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Distill My Heart
In the wild-west days, this town was a place to stop, get a room and find a rowdy saloon to cool your heels before heading back out on the dusty trail.
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr on Procol Harum’s ‘A Salty Dog’
Producer Guy Stevens (Mott The Hoople, The Clash) is the sort of character rock ‘n’ roll mythology offers up. In fact, his sense of music and management led to the pairing of lyricist Keith Reid and singer/pianist Gary Brooker to become prog-rock forebearers (and darlings) Procol Harum. The band survived the ’60s and stood beside…
The Weekly List: 19 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next 10 Days
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Animals World Elephant Day Celebration. Join Reid Park Zoo African elephants Lungile, Semba, and Punga, Sundzu and Nandi at this event held in honor of nature’s most majestic matriarchs. Taking place at the seven-acre Expedition Tanzania exhibit, there will be elephant-themed activities and presentations, as…
The Economic and Educational Inequity of Results-Based Funding
We have a fascinating new document out of the Arizona legislature’s Joint Legislative Budget Committee. It’s a projection of which schools will get results-based funding this year. No surprise here. As predicted, schools with higher income students make out like bandits, but now it’s been confirmed. The numbers are only projections, since they’re based on 2016 data…
In the Flesh: A Live Show Review Turns into a Conversation with the Quietly Rising Lenguas Largas, Who Just Returned from a Japanese Tour.
Fresh from a tour of Japan that took them to Tokyo, Ashikaga, Tokushima, Osaka and Kyoto, Lenguas Largas played their first show back at Club Congress Saturday Night with Zen Mother (from Seattle, Washington) and Phoenix’s Vatican Ratlines. It was a well-attended congregation of the devout. In Spanish the band’s name refers to a gossip…
Tour Diaries! XIXA on the Last Days of the Euro Bloodline Tour
Days 19-21 and Epilogue. Sometimes, it feels like the road does go on forever. There are the days that are so triumphant, you wish that it would go on forever. Some days, you wonder what on earth you are doing out here, what kind of madman you are for going through all of this. I don’t…
Here’s What a Skills-Based Curriculum Means In Finland
Somehow or other, Finland’s schools have skyrocketed into the educational stratosphere in recent years, though it shouldn’t have happened if you buy the usual U.S. view of how young people should be educated. The schools don’t teach reading formally until the kids turn seven. Elementary schools give their students hours of recess. The teachers decide how they’re…
Laughing Stock: So, Would You Call Him a Birthday Clown?
“They had an open date the day before my birthday, and I thought, ‘I’m going to take that,’ says comedian Monte Benjamin. He had been smitten by a cool 75-seat pop-up theater in Tucson Mall when he opened for a magician there, and decided it would be a great place for a “clean comedy” birthday…
India Oven Fundraisers Continue
More than one month after their home was burglarized, Harmesh and Raksha Bhatti continue to receive community support for their losses. The burglars claimed all of their computers, televisions and jewelry—they also inflicted permanent damage to furniture and other possessions in their home. Following the incident, individuals and organizations banded together to help restore stability to the…
Magic Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Magic! I am an amazing 7-years-young female Australian Shepherd mix looking for a fur-ever home! I am very smart and already know sit, down, and shake! I have very good leash manors and love to go for walks. I will need a patient home that will give me ample time to adjust to…
Surf’s Up with the Kingfisher Summer Road Trip’s New Menu
Quick! Put “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys on repeat, because the Kingfisher Summer Road Trip is taking diners to California and Hawaii, with Chef Fred Harris behind the wheel. This marks the fifth leg of the road trip, with a menu that will keep you hanging loose through Aug. 16. Wally World is closed…
New Kids on the Block
Scoundrel and Scamp is more than just a renovated theater and will focus on building a new generation of theater goers.
Distaff Reign
Charlize Theron puts another pin on her action-hero lapel
Reel Indie
A preview of films and events coming to Tucson’s indie theaters
House of Blues
Ramos and his protégé’s, The 44’s, take the stage at KXCI’s 6th Annual House Rockin’ Blues Review this Friday night.
Beating Cancer How You Live
“Momcologist” and Woman of the Year Barb Anderson reflects on what Senator McCain’s recent no vote on the healthcare repeal legislation means for her family and others like them.
Hey Revolution!
The singer works hard to inspire us to take hard looks at our country’s injustices.
Ask a Mexican!
I think all good people can take a lesson from my experience: when the haters go for you, don’t ignore them—fight back with humor, stats, and DESMADRE, and they’ll scatter away like the cucarachas they are.
Danehy
Tom learns his lesson the hard way.
Know Your Product
We spoke to frontman John Brannon about the five albums that shaped him.
Hot in the City
The Showcase, a rare summer dance concert in Tucson, will feature all of the 23 students who are participating in the summer intensive.
Editor’s Note
We welcome two new writers to the Tucson Local Media team.
Trump Defunds Teens
The Department of Health and Human Services is discontinuing all teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Burst of Bloom
A whole bunch of seeds are waiting to be discovered in the Pima County Public Library Seed Savers Program and at Native Seeds/SEARCH.
Surplus Sorrows
California is growing eight times more weed than it can distribute, leading to an issue in surplus.
Police Dispatch
Drunk man attempts to use his penis as weapon.
