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The 9 Best Metal Concerts in Metro Phoenix in November 2016

Arizona metalheads, it’s finally November. Take a deep breath of fresh air — after all, we’re finally out of the triple digits — kick back, and listen to some of your favorite tunes. One of the best parts about the impending holiday season is the end-of-year sales on music and the...
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5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Monday, September 26, through Thursday, September 29. For more, see our curated calendar of events.  Debate Watch Think there’s still a place for civility in politics? Join fellow optimists at a free Debate Watch happening from 5:45 to 8...
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Phoenix Area Listed as “Buggiest” in United States

Metro Phoenix tops the list for urban areas infested with creepy critters, a services-finding website says. Thumbtack.com is like an Angie's List competitor and one of the top websites in the country, hooking up Internet users with services like music lessons, home repair, and, of course, pest-control services. Unlike a...
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Best and Worst Arizona Cities for LGBT Rights

Among Arizona's biggest cities, Phoenix, Tempe, and Tucson are doing the best job protecting the rights of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender communities, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.  The nonprofit advocacy group, which puts out an annual index rating cities' LGBT policies on...
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In The Night Before, Seth Rogen and Co. Grow Up — Again

How funny, really, are dick pics? Millions of them must be snapped and shared each year, as inducement or harassment, celebration or shaming. Perhaps Harper's Index could tell us the tonnage of coal mined each year to power the transmission of American crotches. So when a dick pic turns up...
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How Critics Became TV’s Newest Stars

Critics rarely receive love from filmmakers. Last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, Birdman, featured a vengeful harpy of a theater reviewer (played by Lindsay Duncan) hellbent on annihilating a play before she’d even seen it. Birdman was joined in its release year by other unfair portraits of critics in Top...
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Garth Brooks Is the Ultimate Country Arena Performer

Garth Brooks did my job for me Friday night when he took a moment toward the end of his set to talk to me about my concert review. Okay, I realize that sounds a little bit egotistical and far-fetched; I’ll clarify: He took a moment to address all of my...
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Best of Phoenix 2015: Are Our Canals the Next Big Thing?

Ethan Misiewicz is throwing things into the canal. He came across his old Easter basket at the back of the coat closet this morning, and the only good use for stale jelly beans, he's decided, is pitching them into the lake. "But we don't got a lake," the 8-year-old explains...
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East Lot for Phoenix Homeless Closing May 15

After months of Phoenix and Maricopa County officials promising that the East Lot will remain open indefinitely, the asphalt parking lot that's served as a de facto overflow shelter for up to 400 men and women in downtown Phoenix is officially closing. "The East Lot's last night of providing low...