The Skinny
The TUSD is wasting precious money on lawsuits… Some City employees have döpplegangers hanging around the County… Sunnyside is discovering the value of zero… and more dirt in this week’s Skinny.
Peruvian Peril
A mother lobbies two governments to free her daughter.
Cost Deficiency
The Tucson Police Department’s ability to incite a riot on Fourth Avenue cost the public’s faith in its protectorate.
Revolting Development
The Legislature is set to award control of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan to the Growth Lobby.
Decathlon of Disgust
Here are the top 10 reasons to be pissed off this week.
Newsreel
I wish I had more money. Not me personally, but me as the guardian of the editorial budget here. I wish I could have sent Jim Nintzel on a junket to the Kukdong factory in the Mexican state of Puebla. He could have talked directly to some of the Nike sweatshop workers there and gotten…
City Week
Celebrate miserly ways at a free production in Himmel Park… Bookman’s brings us a bit of bossa nova… Have your hand in developing the Center for Creative Photography… and more in this City Week.
Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
Sudden Stop
Overlooked and underappreciated punk rocker Nikki Sudden makes his first visit to Tucson.
Soundbites
Pork Torta is as sweet as ever… The Shipping News is at the port… Danu is in good company… and more in Soundbites.
Royal Flush
Borderlands Theater presents a dreamy production of “Sueño.”
Taylor-made
The world’s greatest modern-dance troupe brings its carefully crafted work to Tucson.
Modern Times
Parisian geometries and pure paint define “modernism” at the Davis Dominguez Gallery.
Kukdong Crackdown
Your UA sweatshirt may have been made in a sweatshop where the workers were fed rancid meat and paid less than the already low Mexican minimum wage.
The Lowest of Loews
Ventana Canyon boasts two fine restaurants–but the Canyon Café isn’t one of them.
Sweat Equity
The University of Arizona’s contract with Nike has a controversial history.
Birth of a Nation
Even an emerging utopia can’t erase the past.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Best in Show
“Amores Perros” didn’t win the foreign-film Oscar, but it shoulda been a contender.
