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The Company You Keep: Redford and Gang Face the '60s -- in Their 70s

10 Places in Metro Phoenix to Get Great Pancakes

Despite our mother's best advice about breakfast, most of us give the all-important first meal of the day short shrift during the work week. We gulp down sugary cereal, grab a granola bar (which probably shouldn't be considered food, much less breakfast), or just settle for a few thousand cups of co ... More >>

7 Restaurants Serving Brunch and Bloody Marys on New Year's Day

If you're one of the few who won't wind up with a massive hangover courtesy of New Year's Eve -- or if you're the type to be in bed before midnight regardless of the occasion -- celebrate the New Year with a delectable restaurant brunch. You can keep the party going from 2012 to 2013, or sleep in an ... More >>

MV & EE @ Yucca Tap Room

Bruegger's Bagels Opens First of Six Planned Locations

Bruegger's Bagels may be just another national chain adding new locations throughout the Valley this year, but chances are it's the only one holding a Guinness World Record. See also: Best Bagels 2012 -- New York Bagels 'N Bialys In 2004, the Vermont-based company with over 300 locations in 26 sta ... More >>

Get Bent

King Tuff @ Meat Market Garment Factory

District American Kitchen and Wine Bar: Happy Hour Report Card

See also: Humble Pie: Happy Hour Report Card See also: Sierra Bonita Grill: Happy Hour Report Card The Spot: District American Kitchen and Wine Bar, Sheraton Hotel, 320 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix. 602-817-5400, districtrestaurant.com. The Hours: Breakfast 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 ... More >>

Stages of Brief

Top Ten Spots for Mac 'n' Cheese in the Valley

Mm, mm, mac 'n' cheese. President Thomas Jefferson had it for dinner at the White House in 1802, Crayola made it a crayon color in 1993, and Kraft sells more than one million boxes of it every day. Dressed up with additional ingredients or stripped down and simple, mac 'n' cheese, essentially cook ... More >>

Paint it Guggenheim

One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action, and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yours?​For more than 50 years, the walls of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum have hosted artwork by Paul Cézanne, Vasily Kandinsky, Franz M ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu Sued by National Prison Legal News, With Help From ACLU

Image: www.prisonlegalnews.orgPrison Legal News editor Paul Wright, (with movie star Danny Trejo).​ A national news magazine for prisoners is suing Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in federal court for the right to distribute its publications to jail inmates.Paul Wright, editor of the Vermont-b ... More >>

Rock Art Vermonster

theperfectlyhappyman.com ​The beer: The VermonsterThe brewery: Rock Art BreweryStyle: American BarleywineABV: 10 percent Normally, I like to introduce you to new beers in this space. There's been no shortage of choices in that regard -- tons of great breweries have been entering Arizona late ... More >>

Is Ben & Jerry's Planning to Make A "Schweddy Balls" Ice Cream?

SNL​Summer heat already taking its toll? Time for some cool buzz on novelty ice cream manufactures, Ben & Jerry's. Gothamist reports that the Vermont-based ice cream company may or may not be developing a new "Schweddy Balls" -themed flavor in honor of the Saturday Night Live skit starring An ... More >>

Perfect Circle

International Think Tank Ranks "Most Peaceful" U.S. States. Arizona Didn't Do So Hot

The Grand Canyon State tends to keep things pretty gangsta.​Good news: according to rankings from an international think tank, Arizona is not the most violent state in America, which may come as a shock considering we're one of only two states in the entire country to consider having its own ... More >>

Greek Squad

New in Scottsdale: Bonfire Grill & Bar

​Chef Matt Carter built his reputation with French cuisine at Scottsdale's Zinc Bistro, and he's expanded his repertoire to contemporary Mexican food at The Mission. For awhile, he even had his own Asian fusion spot, the now-defunct Nine 05, in Downtown Phoenix. Obviously the guy has a ... More >>

What's Your Grind Coffee

​This past First Friday, we tried an Arizona coffee blend, from a mobile vendor on 9th Street and McKinley. We were pleasantly surprised to not only see some action east of Roosevelt Street, but at the robust flavor of said local coffee, called What's Your Grind.This family-owned Arizona company s ... More >>

