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If you’d like to re-enact the Boonta Eve Classic from The Phantom Menace (albeit with go-karts instead of pods), the Phoenix location of K1 Speed will offer a single race for $15 to anyone dressed up as a Star Wars characters. There are two caveats, though: It’s limited to characters from the films, TV shows, comics, and games only (i.e. no one from fan fiction) and additional races will cost the regular rate of $23.95. Hours are noon to 10 p.m. Thunderbird Lounge 710 West Montecito Avenue, 602-283-4621 What heading did the Millennium Falcon use to enter the Hoth asteroid field? How ma...

Desert Botanical Garden The Phoenix evenings are still gorgeous, and Desert Botanical Garden is one of the best places in town to experience them. DBG's music series continues tonight with a concert by the Desert Rose Project featuring Stanley Serrano. The group will perform the music of Sting with the garden as a backdrop. There are two showtimes on Friday: 6 to 7 p.m., and 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cost is $60 for a table for one or two people, and $120 for a table for three or four people. Thunderbird Lounge We wrote earlier this week about what happened when Phoenix police shut down the weekly ...

For 32 weeks, Nick Harper and Alison Daniels had hosted a series of socially distanced early-evening concerts, 528 Live, from the front porch of their home in central Phoenix's historic Willo district without incident. On Saturday, April 10, they were nearing the end of a 33rd performance in the series, a Leon Santiago concert, when Phoenix police arrived to shut them down at 6:50 p.m. The Saturday concerts, which are free, have always run from 5 to 7 p.m.  "Three squad cars showed up with seven police officers, lights on, telling us that somebody was jaywalking and that was our fault," Da...

Lauren Cusimano The April Thunderbird Lounge Market Is This Weekend This weekend offers yet another Thunderbird Lounge Market (710 West Montecito Avenue), happening from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 11. There will be shopping and DJs, food trucks and pop-ups. So far, Sabor a Mi, MozzArepas, My Comadres Kitchen, and Roasted Roots have signed on to attend. For more information, see the Facebook event. For more dining options in the Melrose District, see this dining guide or our recent review of Valentine. Time for round two. The AZ Women in Food Are Back, Babes Order buttons are now live for...

In those days, there were holes in the ceiling. Aaron would store his beer up there before going out to smoke. There were also three shiny quarters superglued to the ground. You could always spot the newcomers because they'd try to pick them up. That, or if they tried to pay with a credit card. The men's room is notoriously disgusting. One afternoon, I was at a tattoo shop all the way up in the north Valley. A guy named Nigel was grinding a leaf into my rib cage. I happened to mention Palo in our conversation. "Palo, huh?" he said. "Been there a few times. I remember once I used the urinal a...