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Best Chance to Revitalize Downtown Phoenix

CityscapeIt’s almost too good to be true, but there it is, towering over us at Central and Washington. Cityscape is a reality, threatening to energize downtown Phoenix, once and for all. This multi-use destination is making it harder for critics to claim there’s still no reason to linger downtown after work, what with its blending […]
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Mesa Arts Center Named Arts Organization of the Year

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix (A&BC) has named the Mesa Arts Center (MAC) as its "Arts Organization of the Year" for 2010. The result, announced Wednesday during an awards ceremony at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, was decided by a panel of 42 independent judges from across...
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SunUp Brewhouse Introduces New Chef, New Menu

I've been a fan of SunUp Brewhouse since back in the days when it was still called Sonoran. The name change, a legal result of SunUp's burgeoning distribution, took place a year ago (wow -- time flies!), but the place is just as good of a hangout, with the same...
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Mesa Cops Threatened by Suicidal Man With Machete. He Got Shot

If you're feelin' a little blah, and thinking of ending it all, there are a lot of ways to do it. We don't recommend any of them. We also don't recommend threatening cops with an enormous machete after they've been called to help you.That's what a Mesa man did yesterday...
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Fat Saturday

Celebrating Mardi Gras is fun, but the annual debauchery in New Orleans (and resultant shame) can be a bit much. The key to toning things down is celebrating months in advance. Clean the puke and blood stains out of your best Mardi Gras outfit and drive out to Salt River...
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Carolyn Lavender and Brian Hughes’ Found Superheroes

Brian Hughes rescues superheroes. His wife, Carolyn Lavender, grabs the large bowl full of characters and spreads them out on the couple's patio. Decapitated, one armed, one legged, non-functioning superheroes (and a few villains) somehow find their way into Brian Hughes' line of vision -- usually while he's driving around...
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Joe Arpaio’s Jails Not Audited, Despite What Arizona Republic Claims

If you read today's Arizona Republic or watched Fox News last night, you might be under the mistaken impression that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's vast incarceration complex has undergone an audit from the U.S. Marshals Service and earned gold stars and smiley faces all around. Um, not exactly. Despite the hoo-ha Arpaio's made over...
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2: Stetson Chopped Salad at Cowboy Ciao

Hungry yet? We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, which hits the streets tomorrow, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular order.Visit our sister blog, Jackalope Ranch, for a companion series on 100 Creatives who make Phoenix a little more interesting for all...
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For Colored Girls: Tyler Perry Mangles Ntozake Shange’s Choreopoem

It's a long, long way from the women's bar outside Berkeley, California, where Ntozake Shange first presented her combustible choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, in December 1974, to Atlanta's Tyler Perry Studios, where the impresario filmed much of this calamitous adaptation. Though striving...