Pumpkin Showdown: Pumpkin Curry

We are obsessed with pumpkin so much over here at Chow Bella that we thought it was time to take all the smack talk to task with a pumpkin showdown. All the blog contributors gathered 'round the table with their best pumpkin recipes to see whose dish gets the Great Pumpkin award. Today's contend ... More >>

.listen: "Defiance"

​Artist: The trickily named .listen.Album: A CD-R containing one song from .listen's future album Atomic Sunrise, "Defiance," was all that was submitted.Basics: .listen is a young man named Eric who moved from Vermont to Scottsdale and has been a MySpace member since April 5. .listen is bille ... More >>

"John Doe," Who Killed Himself in Yuma in 1997, Believed to be Man Who Murdered Wife and Daughter in Vermont in 1978

Vermont State PoliceMichael Reapp​Police in Vermont announced this morning that a man they believe is responsible for murdering his wife and daughter in Waterbury, Vermont in 1978, killed himself in Arizona in 1997 -- nearly 20 years after the murders.Sergeant Tara Thomas, spokesperson for the Ver ... More >>

SanTan Brewing Celebrates 'Burgers & Beer' This Week

SanTan Brewing Company is celebrating American Craft Beer Week, which kicks off today, with a daily "Burger & Beer" pairing. Each day this week, the downtown Chandler microbrewery will create a different specialty burger to complement one of its unique ales: Today: Smoked bacon cheeseburger, a ... More >>

QuickPHX: Art

Is More Alcohol in Beer Really a Good Idea?

  USA Today recently reported that some states are pushing for higher alcohol-by-volume percentages in beer. While the average has about 4.65 percent alcohol in it, in states like Vermont and Montana, you can drink a breskie with upward of 16 percent alcohol in the drink.

Phish Live 8: Photos From Day 1

​Phish Halloween Indio, California = Pumpkin carving contest. ​Phish takes the stage playing "Party Time" in Indio, California for their Live 8 Festival. The reunited Vermont jam band is combining two of their biggest traditions, a massive festival and a Halloween concert that features the ... More >>

Mesa Air Group Being Sued by Mom Thrown Off Plane for Breast-Feeding

www.photobucket.com​A Vermont woman, who was thrown off an airplane for refusing to put a blanket over herself while she breast-fed her 1-year-old daughter, is suing Mesa Air Group. The incident happened about three years ago and sparked national protests, or "nurse-ins" at 19 ai ... More >>

The Marijuana Militia's Been Activated to Bring Medicinal Dope to Arizona

  www.artfiles.comIn the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown, Robert DeNiro's character walks into an apartment and finds Bridget Fonda's flakey blonde character watching television with bong in  hand. He says to her: "You know that shit will kill your ambit ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Slick "Dr. Gary" Karpin Finally Goes on Trial

Sweet 15

Novelist turns her pen toward the real-life quinceañera

Folk Hero

Say “a-yuh” to Vermonter’s sweet-natured art

Legend Has It

That old "last man on earth" setup? It really works

Sunnyside Up

Venus Envy

Lady writers, not on the TV

Dr. Buzzard

Mediator Gary Karpin preyed on vulnerable divorcées, falsely claiming he's a lawyer and a Ph.D.

Positive Spin

Turning an important play about political correctness into good theater

Reek Show

Science Center presents ode to odor

That's All, Folk

Fest explores musical traditions

Phish

Round Room (Elektra)

IV League

At the Scottsdale Athletic Club's Eurasia Bistro, you can get your water plain -- or with a twist

Tamale Tale

Tamale peddlers take it to the streets

Klieg Lights in Vermont

State and Main's ducks are crowded head to tail in their barrel

Letters

From the week of November 23, 2000

Air Tonic

The Serene Clean Elections Machine

For all that's at stake, the state's most influential lobbyists and businesses are strangely silent on Proposition 200, which would remove them as the primary financiers of election campaigns

Dust From Ashes

Culture Club

THE LIGHTER SIDE OF GLOWING IN THE DARK