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When Bill Holmquist was hired to work on the 1997 Oliver Stone film U Turn, he lied and said he knew where Superior, Arizona was in where the film was set to be shot. “I had no idea and I had lived in Mesa for about 15 years,” he says …
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Living
A Superior Mushroom Man
Mike Montiel’s descriptions of his mushrooms fall somewhere between a good scotch and an alien lifeform. He calls oyster mushrooms “earthy and nutty” and speaks endearingly about the lion’s mane’s “pillowy, long tendrils. Each one of the tendrils grows out and as they grow out they grow together,” he says. …
Read More »Remembering the Three Bills
Y’know, it hurts to realize the fantastic humans who have vanished from our midst here in Cental Arizona in the not-too-distant past. Three Bills come to mind right off the bat: Bill Hardt, Bill Taylor and Bill Schminke. Each of these guys had a special part in Central Arizona’s history. Guest ContributorGuest Contributors include …
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Saving the Globe Cafe
Originally published in the Fall of 2006. The old Globe Café at the corner of Broad and Bailey has been undergoing renovations since 2005, when fate and investor/owner James Dowly stepped in to rescue the building from becoming another casualty of neglect. At the time, anyone looking at the building …
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United Fund of Globe Miami pledges $400,000 over 4 years to Frank Lloyd Wright/Globe-Miami Project
“The Frank Lloyd Wright/Globe-Miami Project will bring innovative designs and sustainable solutions to many challenges our community faces,” says Linda Oddonetto, Board President. “We believe they have the ability to impact a wide range of local issues from youth programs, to community engagement and economic development and will benefit many agencies …
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36,000 Tortillas a Week
Tortilla Factory and Restaurant in Mammoth serves up fresh, hand-stretched tortillas. It takes a lot people to make Maria Torres’ hand-stretched tortillas. “It’s a lot of labor” says Torres, the owner of Mi Pueblito Mexican Food and Tortillas Mi Pueblito in Mammoth. “My product, it’s a good quality. I use …
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All American Cook Off
Darrel Stubbs, a long-time participant in the All American Cookoff at the Gila County Fair, explains the first order of business on competition day: “one guy smoking gets out there in the morning and fixes everyone breakfast and gets the smokers going.” Even for folks like Stubbs who have been …
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Kip We Aren’t Done Yet!
Kip Culver’s Legacy and the future of the Globe Main Street Program When the community lost Kip Culver, the captivating and much loved director of both the Globe Main Street Program and Center for the Arts this past July, it was as though a dark cloud drifted over downtown Globe. …
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Kip Culver: March 6, 1968 – July 9, 2015
Kip Culver, the captivating and much loved director of the Globe Main Street Program and Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at his home in Globe, Ariz. Considered by many to have been one of Globe’s greatest assets, Mr. Culver was a passionate champion …
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Making the Most of our Magnificent Prickly Pear
Story by Gina Gentry McElroy Cheri’s Desert Harvest products will be represented at this year’s Prickly Pear Festival. Who knew so much could come from a desert cactus? Cheri Romanoski, that’s who. A native Tucsonan who grew up appreciating the desert and its natural resources, Cheri took it upon herself …
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