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Feature
Walking on Water
Fred Unger's idea of gondolas on Scottsdale's canal went under. Now he's back with a bridge and $250 million
By John Dickerson
Published: November 8, 2007
The conference table in Fred Unger's office is cheap. The walls are papered with photos and magazine spreads tacked into drywall — there's none of the mahogany and marble...
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Music
Israeli Gears
Monotonix bring licks with chutzpah
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: November 8, 2007
In the United States, we take classic rock for granted. It's become part of the very fabric of our being. And unless you get into deep album cuts (you know, the songs that...
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Cafe
Heat Wave
By Michele Laudig
Published: November 8, 2007
Don't worry, I'm not going to bitch about the summer anymore. But I can't promise I won't talk about heat. That's because my tongue's still tingling (in a good way) from...
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Film
All in the Family
Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. One hell of a melodrama
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 8, 2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is less Sidney Lumet's comeback than his resurrection. Three years after being presented a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, the 83-year-old...
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Stage
Fair Game
Same old divine decadence
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: November 8, 2007
Phillip Fazio, a youngish local stage director and artist in residence at Phoenix Theatre, e-mailed me recently to tell me, in effect, it isn't fair that I've given up on the...
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Game On
A Little Sucky-Sucky
Two vampire classics are back. Unfortunately, they bite
By Gary Hodges
Published: November 8, 2007
Castlevania, the vampire-hunting series that stretches over 20 years and as many games, has two kinds of fans. There are the traditionalists, who've followed the games since...
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Night & Day
Act Globally, Drink Locally
Hangin' with the YIMBYs at Duck & Decanter
By Julie Peterson
Published: November 8, 2007
Yes! in my backyard. That's the message behind the third annual Certified Local! Fall Festival, an activist fair highlighting local entrepreneurs who are doing it for...
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Night & Day
Wishbone Formation
Flag footballers go for the gravy
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 8, 2007
Considering the insanity that has been NCAA football 2007, we’ve been feeling an itch to hit the gridiron for some football of the non-contact variety. (Definitely not tackle,...
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Night & Day
Super Market
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 8, 2007
Art patrons, families, dude bros, and even Maricopa County plainclothes officers who aren’t on roundup duty are invited to the Heard Museum Spanish Market. More than 75...
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Jumping Jack Flesh
Sex and showtunes at Soul Invictus
By Leslie Barton
Published: November 8, 2007
The standard-issue high school cheerleader is a baby-fatted, gawky teen destined for marriage and motherhood, but what of the preternatural beauty who realizes all she needs is...
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Scout’s Honor
Was Mockingbird author a fraud?
By Clay McNear
Published: November 8, 2007
To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee won the 1961 Pulitzer for her timeless tale about Atticus Finch, Scout, and Boo Radley, but did she really write it? In his unauthorized...
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Night & Day
Hi, Robot
Watergate journalist takes on America's Iron Lady
By Peter Breslin
Published: November 8, 2007
Hillary Rodham Clinton is pilloried regularly by dittoheads and the endlessly fulminating drones on Fox News, but the vast left-wing conspiracy has pretty much represented her...
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Lust in Space
You nerds just can't get enough? Boldly go to AMC.
By Jay Bennett
Published: November 8, 2007
Ever wonder how hot Lieutenant Uhura (circa '67, of course) would look on the big screen? Thought so. As if the nerd gods were listening, the divine Nichelle Nichols and the...
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Night & Day
Ladies First
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 8, 2007
Women’s sports rule in the Valley. You hear us, Arizona Pigeons, uh, Cardinals? If you don’t believe it, let’s jostle those brain cells and remind you of the Phoenix Mercury’s...
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Night & Day
Ham Solo
May the farce be with you
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: November 8, 2007
Doncha hate it when your nerdish friends quote their favorite bits from the Star Wars trilogy (the original, not the execrable prequels)? You know the scenes... the Mos Eisley...
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Perfect 10th
Axis/Radius celebrates a decadent decade
By Lilia Menconi
Published: November 8, 2007
Screw the baker's dozen. It's all about the number 10, because we Americans base our cultural milestones on the lovely number. When we turned 10 years old, we were pumped to...
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The Mourning After
Creepy pictures at an exhibition
By Clay McNear
Published: November 8, 2007
Your beloved grandma dies. Hard enough, so tell us you're not gonna take a picture of her in the casket and keep it by the hearth, okay? Well, they did back in the Victorian...
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Night & Day
Dutch Treat
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 8, 2007
We don’t know if it’s Spike Lee’s temper tantrums, visions of Patrick Ewing’s box haircut, or the fact that their mascot is Dutch trousers, but it’s always a treat when the New...
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Night & Day
Checkered Flags of Our Fathers
The South rises again
By Clay McNear
Published: November 8, 2007
A brief history of NASCAR: The automobile was born. Two Southern dandies looked askance at one another. In lieu of dueling pistols, they jumped in their jalopies and set off on...
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Night & Day
We Rule
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 8, 2007
We scoured the globe to find this event: the New Times 10K presented by Whole Foods. The 13th-largest race in the States will feature a grip of fitness challenges, including a...
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