The fine folks at Vovomeena have taken their coffee service out of the restaurant and into a brand new space at 111 West Monroe. The mid-century modern office building is the perfect location for Mornin' Moonshine's quirky, vintage aesthetic -- but while some of the cafe's visual details are perfectly...
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There's simply no shortage of things to see and do in October. Discounting all of the hullabaloo of Halloween at the end of the month, there are fall festivals to attend, tankards of German ales to quaff at Oktoberfest gatherings, pleasant weather to enjoy (no...really), and all the thrills and...
Love & Theft are growing up. In a literal sense, Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson, the singing and songwriting country duo at Love & Theft's core, have both gotten married and started families in recent years, seen Top 40 success on a handful of occasions, and found traction on...
Oral Arguments will begin this afternoon over a motion to dismiss Rodriguez v Swartz, a widely publicized lawsuit concerning the shooting of 16-year-old Mexican national Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez by U.S. Border Patrol agents on October 10, 2012. In question is whether, and under what circumstances, U.S. Constitutional protections and laws...
There are websites that sell wine and websites that help visitors locate wineries, but what about one website that let's you do both? And on top of that, what about a website that let's you rate wineries you've visited and search for wineries by specific criteria, for example those that...
All About Books and Comics owners Marsha and Alan Giroux have their hands full these days, and not just with stocking the latest titles from Marvel and DC. The couple, who have run the renowned Phoenix comic book emporium for 33 years, are getting ready to leave their longtime location...
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Hands on the clock, as measured by those in the mixology world, move quickly. By now the barrel-aged negroni is the stuff of legend, and for me, the stuff of habit. At Citizen Public House in Old Town Scottsdale, I haven't not ordered a barrel-aged negroni in years. Not, at...
On Thursday night, Valley food lovers headed to the stylish Hotel Valley Ho for the Scottsdale Culinary Festival's annual Burger Battle. Unlike some of the festival's more upscale events, the Burger Battle offers event-goers a relaxed atmosphere -- and as many burgers and sliders as you can eat in three...
We don’t need to tell you why buying local is better — but we will. A study by Michigan-based Local Works found that 73 percent of all money spent at a local business stays in the local economy, compared to just 43% of money spent at non-local businesses (thanks to...
A few Republican lawmakers are trying to sneak past the Voter Protection Act with a draconian DUI bill that targets the state's medical-marijuana users. State Representative Sonny Borrelli, R-Kingman, is the prime sponsor of HB 2273, a bill that could result in DUI convictions for medical-cannabis users who aren't impaired...
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey yesterday held a ceremonial bill signing for legislation that provides a new tax break for certain religious groups. Ducey had previously been quiet on the controversial legislation that he signed in late March. The bill, backed by the Center for Arizona Policy, was vetoed by Governor...
For any Phoenix residents expecting an evening of lip service by the city's Aviation Department, last night's Community Outreach Meeting was a pleasant surprise. After six months of disruptive, and at times, constant airplane noise, Chad Makovsky, Assistant Aviation Director at Sky Harbor, assured the room that his department is...
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What happens in the studio, shouldn't always stay in the studio. Studio Visit Q+A is a new weekly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This week: Phoenix artist Daniel Funkhouser. Arizona local...
In more than 1,600 Arizona households with children, families are wondering how they'll cope with losing welfare benefits starting July 1. They're facing tough decisions because of Arizona's draconian cuts to lifetime welfare benefits, now the toughest in the nation. States are allowed to use federal Temporary Assistance to Needy...
The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced its intention to study the impact airplane noise has on communities around the country. You might think this would be cause for celebration in Phoenix because hundreds of households are suffering from noise associated with the flight paths changes made last year at Sky...
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That's because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector's item of a much beloved...
Tania Katan's life has gotten a lot busier over the past few days. As she puts it, "Trending is exhausting!" Just three months ago Katan joined the Scottsdale-based software company Axosoft after working as curator of performing art at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Last week, one of her first...
In case you missed it, "sprouted" is the new "whole grain." We've found tortillas, breads, and crackers at our neighborhood health food store, each with its own pseudo-scientific claims about the nutritional benefits of allowing edible seeds to germinate. When we came across Majestic Garlic's sprouted hummus, we were, as...
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A coalition of environmental groups is joining the Havasupai Tribe in appealing a U.S. District Court decision last month that Energy Fuels Inc. can resume uranium mining at Canyon Mine in Northern Arizona. The groups had filed a preliminary injunction in March 2013 to stop the company from completing construction...
When it comes to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 22-year reign over Maricopa County, a cursory glance at newspaper clippings from earlier in his career reveals that some things never change. Consider Arpaio's penchant for investigating his enemies, his critics, and anyone who stands in his way. In January 1999, Maricopa County...
New Times art director Peter M. Storch and his team received five awards, including three first places in the Arizona Press Club's annual journalism contest, which recognized outstanding work from 2014. In addition, Storch was named second runner-up for Designer of the Year. The paper also took top honors in...