Attack of the Killer Gerrymander
New county redistricting has created a monster.
Newsreel
In response to last week’s statement in this space explaining why a progressive rag like the Tucson Weekly would publish the screed of Emil Franzi, who gads about the right side of the political spectrum, Franzi writes: “My right-wing buddies always ask why I hang with and write for a bunch of pinko bedwetters at…
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
Call and Response
California floats in space.
Soundbites
Jacko drives us wacko… The fretwork gets frenetic… And more.
Rhythm & Views
Long before the stoner rock noose tightened to the strangling point around the necks of groups like Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet and Queens of the Stone Age, there existed seminal L.A. gloom punks St. Vitus and a Washington, D.C.-based doom metal act known as the Obsessed. Both led by singer-guitarist Scott “Wino” Weinrich, they fused…
Rhythm & Views
If I had to guess, after listening to Fred Eaglesmith’s latest I’d bet he was another of those tortured-soul, hard-drinking Texas singer-songwriters swerving down the road paved by Merle, Johnny, Willie and Waylon. Joe Ely, Robert Earl Keen, Billie Joe Shaver and the other outlaw heirs now holed up around Austin come to mind. Wrong,…
Rhythm & Views
This multi-artist collection, recorded live a year ago at the Sacred Steel Convention at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., is an amazing, entertaining and highly raucous spiritual experience. This is not your parents’ casual Saturday-evening church service supplemented by the pastor’s folk-playing nephew, either. The mostly amateur gospel musicians found here rock harder and…
The Skinny
It’s time to stomp Senate Prez Gnant… And more.
Family Affair
Invisible Theatre presents a comedy about dynastic disruption.
Lacking Initiative
Don’t look for big environmental issues on next year’s ballot.
Indian Givers
Native American tribes generously share their traditions, food and crafts at this weekend’s pow wow.
Drama Coach
The continuing, gripping saga of a coach who loses even when he wins.
Requiem for Rolf
Farewell to art’s man about town.
Routine Haz-mat
Trauma care may be in trouble, but if you’re exposed to anthrax, help is just an inflatable tent away.
French Correction
At Le Bistro, relive the days when food snobs believed the only good cuisine was Gallic.
Animal Welfare, Animal Warfare
From vegetarianism to sabotage, animal advocates are sending a message you might consider as you slice into that turkey.
From Blackface to Balls of Fire
A biography of forgotten entertainer Emmett Miller is really a deep exploration of pop culture.
Anti-Campoy Ploys
A whistleblower and a gadfly fight City Hall.
Potter’s Field
We’re not so wild about “Harry.”
Screen Door
Film commissions in Arizona and Sonora cooperate to open the border for Hollywood productions.
