Cover Stories
Reason to Crawl
Bruce Springsteen paused before launching into “My City of Ruins” during a show at last month’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. “It’s fucking crazy out there,” Springsteen told the crowd. “It’s like a teenage music junkie’s wet dream.” SXSW, for those who are unfamiliar, is indeed a fucking crazy experience. Not every year…
All-Around Artist
Hip-hop artist Chali 2na—a founding member of the musical collectives Ozomatli and Jurassic 5, and a thriving solo artist in his own right—is adamant that an early interest in graffiti art and rapping kept him away from drugs and gangs. Born Charles Stewart Jr. in Chicago 41 years ago, 2na will exercise his MC talents…
Will SB 1070 Be Upheld by Supreme Court?
The New York Times looks at today’s Supreme Court hearing on SB 1070: Justices across the ideological spectrum appeared inclined to uphold a controversial part of Arizona’s aggressive 2010 immigration law, based on their questions on Wednesday at a Supreme Court argument. “You can see it’s not selling very well,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a member…
Ingrid Michaelson Covers Rhianna All by Herself
Nothing against Ingrid Michaelson, who will be performing at the Rialto Theatre on Sunday night, but her solo multitracked a capella cover of Rhianna’s “We Found Love” should probably signal the end of these super-adorable videos with various windows and images of people clapping, etc. The super-cute-to-the-point-of-being-annoying Pamplemoose drove the idea into the ground a…
CCA: We Don’t “Support” Laws Like SB 1070
The Tucson Weekly received a recent correction request from Corrections Corporation of America, the private-prison company that’s taken a lot of heat from prison-reform activists and private-prison industry critics, such as the American Friends Service Committee and dozens of immigrant rights organizations. The correction request comes from Mike Machak, public affairs manager for the Nashville-based…
Talking Comics: Secret Service Edition
Eric and Arnie discuss Secret Service, a comic from some big names in the biz that unfortunately disappoints our correspondents. Unfortunately, the whole thing is about British people and not the extra-curricular antics of our own Secret Service. However, Eric drops a Robert McKee reference, so that’s cool.
Getting Potted in the Desert
Would you rescue or throw this plant? Are you a Saver or Thrower? – Whether you are a seasoned gardener or just getting started, it is important to know (or discover) if you are someone who will rescue every sick plant and each baby that is born from your labors regardless of how they look.…
Janos Wilder Closing Restaurants at Westin La Paloma
James Beard Award nominee Janos Wilder is closing his Janos and J-Bar restaurants at the Westin La Paloma. He announced the news to the staffers at the restaurants yesterday. The fact that one of the area’s most renowned restaurants is closing will come as a shock to foodies around the country. However, it’s not a…
Here’s a Free One for You Birthers
Great news for Steve Carter, a Philadelphia man who realized he was actually a missing child, whose biological mother disappeared taking him from his biological father. Even better news for birthers, since part of Carter’s journey involves a post-dated, somewhat fraudulent Hawaiian birth certificate. Now I don’t know what to believe. Carter always knew he…
Soccer at Playground: An Endorsement
The Champions League semifinal at Playground While it seems sort of quaint now, as a soccer fan, there was a time when it was nearly impossible to watch European matches (generally the pinnacle of the sport) somewhere that served alcohol in this town. Even as recently as the last World Cup, in which the American…
Vintage Sexism Is the Best Sexism
Sure, no sexism is okay. But if we’re going to give anything a pass, it may as well be something that we’ve decided is absolutely ridiculous at this point, right? But Retronaut’s selection of absurdly sexist advertisements is, well, absurdly hilarious. Take this ad for Tipalet cigarettes, for instance: retronaut.co Oh, the layers of subtext.…
State Legislature Passes Bill To Block Planned Parenthood From Providing Health-Care Services To Low-Income Women
Republican state lawmakers and their pals on the religious right aren’t content with getting Gov. Jan Brewer to sign a new law that declares that women are pregnant weeks before conception. Now they’ve passed a bill aimed at making sure that low-income women in Arizona can’t choose Planned Parenthood for any of their health-care needs.…
UA MAS Students Showcase ‘Two Americans’ Documentary (with Burritos)
“Enter the heart of an American family living in the shadows of a state that has criminalized their existence. Walk in the shoes of a public official who has won enormous political gains by incarcerating “illegals” as he stares down criminal charges of his own.” If you missed seeing the documentary Two Americans by Dan…
Bon Iver, TCC Arena, April 23rd, 2012
Grammy winner, Kanye West pal and subject of Twitter confusion, Bon Iver, performed at the TCC Arena last night as part of Tucson’s annual overflow of Coachella acts. Related Stories
So, What If Immigration Is Flowing the Other Way?
