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Beat the Heat: How to go outside while staying inside
Dear Tucsonan: So, it’s been a while since you’ve been outside. And that’s OK, you don’t need to explain yourself. You’re an outdoorsy person, and everybody knows it. Between late September and early May, you’re the spitting image of Thoreau. You go on hikes, take the 12-speed home from work, drive out to Sabino Canyon…
Backstage Pass: Loving Arizona – Jefferson Starship singer recalls the Grand Canyon State
Jefferson Starship singer Cathy Richardson has an affinity for Arizona. Richardson spent time in Phoenix and Tucson performing the lead role in “Love, Janis.” “I love it,” she said about the state. “I love the desert. It’s so beautiful. I have a lot of friends there. I always have a good time.” She will return…
In Her Blood: Haley Reinhart excited about new bluesy project
Haley Reinhart is no one-trick pony. The Chicago native crisscrosses the music spectrum, collaborating with Postmodern Jukebox and The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. She recently duetted with actor-musician Jeff Goldblum on covers of Taylor Swift’s “Lover” and Loreen’s “Tattoo.” Her formula — or lack thereof — works. The video for her version of “Can’t Help…
‘Sshhh… Just eat’: Tucson is a favorite market of Cupbop
Cupbop founder Junghun Song is living the American dream, and he is sharing his love of Korean flavors with Tucson. The Korean barbecue chain opened its third Tucson store on July 23 at 3470 S. Kino Parkway. The restaurant celebrated by donating $1 from every bowl to an education-related charity, and offering $5.99 bowls. “Tucson…
‘I Like Seeing People Happy’: Vail’s Bryson Herbert may be the next Chapelle
It’s no joke when a kid comic cracks wise onstage. Bryson Herbert is just 10 years old, but the Vail elementary school student is a fledgling stand-up. Laugh if you will but it’s not unprecedented for humorists to cut their comedic teeth early. Dave Chappelle was working Washington, D.C., clubs at 14. Pete Davidson honed…
But, can you mail weed?
Even if you’re in a state where cannabis is legal, cannabis is still illegal under federal law. This means that, no, you cannot legally mail weed, regardless of its state-level legality. Yet, it happens anyway. Leafly, a cannabis educational platform, found that in 2019, the U.S. Postal Service seized 93,651 pounds of weed. Although cannabis…
‘Birding with Benefits’: Local librarian debuts romance novel
A local librarian is debuting her first novel. Sarah T. Dubb, who works part time at Pima County Library, is the author of “Birding with Benefits.” Set in Tucson, the story follows Celeste, a divorced soon-to-be empty nester who has decided to embrace the possibilities the universe has to offer, and John, a quiet but…
Racist tattoos, an ugly T-shirt and a playground lullaby
It is a weekday afternoon and I’m escaping the heat with my daughter Rickie inside an indoor playground at Tucson’s Park Place mall. A hulking gent, maybe 40, with gigantic hands, lumpy arm scars, neo-Nazi prison etchings and gnarly face tats steps into the little fenced area with his toddler daughter, who wears a mini…
Hot Picks: Week of July 25, 2024
“Spider-Guy” TO AUG. 25 The “amazing” “Spider-Guy” continues his run at the Gaslight Theatre. Mild-mannered student, Billy Baker is like any other student at Excelsior Junior College until a science experiment goes wrong. When a genetically altered spider bites him, Baker assumes powers and abilities he never dreamed of. Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard,…
