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Weekly Freebie: Phoenix Metro Art Walks

A recent study published by the Lancet says lack of exercise kills roughly as many as smoking. Unfortunately the only thing the general public hates more than being called fat is going to the gym. But taking in some culture, could be your round about ticket to burning calories. Art...
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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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Hayden Flour Mill Opens to Public Use After Renovation

After months of renovation, the Hayden Flour Mill in Tempe is now more eye candy than eyesore. The iconic Mill Avenue building reopened on Tuesday as an events venue, public space, and museum (of sorts). The $350,000 makeover, which was funded by the Rio Salado Foundation, upgraded the surrounding property...
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Chow Bella’s Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all...
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Seven Hate-Free Chicken Sandwiches in Metro Phoenix

See Also: Chick-fil-A "Kiss-In" Protest Today: Puckering Up for Gay Rights All this talk of chicken sandwiches lately has made us hungry for one thing -- a chicken sandwich. But not just any ol' chicken sandwich, we want a delicious, hate- free chicken sandwich that believes that everyone should have...
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Robbie Fox’s Public House Club Candids

Oh, how we love the Irish pub. It's a great place to go to boast about one's Irish lineage (or the lack thereof) while spouting off innuendos like "would you like some more Irish in ya?" It's also the perfect place to enjoy a pint of Guinness and feign interest...
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Chow Bella’s Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all...
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New Late-Night Pizzeria Moves in on Mill Avenue

Out with the doughnuts, in with the pizza. As of this week, East Coast Italian-style pie lovers in Tempe can hit up Paisan's Pizza & Italian Kitchen, at 425 South Mill Avenue (5th Street and Mill and in the former home of Dunkin' Donuts), to test run a new favorite...
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11 Best Pizza Spots in Metro Phoenix

As a restaurant town, Phoenix still gets a bum rap: too many chains, too few ethnic, no restaurant-rich urban core, and no famous equivalent to Philly's cheesesteak or Chicago's hot dog to call our own. But there's one thing we do have in abundance, and it's great pizza. Seriously, we...
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Mad G’s in Tempe Has a Lot to Be Angry About

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that...
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Ten Favorite Phoenix Sangria Spots

Move over Margarita, your Spanish 3rd cousin, Sangria is popping up on menus all over town. The refreshing summertime concoction of red (or white) wine and boozy fruit layered over ice has become a menu staple for Valley restaurants. Here are 10 of our very favorites. 10. Sangria Blanco, La...
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Dumperfoo Quietly Galvanizes the Phoenix Hip-Hop Scene

It's less than an hour before last call at a recent session of The Blunt Club in Tempe, and resident DJ Pickster One is cuing up the Beastie Boys' "Get It Together." Girls in booty shorts shake it on the checkered tiled floor and PBR-toting patrons bellow to be heard...
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Five Must-Attend Lectures in June

So what if school's out for summer? June promises plenty in the way of brainy endeavors. Drop the beer bong, resist that urge to wear a swimsuit as everyday clothing, and dig a pen and some paper out of that book bonfire. Here are our five lecture picks for summertime...
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Stephen Steinbrink Leaves Arizona With a Pop Record About Arizona

Like nearly everyone in Phoenix, songwriter Stephen Steinbrink (you may recognize his project named French Quarter, as well) has a love/hate relationship with the city. It's easy to love the pockets of true community, the DIY art spaces, punk rock house shows, and the affordable, delicious Mexican food, but the...
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Feat of Clay

Sad face! We missed ASU's biannual Ceram-A-Rama in January, a four-day progressive gala and fundraiser that, for aficionados of 20th-century and contemporary ceramic art, is the equivalent of a party bus to Burning Man, Model U.N., Storage Wars, and a Vegas buffet. But we'll be consoled by the Ceramics Research...
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Halloween Guide 2012: Fright Nights

There's plenty to be worried about these days. Just off the top of our heads, there's the very real possibility of a Mitt Romney presidency, the horrors of the ever-lagging economy, and all that folderol about whether or not the world's ending in a couple of months. Frankly, your brains...