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Top Five Halloween Night Shows

By Phoenix New Times StaffOctober 29, 2012
Don't let the fact that Halloween falls on a Wednesday night deter you from going out and painting the town (blood) red. Groan. Okay, we know that was bad, but really -- Wednesday night in greater Phoenix promises sonic thrills out of the ordinary. Read on for our favorite picks,...
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Does Becoming a Dad Mean the Death of My Music Dream?

By Jessica HopperNovember 27, 2012
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop...
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12 Favorite Local EDM Mixes of 2012

By Benjamin LeathermanDecember 27, 2012
The overwhelming popularity of electronic dance music continued its exponential growth over the last 12 months, both nationwide and here in the Valley of the Sun. Beats were bumping nearly nonstop across the local music landscape in 2012 as new dance clubs (such as the Monarch Theatre and EPIQ) debuted...
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Best Place to Learn About the Science of Composting

September 20, 2012
Valley Permaculture AllianceWhen plant debris and vegetable table scraps are put into a pile and left to marinate with the heat and moisture of their own decomposition, the result is gardening black gold. The dark, earthy substance is the key to growing bigger, brighter tomatoes, healthier-looking flowers, and sweeter-tasting corn. Learn all about the science behind the […]
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Best Place to Perfect Your Swing

September 20, 2012
Ping Swing Analysis LabThere are a lot ultramodern things afoot (Air Traffic Control Simulator Lab, anyone?) at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus, a 600-acre offshoot campus in southeast Mesa. The many professional and technical programs that characterize the Poly campus include a golf-management major with students to whom a golden golf swing means just as much as a […]
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Five New Books About Wine

By Kate CrowleyOctober 31, 2012
There's a time to drink, a time to think and time to combine both of these marvelous things. Welcome to a breakdown of some of the best books of the year on wine. From funny to educational, if you're a wine lover these books should be on your list. The...
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Best Shock Jock

September 20, 2012
Barry SchwartzBarry Schwartz deals in volts and watts. The local artist and electricity aficionado creates large-scale installations and hosts experimental performance pieces, of sorts, with found and donated electrical equipment and high-voltage results. He was once a bigwig overseas, where he installed large-scale pieces in Germany, but nowadays, you can find him tinkering around and testing […]
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Best Theater Festival

September 20, 2012
Latino Performing Arts FestivalThe fall of 2011 saw an explosion of Latino festivals, dances, dramas, comedies, and improv performances in Phoenix. And at a time when funding for the arts is declining and support for the local Latino community is hardly widespread, hundreds of artists came together to celebrate — and to fight. The result of performances by […]
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The Bourne Legacy: So, Who’s the New Guy?

By Michael AtkinsonAugust 9, 2012
The Bourne films have more than just overstayed their welcome and outlasted the Ludlum books — they've been Van Halenized, with an abrupt change of frontman and a resulting dip in personality. The only big-ass popcorn franchise of the past decade not to have been spawned on computers, the series...
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Chow Bella’s Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

By Eric TsetsiNovember 18, 2012
Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all...
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Best Mural

September 20, 2012
DOSE's Right to Remain on the Seed & Feed WarehouseIf you catch an elevator ride to the top of any building in downtown Phoenix, look toward South Mountain. There, you might be able to make out three words in bold, chunky letters: Right to Remain. The message and overall design, says local artist DOSE, are the result of a collaboration with Seed & Feed […]
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John Hyams Is Dedicated to the Abstract and the Ass-Kicking

By Nick SchagerNovember 29, 2012
If David Cronenberg and Luc Besson had a mutant baby, it still wouldn't be able to make a movie quite as hypnotically badass as Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, a fact that might be surprising to those who reasonably assumed that the Jean-Claude Van Damme-and-Dolph Lundgren-headlined franchise had died some...
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Solar Eclipsed: Why the Sun Won’t Power Phoenix Despite an Industry Boom

By Ray SternDecember 27, 2012
Robert A. Heinlein, author of Starship Troopers and other classics of science fiction, predicted high-efficiency solar panels in a short story published in 1940, about 14 years before the first modern panels were invented by Bell Laboratories. "Why, we could recover more than 20,000 horsepower in any city block," blurted...
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio: The 25 Most Read Stories of His Previous Term

By Eric TsetsiNovember 7, 2012
The numbers are in and somehow Joe Arpaio, our 80-year-old codger of a sheriff, has secured another four-year term as the county's top lawman. If that wasn't enough to get your blood boiling, the self-professed "America's toughest sheriff" is promising to run for Maricopa County Sheriff again in 2016. That's...
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Best Neighborhood Pizza, Scottsdale

September 20, 2012
Pomo PizzeriaOf course, most decent restaurants attempt to meet a standard by which they prepare and serve food. And at this stylish establishment, that’s a model by which it can truly be called Neapolitan-style pizza. See, the Associazone Verace Pizza Napoletana is an Italian trade group that makes the rules for authentic pie, and Pomo follows […]
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Best Dance Floor

September 20, 2012
Axis-RadiusWanna shake a tail feather or show off your skills as a dance diva? This Scottsdale institution features two distinct clubs in one stylish package, each rocking its own unique vibe and musical styles. Axis is the domain of Top 40 and R&B hits, where music videos are projected onto a giant screen overhead and […]
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Best Bitters

September 20, 2012
AZ Bitters LabHusband-and-wife team Bill and Lillian Buitenhuys are more than just cocktail enthusiasts — they are straight-up cocktail scientists. The pair has been making their own infused bitters for the past couple of years in their Gilbert kitchen, experimenting with flavors ranging from a bright herb orange in the Orange Sunshine to the warm and sweet […]
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Arizona Survivalist/Prepper Expo Returns This Weekend

By Ando MunenoOctober 3, 2012
This weekend, Mesa's Commemorative Air Force Museum will once again host the Arizona Survivalist/Prepper Expo. The two-day event will feature an assortment of local and national vendors, including Honeyville Farms. "Doomsday Preppers" Tim Ralston will be there to show off GearUp's latest offerings including the latest variations of the (in)famous...
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Update: Pearce Is Toast, Sinema on Top by a Bunch, Quayle Concedes to Schweikert

By Eric TsetsiAugust 28, 2012
Russell Pearce's political career is likely toast with Bob Worsley maintaining an huge lead over the recalled state senator who was making a bid for reelection in another Arizona senate district. Kyrsten Sinema also succeeded in fending off challengers David Schapira and Andrei Cherny in Congressional District 9. And David Schweikert had a commanding lead...
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Shine: Shopping in Scottsdale

By Phoenix New Times StaffNovember 8, 2012
FASHION BY ROBERT BLACK When sparkles and sequins are a must for a night out, there's one place to head: Fashion by Robert Black. Located in the historic White Logan building, the high-end vintage boutique vends red-carpet-ready pieces from such designers as Yves Saint Laurent, Bob Mackie, and Versace. 7144...