Kelli Hart of Tucson Weekly TV was on the scene when the 999 Eyes Carnival of the Damned visited Hotel Congress last week.

The Amsterdam Weekly, a free alt-weekly in Amsterdam, has been abandoned by its financial backers. In a crazy scheme to keep the paper afloat, they're asking for on-line donations ... for five euros (about 7.50 in worthless U.S. currency), you can buy a part of a page of the paper. It's worth checking out the scheme here: http://forsale.amsterdamweekly.nl/welcome.

Each page is divided into 204 blocks, and each block that gets paid for gets printed. The cover of the paper might look like a jigsaw puzzle that's missing a few dozen pieces.

It was named by the Design Museum in London as one of the "most inspiring and innovative design projects in Europe over the past two years," and it's at least worth checking out their Web site for a look at alt-Amsterdam, the alt-est city in the world.

Just in case you missed Arizona Illustrated last Friday, March 28, you can click here to see state lawmakers Jonathan Paton, a Republican who represents Tucson's east side, Sierra Vista and Green Valley, and Steve Farley, a Democrat who represents midtown Tucson, answer questions from Arizona Illustrated anchor Bill Buckmaster, Tucson Weekly's Jim Nintzel, Ann Brown of the Arizona Daily Star, and Mark Kimble from the Tucson Citizen.

You can see us reporters mix it up here.

Our sister newspaper, Inside Tucson Business, is reporting that Jet Blue's last flight out of Tucson will depart on May 12:

JetBlue Airways is leaving Tucson. With its departure Tucson is losing its only nonstop airline link to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The last flights will be May 12.

"We’ve been in the market for 18 months and have not seen the kind of maturation a route requires to be profitable," said Sebastian White, a spokesman for JetBlue. "The fuel environment combined with competition and a lack of market growth all played a contributing role in the closure of Tucson service. When we launched service to Tucson, oil was $66 per barrel. Now it trades in excess of $100."

Read the whole story here.

On Monday, March 31, Eclectic Pizza teams up with 107.5 K-HIT to host "Remote to Vote" from 4 to 6 p.m.

Eclectic Pizza will be serving free samples of pizza and offering a $3 medium cheese pizza for takeout between the above hours.

People are encouraged to bring information on their candidate of choice as a peaceful way of providing information to those who are registering to vote.

Eclectic Pizza is located at 7065 E. Tanque Verde Road; 886-0484.

Starting Friday at the Loft Cinema: Teeth, a horrific exploration of vagina dentata.

James DiGiovanna says: "Teeth is not the most politically correct thing out there (that'd be the upcoming Hostel III: Hotel of Inter-Racial Healing), but it's smarter, funnier and better-looking than at least two of the three remaining mainstream presidential candidates."

Plus: 80 percent over at Rotten Tomatoes: "Writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein’s feature debut is a horror comedy combining elements of atom-age 1950s horror films with mythology and feminist theory. The result is a smart, sassy B-movie satire--funny, gross, and with a high squirm factor."

In other Loft news: You've still got time to see Blade Runner: The Final Cut on that marvelous big screen. The one-week run has been extended, according the Loft's Web page. Saw it earlier this week and it was gorgeous.

Our new issue's online! Feel free to comment on it here. And here's your weekly video dose of Ask a Mexican!

Ted Prezelski's Rum, Romanism and Rebelllion has been named the best political blog in Arizona by The Fix, the political blog of the The Washington Post.

Tonight at Hotel Congress: 999 Eyes, "the last genuine traveling freakshow in the United States."

From 999 Eyes:

Thee 999 EYES vaudevillian freakshow is the last genuine traveling freakshow in the United States - or the first in over 40 years to feature more than three LIVING HUMAN ODDITIES such as the half woman, the dancing dwarf, lobster girl, the Black Scorpion (our very own lobster boy). The 999 EYES authentic human oddities freakshow tours an authentic oddities museum, Lowrent the clown, and a dark carnival jug band -That Damned Band.

—The 999 EYES authentic human oddities freakshow explicitly celebrates real genetic diversity by showcasing amazing feats performed by LIVING HUMAN ODDITIES! The freaks share real stories of what it is like to be born truly different from the average 10-fingered and 10-toed genetic blueprint for humanity – giving folks from all corners a chance to realize that what is different in beautiful. We present as guests Human Marvels and Sideshow artists, such as Katzen the Tiger Lady and Great Gozleone the Sword Swallower for their wondrous sideshow skills. In the 999 EYES show, one must be born physically and obviously different from the vast majority of humanity to be considered a true freak. Freaks are performers who choose by their own free will to celebrate their medical anomaly on stage. The 999 EYES supports rights for differently-abled people, and we play only in wheelchair accessible venues.

—By acknowledging carnival sideshow history the 999 EYES empowers communities with alluring, inventive, and fearless displays of imagination and dream! The 999 EYES show not only provides a place for roving gypsy carnival performers and “human curiosities” to express their art but also provides an environment which revives and highlights the great performers and freaks of the past – and their true life stories! Using olde-tyme music, vaudevillian skits, story telling as well as classic carnival sideshow acts and performance, a world is created that taps into profound emotion, reminding the AUDIENCE of the actualization of the living dream. The 999 EYES brings the AUDIENCE into a world where the strange and bizarre are beautiful. At the same time, this gives the “human curiosities” of the modern age a venue to be truly appreciated once again - celebrating real genetic diversity.

—Lost in time, hidden in the dark corners and in the dusty shelves of old book stores, in the basements of libraries and museums, lies the fabulous, fantastical history of the carnival sideshow - a time when the differently formed were glamorized as part of a traveling caravan and not locked up in institutions. A time when there was a place and venue for amazing performers to come together in a gypsy caravan style and change the atmosphere of the town around them - reminding people there is another way of life and relieving people of their daily routines - reminding them of the power of magic and imagination. The roots of radical artistic movements of today are deeply intertwined with the carnival sideshows of the past…

—The 999 EYES is a collaborative carnival art troupe is co-created with many fabulous individuals - LIVING HUMAN ODDITIES, musicians, magicians, sideshow artists, clowns, writers, experts - each of which works on the troupe’s routines, props, banners, and costumes together. Each show is co-created, with input from the freaks as well as everyone else. 999 EYES tours selectively, sometimes displaying the 999 EYES Museum ov Mutantstrosities, an authentic American Dime Museum, complete with Patches the two-headed cow, pickled punks, oddities from around the world, and displays that tell the history of the freak show.

—The 999 EYES show is suitable for all ages and contains no blatant vulgarity or explicit sexual content. It is available to all ages, recreating the world one freakshow at a time – awakening the collective subconscious to a world where the strange and bizarre are beautiful.

The SHAC (Student Healthy Advisory Committee) focuses on events and programs that promote the health and well-being of UA students.

The 5K run/walk benefits the Community Food Bank, UA4Food to prevent childhood hunger in the community, and the UA Farmers Market.

The event happens on the west end of the UA Mall and features food and beverages, raffle prizes and a KXCI FM 91.3 DJ host.

The $20 registration fee includes a T-shirt and lots of fun for good causes.

Check it out!