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Arizona Fall Frenzy Brings Out the Masses Despite Heat and Bomb Scares

This weekend, Valley concert lovers ignored record high temperatures (and bomb scares due to suspicious packages) and partied it up at the Fall Frenzy at Tempe Beach Park, taking in big names such as Devo, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots and Disturbed. People Tweeted their thoughts on the shows throughout the...
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Kanye West (Sort-Of) Acts Like a Man on “Runaway”

Kanye West​Not surprisingly, preppy hip-hop star Kanye West managed to inject a lot of energy into his show-closing performance of "Runaway" at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. He started out playing a loop which served as the backdrop for the song, then he danced around in his bright red suit,...
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The Maine at the Nile Theater Last Night

​The MaineAugust 27, 2010Nile TheaterIt was teenage girl heaven at the Nile Theater last night, when local pop rock band The Maine played the last night of their current headlining tour and made a young lady-filled crowd go wild. Singer John O'Callaghan told the crowd the band got to choose...
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Kesha Starts a Marquee Theatre Dance Party…Holla!

Kesha has spawned a new trend--or, perhaps, a resurgence of an old one: glitter. Everyone and their mom at the Kesha show last night at Marquee Theatre was donning the sparkly stuff, which twinkled oh-so-prettily in the glowing lights from the stage. She also busted out some wicked cool dance...
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Kesha at Marquee Theatre Last Night

Kesha July 22, 2010 Marquee TheatreThe janitors at Marquee Theatre have quite the task ahead of them after Kesha's first concert in Arizona. The 23-year-old inspired the vast majority of women in the audience to slather on glitter (much of which ended up on the Marquee floor), she shot out...
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Educating Maria

On a recent afternoon inside the bustling day-care center Las Familias del Pueblo in downtown's Skid Row, Alice Callaghan heads toward a ringing phone. The middle-aged Episcopal minister, who was once a Catholic nun, still wears a kind of religious uniform that's both pragmatic and modest: a khaki skirt cut...
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Tim McGraw Brings the Sexy to Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Who cares if you can sing as long as you're as hot as Tim McGraw, right? That seemed to be the sentiment of most of the fans at the McGraw/Lady Antebellum show last night at Cricket Wireless Pavilion, as comments about the man's good looks were just as prevalent as...
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Flier of the Week: Domo at Yucca Tap Room

At first glance, you might think this poster is for a 90's movie night. At Yucca Tap Room? Nah.Local pop rock band Domo, including singer/guitarist Jason Sukut (who designed the flier), are simply paying tribute to the film Men at Work, starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez."I wouldn't exactly call...
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James Keenan, What Are You Eating?

James Keenan The singer/bassist/synth player for electronic rock band A Life of Science and art director for Sundawg Records performs with A Life of Science at Phoenix Comicon Saturday, May 29 at 5 p.m. and is a part of the A Life of Science "Creating Multimedia Comics" panel at Phoenix...
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Cafe: Thai E-San

"Thai" this one on for size. Just when you thought you had mastered the various succulent varieties of Thai cuisine, Thai E-San is ready to throw you for a loop with pickled crags. That's right, crabs. For more on these briny crustaceans check out this week's cafe column. Food Critic...
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QuickPHX: Food

Heaven Sent Even before it opened its doors on Labor Day weekend 2009, St. Francis was the talk of Central Phoenix. People driving past the early-'50s Harold Ekman building couldn't help noticing the high-style renovation that Wendell Burnett Architects gave the place — the striking structure's painted chalk-white — and...
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Flier of the Week: Mergence at Yucca Tap Room

This flier might look old-fashioned, since the image is from a vintage cigarette advertisement for Tiplaet, but don't think the show at Yucca Tap Room this Friday, May 14 will be fuddy-duddy. The bands on the bill, which include Mergence, Banana Gun, Honey Pistol, Sister Cities and Wizards of Time,...
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Start Smoking

I'm hanging out with a couple of friends on their apartment balcony when one pal hands me a cigarette. Now, this may not seem like a big deal to some, especially for seasoned puffers, but I smoke only three or four cigarettes a month. I take the cigarette (which may...
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Arizona Among the “Happiest States” in Country, According to New Survey

Despite having the second-worst budget crisis in the country, blistering summer heat, and that whole (gulp!) Sheriff Arpaio problem in its most-populous county, Arizona is among the happiest states in the country, according to a recent survey.The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index surveyed residents of each state, asking six different questions pertaining to...