Photo by Kellie L. Folkerts, Shutterstock. A question I don’t have the answer to: if more immigrants, both legal and illegal, are actually returning to Mexico than are coming into the United States, why exactly are we continually in a state of panic over the border? A new study says that for the first time…
I Guess We’re All Drinking Moscato This Summer
If The Guardian says that rappers are endorsing moscato and it’s apparently perfect for our forthcoming hellfire of a summer, I guess that’s all I’m drinking now. My desire to keep up with rap beverage trends hasn’t always turned out well (I still have a case of St. Ides in my garage, for example), but…
First Paragraph of Alison Brie Profile Serves to Remind Me That LA Can Be Awful
lev radin / Shutterstock.com BlackBook’s website has a profile of Alison Brie, who seems to be everywhere these days, and the article is fine, but the first paragraph is almost like the intro to one of my nightmares, minus zombies serving the drinks. “You are immortal,” whispers the barista to Alison Brie as she hands…
You Think Your Boss Is Bad
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player It would appear that a New York woman was fired from her job at a car dealership largely because she was only re-hired for her kidney. Just a reminder that your work situation could always be worse. Happy Tuesday! video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
You Can Get a Permit To Carry a Concealed Weapon In One Hour
Journalist (and former Tucson Weekly intern) Kellie Mejdrich recently learned how easy it is for the average Arizonan to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in one hour, regardless of whether or not they’ve even picked up a gun. The one hour course I took, taught by Bob Denis of CCW AZ School,…
The Solar Potluck and Exhibition Is This Weekend
I’m bringing a couple pans of my newest creation, the “chard-sagna,” to the Solar Potluck and Exhibition at Catalina State Park this weekend. I’m sure the experienced solar chefs at the event will be underwhelmed with this paltry contribution, but it’s the best I’ve got so it’ll have to do. This year marks the 30th…
So How About That Kony 2012?
Dan Gibson As seen Downtown during Club Crawl April 20 came and went — except for those who might have made their brownies too strong and are still feeling the effects. But 4/20 was supposed to be about more than just pot this year — it was supposed to be the night that those supporting…
Barber Calls for Obamacare Reform
After several weeks of having the Arizona Republican Party link him to the Obama administration and House Democrats, Congressional District 8 candidate Ron Barber released a statement yesterday explaining what he would change in the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Barber, who is facing Republican Jesse Kelly in the special election to determine who will…
Immigrant Rights Groups Want DeConcini Out of CCA, Private Prison Industry
In “Morals Before Profit,” the Weekly wrote about local immigrant rights groups organizing to pressure former U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini to resign from the board of Corrections Corporation of America—a private company that’s been used as an example of what’s wrong with our state government’s love affair with the private prison industry. Go to another…
Get Your Bluegrass On In Sedona Next Month
Tucson’s Run Boy Run Tucson’s Run Boy Run will make the trek up north to perform at the Sedona Bluegrass Festival, which takes place from Wednesday, May 30, through Sunday, June 3. Run Boy Run was a winner at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2011. Here are some festival highlights: Wednesday, May 30, at 7…
You Should Read This Editorial
Responding to the death of 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn, a high school freshman who committed suicide after facing cyber-bullying and death threats following coming out to his classmates, the local paper, the Sioux City Journal, turned over their front page Sunday to an editorial that is a painful, yet poignant read: Some in our community will…
Supes Pick Fontana as Patterson Replacement
