How the West Was Filmed
Tucson’s movie industry, like the Western lifestyle it popularized, seems a little unreal and gone forever.
Newsreel
Ah, the glory days of that Hollywood suburb known as Tucson! John Wayne lurching down the street with his oops-I-sat-on-the-saddlehorn walk. Barry Newman in his see-through swimsuit trying to pick up barely-legal girls at his hotel. What glamour. But now, Old Tucson has downplayed its “famous movie location” status after a few years of playing…
City Week
Enjoy the horseplay of Arabian nights… There’ll be a Hot Club in the Cowtown tonight… BICAS peddles a benefit… and more.
Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
Low Rise
Low’s latest album experiments with speed.
Soundbites
Yngwie Malmsteen’s got the chops, but is he tops?… Good Question gives its final answer… The Nighthawks fly by… and more in this week’s Soundbites.
Hot Time in the Old Pueblo
The Hot Club of Cowtown serves up a set of Western swing.
Rhythm & Views
Joe Maphis
Painting by Numbers
Playwright Steven Dietz wields a brilliant technique, but fails to make an emotional connection in “Inventing Van Gogh.”
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Stilled Life
Lorie Novak’s photos meld old family snapshots with contemporary landscapes.
The Skinny
We’re not Keene on the City budget… It’s all dark horses racing in Ward 3… Enviros need bigger toys to fight the big boys… and more.
Common Ground
Feel a sense of community at Bentley’s, a classic coffeehouse that knows how to adapt.
Alley Cats
Some overweening, not-quite-winning UA players are going out on the prowl.
Seattle Quake
The WTO protest launched a year of radical action and mainstream dithering.
Whacking Bush
Trying to shake up the placid green scene.
Coming-out Party
Closeted, cultish and cartwheeling moviemakers all get their day in the projector at the Arizona International Film Festival.
Wave of the Future
CAP water is gradually flooding back into Tucson taps.
The Cinematic Life of Black Jack Young
No one person represents the film subculture more than 74-year-old production manager Black Jack Young.
Invasion of the Bar Snatchers
Marathon has fallen to the UA, but its Sixth Street neighbors aren’t fleeing yet.
