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  Taiyou Con 2013 at Hilton Mesa
  Cosplayers, Gothic Lolitas, Harajuku Girls, and Otakus aplenty gathered at the Hilton Mesa on Friday, January 4, for the kickoff of Taiyou Con, the annual three-day extravaganza dedicated to anime, manga, video games, and Japanese pop culture. Colorful and wild ensembles were in abundance as...
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  Back in the Saddle at American Junkie, 01/04/12
  Scottsdale fashionistas flaunted their stuff at Back in the Saddle at American Junkie on Friday, January 4. DJ Circle and DJ Earth kept the dance floor moving at the nightlife hot spot's first big event of 2013. Photos by Melissa Fossum
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  Fiesta Bowl Tailgating at University of Phoenix Stadium, 1/3/13
  The Oregon Ducks (11-1) and the Kansas State University Wildcats (11-1) faced off in a massive gridiron battle for college football supremacy on Thursday, January 3, during the 2013 edition of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at the University Phoenix Stadium. There was also plenty of action taking...
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  Club Candids: iji @ The Trunk Space 12/27/12
  iji’s show on Thursday, December 27 felt like even more of a family affair than usual. Between sets, frontman Zach Burba shook hands with fans and conversed with his friends and family. The audience was ecstatic to see iji and showed their support by dancing throughout most of the band’s set....
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  Sixth Street New Year's Eve Block Party 2012 in Downtown Tempe
  The intersection of Mill Avenue and Sixth Street in downtown Tempe was alive with thousands of New Year’s Eve revelers as bars and nightspots such as Canteen, Robbie Fox’s, Fat Tuesday, and Handlebar joined forces for a gigantic block party that encompassed all of their establishments. DJ Mr....
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  New Year's Eve in Downtown Phoenix
  One of the benefits of bringing in the New Year in downtown Phoenix is that most of the bars are a short walking distance away. The closer it got to midnight, the more packed these nightlife hotspots were, so we made our rounds between The Lost Leaf, Copper Blues, Gypsy Bar, Monarch Theatre,...
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  New Year's Eve in Old Town Scottsdale
  Clubgoers sent 2012 out in style during fashionable New Year's Eve fetes that took place at numerous nightspots in Old Town Scottsdale. As bottles were popped and kisses were exchanged, our cameras captured all the Auld Lange Syne action at several major ragers taking place over the course of...
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  Maybe 2013 Will Be Better at The Compound, 12/31/12
  The local creative crowd came out in droves for the art-filled New Year’s Eve extravaganza emMaybe 2013 Will Be Better, which took place on Monday, December 31, at The Compound in Tempe. The outdoor gallery and venue – which is run by artists JJ Horner, Colton Brock, and Charles Darr -- hosted...
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  New Queer's Eve at The Rogue Bar, 12/28/12
  Nightlife gadabout and hipster provocateur Craig Citizen put on a rather curious affair entitled New Queer’s Eve on Friday, December 28, at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale that was certainly unlike anything we've ever witnessed at the popular Scottsdale dive bar. The booze-soaked “punk-trash drag...
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  PHX FMLY FEST in Downtown Phoenix, 12/28/12
  Crowds bundled up to enjoy the 60 plus live bands, visual artists, and a zine exchange strewn up and down 5th Avenue between Roosevelt and Garfield for FMLY Fest on Friday, December 28. Photos by Melissa Fossum
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  Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony at Ethiopian Famous Restaurant and Coffee in Phoenix
  At Ethiopian Famous Restaurant and Coffee guests can enjoy a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony. The hours-long ritual takes place during the restaurant’s weekend dinner service and involves taking the coffee beans through their entire life cycle of preparation from roasting to serving. In...
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  10 Movies to Watch in 2013
  Most of the blathering this year about the death of film and film culture has already evaporated from the mind, like so much inert gas. But one gnomic pronouncement endures: Leos Carax describing cinema as "a beautiful island with a cemetery" following the world premiere of Holy Motors at...
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