GET YOUR LIFE BACK. I DID.
Tucson mother overcomes drug use. By: Jamie My dad died 31 years ago when I was 14. I was mentally and physically abused as a kid, and that sticks with you. So, his death just spun me. That’s where everything started. I used meth and alcohol to numb the pain. When I think back to…
Tucson Salvage: Son of Legends Who Died
I step on gravel around several off-road cars and a homemade-looking camper thing to the white, sort of modern ranch house. I am here to talk to the son of two people who recently died, whom I loved and held in the highest esteem. The merciless sun makes everything in the desert look either dead…
Making Science More Accessible: UA community and school garden program uses plant science to empower students
Nestled in the historic Barrio Hollywood neighborhood is Ricardo Manzo Elementary School. The campus, which resembles a little oasis amid the beating summer heat, is the “greenest elementary school on the planet.” Manzo, which is a designated flagship school with the University of Arizona Community and School Garden Program (CSGP), is a national model for…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Anime Art Exhibition Throughout August The venue & Gallery likes to bill itself as “an art gallery for weirdos,” focusing on zines, comic art, designer toys, collectibles and other nontraditional work. Their anime exhibition last year was such a big success that they’re bringing it back. If you love anime, you’ll love this gallery exhibition,…
Casino Del Sol’s tailgating burger championship: Submit your winning burger recipe to chef Ryan Clark from Casino Del Sol
Think you have the best home recipe burger in town? Submit your recipes to Casino Del Sol’s executive chef Ryan Clark for the upcoming Casino Del Sol Bowl Tailgate Championship. Chef Clark will be judging and choosing the winning burger recipe each week prior to the University of Arizona men’s football first six home games…
Keep Tucson Sketchy gives public access to a fun-for-All
We can think of Keep Tucson Sketchy, Tucson comedy’s leviathan quarterly comedy variety show, as a lumpy, fun-loving rocket spawn of The Federal Trade Commission. That agency’s 1970-ish mandate for Public Access Television generated a constellation of random creative output and a handful of shooting stars, including cult favorite Mystery Science Theater (MST3K). The late-stage…
Flying Colors: Birds fly into the Ironwood Gallery as part of a traveling exhibition
The 46th Annual Juried Exhibition by Woodson Art Museum is at the Ironwood Gallery in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute. A museum committed to conservation, Curator Jennifer Lindquist said this traveling exhibition, different every year, is a favorite of museum goers due to the breadth of artists capturing images of birds in ever-new creative…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Mark your calendars… Thursday, Aug. 4 A veritable pop punk panacea, the Back For The Attack Tour pairs kings of the downside Less Than Jake and bold-as-brass pop punks Bowling For Soup at the Rialto Theatre. With special guests Doll Skin and Cliffdiver. As body temperature gradually creeps up with the gloaming, Night Fever adds…
Paradise in the desert lets you wake, bake and bird
Tucked away on the western flank of the Santa Catalina Mountain Foothills, Christopher (CJ) Vincent and his partner MaryEllen started a journey 25 years ago to preserve desert wildlife and plants, while adding their own type of “mother nature” to the mix. Vincent, a naturalist and medicinal cannabis expert, purchased the three-acre plot of land…
Districts prepare for the School Year with new Security
Tucson schools prepare to open their doors the first week of August for K-12 students. With heightened fears after the Robb Elementary School massacre in May, parents expressed concern to school districts about safety procedures. The Amphitheater Unified School District governing board members said they hired an external independent school safety expert to conduct safety…
Tucson’s Izabella Adkins climbs to the finals on season 14 of ‘American Ninja Warriors’
Tucson native and current Northern Arizona University (NAU) Sophomore, Izabella Adkins, could not believe she was selected for season 14 of the American Ninja Warriors (ANW) competition show. “It felt unreal,” Adkins said about the casting call she received in February. “I was just walking to class (at NAU) when I saw some random number…
