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Best Place to Buy Art You Can Manhandle

September 24, 2009
Practical ArtEver been “finger-wagged” by one of those serious-as-cancer security guards at the Phoenix Art Museum? You know, you sneak in for a closer look at one of the paintings, and the guard is in your face, index finger zipping back and forth like a windshield wiper? Hey, it’s their job; we get it. It’s just […]
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Wal-Mart Study of Products’ Environmental Impact Getting Help from ASU

By Ray SternJuly 15, 2009
Arizona State University assistant professor Jay Golden will assist a major project by Wal-Mart to rate the ecological impact of the products it sells.Here's how the New York Times describes the three steps of the project: The first will involve Wal-Mart's gathering information from its suppliers about the sustainable practices...
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Flavors of Phoenix This Thursday

By Michele LaudigMay 18, 2009
Summer's here and the slowdown is palpable. But the flurry of culinary and charity events that started in the spring hasn't sputtered out yet. In fact, one of the longest-running ones takes place this Thursday night. Flavors of Phoenix makes its 18th annual go-round on May 21 at the Westin Kierland...
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Hybrid Prius Drivers May Be in for an Unexpectedly Wild Ride

By Paul KnightApril 23, 2009
Bobette Riner publishes an electricity index used to promote renewable energy, and she bought a brand-new Prius last year to shoot the bird at the oil companies. "I felt so smug for a while," she says. "Especially being in Houston." She was lucky to score the car from a dealership...
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Landmine Marathon Signs with Prosthetic Records

By Martin CizmarFebruary 20, 2009
Well, that was fast! The day after Mike Meyer's feature on them ran in our print edition, local death metal band Landmine Marathon have announced they've signed with Prosthetic Records, home to critically lauded (by death-metal standards) acts such as Lamb of God, Gojira, and All That Remains. They're also...
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Cooking School Secrets: Getting What You Want

By AnonymousMarch 17, 2009
Maybe this sounds familiar. You order a medium steak in one restaurant and receive meat with a fair amount of pink. Order it somewhere else and you receive just a tiny line of pink. Frustrating, isn't it? Equally so for the chef who prepares a perfect medium rare burger that's...
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Jazz Master

By Chris ParkerMarch 5, 2009
In a culture so besieged by the conflict between art and commerce, it's perhaps natural that the use of pop idioms is disparaged by the critical elite, anxious to protect their canon from dilution. Charlie Hunter has dodged such dismissive darts aimed at his eclectic jazz treatments, which have spanned...
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Light-Rail Dining Stops

March 5, 2009
Jefferson & 12th St. Mrs. White's Golden Rule Café (classic soul food) 808 E. Jefferson St. 602-262-9256 3rd St. & Washington Pizzeria Bianco (wood-fired pizza, dinner only) 623 E. Adams St. 602-258-8300 pizzeriabianco.com City Bakery, Arizona Science Center (sandwiches and salads, lunch only) 600 E. Washington St. 602-257-8860 arcadiafarmscafe.com/citybakery/index.html Washington...
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Budget Beat: Vincent’s Back Door

By Jay BennettJanuary 15, 2009
The man and his oven (photo courtesy of vincentsoncamelback.com) One of the Valley's superstar chefs, Vincent Guerithault, has a relatively new addition to his benevolent empire: pizza. Vincent's Back Door opened last summer with Friday-night-only service behind his Vincent Market Bistro, next to his Vincent's on Camelback, near the corner...
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Old Yeller

By Julie SeabaughDecember 25, 2008
After enjoying both critical and commercial success for a decade, most comics would be content to pull back a little, put less pressure on themselves, and generally mellow out. Then there’s Lewis Black. The über -intelligent Daily Show ranter may have made the rounds of all the requisite late-night talk...
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Arizona Republic Buyouts: 28 experienced edit staffers agree to quit

By Sarah FenskeSeptember 9, 2008
By Sarah Fenske Twenty-eight reporters and editors at the Arizona Republic have accepted buyout offers from the Gannett-owned daily. Sources say that executive editor Randy Lovely is telling staffers that the buyouts could help the paper avoid layoffs -- but only if the economy improves. Uh oh. We're also hearing...
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Nintendo’s Wii Fit wants you to believe that indoor exercise is fun

By Chris WardMay 29, 2008
Somebody forgot to tell Nintendo that "strenuous indoor exercise" does not top anyone's summer fun list. This, of course, does not explain why poor suckers everywhere are lining up for Wii Fit, an exhausting personal trainer disguised as a video game. Me? I'll be kicking back with Mario Kart Wii...
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Pelican

By Chris ParkerApril 17, 2008
Both Pelican and Thrice are stretching the boundaries of their sounds and others' expectations. Pelican's City of Echoes soft-pedals their usual throb, taking their complex art-metal instrumentals in a melodic direction. The tracks are still dense but don't unwind as far, getting through each thematic movement with heretofore unseen concision...
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Freakin’ A

By Steve JansenApril 10, 2008
What’s your definition of a freak? One of those dudes who hangs from the ceiling with meat hooks in his skin? Yeah, maybe. However, our definition are those crazy tri-athletes who train for eight hours a day, drink nothing but pineapple juice, and calculate carbs in order to meet their...
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A One-Two Punch of Rock

By Chris ParkerApril 17, 2008
Both these bands are stretching the boundaries of their sound and others’ expectations. Pelican’s third album, City of Echoes, soft pedals their usual throb, taking their complex art-metal instrumentals in a more melodic direction. The tracks are still dense but don’t unwind as far, getting through each thematic movement with...