The Pima County Board of Supervisors this morning appointed Nicholas Fontana, a Tucson attorney who has worked with Tucson and Southern Arizona’s Native American Tribes, to fill the House of Representatives seat left empty by Rep. Daniel Patterson. Patterson, who was elected to Tucson’s south-side Legislative District 29 as a Democrat in 2008 and 2010,…
Live Review: Andrew Bird/Laura Marling at the Rialto
Andrew Bird isn’t too proud to bring on folksy covers of saints like Townes Van Zandt (“If I Needed You”) and the Handsome Family (“Too Much Wine”). But his Rialto set built almost entirely upon his new release Break it Yourself, the next new thing in a decade-long musical evolution that continues to lead fans…
The Dragoon Brewing Co. Taproom Opens This Week
The new Tucson brewery Dragoon Brewing Co. opens the doors to its new taproom this Friday. From the brewery’s blog: Hi all – it’s been a great week here at Dragoon Brewing. As you probably know, we have released our first beer, Dragoon IPA. We’ve been happy with the responses and the excitement everyone has…
Faith Leaders Call Out Brewer Over Private Prisons
Arizona faith leaders sent Gov. Jan Brewer a letter yesterday telling her to say no to the private prison industry. You can read the letter here AZ_Faith_community__letter_against_private_prisons.pdf. From the American Friends Service Committee: A group of congregations and faith leaders sent a letter to Governor Brewer today urging her to reject several efforts to expand…
It’s Time for Spring Club Crawl!
Tonight’s the big night, as the Spring edition of Club Crawl takes over downtown and Fourth Avenue, with 25 stages of live music. If you don’t have your wristband yet, you’ll be able to pick one up for $10 at the gate, or upgrade to a VIP pass for $25 (which will give you your…
Celebrate National Park Week With Free Admission
From Saturday, April 21, through Sunday, April 29, all 397 of our national parks offer free admission. Here are national park sites in our area: Saguaro National Park: websiteTumacácori National Historic Park: websiteOrgan Pipe Cactus National Monument: websiteCasa Grande Ruins National Monument: websiteCoronado National Memorial: websiteChiricahua National Monument: websiteFort Bowie National Historic Site: website Visit…
Crash the Pool at Loews Ventana Canyon!
It’s looking a little bit like summer in the Old Pueblo. The a/c and swamp coolers are on, and temps are approaching three-digits. To cool off, Loews Ventana Canyon (7000 N. Resort Drive) is opening its pool to us locals every third Sunday of the month through September. The fun starts on Sunday, April 22,…
Political Roundtable: Kelly vs. Barber in CD8, Obama vs. Mitt in AZ and State Budget Holdup
A lively discussion of the week in review focuses on the race between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Jesse Kelly to complete the congressional term of Gabrielle Giffords, the odds of President Barack Obama winning Arizona and a look at why GOP lawmakers and Gov. Jan Brewer can’t come to an agreement on the state…
Arizona Opera Ends Its Season This Weekend—With Ticket Discounts
Katharine Goeldner and Rebecca Sjowall In its 41-year history, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice has not been presented by Arizona Opera—until now. Orfeo ed Euridice is an Italian opera “based on the classic myth of a Greek hero’s descent into the underworld to rescue his true love.” Mezzo-soprano Katharine Goeldner performs the role of…
Trying to Cancel Ted Nugent’s Show at the Fair Is a Colossal Waste of Time
<a href="http://Doug James/Shutterstock.com So, we can all generally agree that Ted Nugent said some stupid things earlier this week. We can probably also agree that we’d prefer Uncle Ted not actually be our uncle, considering his complicated past and tendency to say generally dumb and often violent things. However, trying to get him kicked off…
A Trailer for the Most Adorable Movie Ever
No big deal. It’s just the trailer for Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog, the story of a yellow Lab that brings joy to the life of a cranky Japanese man. I’m not crying. It’s just really dusty in my office.
