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Trevor Rosen is living the dream with Old Dominion
Country’s Old Dominion received its eighth consecutive nomination for ACM Group of the Year, something it’s won five years in a row. To multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Trevor Rosen, it never gets old. “I just found out,” said Rosen, the morning of the announcement. “It feels great. I never thought I’d be sitting here talking about winning it…
Who would die for a doughnut?
I generally support government, especially the local kind. I sincerely believe that many people who work in government at least try to do their jobs — most of the time — as best they can. However, every now and then, my Pollyanna-ish view of the world is severely tested. To wit: A few years ago,…
Amphitheater teacher wins prestigious award
Special education math teacher Marian Johnson was named the University of Arizona Online’s and Arizona Athletics’ Teacher of the Year, prizes that were open to Southern Arizona instructors. The nine finalists were announced in October and were recognized during a UA basketball game. Amphitheater’s principal chose Johnson as this year’s nominee. “I do work hard,…
Southern Arizona Cat Rescue expands with cat lounge
Many felines in the community have found their forever homes through Southern Arizona Cat Rescue, and soon the rescue will be able to assist even more with the addition of its first physical location: Hunter’s Kitten Lounge. The Southern Arizona Cat Rescue (SACR) team hopes to open the lounge this year to help the home-based…
Sister José Women’s Center welcomes new CEO
Jean Fedigan opened a shelter in a small house for women experiencing homelessness, believing it would be sufficient to aid the crisis in 2009. As the guest numbers increased, she was surprised. “We see few on the street, but there are many, many more that remain hidden, abused, frightened and hungry,” Fedigan said. “That to…
Body products are a passion project for couple
When Alyssa Voice was mourning her father four and a half years ago, she researched how to make body butters at home to ease her mind. It was so successful that she thought she would share her products with the public. That flourished into Tucson-based Old Pueblo Bath & Body Essentials, which also produces handmade…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Agave Heritage Festival With everything else going on in the Agave Heritage Festival, it would be easy to overlook this unique, fascinating and family-friendly event about why we are celebrating agave in the first place. For weeks, Mission Garden has solicited Tucsonans for agave from their own gardens. This Saturday, volunteers create and fire (to…
Robert Mac: One laugh leads to another
Imagine working a Rubik’s cube. You see the colored squares pass each other again and again as they make their way to the solution, smooth and tight in a satisfying conclusion. Any Robert Mac set is a lot like that. In the end, we realize how it all comes together, with every move a smart…
Psychedelic Furs’ rocky road to new album
Made of Rain” was officially 29 years in the making as the follow-up to the Psychedelic Furs’ seventh studio album, 1991’s “World Outside,” before it arrived in 2020. During that time, grunge, rap-rock and a number of other music scenes arose and petered out, five American presidents served, and the internet turned the music industry…
Melissa Etheridge shares her journey through life
On Melissa Etheridge’s Instagram, her bio reads “mother, rockstar, activist” in that order. The sweet sentiment is courtesy of her son, Beckett, when he was in his mid-teens. “What’s really sweet about that is — about 10 years ago or whenever I first joined Instagram — it was my son Beckett who signed me up,”…
Cannabis Reviews
22 Red Personals .5G Pre-Roll Seven Pack 22 Red’s latest addition to the Arizona market is its Personals line of 1/2 gram pre-rolls that come in seven packs. First impression The packaging is very nice. With the on-brand red and black themes, it has a slick appearance while also being convenient. It’s got a protective…
