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  Arizona Best Fest: Celebrating the Centennial
  The Arizona Best Fest celebrated the very best of Arizona and its 100 year history. PHOTOS BY RYAN WOLF.
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  SMoCA Spring Opening Celebration
  Friday night was the Spring Opening Celebration at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) in Old Town Scottsdale. Among new exhibitions, with work by Kiki Smith, was a full bar, hors d'oeuvres, dance performances, and the red-lit lounge with music from DJ Mr. P-Body. Kiki Smith's...
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  Arizona Fetish Revolution 2012
  Old Town Scottsdale got quite a bit kinkier on Saturday night for the Fetish Revolution 2012. The over the top nonstop celebration of all things sex featured plenty of leather whips, unzips and nips. Check out all the pleasurable pleather proof. PHOTOS BY RYAN WOLF
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  Phoenix New Times Soundcheck 2012: Day Two (2/11/12)
  The second night of The New Times Soundcheck brought a wide variety of local music to Club Red in Tempe last night. With blues, hip-hop, reggae rock and hardcore punk there was something for everybody on one of the two stages. The shows began at 6 p.m. and the last started after midnight on...
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  The V Spot, A Valentine's Burlesque Extravaganza! (NSFW)
  Check out Provocatease's Valentines extravaganza at Le Chalet. The pre-Valentine's Day event featured burlesque beauties & hunks performing eye defying magic, music and dancing. Other performances included the mesmerizing safe sex circus hooping in the cave of love. PHOTOS BY G. LUKE HOLWERDA.
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  New Times Soundcheck 2012: Day 1 (2/10/12)
  It's been a great week for local music fans. The much anticipated 100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona article came out a couple days ago and we're halfway through a pretty big music festival. Last night, The New Times Soundcheck kicked off with 14 very diverse and talented bands. Regardless...
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  Having Your Cake and Eating It Too at Bamboo Bakery
  Talk about a cake walk. If, like me, you're addicted to cake baking shows like "Ace of Cakes," "Cake Boss" and "The Next Great Baker," you'll be in hog heaven during a visit to Bamboo Bakery, one of the Valley's most popular -- and accomplished -- bakeries/patisseries. If you can dream it,...
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  Club Candids: Snake! Snake! Snakes! @ The Lost Leaf
  The Roosevelt Row district sees some of its heaviest foot traffic during the First Friday artwalk. When the weather is nice, it can be next to impossible to get into some of the more packed galleries. Things slow down a little bit around 10 o'clock, as galleries and exhibitors begin closing...
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  Night Owl: The Ho Wine Experience at Cafe ZuZu
  Cafe ZuZu embodies lounge in every way. The warmly lit laid-back bar is all about clean lines and retro modern design. As far as drink specials go, The Ho Wine Experience features $5 glasses of each week's specialty wine. PHOTOS BY RYAN WOLF.
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  The Glendale Chocolate Affaire in Photos
  This past weekend was a chocolate lover's dream come true at the Glendale Chocolate Affaire at Murphy Park in Glendale. Families, friends, and couples of all ages got to try crepes, strawberries, pretzels, bacon, kettle corn, Twinkies, and almost any food one can imagine, all covered in...
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  What to Do Alone Across America
  With the exception of twins and double suicide pacts, we're born alone and we die alone. And whether you're visiting a new city by yourself or have no plans in your hometown, there's plenty of fun to be had solo.
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  Phoenix Idiotarod 2012
  The annual Phoenix Idiotarod is much like the famous Alaskan dogsled race that inspired it, only with colorfully decorated shopping carts bombing around the streets of downtown instead of dogsleds gliding through the snowy wilds. And it involves people dressed up in wacky costumes imbibing...
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