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Vetiver Frontman Talks the Importance of Not-Rushed Songwriting

On Vetiver's latest record, Andy Cabic let the songs percolate slowly, getting to know them almost as if they were people. The result is Complete Strangers, a title that hints at how people can sometimes struggle to find connections and how two contradictory sensations keep showing up in relationships: feeling...
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Horse Herpes Won’t Stop Races at Turf Paradise

Turf Paradise remains open for business, despite a suspected case of equine herpes virus that has resulted in Arizona officials issuing a 21-day quarantine for the popular West Phoenix track. On Thursday, the Arizona Department of Agriculture announced that it had imposed a quarantine on horses going in or out...
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Arizona Commission on the Arts Doubles Grant Funding for 2017

Arizona Commission on the Arts has awarded 239 grants totaling more than $2.2 million to Arizona nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, schools, and community organizations for the fiscal year 2017, which runs from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. That's more than twice the amount it awarded during...
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9 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, July 22, through Sunday, July 24. "Water" Using fine-art aerial photographs taken around the globe, Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky raises questions about humanity’s relationship to water. Forty of his large-scale color prints are part of an exhibition...
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9 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

Up for seeing a great concert this weekend? If so, we’ve got a few suggestions for y’all. As a matter of fact, we’ve got nine of ‘em, which include shows from a wide variety of genres, from the gleeful pop stylings of Demi Lovato and the hip-hop of Post Malone to the emotive indie music of Cass McCombs and the down-home sounds of newgrass king Sam Bush. There are also much anticipated gigs by hometown heroes Jared & The Mill, who will have a release party for their new album at Livewire in Scottsdale on Saturday, and the long-awaited gig by the much-ballyhooed supergroup Prophets of Rage, which features three-fourths of Rage Against the Machine plus Chuck D. and B. Real.
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The 10 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Week

First, some good news: As of today, the summertime season is officially over with and done. Now, the bad news: that only applies to the rest of the country and unfortunately not us Arizonans. Sucks, don’t it? Like it or not, we’ve still got another couple of weeks of heat...
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This ASU Grad Made a Masturbation Doc Called Sticky, Because of Course

A priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk, and the world's first African American Surgeon General appear in a documentary called Sticky: A (Self) Love Story. And don’t worry about your mind being in the gutter, because it totally is about masturbation. The concept is simple: Nicholas Tana – an Arizona State University...
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Patricia Sannit on Why Clay Is Part of Our Cultural History

Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix's creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we're taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 88. Patricia Sannit. For sculptor...
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11 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, August 12, through Sunday, August 14. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Tattoo Pool Party Hell City is getting a little wet and wild with its Tattoo Pool Party — and the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired...
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In The Jungle Book, Disney Builds a Better Blockbuster

Here's about as convincing an argument as I can imagine for the existence of the modern Hollywood blockbuster. Disney and Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book reinvigorates an oft-told tale with star power, technology and calculated charm. It's been billed as a live-action remake (it's too good to be called a...
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10 Ways Arizona’s Scorching Summer Heat Can Kill You

Once again, Arizona's searing summer sun has turned deadly.  Over this past weekend, record-breaking heat across the state claimed the lives of at least four hikers. On Sunday, temperatures reached 118 degrees, melting Phoenix's previous record for the date (115 degrees, set in 1968), and making Sunday the fifth-hottest day on record...
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5 Terrible TV Lawyers You’d Totally Hire

Ineptitude is almost an endearing quality in television characters, so long as there's a hint of charm within. And while hapless goons frequent many tried tropes and formulaic sitcoms, very few of them remain as lovable as the shitty lawyer. Bad lawyers have been a staple of television going as...
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New Music From Stephen Steinbrink, Miller James, DWARF, and More

Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new local music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. Stephen Steinbrink - "Absent Mind" Before he was Olympia, Washington's Stephen Steinbrink, he belonged to Phoenix, Arizona. I first became...
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The Eight Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

This weekend’s slate of concerts happening around the Valley includes a few significant gig. There’s the final show at Trunk Space’s current home, of course, as well as performances by such esteemed and ground-breaking artists as surf king Dick Dale, the legendary avant-garde musicians of Negativland, and rock icon Todd...
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Cherie Buck-Hutchison on Why Phoenix Needs an Art Biennial

Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix's creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we're taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 81. Cherie Buck-Hutchison. Perhaps the...