Another Meditation from Ricky Gelb
On Easter, the Range ran a meditation from Tucson musician Ricky Gelb that received a great response — 198 Facebook “likes” thus far. Gelb shared with the Range that starting Sunday, April 29, he’ll be doing two guided meditations a week at Three Jewels, 314 E. 6th St. “Starting Sunday April 29, 8 am, I…
A Note for Frank Antenori and His Love of Welfare Drug Tests
Frank Antenori has been a champion of drug testing recipients of public assistance, but it turns out in Florida, which doing this for awhile, it just doesn’t work on any level whatsoever: Required drug tests for people seeking welfare benefits ended up costing taxpayers more than it saved and failed to curb the number of…
Ghostface Killah, I Appreciate Your Love of Game Shows
I’ve mentioned the Hollywood Squares update, Hip Hop Squares, previously and I’m certainly excited for any new game show content, even if it’s not among my first five choices, but I do thank Wu-Tang member/rap genius Ghostface Killah for the sincerity that he is bringing to the project: He did have one concern. “They should…
What Is Mead and Why Is Jerry Morgan’s So Delicious?
Mead is wine made from fermenting a mix of honey, water and, depending on the type being made, fruit and spices. The answer to why local chef Jerry Morgan’s award-winning mead is so delicious, however, requires a longer discussion. I met Morgan – a chef at renowned eatery Janos – last year when we arranged…
This Week in Tucson Bicycling
A motorist on the east side allegedly swerves into an oncoming lane to spray cyclists with an unknown liquid on Tucson’s eastside. Read one of the cyclists account of the attack. The driver who killed a cyclist last year was sentenced to 33 years in jail. See what the driver said during sentencing. Feeling let…
So, Yeah, Spring is Over
Hope you enjoyed that brief period of time where the temperature was tolerable for Tucsonans — you know, between 70 and 80; anything else is too hot or cold — because those days are about to be over. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high of 100 on Sunday at the Tucson International Airport,…
America, I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post found this completely depressing chart in the archives of Pew Research somewhere. I know it’s a little too easy to chortle at the ignorance of the American public, but I’m almost surprised Judge Joe Brown and Judge Reinhold didn’t make the chart at this point.
The Owner of Redline Sports Grill Responds to Lindy Reilly
Luke Cusack of Redline Sports Grill says he has parted ways with former business partner Lindy Reilly, but he gives a far different account than the one Reilly provided yesterday. Cusack says the idea behind the business was not only to serve Reilly’s unique take on burgers and other items, but to have Lindy on…
My Favorite Photo From Velveeta’s Facebook Page
There were other contenders, but this guy is clearly living the Velveeta lifestyle.
Tonight: A Movie You Can’t Refuse
Catch the “Coppola Restoration” of The Godfather Part 2 tonight at 7 p.m. at El Con 20 (3601 E. Broadway Blvd.) and Park Place 20 (5870 E. Broadway Blvd.). Here’s more information from a press release: Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), a leading motion picture exhibitor, is following up the successful presentation of the Francis…
Club Crawl Preview: Ladylike
While Spotify seems to think Ladylike is “a rock-oriented version of the Pussycat Dolls” assembled by “KSU Studios, an entertainment company headquarted in Malaysia”, the band playing Club Crawl on Saturday night is actually a Phoenix power-pop act formed from the ashes of one of my favorite Arizona bands ever, The Loveblisters. Do you enjoy…
For Those Considering Raising Urban Chickens
The subject of keeping chickens within the city limits is nearer and dearer to many hearts than one might think. A growing number of people are quite interested in raising their own chickens, both for the nutritious, cruelty-free eggs and the rich fertilizer said hens and roosters produce. A new Facebook group called Tucson CLUCKS…
There’s a New R. Kelly Video
There’s a really great moment around the 2:59 mark of this video where R. Kelly is dancing, seemingly basking in the bliss of his own bad-ass self, with a thousand lights illuminating him from behind, and I realized…this guy is seemingly totally unaware of everything everyone thinks about him. The jokes about the R. Kelly…
I’ll Miss You, Cash Cab
I am generally mildly upset when any game show stops production, but I’ll particularly miss the extended run of Cash Cab, which managed to be clever, fun and actually be based on people knowing things. Nothing lasts forever, I suppose. The ride’s over for Discovery Network’s Cash Cab. Vulture has learned exclusively that, after nearly…
