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Best Champion of Latino Artists

Xico Inc.A lot of great local things are turning 50 this year: Italian eatery Avanti, Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to My Nightmare” and Xico Inc. Five decades on, its mission, “increased recognition of the cultural contributions of Latino and Indigenous people by advancing appreciation for and visibility of Latino and Indigenous art,” remains as vital as ever. […]
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Best Museum Gift Shop

Musical Instrument MuseumAfter wandering the galleries of the Musical Instrument Museum, you might wonder if you’ve missed your calling as a musician. No worries; the gift shop carries a selection of instruments such as a six-hole pocket flute, a cowbell or a ukulele. There are also eccentric gifts for the person who has everything — Alice Cooper’s […]
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Best Concert for a Cause

Alice Cooper's Christmas PuddingThe Valley has plenty of beloved holiday traditions, but none are as cool as Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding. For more than 20 years, big-name musicians have come to the Valley for a one-night-only holiday show benefiting Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers. Past guests have included Styx, The Doors’ Robby Krieger, Dee Snider, “Weird Al” Yankovic, […]
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Best Place to See a Metal Show

The 44 Sports Grill & NightlifeIf you hark back to the days when Vince Fournier (a.k.a. Alice Cooper) attended Cactus High School in northwest Phoenix in the late 1960s, it can be said that the best fans of heavier rock ‘n’ roll came from the north Valley. It’s only fitting, then, that the best place to catch a metal show […]