What’s going on in the back of your mind while shopping this holiday season? Maybe more than you think. A marketing study conducted by Arizona State University assistant professor Christopher Lee shows that shoppers are more likely to buy gifts for themselves that are labeled “limited edition,” but when it…
Phoenix police say they can’t label the broken windows at Middle Eastern Bakery and Deli a hate crime till they talk to owner Isam Saed.
The Phoenix community is rallying around the family-owned restaurant after someone smashed their windows.
We caught up with Chris Smith the morning of Merkin Vineyards Tasting Room & Osteria’s grand opening.
The Coronado, a bungalow restaurant in central Phoenix, held a fundraiser for Standing Rock and the one-star reviews started pouring in from North Dakota.
Tony Ryan and Jack Wilborn are voting “yes” on Proposition 205, the initiative to legalize marijuana in Arizona, and they’re encouraging others to do so, as well. Especially law-enforcement officers like them. “If law enforcement wants to improve community relations, they need to vote yes on 205,” says Wilborn, a…
To put it blunt-ly (see what we did there?), the second annual Southwest Cannabis Conference + Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center this past weekend was a hit. Roughly 7,000 people blew through the vendor hall (packed with more than 200 exhibitors) and attended any number of the 37 panels…
Doug Ducey received free tickets to the second annual Southwest Cannabis Conference, but event organizer Demitri Downing isn’t holding his breath for the Arizona governor to attend. Downing says he also sent complimentary passes to Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Secretary of State Michele Reagan, but they wouldn’t be shocking…
Valley verse-makers can now apply to be Phoenix’s first poet laureate. The new position provides an annual stipend of $2,500, but is otherwise a volunteer gig with the goals of capturing Phoenix culture and creating a wider appreciation for poetry throughout metro Phoenix. “Poetry, like all of the arts, has…
When track star Will Claye first tried the triple jump at Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee his freshman year, his coach, Larry Todd, told him he was too good. “He was like, ‘Oh yeah. You got it. You’ve almost got it down too well, too early,'” Claye recalls. “‘You’re…
Growing up in Phoenix, Bob Carey probably never imagined that one day, he would take photographs of himself wearing pink tutus at locations all over the world, his burly body posed in pliés on beaches and performing pirouettes on the Brooklyn Bridge. Then again, Carey probably never imagined his wife, Linda…
Sports team mascots are more than warm bodies inside furry costumes. They’re athletic, outgoing, comedic, and highly competitive characters who do things like leap through flaming hoops, allow strange children to pull their tails, and shoot stuff out of cannons. Their over-the-top aesthetic and stunts form the basis for comedy…
Some people were upset to see that late U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater’s name is no longer on the state Republican Party headquarters in central Phoenix. One concerned citizen went as far as to contact the Arizona Republic to investigate, curious if the missing moniker might be a political statement about…
Jose Benavides’ vision of the Madonna appeared at Mesa Arts Center last fall. For many people visiting MAC for the “Guitars & Handlebars” season opening exhibit, she was a revelation: a 17-foot-long motorized sculpture on wheels, draped in a shroud of 500 license plates from 50 U.S. states (plus Mexico…
The Pooles and the Canfields met up under the stars one night last month, but not like they used to. For years, a typical Friday evening found Scott and Eva Poole and Jesse and Jill Canfield at the drive-in movies. The 40-something Pooles went almost every weekend for decades, often…
Sweet molasses, this place stinks — but luckily in a good way. The first thing that usually hits you when you walk in King Tut’s is a rolling cloud of fruity, musky shisha tobacco.Then you notice the décor, which is kitschy Egyptian. Tapestries of varying size (but almost all white,…
This Wednesday, Bennett Miller, director of the films Capote and Moneyball, will chat with film students and fans about his time behind the big screen via Skype technology and another big screen set up this Wednesday at ASU. Miller will be participating in a Q&A after a screening of Capote…
If you’re ever an obnoxious douche bag to a local bartender, beware: Your story could become fodder for a new, Valley-based blog called storiesfrombartenders.com.Several local barflies have already made cameos: the woman who walked up to a bartender and asked if it was spa day because she “could really go…
There’s no shortage of major studio movies coming out this fall. This weekend, Moneyball (starring Brad Pitt) comes out, and October will see the release of Paranormal Activity 3 and remakes of The Thing and Footloose.But if you’re not interested in seeing yet another remake of an old blockbuster, or…
If you believe in myths and superstitions, this Friday, September 23, might be a good day to try and balance an egg on its end, avoid drinking water, or celebrate Persephone’s return to the Underworld. All those myths are associated with the September Equinox, which takes place at 9:04 a.m…
Businesses may close, but nostalgia never dies.The Scottsdale 6 drive-in closed last week after more than 34 years, but that doesn’t mean there’s nowhere to go in the Valley for a slice of drive-in Americana. For starters, there’s William LeGoullon’s exhibition of drive-in theater photographs, “Intermission,” opening at Bokeh Gallery…
Head shops aren’t known for their appliances, but we recently stumbled upon something at local store Herb N Legend that might change that: a top-loading, mini-washing machine…for making hash.The machine, made by a Canadian company called Wacky Willy’s, looks like a plastic toy appliance. It’s only about three feet high, and…