CD8: Democrat Ron Barber Lays Out Case Against Republican Jesse Kelly
Democrat Ron Barber’s campaign lays out the case against Republican Jesse Kelly in the special election to complete Gabrielle Giffords’ term in Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 8: TO: Interested Parties FROM: Jennifer Cox, Ron Barber for Congress DATE: Thursday, April 19, 2012 RE: Jesse Kelly – Hostile to Seniors and Wrong For the Middle Class…
Media Watch
It’s awards season!; The struggle to hold on to ratings; Employeees of Lee Enterprises revolt!; Radioexiles celebrates an anniversary
Top Ten in Books
1. The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks From the Apocalypse Steven C. Schlozman, Grand Central ($14.99) 2. Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing Patrisia Gonzales, University of Arizona ($35) 3. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($8.99) 4. The Lorax Dr. Seuss, Random House ($14.95) 5. Tucson Oddities, Too Arizona Daily Star ($14.99)…
Live
One wonders if Garbage could have been meticulously engineered to be the perfect rock band by robot alien scientists in a deep-space laboratory. I mean, here’s a group that boasts a talented singer in Shirley Manson, who is as assertive, sexy and charismatic as any front-person in rock today, and three killer musician-producers (Butch Vig,…
Party Animals
When Democrats started calling for the ouster of one of their own—state Rep. Daniel Patterson—he quit the party and, eventually, the Arizona House of Representatives. Now the Democratic Party is down a House seat. To recap: The most recent trouble for Patterson, a two-term lawmaker from Tucson’s Legislative District 29, began while he was breaking…
Meet the Visitors
Jerry “Hot Rod” DeMink cut his teeth in the music business back in 1994 as the guitarist and bandleader for Chicago bluesman A.C. Reed. After several years on the road, he returned home to San Diego, where he met roots-rock balladeer Billy Bacon. Together, as Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs, they formed one of…
Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
“This peculiar incantation, I’m sure you’ve heard it before,” Andrew Bird sings on “Desperation Breeds …,” the first song on Break It Yourself, his sixth solo album. As an introduction to the album, it’s an interesting notion, both true and sort of false. Break It Yourself is pure Andrew Bird—flights of whistling; creative violin-plucking; and…
Police Dispatch
Foghorns are not toys; Dan?
Taking on the Clichés
After sitting on the shelf and gathering dust for three years, The Cabin in the Woods has finally made it to movie screens. You know something strange is afoot when a movie called The Cabin in the Woods—billed as a horror film—starts with two guys having a water-cooler conversation about childproof cabinets. The crazy rule-benders…
Lightships: Electric Cables (Domino)
Electric Cables, the debut album by Teenage Fanclub’s Gerard Love (under the Lightships moniker), is as bright and breezy as a summer day. That’s in keeping with Love’s past in C86-style bedroom pop, most recently his contributions to 2010’s Shadows. Most of Electric Cables shares the same tuneful psychedelic DNA as Love’s songs from that…
Benefits Ending
Adriana Santiago can’t stop looking for a job. Even though the unemployment checks she’s received each week for the past eight months are helping her get by, Santiago isn’t willing to sit back and take her time finding work—not when she knows the checks will soon stop coming. “I might just have to take anything,”…
Spring Club Crawl 2012: The Venues
Bud Light/My 92.9 Stage 8 p.m.: Flash Molasses (Prescott) 9 p.m.: Crosscut Saw 10 p.m.: Jerry “Hot Rod” DeMink Band (San Diego) 11 p.m.: Steve McLaughlin (Atlanta) Midnight: 8 Minutes to Burn with Brass Pandemonium Things get rolling on this outdoor stage at 8 p.m. with Prescott’s Flash Molasses, a jam band that combines funk,…
Zambri: House of Baasa (Kanine)
The Zambri sisters’ voices recall Siouxsie Sioux, almost to distraction. Part of House of Baasa’s dark frisson comes from how it carries on Sioux’s particular legacy, though it has less of the murky pulse of Kaleidoscope’s “Christine” (though the Baasa song “Hundred Hearts” comes closest to that kind of minimalism, while cheekily suggesting the main…
Lay of the Land
City leaders recently faced a pissed-off citizenry, as plans for reshaping downtown hit a furious snag. The slow burn began in early March, when folks in the West University Neighborhood, unhappy with a massive, rapid-fire rezoning on the UA’s fringes—one that would leave them staring at 14 stories of student housing—convened a referendum drive to…
Spring Club Crawl® 2012: FAQ
