The Dissenting Voice
Support for the transportation plan was not unanimous among editorial board members
Now Showing at Home
“The Greatest Game Ever Played,” “Brokeback Mountain,” and “Casualties of War: Extended Cut”
Scholastic Scrutiny
The Chris Rodgers/alleged academic fraud controversy leads to a second university inquiry
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Drive Time
The ‘Weekly’ encourages you to vote yes on the transportation plan
Cookie Monsters
TV on the Radio lose sleep while making another wonderful, weird racket
Rally Repercussions
Both sides are upset following last week’s demonstration gone awry
Cross and the Switchblade
Versus the Mirror learn that God doesn’t always rock
Conservation Quandary
TUSD could save millions by being more energy efficient, according to one watchdog
Soundbites
SHOWS, WITH RELEASE By now, you’ve no doubt read Jarret Keene’s article on local Christian hardcore kids Versus the Mirror and their CD-release party this weekend, Saturday, April 22, at The Rock. Since good things come in threes, we thought we’d tell you about two more local acts holding CD-release parties this week. Though the…
Powerless People
The only big flaw with LTW’s new late-night play? LTW didn’t put it on the mainstage
Safety Stand
A prison-industries whistleblower is vindicated by a government report
Nine Questions
Ryanhood
Courting Co-Workers
UA Rep makes the oft-forgettable ‘She Loves Me’ something worth remembering
The Skinny
ZOO NEWS The elephants at the Reid Park Zoo won’t be packing up their trunks anytime soon. The Tucson City Council voted 6-1 last week to move Connie and Shaba from their current half-acre enclosure to a new 3-acre savannah, rather than examine the possibility of sending the elephants to another zoo with more space,…
Live
Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard and The Strangers, TCC Arena, Monday, April 10
Heroic Folks
This couple honors their working-class roots through detailed glass art
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Genetic Grabber
Tucsonan Jonathan Lowe spins a personable and entertaining–if a bit outrageous–mystery tale
Media Watch
New GM, News Director Take Reins at KGUN
Green Eggs and Dance
Zuzi’s spring show takes Dr. Seuss’ stories and adapts them for the stage
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Spring Ulmer
Rhythm & Views
… Is a Real Boy, originally released in 2004 on Doghouse Records, was recorded and produced with the help of Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Tim O’Heir (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.) and is delicious snark served up with crunching guitars and anthemic vocals. It’s also a rock opera about a band called Say…
Noshing Around
Dine Out for Safety For the 10th straight year, Tucsonans will eat out for a great cause at the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault’s (SACASA) signature event on Wednesday, April 26. Thirty-six local independent restaurants are participating, with up to 20 percent of the bill donated to the nonprofit organization. For a list of…
Police Dispatch
Library Licentiousness UA Area, April 10, 2:05 p.m. A witness saw a man masturbating in the UA Main Library, according to a report from the UA Police Department. A woman met police on the fourth floor of the library at 1510 E. University Blvd. She said she had been sitting by the east wall when…
Rhythm & Views
One of those Tucson musicians known primarily by her first name–much like the late, universally loved Rainer–singer Cantrell Maryott has been a steadying presence in the local music community, even when she hasn’t lived in Tucson (she currently resides in Oregon). Whether she’s performing jazz, folk, blues, rock, country or avant-garde “vocal art,” Cantrell’s music…
Danehy
This guy named Tom, whoever that may be, has a little problem …
Pick of the Week
Laughing With Life
Rhythm & Views
Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl can’t be serious. This all must be a joke, a farcical take on melodramatic songwriting, on musical interludes in pretentious theatrical productions. How else can one explain the lyrics for “Transit Theme”: “I am a transit rider. Goings and comings, at all hours. In the light and in the dark.”…
Downing
There’s hope: Democrats are finally showing more sense than Republicans
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Evaluating Environment
Ponder this: What’s the difference between a ‘joint’ and a ‘restaurant’?
Guest Commentary
The outside world could use some of the cultural harmony at preschool
Who Needs Plot?
‘Friends With Money’ proves compelling characters, great dialogue can carry a film
Sob Stories
A note from the editor.
Raunch Riot
Great spoofs overcome dumb jokes in ‘Scary Movie 4’
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Trigger Happy
Rob Corddry stars in the ‘Schindler’s List’ of paintball movies
