Video: Local artists makeover car wash

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Local artists gave a self-service car wash in Phoenix an artistic makeover in late 2011. Muralists Lalo Cota and Angel Diaz collaborated to revamp the car wash at Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt Street. Read story

Mardi Gras makes way through Downtown streets

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Multi-colored beads and feathered masks adorned the necks and faces of hundreds of people this Saturday in an early celebration of Mardi Gras held at CityScape. Read story

Conspire lacks correct credentials, will remove skate ramp as legal precaution

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Conspire, a vegan cooperative cafe and art space on Fifth and Garfield streets currently embroiled in a lawsuit and operating without a proper certificate of occupancy, is removing its skate ramp. Read story

Pizza People shares passion for Italian classic at Food Truck Fridays in downtown Phoenix

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Pizza People’s owners are newcomers in the food truck industry, but through trial and error they have learned to bake pizza that draws long lines on Food Truck Fridays. Read story

John Henry's Revenge blends jazz, electronica

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The five-man band of ASU jazz students John Henry’s Revenge will showcase their unique mix between jazz and electronic music at their gig during the Mardi Gras celebration in CityScape. Read story

Gallery hosts centennial photography show

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Photographers and artists share their different perspectives of Arizona with nontraditional landscapes at “The Forty Eighth: Contemporary Photography at Arizona’s Centennial” exhibit at the MonOrchid gallery. Read story

Places, Spaces and Faces community dinner boasts home-cooked meals, human connections

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A monthly potluck that brings together community members from all walks of life celebrates its second anniversary in central Phoenix this year. Read story

Arts commission approves future designs for Roosevelt Street improvements

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Downtown Phoenix is looking at a concrete facelift with a potential $40,000 contract to bring an award-winning architect to improve the streets through an artistic touch. Read story

Nonprofit group to sell thousands of used books for charity at annual sale

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The Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association will hold a used-book sale at the Arizona State Fairgrounds this Saturday and Sunday. The inventory for Book Sale 56 is set to include about half a million books in 27 different categories. Read story

Diamondbacks star pitchers play sandwich artist for a day

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Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson and Joe Saunders served as Subway Sandwich Artists at a downtown Subway to promote this Saturday’s Subway D-backs FanFest at Chase Field. Read story