How is the modern streetcar construction on Congress Street affecting Club Crawl®? The section of Congress Street between Toole and Fifth avenues—the area between the Rialto Theatre and Hotel Congress—will remain a part of the Club Crawl® enclosure. However, the section of Congress Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues will be under construction. To make…
The Voters’ Will
It looks like the state will finally allow medical-marijuana dispensaries by late summer—more than a year after it should have happened. The Arizona Department of Health Services announced last week that it will soon begin accepting applications for dispensaries across the state, which will bring much-needed medication to the masses, including many people who have…
Dreams and Community
Virginia Cavaliere had wanted to become a recording artist since the age of 10—after hearing the second Spice Girls album. But when it came time for her to go to college, “I realized you couldn’t major in being a pop star,” Cavaliere said. So she studied musical theater at Catholic University of America and the…
Satisfy All of the Senses
Café Passé 415 N. Fourth Ave. Café Passe recently expanded and is now serving alcohol to complement the fine assortment of food. This Saturday, the café will be hosting a night of country music, featuring songs by Matthew Cordes at 7 p.m., and Hans Hutchison at 8 p.m. Casa Vicente 375 S. Stone Ave. The…
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans with lowriders have murals on the hoods and trunks/tailgates? And how come they always have waterfalls and half-naked chicks as part of the murals? The Crazy Filipino Dear Chinito: First off, gracias for not telling the old, tired lowrider joke that goes like this: Why do Mexicans ride lowriders? So…
City Week
City High’s annual festival; Legends of jazz come to Pima in photo form; El Encanto home tour; Tucson’s celebration of Earth Day
Weekly Wide Web
Two weeks ago, The New York Times Magazine featured a cover story on the phenomenon of what they called “stupid games” created for the iPhone and other smart-phones. The author, Sam Anderson, described them as being played “incidentally, ambivalently, compulsively, almost accidentally.” Somehow, once seemingly everyone got a portable computer that they’re using as a…
Editor’s Note
To those of you who are avoiding downtown and/or Fourth Avenue because of the modern-streetcar construction, I say to you: Stop it. It’s no big deal. Really. In other words: Don’t be an idiot. Get your ass downtown and to the Avenue, and support local businesses. Last Friday, we went downtown to meet a friend…
Top Ten in Movies
1. War Horse Disney 2. We Bought a Zoo 20th Century Fox 3. The Darkest Hour Summit 4. The Iron Lady Weinstein 5. Into the Abyss MPI 6. Sleeping Beauty MPI 7. The Descendants 20th Century Fox 8. A Dangerous Method Sony 9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Sony 10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy…
Shining a Light
According to the national nonprofit STOMP Out Bullying, one in four teens is bullied, and one in five admits to being a bully. The same organization indicates that harassment of LGBT students hovers around 90 percent nationwide. The epidemic is so widespread and dangerous that the term bullycide has been introduced to account for suicides…
Now Showing at Home
The Darkest Hour (Blu-ray); A Streetcar Named Desire (Blu-ray); Dark Shadows: The Greatest Episodes Collection—The Best of Barnabas
Danehy
In the early days of the Manhattan Project, nuclear scientists encountered a unique problem. There were two types of bombs being built; one, Little Boy, used enriched uranium, which was being produced through a distillation process in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The other, more-powerful weapon, named Fat Man, used plutonium that came from a breeder reactor…
Fantastic Fast-Casual
In the last few months, Asian restaurants have been opening all over town. That could be worrisome, because quantity does not always equate to quality. But in the case of Thai China Bistro, there’s no reason to be concerned: We found the food there to be quite tasty—and judging by the packed little dining room,…
Gargulinski
Poets are notoriously late for everything, so it makes sense that a column celebrating April as National Poetry Month would come in the latter half of the month. Cheers! Being a poet in Tucson—or being a poet anywhere, for that matter—comes with distinct advantages. For starters, you can ignore that thing called being on time.…
TQ&A
If you follow the Pima County Public Library on Facebook or Twitter, you’ve witnessed firsthand why librarian Lisa Waite Bunker was named a 2012 Mover and Shaker by the American Library Association. Bunker, who won the association’s Tech Leader award, is also known to Harry Potter fans both locally and internationally. She’s a contributing author…
Noshing Around
Another new Asian restaurant; Cooking under the sun; Breakfast for dinner!; and more!
