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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 24 Baja Tilly's: Electric Thurdays with DJ Flair (Top 40, pop, hip-hop) Bobby Q's: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickler, Deon Pearson, & Alkeme (house) Bobby Q's: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house, electronica) Club Red: The Blunt...
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Style

Stuff some cab money in your pocket, grab your dorkiest sombrero, and get ready to suck down some cerveza. It's Cinco de Mayo and the tequila's gonna be flowing like water today at bars, restaurants, and drinkeries throughout the Valley. Looking for a place to party? Click here to persue...
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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 17 Baja Tilly's: Electric Thursdays with DJ Flair (Top 40, hip-hop, pop) Bobby Q's: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.stricker, & more (lounge, house) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pickster One, DJ Element, & more (hip-hop) Copper State Tavern: DJ Kavi, & guests...
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Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

THURSDAY 8 AZ88: DJ Mark 5 (rare groove, trip-hop) Baja Tilly's: Electric Thursdays with DJ Flair (Top 40, pop, hip-hop) Bananas Ranos: Hip-Hop Thursday with DJ Drey (hip-hop, Top 40) Blue Martini: DJ Mendez (Top 40, '80s) Bobby Q's: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickler, Deon Pearson, & Alkeme...
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Is Chef Aaron Chamberlin’s St. Francis Holding Back?

When rustic American restaurant St. Francis finally opened its doors for Labor Day weekend, I think Phoenix food fanatics heaved a huge sigh of relief. Why? To say the place was highly anticipated is an understatement. First, take a look at chef-owner Aaron Chamberlin's résumé. After working in Washington, D.C.,...
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Z Gallerie Closing Leaves King-Sized Vacancy on Tempe’s Mill Avenue

The Z Gallerie stores on Mill Avenue in Tempe and at Scottsdale's Fashion Square Mall closed over the weekend after huge sales that saw quality home furnishings going for 75 percent off.While the mall still has big-name anchors like Nieman-Marcus and Dillard's, the funky furniture store was itself an anchor...
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Arty Girl: It Is What It Is

Real quick - before I get into anything else - have you seen this? It's the slideshow I promised for the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, taken by my esteemed colleague, Kathleen Vanesian, and it is quite stunning...enjoy! Hey, wanna talk about Iraq?I know, I know...what a question. I doubt that...
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Playboy Labels UofA a Top Party School; ASU Falls to Number 15

Arizona State University is fine for a weekend romp, but if students who want more female scenery and action ought to spend their college years at the University of Arizona, says Playboy magazine. The latest Playboy listing of top party schools puts UofA squarely in the Number Five, behind the...
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Mojo Yogurt Opens at the Biltmore

Frozen yogurt season is upon us, it seems. Did you see the coming week's forecast? With highs in the high 80s? Seems like spring has already sprung and summer's coming soon. The timing's right for the brand-new Mojo Yogurt at Biltmore Fashion Park, now a week old.  Its sister location on Mill Avenue...
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Scandalesque Gets Scandalous at Cherry Lounge & Pit

Mill Avenue's Cherry Lounge & Pit is getting all Dita Von Tees-ed on us. The trendy ASU dance club, located at 411 South Mill Avenue, hosts Scandalous Thursdays every week with Scandalesque, a classy Valley burlesque troupe known for its tease and seductive performances around town. The provocative cabaret features...
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Incoming: Gil Scot-Herron, Deer Tick, Honor Society, Trivium

Maybe it's the 40th anniversary of Woodstock and the other big events of 1969, but it seems like 60s revivalism is everywhere these days. I mean, shit, even U.S. News and World Report is getting a little sentimental.On that note, I'm sure more than a few boomers out there will...
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Light Rail to Extend Hours for Tempe Music Festival

Declaring that "special events are drivers of ridership," Metro Light Rail CEO Rick Simonetta today announced extended hours for the April 3 and 4 Tempe Music Festival. Instead of the last train leaving at 11 p.m., as usual, east- or westbound riders can depart from the 3rd Street and Mill...
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Fall Out Boy Grows Up

Fall Out Boy have a few ties to Phoenix that you may not be aware of. The band released Live in Phoenix, a DVD it recorded last year at Cricket Pavilion. Kyle, the band's soundman, is from Phoenix. And the guys used to chill with Valley promoter Will Anderson years...
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Fall Out Boy Grow Up

Fall Out Boy have a few ties to Phoenix that you may not be aware of. The band released Live in Phoenix, a DVD it recorded last year at Cricket Pavilion. Kyle, the band's soundman, is from Phoenix. And the guys used to chill with Valley promoter Will Anderson years...
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Troth or Dare

Do you remember that scene from the 1998 crapfest . . . er, rom-com The Bachelor in which hundreds of crazed wanna-be brides wearing white gowns dash down a San Francisco street chasing Chris O’Donnell? It’s kind of like what The Brides of March event is gonna be like, except...
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New Restaurant Round-Up

Somebody recently mentioned restaurant closings to me, and I had to wrack my brain to think of the most recent casualties. For now, the news is actually pretty upbeat -- the last month has seen a flurry of new restaurants opening in the Valley. Here's the lowdown. Second Line Creole...
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Hot Links: Light Rail, Meth Salon, and Pelosi’s Capitol Cats

A spokesman for APS says the company's seen a 45 percent increase in power thefts, with people running cables to utility lines or neighbors' homes. APS says high jacking power is not only illegal, but dangerous, and vows to prosecute power thieves. SRP, on the other hand, reports that power...