Boba teas, a ... More >>

Dirty Beaches Talks Film, Hip-Hop, Home, and Performance Art

​ Dirty Beaches is the work of Alex Zhang Hungtai, a 30-year-old born in Taiwan before spending time in Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, China, and, currently, Montreal. To call Dirty Beaches a band would be a misnomer. What Zhang Hungtai does is more akin to performance art, with live performance ... More >>

International Incident

​ Dirty Beaches is the work of Alex Zhang Hungtai, a 30-year-old born in Taiwan before spending time in Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, China, and, currently, Montreal. To call Dirty Beaches a band would be a misnomer. What Zhang Hungtai does is more akin to performance art, with live performance ... More >>

Party Animal

Celebrate The Year of the Rabbit

Arizona Diamondbacks Could Open Next Season in Taiwan Against San Francisco Giants

talimetals.com The D-Backs could open next season in Taiwan​The Diamondbacks open up a four-game series tonight at home against the San Francisco Giants. The D-Backs are trying to win their fourth game in a row while the Giants are trying to stay in the playoff race. It's pretty much just ... More >>

Ask the Critic: Where Can I Find Boba Drinks?

​You have your neighborhood gelato shop and ice cream parlor, but boba drinks -- cold, sweet beverages filled with ice and chewy balls of tapioca -- are much harder to come by. I was living in New York City when the boba trend first hit. Also known as "bubble tea," the drink was popularized ... More >>

Rapper Pitbull Cancels Phoenix Show In Protest Over SB 1070

Pitbull, sinking his teeth into SB 1070Cuban-American rapper Armando "Pitbull" Perez is taking a bite out of Arizona over the state's "papers please" legislation by canceling a stop in Phoenix  at the Celebrity Theatre as part of his "Mr. Worldwide's Carnival" tour.The popular rapper, perhaps b ... More >>

Chinese Cultural Festival, Strong Brews and Looking for Love at The Vig in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ The 20th Annual Phoenix Chinese Culture and Cuisine Festival is taking place this weekend at the Chinese Cultural Center located at 668 N. 44th Street in Phoenix. Festivities to include Dragon Dances, Martial Art ... More >>

Tempe Bakery Offers Pork Buns, Pies for Pennies

We grew up in New York, where ethnic bakeries were practically on every corner. When Mom showed up with a white bakery box in hand, wrapped neatly with a red-and-white striped string bow, we knew we were in for a treat. Creamy cannoli with chocolate chips. Raspberry jelly-laced rainbow layer co ... More >>

On the Reconquista and State Pride

We grew up in New York, where ethnic bakeries were practically on every corner. When Mom showed up with a white bakery box in hand, wrapped neatly with a red-and-white striped string bow, we knew we were in for a treat. Creamy cannoli with chocolate chips. Raspberry jelly-laced rainbow layer co ... More >>

Transnational Pastime

Phoenix Sister Cities are doin’ it for themselves at Hance Park

Arty Girl: Kurt Weiser at ASU Ceramics Research Center

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Phoenix Chinese Week: Culture and Cuisine Festival

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Charlie Gibson Proves It: Sarah Palin Is George W. Bush in Pumps.

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Asian Café Express serves up Hong Kong-style five-spice beef and hot pots

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Phoenix Art Museum brings Chinese ink drawing to the Valley with “A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection”

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Tasty Freeze: Ray Karam

Arty or not, we've all tried to draw or paint as children (at the very least). Many of us, after discovering how difficult it is to accurately recreate something as simple as an apple or a plant just give up and resort to stick figures for the rest of our lives.And, trust me, I can draw a mean stick ... More >>

Postcards From the Edge

Hi, Mom! I'm crossing the border!

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Hi, Mom! I'm crossing the border!

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Hi, Mom! I'm crossing the border!

Legends of the Fall

Cirque du Soleil tumbles toward ecstasy

Sino the Times

Ring in the Chinese New Year with a week long celebration

Operation Mickey Mouse

Could downtown Phoenix get more soulless? Yep! Check out Jerry Colangelo's secret plan.

Spurs of the Moment

Art exhibit highlights best of the West

Covert Fuzz

Short-wave radio, with its fringe elements and bizarre discoveries, is a living, breathing organism

China Trove

Valley celebrates Chinese New Year on the lamb

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

Speedball

The story you never read on the back of a baseball card

Shocking Accusations

Is Scottsdale weapons manufacturer Taser International saving lives or supplying tools for torturers?

The Spy Who Came Out of the Closet

Gay activist spent 1,000 often harrowing hours aboard 'spy plane' at center of U.S.-China crisis

Mini Pearls

Trendy teas catching on in the Valley

Best Used Record Store -- Rock

Tracks in Wax
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"Sites" Seeing

Art and the urban environment hold a lesson for the future

War Grime

Gritty Ride With the Devil reveals down 'n' dirty side of the battle of North vs. South

Smarter Hearts

Superchunk's Jon Wurster talks about the group's new album, rocking indie style in Taiwan and being name-checked by Bruce Cockburn

Pupil Haze

Yesteryear's Big Eye art is still raising eyebrows

Burns and ALEC

Yesteryear's Big Eye art is still raising eyebrows

Bordering on Exploitation

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

Second Helpings

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

AMERICAN REGION HAUL

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

WHOSE SOY NOW?

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

EASTERN SUNA NEW ASIAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AIMS AT COMMUNITY WHILE COMPETING WITH THE EXISTING TIMES

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

TRADE SECRETS

ARIZONA'S TRADE REPRESENTATIVE TO MEXICO WAS CUTTING DEALS WITH HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. A SECRETARY REPORTED THE PROBLEM--AND PROMPTLY GOT CANNED.

THE THAI CONNECTION

PROSECUTORS WILL SAY NARCOTICS PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE TEMPLE MURDERS. THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.

A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD

PROSECUTORS WILL SAY NARCOTICS PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE TEMPLE MURDERS. THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.