Mailbag
Festivals need water!; More on Daniel Patterson, unfortunately; A correction.
Tabloid Tales
Theater has always taken inspiration from public narratives: myths and ballads and urban legends. One contemporary form of mythic public narrative is the tabloid magazine—those larger-than-life stories at the grocery-store checkout line. In the early 1990s, the Weekly World News ran a story about Bat Boy, a half-human, half-bat creature. And in 1997, Keythe Farley…
Surf’s Up
It is difficult knowing just where to begin when talking about an institution that is as wholesome and American as apple pie, but has enough complexities, lead characters and melodramatic plot twists to make a soap opera blush. While the Beach Boys will forever be remembered for a string of hits about surfing and cars…
Guest Commentary
When Arizona achieved statehood 100 years ago, voters were given three progressive constitutional powers: the direct initiative of legislation; the recall of elected officials; and the referendum to void legislation. In Tucson, the last of those is now in serious jeopardy of, as they say in baseball, getting struck out. The original Arizona Constitution made…
Where Water Once Flowed
Question: What’s the safest way to dance in a river that has long since dried up and died? Answer: In sneakers with thick soles and tight laces. The adventurous dancers of NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre will tie on their tennies this Sunday morning when they venture into the dry riverbed of the Santa Cruz to…
Soundbites
Spring Club Crawl! Saturday!; TCC Arena, not as bad as you think; and more!
Questionable Hires
When Dan Eckstrom is asked about possible conflicts of interest involving a contract he has with Pima Community College, the former Pima County supervisor jokes that perhaps he should be happy that people are thinking of him, since he’s been out of politics for nine years. Eckstrom—no stranger to controversy after spending 32 years in…
Intelligent Exchange
“What do you see?” These are the first words of John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play Red, now onstage here courtesy of the Arizona Theatre Company. It’s a pleasing finale to the company’s 2011-2012 season. The question is posed by Denis Arndt as he portrays Mark Rothko, the painter known for his huge canvas panels featuring…
Top Ten in Music
1. M. Ward Wasteland Companion (Merge) 2. Gotye Making Mirrors (Universal Republic) 3. Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Universal Republic) 4. Adele 21 (XL/Columbia) 5. Demon Hunter True Defiance (Solid State) 6. Drake Take Care (Cash Money) 7. The Shins Port of Morrow (Aural Apothecary/Columbia) 8. The Used Vulnerable (Hopeless) 9. Municipal Waste The…
The Skinny
The special election to finish Gabby’s term promises to be a tight race … More bad news from the Arizona Legislature … Will the feds indict Sheriff Joe? … and much more!
Native Stories
Anthologies are tricky things. While useful, they can feel repetitive in their subjects and in their content. Every once in a while, though, an anthology will tackle an entirely new topic, drawing on established and unfamiliar writers, and casting existing literature in a fresh light. So it is with editor Grace Dillon’s, Walking the Clouds:…
Nine Questions
Sean Carey joined Justin Vernon’s fledgling Bon Iver project in 2007 as drummer and vocalist after hearing For Emma, Forever Ago online. Carey released his first solo album, All We Grow, in 2010. Bon Iver and special guest Feist perform at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 23, at the TCC Arena; $30 to $40 general admission…
Lindy Reilly Is Suing The Owner of Redline Sports Grill
Lindy Reilly of the downtown burger joint Lindy’s on Fourth has parted ways with the owners of what used to be called Lindy’s at Redline Sports Grill and is suing to retain intellectual-property rights to the food he created there Reilly teamed up with Luke Cusack and several other parties to open Lindy’s at Redline…
