Cover Stories
Field of Love
His music isn’t vintage; it’s downright timeless—rich tenors, giant heart, and the ever-essential lived-in voice.
HoCo Fest 2017!
Labor Day weekend brings us HoCo Fest 2017, Hotel Congress’ yearly celebration of live music.
Cinema Clips: Wind River
If you’re a fan of last year’s excellent modern Western Hell or High Water, you have some big reasons to get yourself into a theater for Wind River. Taylor Sheridan, who writes and directs, has a wordsmith’s way of capturing American dilemmas on par with the likes of Sam Shepard and Cormac McCarthy. The man…
Laughing Stock: Good, Clean Fun
In July, 2016, The Christian Science Monitor wrote a business article about an L. A. showcase of comedians who did not swear, discuss body parts or tell sex jokes. The promoter said many comedians wanted to perform clean, but didn’t want to be alone. He hoped to spin the showcase into a series. The article…
The Weekly List: 21 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next 10 Days
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Sweat 48th Annual TMC Saguaro National Park 8-Miler. The Southern Arizona Roadrunners are hosting one of the few races that takes place on National Park land. The trail includes a number of hills, but it also has a number of aid stations to balance that…
Quick Bites: Rhyme Thyme
Hacienda Del Sol Heritage Foods Festival. A gourmet buffet and local brew, with wine and spirit tastings too. A farmers markets will be on-scene, as well as Chef Yim and his culinary team. Enjoy a panel discussion about local gastronomy and a chance to support local Tucson economy. Tour the organic gardens at a time…
Cinema Clips: The Trip to Spain
I guess these “trip” movies, where Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travel the world, eat food and improvise, are sort of the modern day version of the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope road movies. Too bad they aren’t nearly as much fun. Coogan and Brydon certainly have their moments in this third trip, and some of their…
Dreamers #HereToStay
Reports came out last week that Trump will decide any day whether to keep Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA recipients, or Dreamers, together with immigration lawyers, activists and allies gathered in front of Tucson City Hall, on Aug. 29, to say they’re not going anywhere. The Obama-era ruling protects close to 800,000 people whose parents…
Durham Cruises To Win in Ward 3 City Council Primary
Democrat Paul Durham won 45 percent of the vote in today’s Ward 3 three-way primary in the race to replace Tucson City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich, who is stepping down after three terms. Durham easily outpaced his Democratic rivals, teacher Felicia Chew (who got 32 percent) and small business owner Tom Tronsdal (who got 22 percent).…
My $75 Question to Martha McSally
Martha, you almost had me there when you explained why it took you four days to condemn a white supremacist terror attack. Let me back up. As many people know Congress has been on recess for the entire month of August. Southern Arizona Congresswoman Martha McSally has used the recess to rebrand herself as a…
HOCO Fest Countdown—The, Um, Effervescent Lana Del Rabies Picks the Five Albums That Changed Her Life!
Know Your Product (Special Blog Edition!) Stars Pick Their Top 5 This week: Lana Del Rabies You have to love that name. We suspect even Lana Del Rey loves that name. When Phoenix media artist Sam An decided she wanted to create a solo electronic music project, Lana Del Rabies was born, and with it some…
Young Art History Scholar Speaks Today at CCP on Controversial Photo Exhibition. Free!
Back in 1975, the George Eastman House in Rochester put together the influential New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape exhibition, with photos showing an America scarred by ugly new subdivisions, rotting coal towers and mind-numbing office parks. The pristine landscapes prized by the likes of Ansel Adams were nowhere to be found, and many…
Tumamoc’s New Tech and Times
The climb up Tumamoc hill has historically been closed to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in order to help preserve resources and, presumably, to prevent the trail from turning into a waterfall of sweat from people attempting the hike in the middle of the day. Until now! Starting Sept. 5, the UA…
HUBba HUBba: Downtown’s HUB Has Reopened
The HUB Restaurant and Ice Creamery reopened Friday after a summer of renovations! The pre-opening festivities over the two preceding nights acted as an appetizer for the months to come, whetting the appetites of those in attendance with satisfying entrees, specialty cocktails and, of course an array of ice cream flavors ranging from Nutter Butter…
Bob Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Bob! I am a 3-year-old male cat looking for the purr-fect home! The nice veterinarian here noticed I was in a lot of pain. It turns out I have entropion which means my lower eye lids fold inward. They did surgery and I have made a full recovery! They also found out I…
HOCO Fest Countdown: Masterful Emcee-Storyteller Lando Chill
Each Labor Day weekend, Club Congress hosts the HOCO Fest, the city’s biggest musical bash. It runs Wed. Aug. 30—Sunday, Sept. 3. We here at TW HQ are so down with it that we’re doing power previews like tequila shots of bands and artists performing. Here’s Tucson gem Lando Chill. See him Wednesday, Aug. 30. In a…
In The Flesh: Katie Haverly & The Aviary at Che’s Lounge
Tucson singer-songwriter Katie Haverly and her band The Aviary played the Che’s Lounge patio last Sunday night, treating listeners to pleasant reverie. The group performed two sets of mostly Haverly’s songs, including new tunes from their upcoming album, and a pair of covers; Joni Mitchell’s “Coyote” and The Police’s “Synchronicity.” Haverly dove into “Natural Disaster”…
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr Weighs in on Miles Davis’ Sleeping Giant ‘Honky Tonk’
Every drummer assimilates grooves into his body and mind. The more you listen, more you play, things begin to fall in line. Until you hear a thing that you can’t grab hold of, it rolls through what you have heard before and you can’t find a way in, so you start the song again but…
Police Dispatch
A homeless man was spared arrest after reportedly exposing himself
Killer Flick
Some excellent reasons to get yourself into a theater for Wind River
Reel Indie
Get to the theater, or to the pool, or to the outdoor venue that suits you best.
Know Your Product: Pelican
Since the turn of the millennium, Des Plaines, Illinois, post-metal quartet Pelican has gone out of its way to create atmospheric, dense music.
Vintage Vinyl
“Give Me Some Time” was the last record released by The Grodes, before they changed their name to Spring Fever.
Police Dispatch
A correctional officer wanting pizza at work was oddly defrauded through a hoax linked to a former inmate
New Sheriff in Town
A Q & A with new Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier
Dope Decisions
Fresh faces on campus may be facing fresh experiences on the marijuana front at house parties and in the dorms.
The Skinny
U.S. Rep. McSally speaks out on Charlottesville, but critics say it’s too little, too late
Ask a Mexican!
Dear BITCHES: The familia that smushes into the front seat of a 1979 Ford F150 Supercab together, Reconquistas the United States together.
Texas Style in Tucson
We have mastered almost every form of cuisine, but slow cooking meat in a barrel seems to elude us.
Intoxicating Yardbird
Fourth Avenue’s newest eatery is serving up comfort-food classics with a Tucson twist.
Editor’s Note
Get on downtown Labor Day weekend for HOCO Fest, celebrating the joy of live music and events.
White Flight
A crowd showed up at Monday’s Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting to tell Supervisor Ally Miller what they think of her latest controversy
Answering Every Calling
Kathryn Ferguson had so many talents and interests it’s hard to tally them all up.
