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  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Debbie Lesko's Freedom-Hating Anti-Birth-Control Bill

    Republicans. I know some of them are sane here in Sand Land, but you wouldn't know it by their wingnutty hijinks in the state Legislature this year, where they've placed a birther-bill, a late-term abortion ban and a state-funded border militia ahead of doing anything to aid the economy, bring jobs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Russian Memories at Golden Valley

    Maya Dukmasova My grandmother with a tray of manti on Christmas When Maya Dukmasova arrived in Phoenix for the summer, her first assignment for Chow Bella was to find the Russian food in this town. Dukmasova was born in Saint Petersburg and lived there til she was nine, when her family moved ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 14, 2011

    Lenin's Embalmers Is Dead on Arrival at Theatre Artists Studio

    Maya Dukmasova My grandmother with a tray of manti on Christmas When Maya Dukmasova arrived in Phoenix for the summer, her first assignment for Chow Bella was to find the Russian food in this town. Dukmasova was born in Saint Petersburg and lived there til she was nine, when her family moved ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Secret Cities, Secretions, Secret Parties, and Other July Fourth Weekend Thrills

    Sac-Town punkers The SecretionsFirst Friday in Downtown Phoenix (Friday):Music editor Martin Cizmar has already filled you in about Shawn Anderson's killer show later tonight at tonight's edition of the monthly art walk, but that ain't the only gig going down. In addition to the rockers of the Mader ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2010

    Secret Cities

    Sac-Town punkers The SecretionsFirst Friday in Downtown Phoenix (Friday):Music editor Martin Cizmar has already filled you in about Shawn Anderson's killer show later tonight at tonight's edition of the monthly art walk, but that ain't the only gig going down. In addition to the rockers of the Mader ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    Phoenix Suns vs. New Jersey Nets

    Sac-Town punkers The SecretionsFirst Friday in Downtown Phoenix (Friday):Music editor Martin Cizmar has already filled you in about Shawn Anderson's killer show later tonight at tonight's edition of the monthly art walk, but that ain't the only gig going down. In addition to the rockers of the Mader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Billy Joel and Elton John Show Lacks Special Moments

    Luke Holwerda In 1994, when Billy Joel and Elton John first took the stage together in Philadelphia, it was quite a novelty. Two piano-playing singer-songwriters -- who've each sold more than 100 million records on their own -- together in concert! Wowza!Five tours and 15 years later, the newness is ... More >>

  • Film

    March 5, 2009

    Zack Snyder Directed Watchmen, but He Doesn’t Get It

    Luke Holwerda In 1994, when Billy Joel and Elton John first took the stage together in Philadelphia, it was quite a novelty. Two piano-playing singer-songwriters -- who've each sold more than 100 million records on their own -- together in concert! Wowza!Five tours and 15 years later, the newness is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Deputies Harass Members of Don Stapley Legal Expense Trust Fund

    Members of a trust fund set up to help pay legal expenses of embattled County Supervisor Don Stapley are being systematically harassed by deputies. Mark Flatten, (one of the few remaining reporters at the gutted East Valley Tribune), broke the latest chapter in the Stapley saga this mornin ... More >>

  • Film

    December 25, 2008

    Tom Cruise Plots to Kill Hitler in Valkyrie

    Members of a trust fund set up to help pay legal expenses of embattled County Supervisor Don Stapley are being systematically harassed by deputies. Mark Flatten, (one of the few remaining reporters at the gutted East Valley Tribune), broke the latest chapter in the Stapley saga this mornin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2008

    B Cool

    Girls in pelt bikinis? We’re in.

