For the average romantic, red roses and chocolates and a fancy restaurant may suffice for setting the Valentine’s Day mood. But where, you must be asking, can the freaky-deakies among us get that V-Day mojo working? The answer comes courtesy of downtown Phoenix’s Alwun House.

A Fountain Hills man faces three felony charges and one misdemeanor charge in the sexual assault of an exotic dancer.

NEW YORK - Dancer Willi Ninja, whose skill in the gender-bending art of "voguing" influenced Madonna and was immortalized in the documentary film "Paris Is Burning," has died, friends and relatives said Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES - Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.

If you’re in the mood for something rare and exotic this weekend, how does this sound: A show featuring a Chinese zither player, belly dancers, Latin dancers and an Indian fashion show.

Scandalous pictures, provocative text messages, the downfall of a man. This past (month), the government’s involvement in the Scottsdale Bombing Trial has started a ruckus; not because of the criminal charges against the two 61-year-old twins, but due to the government hiring a woman — a woman who was paid to become the men’s friend and try to get a confession.

In one sense, it was business as usual for a group of exotic dancers who protested outside Scottsdale City Hall — people stared at their figures.

People accused of violating city ordinances that regulate strippers are not entitled to have their guilt or innocence decided by a jury, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

In 1996, Jeff Musgrove saw a video of people dancing the Argentine tango, a social dance that originated in Buenos Aires in the 1880s.

If you've never been to the ballet, the idea of dressing up, trekking to a large hall and taking in classical dance done in tutus might seem stuffy and intimidating.

May 8, 2005

Linda Stuart grabbed onto the pole, leaned back and slowly swirled around it.

In a Valleywide crackdown against prostitution during Super Bowl week and the FBR Open, Phoenix police netted more than 100 arrests of people accused of soliciting sex for money, police said Thursday.

Fifteen women in their 20s to 40s pop their hips and shimmy across the wooden floor at north Scottsdale’s Pure Fitness on an early Wednesday evening. A jingling sound — from several of the ladies’ decorative hip scarves — overpowers the Middle Eastern music playing from a stereo as the women perfect their undulating moves and are encouraged to find their goddess posture.

I, for one, support what Moira Johnson is doing.

March 10, 2005

Arizona State University senior Jaime Hammer admits her obsession with appearing on the pages of Playboy magazine began with her first visit to Hugh Hefner’s storied mansion at the age of 17.

Three Valley residents will be featured on the second season of MTV's "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila," which premieres 10 p.m. Tuesday.

April 5, 2005

Trainer Joe Hedrick holds a pen out. His ostrich draws back. No autographs, please. "They like shiny things," says Hedrick. But the pen doesn’t do it today.

March 11, 2005

One of America’s biggest western events is riding into Glendale’s Sahuaro Ranch Historic Park, and adding an “Old Time Country Fair” to the roundup of family entertainment.

On Oct. 14, 15 and 16, all 17 acres of the park will be transformed into a Wild West Renaissance Festival.

One of America’s biggest western events is riding into Glendale’s Sahuaro Ranch Historic Park, and adding an “Old Time Country Fair” to the roundup of family entertainment.

On Oct. 14, 15 and 16, all 17 acres of the park will be transformed into a Wild West Renaissance Festival.

One of America’s biggest western events is riding into Glendale’s Sahuaro Ranch Historic Park, and adding an “Old Time Country Fair” to the roundup of family entertainment.

On Oct. 14, 15 and 16, all 17 acres of the park will be transformed into a Wild West Renaissance Festival.