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8 Best Ugly Sweater Parties in Metro Phoenix

An ugly Christmas sweater can be a thing of beauty. Just ask any of the increasing number of people who have donned the charmingly atrocious knitted creations adorned with felt, jingling bells, or tinsel during the holidays for the kitsch or irony value. Ugly Christmas sweaters have grown from a...
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The Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, March 11, to Sunday, March 13. Stupid Fucking Bird Stray Cat Theatre has roamed a gauntlet of Valley venues this season, preparing for residency at Tempe Center for the Arts starting later this year. Just so you don’t get...
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15 Best Arts and Culture Events in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best arts and culture events in Phoenix from January 18 to January 23.  Art Night: Lamps You’ve done BYOB. Now try BYOL. Um, that’s Bring Your Own Lamp. Before you feel completely out of touch with today’s slang, let us tell you we’re fairly certain this is...
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10 Nerdy Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This November

It's a great time to be a nerd. We know people say that a lot, but consider it: Scientists are making incredible strides in space exploration, a new Star Wars trailer made everyone collectively lose it, and we live in a world where a human being can make a living...
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Where to Find Traditional Holiday Music Concerts in Phoenix

Sometimes, there's no better way to get in the spirit of the holidays than to listen to some of the great music that has endured centuries. Phoenix is full of orchestras, choirs, and instrumentalists dedicated to classical music. Here is where to find classical holiday music in Metro Phoenix...
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The Phoenix Music Scene Bucket List

You know, this city gets a lot of hate. And it's not just from the outside, either. Recent transplants to Phoenix notice a trend when talking to the residents about their new home. The people who most often ask why a new resident would ever think to move here? Or...
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41 Must-Attend Holiday 2013 Events in Metro Phoenix

The yuletide season can be an exercise in utter chaos. Or, at the very least, busy. There are gifts to buy, feasts and fêtes to plan, trees to trim, halls to deck, and family gatherings to attend. Making your to-do lists even longer are the hundreds of special events over...
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Top 6 Must-See Phoenix Concerts This Weekend

Hear that? It's the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it's nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you'll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss...
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25 Must-See Phoenix Concerts in April

The month of April is packed wall-to-wall with concerts. Check that, it's packed wall-to-wall with great concerts. Some of the bigger hitmakers and tastemakers in pop and indie rock -- Lorde, Bastille, Lana Del Ray, Grouplove, Phantogram, Chvrches ... just to name a few -- will all perform around the...
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68: Claire Carter

When we last put the spotlight on 100 creative forces in Phoenix, it was no secret there were more than 100 individuals who were making waves in the local arts community. So as we count down to our annual Best of Phoenix issue, we're profiling 100 more. Welcome (back) to 100 Creatives Claire Carter...
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Shtetl Be The Day

The only way to understand why big-ass Broadway-style musicals are so popular is to see one of them in big-ass Broadway style: performed live on stage, with lusty vocals, a nimble dance corps, and an honest-to-God orchestra playing the score. That's the philosophy of Scottsdale Musical Theater Company, and it's...
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South by Stateside @ The Sail Inn

Y'all know what time it is. Yeahh, boii, it's concert season. A time when up-and-coming buzz bands hit the Southwest en route to South by Southwest, Coachella, or any number of other music fests. And for those of us too broke to afford a trip to Austin or a Bro-chella...
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Incoming: The Polyphonic Spree, The Doobie Brothers, James

​Heads up to all the dry cleaners in town -- psych-pop choral band The Polyphonic Spree is coming to town, and they'll be bringing loads and loads of "the whites" with them. Good luck fitting the whole crew on the stage of the Crescent Ballroom. Seeing how they cram everyone...
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Music of Lord of the Rings in Concert @ Jobing.com Arena

We're sure that somewhere, there's a Lord of the Rings fan — they like to be referred to as "Ringers," mind you — who is totally comfortable with the opposite sex, doesn't live in his mom's basement, and doesn't spend his days dreaming of Mordor and reciting poems about Tom...
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Concerts to Catch This Weekend

Holy moly, there's SO many shows going on this weekend. But if The Tubes, Cut Copy, The Ataris, Colorstore, or Laconic aren't your thing (what kind of music do you like, anyway?), Up on the Sun has you covered. Here are a few eccentric shows that may have not have...
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Got Your Bach

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is much more hip than you think. If you don’t believe it, then you really need to start checking out the stuff. Like, now, dude. The Arizona Bach Festival is scheduled to burn down various Valley stages for more than a week. Highlight concerts...
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Natural Rhythm

One rarely hears R. Murray Schafer’s shocking musical gambol “A Medieval Bestiary” these days, but fans of melodious naughties will be delighted to know that our own Phoenix Chorale is performing the number in its new fall concert. Nature Sings! celebrates earth, wind, fire, and water in gone-green pieces including...
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Natural Rhythm

One rarely hears R. Murray Schafer’s shocking musical gambol “A Medieval Bestiary” these days, but fans of melodious naughties will be delighted to know that our own Phoenix Chorale is performing the number in its new fall concert. Nature Sings! celebrates earth, wind, fire, and water in gone-green pieces including...