While some students are busy buying books and school supplies and trying to figure out when would be the best time to start reading the first chapters for the new school year, others are busy unpacking, grocery shopping, and getting to know their new roommates in addition to all the added pressures of the first week of school....
photos by Michael Kinsey
Local band dominates rock scene
When A Change of Pace recorded their first album, the band was still a young group of teenagers fresh out of high school. Marked by explosive energy and a talented core of musicians, the band started to gain fans around the valley....
Students tying the knot find more to marriage than bargained
Relationships in college usually consist of casual and non-serious dating and one night stands, more often than not....
Local talent finds place in entertainment world
Climbing to the top
The single biggest struggle of an aspiring artist in any medium is to make what they do for their own satisfaction what they do for a living....
CONCERTS
August
23 - Dave Matthews Band, 7 p.m., Cricket Pavilion, $10; Gorilla Biscuits with Comeback Kid and George Moington, 6:30 p.m., The Clubhouse, $15.
25 & 27 - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, 8 p.m., US Airways Center $60-$85
26 - Authority Zero, 6:00 p.m., Marquee Theatre, $15
29 - Melissa Etheridge, 8:00 p.m. Dodge Theatre, $35-$100
30 - Lo McXimo de la Musica, 8 p.m., Dodge Theatre, $35-$65
31 - Lynyrd Skynyrd and special guest OCC, the band, 7 p.m, Dodge Theatre, $32- $80September
1 - Rollins Band, 6:30 p.m., Marquee Theatre, $18
2 - Horror Pops, 6:30 p.m., Marquee Theatre, $15
4 - Lost Prophets, 6:30 p.m., Marquee Theatre, $16
7 - 311, 7 p.m., Mesa Amphitheatre, $37.50
9 - Tool, 7:30 p.m., Cricket Pavilion, $108
11 & 12 - Cirque Du Soleil, 8 p.m. Glendale Arena, $64.40 - $106.90
13 - Matisyahu, Mesa Amphitheatre, $39.50
26 - The Casualties, 7 p.m., The Clubhouse, $12;
Paramore, 6:30 p.m., The Clubhouse, $1