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As fewer Americans drink each year, Tempe restaurant and bar owners adapt to remain relevant

TEMPE – Data shows that less Americans are drinking alcohol each passing year. Despite this, local business owners are confident that the bar and restaurant industry can still thrive.

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ASU's opener carries a $600,000 guarantee and a clear calculus

ASU's season opener doubles as a $600,000 guarantee game, with Morgan State trading distance and risk for exposure, experience, and a check, per Cronkite News.

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Man Arrested After Deadly Stabbing Outside Phoenix Restaurant

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Arizona's fast lane to The Show runs on code, cash and clocks

Cronkite News charts a tech-fueled youth surge, early extensions and proposed draft and contract changes that could reset how fast Arizona stars reach and get paid.

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Cat Videos, Kids Day, and a Museum Betting on a Busy August Weekend

Phoenix Art Museum stacks CATVIDEOFEST and Kids Day on August 8 and 9. The high-low mix is deliberate: get people in the door, then keep them in the galleries.

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Phoenix Art Museum's Healey Gift Puts Indigenous Modernism on the August Calendar

The Way We Came opens August 26 with more than 70 works from a nearly 200-piece gift. The museum is treating it as more than a summer exhibition. It is a collection reset.

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Flagstaff Shakespeare Closes Its Outdoor Summer With Cool Air and Crowds

As You Like It and Antony and Cleopatra wrap on NAU's North Quad this weekend. The altitude remains the festival's best production designer.

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Newsies Opens at Mesa Arts Center With a Local Cast Selling Hustle

Limelight Performing Arts brings the Disney stage musical to Mesa through August 9. The story is turn-of-the-century New York. The audience is East Valley summer.

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Phoenix Theatre's Les Misérables Is Holding the Summer Crowd

Extended through mid-October, the Stephenson Theatre revival is selling more than nostalgia. It is selling a downtown night out that still works in August heat.

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From paperboy to James Beard winner: Chef Christopher Gross’ culinary journey to his own restaurant in Phoenix

Executive chef Christopher Gross arrives early at his signature restaurant, Christopher’s at Wrigley, to prepare for the evening with his staff on July 16, 2026, in Phoenix. (Photo by Gentry Roberts/Cronkite News) "...

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Alex Stratta: Michelin star chef journey from Pakistan to Phoenix

The outside of Belmont Kitchen and Cocktails in Scottsdale on July 17, 2026, in Scottsdale. (Photo by Gentry Roberts/Cronkite News) PHOENIX – James Beard Award-winning chef Alex Stratta...

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Arizona signs onto Hollywood antitrust brawl. Good. Now show the Arizona stakes.

Arizona joined 11 other Democratic-led states to sue in California to block Paramount's $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Antitrust fights should protect competition, not serve as political theater.