The New Issue
It’s here! It’s Club Crawl-rific! It’s McCainalicious! Feel free to comment on it here. And enjoy this week’s video Ask a Mexican!
A Meeting of the Minds
While the Forest Service is having public meetings to discuss the Augusta/Rosemont mining issue (public hearings, not listening meetings), friends from the Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, Rincon Institute, Empire-Fagan Coalition and the Cienega Watershed Partnership are getting together to have their own meeting–thank you very much! On Thursday, April 17, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. is…
Power Outage
I just got a call from a friend who lives in the vicinity of Campbell and Grant saying that there was a huge power outage. Yep, there is and it affected a wide area between Ina Road to the north, 22nd Street to the south, Alvernon Way to the east and Camino de la Terra…
Ben 10, Anyone?
Our son’s first obsession was dinosaurs. By the age of 4, he had memorized a variety of species, and knew enough to ask us why the T-Rex was the bad guy in Jurassic Park (the T-Rex wasn’t around during the Jurassic period). The next obsession was Pokémon and more figures and creatures to memorize. Dinosaurs and Pokémon…
Condolences
Our condolences go out to Pima County Board of Supervisor Chairman Richard Elias, whose mother has passed away due to complications from diabetes. Viola B. Elias, 75, passed away April 11. The funeral mass will be at St. Augustine’s Cathedral on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Elias and his family ask that donations in her memory…
United We Argue: Doing Democracy Forum
Today and tomorrow, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., 150 UA students will argue and deliberate on topics they’ve researched from the war in Iraq to student debt. If you love to argue and have a hankering to join in, the public is invited to participate in other forums that include discussions and presentations on universal healthcare,…
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
We mentioned in our story on Homicide Survivors this week that we’d post a schedule of events for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week here on the TW Blog. We’re a wee bit late getting this up, so you probably don’t have time to get to the Crime Victims Resource Fair, which is going on from…
Wingspan’s New Director Starts April 16
The Wingspan Board of Directors announced yesterday via e-mail that Jason Cianciotto is Wingspan’s new executive director. His selection was the result of an extensive search conducted by a board-appointed search committee, comprised of community, staff and board members. The search began in October 2007 after the LGBT advocacy organization’s board announced an interim director would lead…
Doggone!
Remember the hundreds of chihuahuas that the Humane Society of Southern Arizona took in last month? Here’s some video of their living arrangements before Pima County Sheriff Department deputies raided the Avra Valley home.
Tune In
In case you missed it on Friday: Here’s Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords answering questions from TW’s Jim Nintzel, Arizona Illustrated anchor Bill Buckmaster, Ann Brown of the morning daily and Mark Kimble of the Citizen on the weekly Roundtable on KUAT-TV, Channel 6. And here’s us columnists doing our pundit thing.
Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are some events that were received too late for our April 10 print issue. We recommend calling event organizers to check on last-minute changes in price, time, location, etc. Saturday, April 12 from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. Danswest 5633 E. Speedway Blvd. Theater Auditions. Casting for…
The Buck Stretcher
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has reported raising a staggering $471,686 between January and March this year. Her latest FEC report, filed yesterday, shows that the freshman Democrat has $1,672,821 in the bank as she gears up to face a challenge from Republican state Sen. Tim Bee in CD8. In the previous quarter, between October and December…
Sudden Death
Colleagues credit Robert Hooker for creating a sense of family in the Pima County Public Defender’s Office
Rhythm & Views
Depending on your taste, DeVotchKa either conjures the weird fury of an Eastern European folk band intent on conquering the diverse genres of mariachi, klezmer, spaghetti Western and anything else Americans find exotic; or the Denver quartet merely strikes you as perfect background music for a haunted Olive Garden. A Mad and Faithful Feeling, DeVotchKa’s…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Let’s put into perspective how long ago The B-52s’ first “comeback” album, 1989’s Cosmic Thing, was released: A lovechild from a one-night stand inspired by a Bartles and Jaymes-fueled karaoke performance of “Love Shack” is now old enough to make the same mistake, to the same song, as a freshman at an ’80s-themed frat party…
Media Watch
Olson Must Learn to Deal With Media Both New and Old
So Into Beauty
FUNHOUSE coaxes a renowned UA prof out of retirement to craft a dance for “Dancing by Moonlight”
Police Dispatch
Tequila Sunrise West Park Ridge Road, March 13, 8:35 a.m. A woman who had enjoyed some early-morning drinking refused to don clothing during a confrontation with law enforcement, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the woman’s residence after a domestic-violence call by her husband, who alleged that she…
Live
Bodies of Water, What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, B4skin at Solar Culture Gallery, Saturday, April 5
Pick of the Week
A Colorful History
Surprising Delights
Whodathunkit: Our reviewer enjoyed both an Agatha Christie production and a Gaslight show!
Danehy
Political correctness run amok has hit the Tucson Fire Department
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Tuttle
Vince Pardo has been an El Con institution since 1963, despite the odds
Explain This!
Ellen Page’s wisecracks almost salvage ‘Smart People’ despite its ridiculous romance, exposition
The Power of Loss
A money-hungry capitalist suffers a crisis of conscience in this fantastic new satire novel
Guest Commentary
Pinal County officials are abusing their power by harassing a popular bar/restaurant
Incomplete Pass
‘Leatherheads’ marks George Clooney’s first failure as a director
Noshing Around
Food for Library Fines The Pima County Public Library is holding Food for Fines Week to celebrate National Library Week. From April 13-19, library patrons can donate nonperishable food items, and the library will waive up to $10 in overdue fines. Receive a $1 fine waiver for each nonperishable food item donated. Only overdue fines…
Half-Inches, Food Issues
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“There Will Be Blood: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition,” “The Pride of the Yankees: Collector’s Edition,” and “Eight Men Out”
The Natives Approve
Dragon Village’s impressive Chinese food may be worth the trip to Oro Valley
¡Ask a Mexican!
Thoughts on what? Identity fraud? Unpaid taxes?
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Soul Architect
Bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, of Booker T. and the MGs, calls himself a part-time legend
State of the State
Over the last year, Tim Hull visited tourist attractions from one end of Arizona to the other. Here’s what he discovered.
Fierceness of Exposure
Scott H. Biram wails, hollers and stomps through his often scary, always emotional shows
On Anonymous
The Internet generation gains a voice and takes on Scientology
Soundbites
A BENEFIT FOR MIKE TATUM To be honest, I’ve never heard of Mike Tatum, nor have I ever heard any of the many bands he’s played with throughout the years. But judging from the e-mails I’ve received over the last several weeks regarding an upcoming benefit show for him, I’ve really been missing out. With…
Swept Away
State officials want to use $2 million meant for crime victims to help balance the budget
Nine Questions
Joey Belladonna
The Skinny
HERE’S THE PITCH So now we have some idea what baseball boosters have in mind to save spring training: some sort of “amusement tax” on our bowling alleys and movie theaters. What, no ski-rental tax? And by the way: The town of Marana is wondering if maybe the Rockies would like a new home on…
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week
Preserving a Balance
Real ID creates dilemmas for border wildlife refuges
Rhythm & Views
Chicago’s Singer is not your average rock band. Composed of two members of genre-jammers U.S. Maple (Todd Rittman on guitar and Adam Vida on drums), Rob Lowe of 90 Day Men on bass, and Vida’s brother Ben–who also serves in jazzy minimalist combo Town and Country–on keys and guitar, the group has produced a debut…