  • Culture

    March 20, 2008

    Culture Crash: Radical Mod at SMoCA

    Liz Cohen's "Radical Mod" event at SMoCA juxtaposed low rider owners with Scottsdale's elite just to see what would happen

  • Music

    January 3, 2008

    Desert Heat

    America's idol and a hoops star keep Phoenix's mercury rising

  • Music

    November 1, 2007

    From Russia With Love

    Spektor can melt our pot any time

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Tranny Tweeter

    The Bird's back, blasting Goddard's defense of tranny toilet rights, effin' with Comrade Goober, and watchin' Joe Arpaio try a little tenderness

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Been There, Beamed That

    Technical difficulties

  • Film

    July 28, 2005

    Bombs and Bikinis

    Aiming low and accurately

  • Film

    February 5, 2004

    Score!

    When it comes to hockey movies, Miracle is as big a winner as its heroes

  • Dining

    January 1, 2004

    Volare, Oh No!

    Pronto relies on its reputation more so than its fare for success

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    A Second Opinion

    Our critics pick the flicks that the best-of list overlooked

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003
  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    Double Plays

    ASU launches season with two heavy hitters

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    From Russia With Love

    Russian Impressionists on display in Scottsdale

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Survival

    When the captain brought the journalist along on the whale hunt, the elders predicted trouble. The elders were right. The whale tried to kill them all.

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    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

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Devil Fish

    The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

  • Film

    March 15, 2001

    Bad Aim

    At the Gates, a gripping showdown is bungled by a love triangle

  • Film

    January 11, 2001

    White Knuckler

    Thirteen Days dutifully takes viewers on a ride through a bumpy period of world history

  • Dining

    December 28, 2000

    Sole Man

    Russian immigrant's journey from economic investigator to shoe repairman

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    From Russia With Glove

    Vassiliy Jirov has answered every challenge in the boxing ring. But his weight division and Russian background may keep him from ever getting the recognition he deserves.

  • Dining

    May 11, 2000

    Caviar Emptor

    Gourmet of Russia

  • Culture

    April 27, 2000

    Lenin Pledge

    Russky business focus of USSR propaganda poster exhibition

  • Culture

    April 6, 2000

    Crème de la Kremlin

    PAM show drops curtain on Russian revolutionary culture

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Missionary From Mars

    PAM show drops curtain on Russian revolutionary culture

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Letters

    From the week of July 8, 1999

  • Culture

    July 1, 1999

    Installment Plan

    Electronic techno-art show is an on-again, off-again proposition

  • Dining

    December 10, 1998

    Second Helpings

    Electronic techno-art show is an on-again, off-again proposition

  • Music

    November 5, 1998

    Pretty in Pink

    The (Young) Pioneers bring leftist imagery to an indie world gone apolitical

  • Culture

    October 8, 1998

    Cuba's Blue Period

    The (Young) Pioneers bring leftist imagery to an indie world gone apolitical

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1998

    Night & Day

    June 18 - 24, 1998

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    The Prying Game

    June 18 - 24, 1998

  • Film

    September 25, 1997

    New Studio, Same Old Stuff

    DreamWorks' first film is a conventional tale of glam and guns

  • Calendar

    August 28, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    DreamWorks' first film is a conventional tale of glam and guns

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    From Russia With Love

    For a fee, a Phoenix firm will help find you a wife--if it has to go to Siberia to do it

  • News

    June 1, 1994

    THE LIGHTER SIDE OF GLOWING IN THE DARK

    For a fee, a Phoenix firm will help find you a wife--if it has to go to Siberia to do it

  • Culture

    February 23, 1994

    SOMETHING WICK THIS WAY COMES

    For a fee, a Phoenix firm will help find you a wife--if it has to go to Siberia to do it

  • News

    January 26, 1994

    KID PICS AND THRILLS

    For a fee, a Phoenix firm will help find you a wife--if it has to go to Siberia to do it

  • News

    September 9, 1992

    FROM RUSSIA WITH GLOVE

    RUDY USED TO BE A RED ARMY PARATROOPER NOW HE AND HIS COMRADES ARE MAKING BASEBALL HISTORY IN MESA.

  • News

    July 8, 1992

    BAD SPORT

    RUDY USED TO BE A RED ARMY PARATROOPER NOW HE AND HIS COMRADES ARE MAKING BASEBALL HISTORY IN MESA.

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