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10 Cameras Project at Art Space is Worth More Than a Quick Click-Through

The results of his experiment are found in the "10 Cameras Project" group exhibition, on display at Art Space at Optima Camelview Village. Since the show was an experiment in intrinsic value, it's easy to observe the developed photographs and make assumptions about what constitutes the "best" art.The brilliant turquoise...
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Spring Training Eats: Southeast Valley

Take me out to the ball game? Ehh. I say, take me out to dinner. No matter how much you're into baseball, you still gotta eat, right? And maybe you just don't feel like filling up on ball park junk food. With Cactus League games in full swing, out-of-town visitors...
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Stan’s Metro Deli Closed for Good

The other day, I wondered whether Stan's Metro Deli would really reopen. Unfortunately, this new sign in the window at the Mill Avenue restaurant answers that question...
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Insight Fiesta Bowl Block Party @ Mill Avenue District

The Insight Fiesta Bowl Block Party, now in its twenty-seventh year, will include a live show by Jimmy Eat World, and performance art and entertainers that will post up all over the Mill Avenue District, located on Mill Avenue between University Drive and Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe. Fri., Dec...
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When Did Tempe’s Mucho Gusto Get Boring?

When Mucho Gusto opened in 2005, it filled a Tempe dining gap with its modern, slightly upscale take on standard Mexican fare. Its success was due to the creativity of Chad Withycombe and Carlos Manriquez, the same duo that helped launch Atlas Bistro in its first inception, as a Southwest-inspired...
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Candy Addict Now Open

Say you just worked to develop one of the most popular tech devices, ever. Whatcha gonna do now? Open a candy store on Mill Avenue, of course!  Frank Ellis left Silicone Valley after working as part of the Amazon Kindle team. Exhausted and ready for a new adventure, he and...
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Fiesta Bowl Block Party @ Mill Avenue District

Since the Fiesta Bowl Block Party began taking over downtown Tempe on New Year's Eve, it's either become the absolute best place to be or the one place you want to avoid — depending on the crowd you run with. Either way, music fans are curious to know who will...
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Canteen Modern Tequila Bar: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Canteen Modern Tequila Bar, 640 S. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-773-7135 http://www.canteentequilabar.com The Hours: Chase some tacos with tequila during "Halfy Hour" between 4 and 6:30 pm every day of the week. The Details: The aptly named Halfy Hour includes half-priced house margaritas, beer, and well drinks, and half...
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Tempe’s House of Tricks Amazes Audiences with Seared Foie Gras

House of Tricks has everything going for it — excellent food, a great location near ASU that feels serene despite its proximity to the hustle and bustle of Mill Avenue, and a reputation that's been building since 1987. The restaurant is really a rare gem, a local institution that survives...
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Tempe Police Seized 2,064 Fake IDs in 2010

More than 2,000 underage drinkers in Tempe had some pretty crappy fake IDs last year. The Tempe Police Department announced Tuesday that 2,064 fictitiously used IDs were seized by police and Tempe's Downtown District bars in 2010, all from under-21ers trying to get into liquor establishments...
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T-Pain @ Marquee Theatre

Don't be alarmed if you hear the sound of irritated groaning emanating from the campuses of Arizona State University and other local institutions of higher learning this week, as it's merely the collective grumblings of students returning to class for the spring semester. Southern rapper T-Pain will offer an ease...
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Market Movement

There’s that period of time between the end of fall finals and the beginning of spring term that downtown Tempe feels a tad ghostly. If it weren’t for tonight’s Thursday Night Market at Tempe Urban Garden, you’d probably be able to hear a pin drop on Mill Avenue. We’re pretty...
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Stan’s Metro Deli: Down for the Count?

This photo, shared by one of my food spies, says it all: Stan's Metro Deli is closed, at least temporarily. The restaurant's voicemail is full.As any longtime reader of Chow Bella knows, "temporary" restaurant closures usually strike me as dubious, if only because of the track record. Remember Sucker Punch...
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Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend

Exhibition of Graffiti Art @ Eric Fischl Gallery Fine Arts Building, Phoenix College Today from 1 to 8 p.m., check out the work of four graf artists, who transformed a movable eight-by-nine-foot wall at Eric Fischl Gallery. At 5, there will be live b-boying and dance. It takes place on...
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Halloween Guide 2011

There's a little over two weeks left until Halloween, and the clock's ticking. If your costume ain't in order yet, you'd better get busy trying to conjure one. Forget about resorting to the ensemble of aviators, spiky hair, and a GTL shirt (since Jersey Shore was so last year), and...