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Holidaze 2021: It’s Better to Give: Where to shop local this holiday season
It’s that time of the year again: The holidays are here! And the staff of Tucson Weekly is ready to help you find one-of-a-kind local gifts for everyone on your list. Take a look and support local stores while you buy! Ajo Bikes, 1301 E. Ajo Way. Whether you’re looking for a new bike, a…
Health experts: Holiday gatherings ‘should be fine’ – with precautions
WASHINGTON – Health officials said this week that it should be OK for families to gather over the holidays, as long as people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and take other precautions against the spread of the disease. The tentative greenlight to gatherings comes despite a recent surge in new cases both nationally and in…
In lieu of path to citizenship, advocates cheer immigration reforms in spending bill
While a pathway to citizenship was nixed in the most recent version of the Build Back Better Act, a flagship legislation part of President Joe Biden’s agenda, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and immigration advocates still welcome the protections from deportation expected to impact about 6.5 million undocumented immigrants. Under the House version of the spending…
Arizona law allows Indigenous students greater cultural expression at graduation
PHOENIX – Just minutes before her high school graduation in Gallup, New Mexico, three years ago, Dakotah Harvey was told to remove the eagle feather from her mortarboard or she would be escorted out of the ceremony and her diploma would be withheld. Her grandfather had tied the feather to the cap’s tassel earlier that…
Referendum on Ducey’s income tax cut qualifies for ballot
Arizona voters will get the final say on Gov. Doug Ducey’s legacy income tax cut package that was signed into law earlier this year, after a coalition of public education groups successfully forced a public vote in 2022. The Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that the referendum effort gathered more than the 118,823 signatures…
As COVID cases rise in Arizona, officials push vaccinations and masks for the holidays
PHOENIX – As hospitalizations rise and the holidays approach, health officials concerned about a new wave of infections are urging Arizonans to take preventative measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza. Maricopa County last week experienced the biggest spike in daily cases since August, peaking at 4,708 on Nov. 8. COVID 19…
County Administrator Released from Hospital
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry has been released from Banner University Hospital. Pima County posed an update on Huckelberry’s health via wife, Maureen Huckelberry, who said that Huckelberry, who turns 72 on Monday, Nov. 22, was on the road to recovery. “Chuck is out of the hospital and is now receiving care and physical and…
Pima County offering COVID boosters to anyone over 18
Pima County is expanding COVID booster eligibility rules to allow anyone over 18 to get the booster. As Pima County hospitals fill up because of an increase in COVID cases, county officials are expanding eligibility ahead of the CDC’s recommendation. Banner Health officials announced earlier this week that they have seen a significant increase in COVID…
Ganja Gift Guide: Cannabis: It’s not just medicine anymore
With the passage of Prop 207 last year, Arizonans declared they were done with the War on Weed. And that means you don’t need a license to buy or smoke it anymore. (Not that there aren’t advantages to keeping your medical card, but we won’t get into that here.) So now that any adult can…
Survival on the mountain: Bighorn sheep population stable after fire, monsoon
It was bighorn against bighorn last summer when a wildfire burned more than 100,000 acres of the Catalina Mountains, charring the forest and spreading smoke across the Tucson valley. The Bighorn fire was named after the bighorn sheep that inhabit the mountains. In the months following the fire, the Arizona Game & Fish Department says…
Danehy: Poetry isn’t Tom’s jam, but a new book by Marquez Price has him rethinking rhyme schemes
So, this guy I know named Marquez Price has released a book of poetry and it’s selling well on Amazon. My Train Is On Schedule is deeply introspective, so if you’ve seen any one of The Expendables movies, don’t buy this book. Marquez is the son of Delano Price, a legendary figure in Tucson sports. Delano…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Editor’s Note: While we are delighted to see Tucsonans once again gathering for fun events, we are also aware that the Delta variant is in widespread circulation. Please consider getting vaccinated against COVID if you haven’t yet and following CDC guidance, which includes wearing masks at crowded indoor events. Keep yourself and others safe—the pandemic…
So It Goes: A new documentary offers a revealing portrait of author Kurt Vonnegut
Writer-director Robert B. Weide, best known for his contributions to Curb Your Enthusiasm, had been working on a Kurt Vonnegut documentary, with full cooperation from his subject, since the ’80s up until the author’s death. As of 2007, when the man who had become his good friend over the years succumbed to a head injury…
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Rocky Horror Picture Show. The time warp? We’re doing that again?! The Loft, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. When the author Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007 at age 84, it hit the literary world hard, and Robert B. Weide harder. Twenty-five years earlier, the director—whose…
Good for the Soul: Etherton Gallery’s new home features a debut show from Joel-Peter Witkin
Joel-Peter Witkin’s next exhibition is at the Louvre in Paris next year. It will no doubt be a mesmerizing show, but Tucsonans don’t have to fly across the Atlantic to see his lauded photography. Right now, the renowned photographer is exhibiting work in Tucson, at Etherton Gallery’s new digs in Barrio Viejo. Joel-Peter Witkin: Journeys…
Restless on their Laurels: Bisbee rock group The Exbats have been hitting the used vinyl section
It’s been a healthy diet of dad rock for this father-daughter band from Bisbee, but neither are complaining. The band says their new album, Now Where Were We, is the largest music jump they’ve made, with influences including the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, and the Partridge Family—yet it remains energetic, rebellious, and…
XOXO: Mark your calendars
Ghastly, The Fixx, Gregory Alan Isakov, Black Label Society, GWAR, Postmodern Jukebox, Igor & The Red Elvises are all happening this week. Read on. Mark your calendars… Thursday, Nov. 18 The Washington Post said of jazz guitarist Mike Gellar’s debut album Perdido (1998), “Yet for all the versatility and technique Gellar displays, what ultimately sets…
Editor’s Note: Get Your Holly Jollies Here
We’re a week out from Thanksgiving and holiday merch has been on the store shelves for three or four months now, so I reckon it’s safe to say that the holiday season is here. It’s easy to hate on the holidays and all the hoopla that goes along with them, but COVID and having young…
Chow: Chef Paulo Im is taking OBON in new directions
It may have foreshadowed today’s wisdom on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Congress Street when poet and playwright Oscar Wilde penned in 1895, “To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” Guided by the Wildean spirit, you should heed these words on your next visit to OBON where a new seasonal menu, featuring…
