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Here Are the Results of the 2015 Devour Phoenix Bartending Competition

Nine Valley bartenders went head-to-head for the title of Best Cocktail in The Valley 2015 yesterday at Crescent Ballroom during the Devour Phoenix Bartending Competition. The event, the second high profile bartending competition held this spring, featured bartenders from local restaurants including Crudo, Citizen Public House, Hula's Modern Tiki, and...
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The Fundamental Flaw of Oreo Thins

The Guilty Pleasure: Oreo Thins Where to Get It: Grocery stores Price: $3.99 What it Really Costs: The belief that junk food still wants to be junk food Outside of Taco Bell, Oreo has probably put out more “unique” flavor combinations than any other brand in recent memory, with each...
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Teneia: 2015 Big Brain Awards Finalist, Music

You submitted nominations for the best and brightest emerging Valley creatives, and the results are in. Presenting the 2015 Big Brain finalists. Leading up to the announcement of winners at Artopia on May 9, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will introduce the finalists. Up today is...
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100 Favorite Dishes 2015: Goma Ramen at Posh Improvisational Cuisine

This year we're marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 4. Goma Ramen at Posh...
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Kallen Schmerler: 2015 Big Brain Awards Finalist, Culinary Arts

You submitted nominations for the best and brightest emerging Valley creatives, and the results are in. Presenting the 2015 BigBrain finalists. Leading up to the announcement of winners at Artopia on May 9, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will introduce the finalists. Up today is Kallen...
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5 Best Things to Do in Phoenix and Tempe This Week

Spillers Storytelling nights seem to be sweeping the city these days — with New Times’ monthly Bar Flies among them — and this week a new series starts. Spillers: Short Fiction and Tall Drinks features six storytellers performing edgy, and often funny, short fiction in 10-minute sets. Speakers include creator...
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Jeff Slim: 2015 Big Brain Award Finalist, Visual Art

You submitted nominations for the best and brightest emerging Valley creatives, and the results are in. Presenting the 2015 Big Brain finalists. Leading up to the announcement of winners at Artopia on May 9, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will introduce the finalists. Up today is...
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Joe Arpaio Nailed by Judge’s Questions on Defiance of Court

Whenever federal Judge G. Murray Snow questions Sheriff Joe Arpaio during the sheriff's ongoing contempt trial, all kinds of muscles tighten at the defense table.  And for good reason, Snow knows the case better than anyone. He also remembers in detail what people say in his court, and he most...
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3 Artsy Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

C Is for Clown If you’re coulrophobic, you fear clowns, but if the clowns you fear are red-nosed, frizzy-haired, birthday-party and circusy types, you’ll be okay attending C Is for Clown from Pandanda Players, the troupe that practices Alphabet Shakespeare. For one thing, Pandanda has assured audiences that there will...
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John McCain Blames President Obama for Syrian Refugee Crisis

A week after the harrowing image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose dead body washed up on shore in Turkey, Arizona Senator John McCain took to the Senate floor to blame President Barack Obama’s administration for the Syrian refugee crisis. “Let’s be clear,” he said, “the current crisis...
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10 New Graphic Novels to Read This Fall

It’s almost fall somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Fall, as in cool temperatures and the beginning of a new school year. As this is being written, it’s monsoon season in the Valley and school has been in session for weeks. When we were kids somewhere else, Labor Day felt like...
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Snow Blasts Arpaio’s “Bogus Conspiracy Theory”

During a status conference Thursday in Sheriff Joe's never-ending contempt case, federal Judge G. Murray Snow laid some much-deserved wood to Arpaio and his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, blasting them for ginning up a "bogus conspiracy theory" against his court. According to Snow, the conspiracy theory resulted from Arpaio's use of...
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10 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

When it all boils down to it, this weekend is the calm before the storm. The holidays officially begin next week, which means everyone’s going to be plenty frantic with friends, family, feasting, and feting from now until the end of the year. In other words, enjoy the next few...
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Right Hear, Right Now: 5 Great New Songs From Phoenix Artists

Spiritual Warfare - "My Day Off" Joel Marquard has led a wonderful career in the local music scene for as long as I can remember, whether it was fronting Gospel Claws, founding Dear In The Headlights, leading The Through And Through Gospel Review, manifesting Samuel L Cool J, or his...
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The Ranch Mine: 2015 Big Brain Awards Finalist, Design

You submitted nominations for the best and brightest emerging Valley creatives, and the results are in. Presenting the 2015 Big Brain finalists. Leading up to the announcement of winners at Artopia on May 9, Jackalope Ranch, Chow Bella, and Up on the Sun will introduce the finalists. Up today is...
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Mesa Boy Who Sparked Medical-Marijuana Court Ruling Dies

A Mesa boy whose family won a major medical-marijuana court ruling in 2014 following threats from prosecutors has died at age 7. The life and legacy of Zander Welton will be celebrated at a service on Saturday that will be open to the public, says his mother, Jennifer Welton. "What...
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ASU Professor Matthew Whitaker Demoted Over Apparent Plagiarism

Popular Arizona State University professor Matthew Whitaker has been demoted in the aftermath of his second plagiarism scandal, just weeks after he won a $268,000 no-bid contract to teach Phoenix police about "cultural consciousness." In a recent email to ASU faculty, Interim University Provost Mark Searle states that "significant issues"...
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Local Media Outlets Regurgitate Arpaio’s Press Releases

Like a Roman emperor of old, Sheriff Joe knows how to keep the mob entertained, with the help of his echo chamber — the local media — which too often takes its cues from Arpaio's PR staff, lapping up whatever drivel that's dis-engorged, then spewing it forth for the evening...