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New Fox Restaurant Concept to Open in Phoenix
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Sam Fox has reinvented the status quo of restauranteur with his creations of Arrogant Butcher, Olive & Ivy and Culinary Dropout to name a few. But now, his crew just unveiled a "Coming Soon" sign at the old Ducati and Kawasaki garage and dealership at 7th Street (just south of Montebello in North Central Phoenix), giving...
Local Charter School Wins MIT Grant
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On October 17, the lives of 23 teenage girls forever changed. High school students in Jessica Horton’s Science, Technology and Society Class at the Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona (GLAAZ) learned at an impromptu school assembly that they were one of only 16 schools selected nationwide (and the only school in Arizona) to receive the 2013 Lemelson-MIT Program InvenTeam grant for $7,500, which enables them to invent a unique drowning prevention device – the “WataWescue.”
Their invention is an inflatable shirt for children, to protect them from near-drowning incidents.
To learn more, visit www.glaaz.org
Best Of Our Valley Update: October 27
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Best of Our Valley 2013 is in full-swing and AZFoothills.com has news to report! As usual, our People categories seem to be the most heated. Let's check in on a few hot ones, shall we?
* Johnjay Van Es, who pounded the voting in 2011 to receive the most votes and first-ever Best Of Our Valley winner's shoot and cover, seems to be missing in this year's competition. We at Arizona Foothills Magazine hope he's safe and sound. Bret Michaels has pulled out all the stops and currently has more than 80% of votes in his category - Top Celebrity Twitter. Pick your fave celeb Twitter handle here.
New Luxury Theater Opens In Maricopa
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Yes, with Twilight premiering its final film in the coming month, what better way to celebrate than with a new theater! UltraStar Cinemas is opening their fourth location, a first-of-its-kind with nearly 170,000 sq ft complex housing nine entertainment venues during the premiere week of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. The theater will feature:
- 12 state-of-the-art digital theatres with upstairs 21 and over area and private rooms featuring a STAR Class balcony with food and bar service at your seat and a DBOX motion...
Job Fair Hits Old Town
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If you're bending over backwards at your current job, you might want to consider attending this "unusually" flexible job fair with Scottsdale's Old Town Group on Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m-6 p.m.
OTG is looking for servers, bartenders, hostesses, barbacks, bussers, VIP hosts and event coordinators, but above all, flexible individuals. Take a deep breath and come on over to OTG's Yoga Job Fair where you can meditate on how cool it would be to work at one of Scottsdale's best hotspots. Sound appealing? To learn more, visit www.elsantocantina.com
