Harmony Lost
KUAZ radio changes to a news format, causing a stir among some jazz fans.
Dream Team
UA students work together smoothly in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Building Up
The debate continues over the plan for a four-story building in the Sam Hughes neighborhood.
Leaving Las Vigas
Poor, undercooked food shows this new restaurant needs serious improvement.
Dim Bulbs
A look at some recent not-so-bright behavior from the masses.
Noshing Around
All in the Mondavi Family Pastiche Modern Eatery features the Mondavi family of wines for a dinner on Tuesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. Wines from California, Chile and Italy will be paired with a five-course dinner of tray-passed hors d’oeuvres, chilled avocado soup, veal and goat cheese cannelloni, roasted duck breast and a dessert.…
Troops for Hire
We’ve done so well in Iraq, why stop there?
Chile Con Karma
Juan Felipe Herrera’s flavorful language fuels his latest book.
Thoughts and Considerations
A note from the editor.
Heist Heaven
“The Good Thief” offers a good payoff.
Keeping Tabs
UA’s SEVIS program takes a “Big Brother” approach to tracking foreign students.
Didn’t Dodge the Bullet
“Bulletproof Monk” gets hit with an unoriginal script, bad one-liners and poor acting.
Pick
THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE. There are two stories Fenton Johnson told me when we spoke about his newest book, Keeping Faith: A Skeptic’s Journey (Houghton Mifflin, $25), that seem important for understanding his trek–and maybe our own–through institutionalized religion. In his rural Kentucky childhood home, his family, who ran the Sherwood Inn, would periodically get a…
Off the Pavement
Stephen Malkmus is on a new road with The Jicks.
City Week
Free speech, dusty food, Hitler’s secretary, and more!
Free to Good Home
In the market for a concrete sculpture of brown liquid rock flowing through pipes? You might give the Tucson Department of Transportation a call.
Blue Sewage
Tucson Q&A with “Splash.”
Everybody’s A Critic
The Tucson Department of Transportation surveyed Mountain Avenue neighbors and other interested parties regarding the artwork, giving them two options: · Remove the existing art. Select a new artist to work with the neighborhood. · Complete the artwork as originally designed, including work not yet installed. When the final votes were tallied, 558 of the…
Peace Out
Protesting war is hell.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
The Joy of Sax
Tucson-based Michael Hester is one of the finest classical saxophonists around.
The Skinny
Soaked by the City Council, and more!
Soundbites
FINDING SOLACE: Due to ongoing e-mail problems, I neglected to inform you that local quirk-pop trio deluxe, the Solace Brothers, held a CD release party last week for their latest EP, Discover! In an attempt to right this wrong, I’m here to tell you about another chance to witness the band–one of my personal local…
Capital Crapshoot
NAKED POWER Gov. Janet Napolitano signs a bill that bans state workers from surfing the Web for porn on the job. John Ashcroft’s Justice Department offers to monitor all browsing activity. IT’S TWICE AS MUCH TROUBLE IF YOU’RE BROWSING PORN WHILE PLANNING YOUR ATTACK ON THE GREAT SATAN The Legislature sends Napolitano a bill removing…
Rhythm & Views
Schtick is a double-edged sword–ask Kiss, Clinic, Jim Varney. Unless your “bit” is by comparison understated–ZZ Top’s beards, for instance–it seems certain that you must eventually cut bait and countenance life in a “normal” fashion if you expect to maintain any semblance of a career without ridicule. God knows it wouldn’t have been nearly as…
Police Dispatch
The Library’s Check Fraud Fiasco University area, April 13, 3:24 p.m. According to a University of Arizona Police Department report, a woman asked a UA library employee for help while she tried to print five sheets of personal checks. The library employee told Officer F. Romero that the woman came to her at the front…
Dark Matter
Arizona Theatre Company’s “Copenhagen” looks into the minds of scientists.
All in the Family
After a fight with a student, a monitor–the principal’s brother-in-law–gets promoted to substitute teacher.
Need a Lift?
ZUZI’s spring dance performance takes to the air and delves into the self.
