Short Leash Hot Dogs restaurant celebrates first anniversary with hot-dog-eating contest
Short Leash Hot Dogs is usually known for its signature dogs, but on Wednesday all the attention was on the seven people who participated in the restaurant's inaugural Man vs. Dog hot-dog-eating contest. The competition was held to celebrate the first anniversary of Short Leash's brick-and-mortar restaurant and National Hot Dog Day.
Now with move to Cronkite School, Arizona PBS a new outlet for student-produced content
The Walter Cronkite School is still working out the details of its new and complete partnership with Eight, Arizona PBS. The school hopes the channel will be the primary platform for work produced by students, officials say.
Copper State Poetry Slam 2014 offers a varied representation of local slam-poetry talents
The 2014 Copper State Poetry Slam, taking place July 26 to 27 at the Playhouse on the Park, will bring slam teams from across the state together to duel it out with passion and verse.
Downtown Dining: Grand Avenue Pizza Company
New pizza locale Grand Avenue Pizza Company mixes a classic diner feel, simple yet expertly crafted pies, and unconventional hours to give downtown Phoenix the casual pizza joint it was missing.
Foundation gives Roosevelt Row CDC $90,000 grant to revamp shipping containers for artists
After seeing the success of initial shipping containers used as art galleries during First Friday art walks, ArtPlace America decided to grant Roosevelt Row CDC $90,000 to design and create three more repurposed shipping containers. Roosevelt Row hopes the containers are a viable answer for the rising workplace costs for artists.