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Budtender Q&A: Desert Bloom’s Michelle Montejano takes us on her journey
Since Arizona voters passed Proposition 207 in November 2020, legalizing recreational marijuana, dispensaries have established themselves throughout Tucson. Arizona dispensaries began selling recreational marijuana in January 2021. Now, Tucson has 17 locations dispensing marijuana. In a new feature, budtenders will discuss their experiences working in the rapidly growing industry. This week’s budtender is Michelle Montejano,…
On to November’s reckoning
One of the many things about our beloved Arizona that make little or no sense is the fact that our political primaries are held in August — the nastiest month of the year. It’s not the hottest (it trails July and June, respectively), but it’s the most uncomfortable, what with the humidity that has been…
City Week: Weekly Picks
The Century Room Feeling jazzy? There are plenty of options this month at this new Downtown location. At 7 p.m. Wednesdays, enjoy an open mic roundup of standards, musical theater and opera hosted by pianist Elliot Jones. At 9 p.m. Sundays, multi-instrumentalist Max Goldschmid hosts the Century Room Jazz Jam. On Thursdays and Saturdays from…
Made for film fantasy: Screening Room sparks comedy creativity
The story so far… In the Aug. 4 column, we explored the beginnings of Tucson’s popular quarterly comedy variety show, Keep Tucson Sketchy (KTS). That showcase of live-sketches, videos, music and standup comedy is set for two shows, 6:30 and 9 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13, at The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street. Tickets are…
Beloved Tucson artist Bailey Doogan dies
In 1981, Terry Etherton knew exactly what he wanted his new art gallery to be: a showcase for the burgeoning medium of photography. Photographs were finally coming into their own as fine art. And he decided to show them exclusively. Then in 1983, he saw the work of Bailey Doogan. She had made small monotypes…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Thursday, Aug. 11 Owing largely to the strength of their live show — a sweat-drenched spectacle that taps into everything from Southern rock and stoner metal to Latin hip-hop and musica norteña — Giovannie and the Hired Guns have racked up millions of streams primarily through word-of-mouth. Front man Giovannie Yanez describes his band, “Some…
