I am a lifelong resident of Arizona and have worked side by side with illegals for 25 years as a bloquero. In all that time, I never knew ONE of them to be an aspiring American. In fact, their loyalties remain with their home states, they listen to mariachi and...
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Battle of the Balls
Maria was drifting off to sleep on the bedroom floor. She could hear women getting raped in the next room. Only she didn't hear screams — she heard the laughter of male guards. The women had been drugged by their rapists, who had done the same to Maria as soon...
Whether you love them or you hate them, you really can't ignore them: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were last night, the event emitting the amount of buzz you'd expect from such a celebrity confab.Maybe Kanye's gaff at the MTV awards freed everyone up, because this year, stars really seemed...
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Signs of Life
Kathy "Meetup" collects things in sixes: Chinese serving spoons, typewriter-key wine charms, aqua dessert bowls. As a natural hostess, she gathers these often-unrelated, yet always-entertaining details with a certain sort of dinner party in mind. She created Table for Six a year ago in order to share food and conversation...
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A new grand jury convened by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has indicted Mary Rose Wilcox on 42 criminal counts after problems were alleged in the first go-round. Thomas' office released newsof the grand jury's finding this afternoon. Not only did a second grand jury manage to reach the same conclusion...
It's no secret that in our modern lives, friendships help us thriveThat's why I'm happy to learn that Bentley Gallery in Scottsdale and eye lounge in Phoenix have kicked up a little relationship.You can see the results of this friendly collaboration tonight, at eye lounge where "Works from Bentley Gallery"...
When Clement Clarke Moore first penned The Night Before Christmas in 1823 (and thus, gave birth to many of the conceptions associated with Jolly Old Saint Nick), the Victorian-era scribe probably could never have thought it would've resulted in this: More than 100 freaky folks dressed as Kris Kringle will...
Molecular gastronomy (not the after-effect of eating too many black bean, spicy sausage and cheese nachos) is a scientific discipline that studies the physical and chemical processes that occur while cooking. In this seven-part series, we're using our love of food and Carl Sagan to create molecular masterpieces of deliciousness...
When you file a lawsuit that's vigorously contested, but withdraw it before any judgment or settlement in the case -- that's called failure, right? At the least, it would appear to be the acknowledgment of a mistake. Not so, according to Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Thomas said today that...
With fewer half-naked aborigines in the world to hang out with, National Geographic decided to spend some time last year with the polygamist clan north of the Grand Canyon. The magazine received "exclusive" access to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Colorado City, Arizona and...
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It's been almost a year since Antique Scream packed their gear, and little else, into their touring van, left Phoenix, and moved to Seattle. Back then, the band — singer/guitarist Chris Rutledge, bassist Stu Lasswell, and drummer Bill Fees — had just finished a three-month U.S. tour and signed with...
OMG! Spring breaaaaaaaaak! Quick, pull out anything Abercrombie, Hollister, or Forever 21 and get your ass down to Dos Gringos Tempe Trailer Park for Jägerbombs, now. And don't worry about Anthony Bourdain. He'll just be in China for the fourth time, eating, suffering through cold temperatures, eating again, yelling at...
Artist: AcrassicaudaTitle: Only the Dead See the End of the WarRelease date: March 9Label: ViceI forget who said it (Ebert? Tarantino?) but someone once questioned whether a movie is really any better just because it's "based on a true story." Whomever said it was implying that no, it's usually not...
AZ INJUSTICE It's only a matter of time: Stephen Lemons has hit on two topics that absolutely make my blood boil ("Courtney's Scar," "Hate Squad on Hold," March 18, "Profound Pettiness," March 25). Thank God for New Times, or we would be in the dark in this community! I refer...
The chances are fairly good that you have never heard of Japan Nite. Never mind the fact that this SxSW showcase has been going on for 15 years; the odds are you won't recognize any of the bands that have played those bills. The fact of the matter is that...
Editor's note: This begins an occasional series about Van Buren Street. I'm obsessed with Van Buren Street. I spend way too much time thinking about this once-bustling thoroughfare, which rather quickly became — and stayed — a miles-long punch line to a joke about how Phoenix is a town that...
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A main broke on Sunday and flooded several central Phoenix businesses and homes with thousands of gallons of water. The owner of one of the damaged buildings, Phoenix Rising Now photography studio, says the water filled his basement from floor to ceiling. Crews were working on repairing the water-main Sunday...
Deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office paid visits to at least seven rank-and-file county employees over the weekend, attempting to question them about the court tower project, county spending, and other topics apparently somehow connected to the sheriff's wide-ranging "corruption" probe. That investigation has already resulted in indictments for two county...
Albert Manuel walks through the desert near Gila Bend, reminiscing about the days when Indian villages sprawled across the landscape. He grew up in this southwestern desert, played under its mesquite trees, and hunted quail and dove with his brothers. "We'd go to the water tank or sit under the...
It's 1 p.m. on a blustery Sunday afternoon, and more than 100 music fans are lined up outside downtown Phoenix's Modified Arts. The doors to the intimate venue don't open for another hour — and the headliner, Courtney Marie Andrews, won't take the stage for nine hours — but that...