Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 54: Chicken...
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The enormous Wallow Fire continues to rage in eastern Arizona, and it has rekindled the debate over whether environmentalists are to blame for wildfires.Over the years, environmentalists have filed lawsuits that put restrictions on loggers who clear a lot of the dry brush from the forests. They say "old-growth" logging puts...
The US Airways Center has played host to some of the Valley's biggest event, but this Friday, the downtown arena welcomes its biggest guest, Jesus. No, we're not talking about the skinny, bearded messiah from Bethlehem. We're talking about 26-year old Phoenician boxer Jesus "El Martillo" Gonzalez, a hard-hitting southpaw...
Bryn CorbettVideo portrait of Julie RistFrom 1964-1966, Andy Warhol filmed more than 500 video portraits -- 60 seconds of film fixed on a single, unflinching subject -- of his friends, collaborators, and various denizens of the '60s art scene. The works were collected as Screen Test and displayed to the...
Ocean Spray Cranberries thief James Repetto probably wishes he was still "lost at sea."Repetto was in a Massachusettes federal court this morning where he was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from the cranberry juice giant through a mail-fraud scam -- which is a fairly...
For all the jibber-jabber about the Phoenix mayoral and City Council races remaining "non-partisan," here's a thought: Why not go partisan? Basically, Phoenix is an island of Democratic blue in a statewide sea of Republican red. Sure, Independents (or those registered with no party affiliation) outnumber registered Democrats in Phoenix...
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Paint with Your Feet
In 2000, Seattle-based photographer Casey Kelbaugh invited a few of his creative friends over to watch a slideshow of their artwork while enjoying some homemade dishes, potluck style. The result, Kelbaugh says was part art, part cuisine, and lots of conversation. He continued to host the event -- even brought...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the matching funds portion of Arizona's "Clean Elections" system is unconstitutional, meaning candidates in next year's election will not be given taxpayer money to match funds raised by their opponents.Under the matching funds system, publicly funded candidates are given lump sums for...
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Turn a Little Head Into Dessert
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Deep Roots
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Roots Down
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Exactly three decades ago, filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas brought to the screen one of the biggest blockbusters of all time when Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark made its debut in theaters around the country. The story of the heroic archeologist and his quest to fight...
More than a year ago pro-immigrant organizations were demanding that the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game be moved from Phoenix to punish Arizona for passing one of the harshest immigration laws in the nation.Among those organizations was the Phoenix-based immigrant-rights coalition Somos America, but MLB did not heed activists' demands and the game...
>BASH ON ASH Ashton and Demi's publicity machine: Congratulations to Village Voice Media for standing up to these self-serving hypocrite celebrities ("Real Men Get Their Facts Straight," Martin Cizmar, Ellis Conklin, and Kristen Hinman, June 30; "Stuck in Trafficking," Tony Ortega, July 7). They all seem to have causes to...
Underground Cities The Sail Inn Wednesday, June 29 No amount of preparation or wishful thinking guarantees a successful tour, but certain measures will improve a band's odds. That old adage about "being in a band is like being married" is fitting, since petty arguments about snoring or stink cause more...
French pop star Yelle played Rhythm Room last week and Up On The Sun cartoonist Robbie Pfeffer was there.As a result, he has some advice for people who wish to blog about such events. Read on for those tips.....
Last week, Fantasy Records and Hear Music released Rave On Buddy Holly, a 19-track tribute album dedicated to the bespectacled rock and roll icon. Artists like Paul McCartney and Lou Reed cover Holly classics on the album, as do the Black Keys and Modest Mouse. But the finest Holly cover of all...
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The Scenesters at Filmbar
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Brewed For Battle: Kolsch
Pro-immigrant lawyers and activists are slamming the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for recently announced policy "changes" that they say will do nothing to improve the way illegal immigrants are being deported.ICE director John Morton is saying he will give the department's lawyers more decision-making options on what immigration...
Susan Pollock, 44, felt a little hot while getting plastered in a Mesa park yesterday afternoon. So she got naked, and then took a nap, according to court records.When police found her sleeping on a park bench in Pioneer Park, all she had on was a T-shirt rolled all the...