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		<title>Your guide to Breakaway Arizona 2026: Tickets, set times and more</title>
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					<dc:creator>Benjamin Leatherman</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Annual Alt Fest art night lit up Mesa Arts Center</title>
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					<dc:creator>Jennifer Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:54:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Superstition Mountains&#8217; famed cougar shadow makes its return this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:16:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Road rage alert: These are the worst commutes in the Valley</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:45:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Batter up: Inside the new Arizona Baseball Museum in Mesa</title>
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					<dc:creator>Benjamin Leatherman</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:40:52 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/03/arizona-baseball-museum-interior-mesa.jpg" alt="Interior of the Arizona Baseball Museum in Mesa." />Arizona’s first museum devoted to local baseball history is now open in Mesa, packed with decades of desert hardball lore. The Arizona Baseball Museum debuted Feb. 21 inside the historic Lehi Auditorium near Horne and McKellips roads. The renovated 1939 building next to the Mesa Historical Museum houses a deep lineup of artifacts from Arizona’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Wealthy Phoenix suburb spends more on OnlyFans than any Arizona city</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:08:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Chat GPT has hidden biases. Here&#8217;s what it thinks about Phoenix and its suburbs</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:10:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Here’s how much money it takes to be upper-middle class in the Valley</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:14:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>How a Mesa dance studio became a queer creative hub</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:12:58 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/01/mesadance1.webp" alt="How a Mesa dance studio became a queer creative hub" />The Jukebox Grounds is welcoming to all interested in high-energy dance instruction.]]></description>
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		<title>Mesa brewery throws beer and barbecue bash before saying goodbye</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sara Crocker</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:19:51 -0700</pubDate>
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