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Cycle’s Third Annual Tour de Lights

Now that our seemingly never-ending Indian summer has finally ended and winter has descended upon the Valley, we can all proclaim that Christmastime Is Here and get in that holiday spirit. Nothing gets the Cycle offices more amped for the holidays than the glittering of hundreds upon thousands of little...
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Ticker Tape Parade Reunion Concert Saturday Benefits Phoenix Free Clinic

Earlier today, I happened to run into into well-known Phoenix activists Amy McMullen and Layal Rabat, each helping stranded travelers at the Greyhound Bus Terminal, and they informed me of a fundraiser going down at the Crescent Ballroom this Saturday evening, which sounds perfect for those who like their entertainment...
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Club Candids: Firehouse Tempe

Something unusual has been happening recently inside the establishment on the northeast corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive in Tempe: People are having a blast after dark. Lots of people. Such a thing is commonplace along party-hearty Mill Avenue, given its proximity to Arizona State University, just not at...
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Tempe Storm

While 70 percent of the country preps for deep freeze, we Arizonans and a million part-time residents (and professional traffic stoppers) are loving everything outdoors. Everything seems more vibrant and energizing when it's not melting under the sun or stopped cold by sub-degree temps. It makes you want to dance...
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Ncounter: Mediocrity Strikes (Again) on Tempe’s Mill Avenue

Mediocrity. It's one thing Tempe's Mill Avenue doesn't need any more of. And when it comes to restaurants, let's face it: Mill's selection of street eats seem more apropos to safe and sensible pant suit suburbia than walking distance from thousands of students attending one of the nation's largest universities...
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Club Candids: World of Beer

Getting drunk with Santa Claus would be pretty awesome when you think about it. St. Nick is already pretty generous with gifts if you've been nice, but just imagine what he would get you when you've been nice and kept the IPAs flowing? We can't guarantee you that World of...
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Club Candids: Monster Masquerade on Mill

Happy Halloween, everyone! On behalf of everyone at Up on the Sun, I hope you find a cool concert or party to go to tonight, and thoroughly encourage you to party a little too hard. Halloween is a blast--as a kid, neighbors handed out free candy because you dressed up...
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CLOSED: Blondie’s Sports Bar in Tempe

From the outside, Blondie's Sports Bar in Tempe looks as though it's open for business. The lights are all on, the illuminated beer signs on the walls are still glowing, and the Internet jukebox is still hawking three songs for a dollar. Too bad the Mill Avenue jock joint hasn't...
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Cinco De Mayo 2013 Guide

Special Events Arizona Event Center 1300 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa www.arizonaeventcenter.com Danny Serrano, Richard Galaviz Jr., Manny Llanez, Kevin Soto, Jorge Ruiz, Ernesto Ortiz, and other jokesters will perform during the Latin Comedy Night on Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m.; $10 for general seating, $20-$200 for VIP treatment. Call...
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Tempe Tries Bar Louie, Again

Just because Bar Louie wasn't right for Mill Avenue in the 1990s doesn't mean it's not right for Tempe Marketplace in 2012 -- right? Maybe. The national chain, which debuted in Chicago in 1991 and refers to itself as a "urban bar," is trying the Valley again after failed attempts...
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Cycle: A Spectators’ Guide to Ironman Arizona

The average Ironman effort by the masochistic athletes who undertake this heroic endeavor takes about 11 to 12 hours - a demanding exhibition of endurance by any friend or family member out on the side of the course cheering their athlete on.Fortunately for those of us who spectate instead of...
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Two of a Kind

For a look into the emerging creative minds coming out of the ASU Herberger Institute School of Art, head to the Step Gallery, 951 South Mill Avenue in suite 174. The proposal-driven, student-run gallery hosts weekly exhibitions installed by ASU's gallery exhibitions class and provides sneak peek into the student-artist's...
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St. Patrick’s Day Guide 2013

If you happen to have a vacation day to burn, it's most definitely gonna come in handy during St. Patrick's weekend. That's because the annual Irish holiday happens to fall on a Sunday this year, which might ordinarily throw a kink into your plans to engage in a massive Celtic-style...
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New Year’s Eve Guide 2013

If you happen to be one of those notorious preppers or some other wingnut caught up in all the hoohah over this weekend's allegedly impending Armageddon, it's likely that you're too busy huddling in your underground bunker with a shotgun in hand to worry about what to do on New...
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Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Welcome to the weekend, Phoenicians. Here's how to spend it. Whitney Cummings @ Tempe Improv Don't let her size fool you; Whitney Cummings is a comedy machine. The actress, writer, comedian, and executive television producer has made a name for herself as a former cast member of Punk'd, a frequent...