Friday, April 15, 2016
With the UA's spring commencement ceremonies rapidly approaching, it's rare to pass by the iconic Old Main building without seeing a photo session in progress. Today, 90 AVID students from Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nev. pose for a group photo on the stair case. The students, chaperoned by 10 parent and teacher volunteers, visited four campuses across Arizona this week to give students a feel for the differences between public and private, small and large universities.
Tags: UA , University of Arizona , campus , Old Main , group photo , AVID , high school students , college visit , Spring Valley High School
Tags: lizard , reptile , Arizona wildlife , UA campus , rocks
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Robots! Books! Sea Monkeys! Local art! This is where we're shopping today. Brighten someone's holiday season and shop local with a visit to perennial Best of Tucson winner Yike's Toys, 2930 E. Broadway.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Burlesque is a big deal locally. Now, Tucson Burlesque is (hopefully!) coming to you in book form.
Steve McMackin (you might know him as the art director behind Edible Baja) is a photographer intimately familiar with the Old Pueblo's burlesque scene:
In October 2010, Black Cherry Burlesque asked me to photograph their 2010 Halloween show. It was a ton of fun, and a real technical challenge to photograph the performers. So I came back for their next show... and the next... and the next… after 5 years, 150,000 photos, 1,100+ acts, 150+ performers and 50+ shows it's time to bring these photos off of Facebook and into the real world. This is the best of the best: about one photo per one thousand taken is being selected for inclusion in the book.Honestly, just watch his video about the project. The photos are beautiful.
The book's existence depends on how its Kickstarter goes, and the fundraising effort has a bit of ground to cover: McMackin has set the goal for $22k and the deadline for Dec. 1.
Ambitious? Absolutely—but there is good reason:
My photos have until now only been seen on Facebook, whose compression algorithms do awful things to photos. Even in print, most people do digital printing for short-run books, which doesn't have the sharpness or deep blacks that will really make these photos shine.
So we are going for the gold and are getting the book printed at an offset press, with CMYK plates, with careful color checking, in a nice thick hard-bound book. If we get funded, we'll start with a 9" x 12" book at 160 pages, but if we meet a few stretch goals, we can get a larger, 12" x 12" book with 200 pages for the same price.
This is going to be a really nice book that you can leave on the living room table. I've picked out a few thousand of my favorite photos, and as soon as the kickstarter funds I'll start designing it. I'm also planning on writing a little about some of the photos and telling some interesting stories, but the focus is burlesque performances.
Tags: Tucson Burlesque , kickstarter , photography , Black Cherry Burlesque , local business , tucson business , tucson photography , celebrate the body , keep tucson sexy , rhinestone pasties , Video
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Postcard from Austin: Old-school soul artist Charles Bradley knocked it out of the park last night—as he always does—before a packed house at the Clive Bar.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
From the official Ramones Facebook page:
We are saddened to announce the passing of Tommy Ramone (nee Erdelyi), the original drummer for the Ramones, earlier today, 11 July 2014."It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music — it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different. Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody." - Tommy Ramone, 1978
RIP Tommy.
Tags: The Ramones , Tommy Ramone , Joey Ramone , Johnny Ramone , Dee Dee Ramone , Punk Rock , Video
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Fans of smart, hard hitting and emotionally unguarded pop-rock had a mid-week treat on Tuesday, April 8, when The War on Drugs stopped at Club Congress on tour behind its buzz-busting new record Lost in a Dream. Luckily, our woman-on-the-scene C. Elliott took some photos for you. Get your Google on to find out more about the music, the new record, and the story of The War on Drugs.
Tags: The War on Drugs , Club Congress , C. Elliott , Lost in a Dream , Adam Granduciel , images
Friday, February 21, 2014
Photographer Eric Kroll made some photographs of the cowboys and cowgirls at La Fiesta del los Vaqueros this week. The rodeo is back in full swing this weekend. Details here.
Tags: Eric Kroll , Tucson rodeo , tucson photos , tucson news , AZ news
Monday, February 10, 2014
Yesterday's 76-54 win over Oregon State delivered a confidence boost to the Arizona Wildcats, following their first loss of the season, the season-ending injury to Brandon Ashley and the recent trouble the team has had with free throws.
This week, the Cats—now 23-1 overall and 10-1 in the conference—are going up the road for a Valentine's Day date with Arizona State. Tip off is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 and you can catch the game on ESPN.
After the jump: Some photos from yesterday's game.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Tags: AFI , Rialto Theatre , goth-punk , Coachella
