Review: Bold, bloated ‘Babylon’ explores early Hollywood depravity
While writer-director Damien Chazelle’s ambitious and outrageous “Babylon” offers a different look at the Golden Age of Hollywood than usually depicted on screen, it’s an equally entertaining and flawed film that’s as excessive as the world it portrays. A three-plus-hour, big-budget epic, “Babylon” follows a varied cast of characters as they navigate Los Angeles during…
Come on down to Retro Game Show Night
Retro Game Show Night will celebrate an odd-numbered anniversary, because of course it does. “What I’d like to definitely announce is that, starting in 2023, we are going back to monthly shows,” said David Hoffman, producer of the wildly popular “Retro Game Show Night” at Hotel Congress. This news will stir jubilation among the show’s…
Tucson Salvage: A classic porno star, an audio maestro, and the sweet spot
It is a couple dudes, an odd couple, really. The owner, John Mintzer, and his sole employee, Justin Miller. They’re behind the storefront’s main room, hunched over pieces of home stereo gear. An action image of Kurt Cobain hangs high above, keeps eye. Each in a separate, orderly workspace outfitted with tools, sprays, soldering guns,…
Mayor cuts the ribbon to renovated public safety facility
Tucson’s Public Safety Communications Department celebrated the opening of its newly remodeled public safety facility Dec. 2. The center handles approximately 1 million 911 calls annually for the greater Tucson area. It was consolidated in 2017 to reduce call transfers and wait times while providing consistent responses to the community, according to a department statement.…
Pet adoption is not advised for the holiday season
The decision to bring a furry friend into a home during the holidays shouldn’t be taken lightly. Rescue Me Marana President Nancy Young Wright stressed that pets should not be given as a present. “We don’t adopt out pets as gifts, and most groups I know don’t either… We don’t feel that’s a good idea…
Mobile Meals serves nutritional meals, conversation
With food insecurity facing thousands in Pima County, Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona drops off lunch and dinner five days a week to the tune of 500 meals a day, or 110,000 meals annually to homebound individuals and seniors. Founded in 1968 with a grant from Meals on Wheels, a core group of volunteers continued…
Steve Treviño saves the day as ‘America’s Favorite Husband’
Tucson is a special place for comedian Steve Treviño, who is dubbed “America’s Favorite Husband.” He’ll never forget the kindness of strangers. “Tucson’s kind of a special place,” he said. “My water pump on my car broke in Tucson when I was moving to LA. I was fixing it in an AutoZone parking lot, and…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendar
Mark your calendars… Thursday, Dec. 15 Tracing the evolution of doo-wop from the classic sound of four or five guys singing harmonies on a street corner in the 1940s to the biggest hits by vocal groups on the radio today, The Doo Wop Project: Holiday Show comes to pass at the Fox Tucson Theatre… Local…
Ten tips for making charitable donations
Tis the season for giving back, for exercising that “attitude of gratitude” and leaving a legacy with a charitable donation, fa-la-yada-yada. But let’s face it: Our giving in to warm fuzzy feelings is not why nearly a third of all philanthropic gifts happen in December. “The emotional benefits of giving certainly play a part in…
GIFT Arizona spotlights other nonprofits
Serving others before oneself is the mission behind the nonprofit GIFT Arizona. Created by Steve Ochoa, and Morgan and Sheila Chonis, GIFT Arizona supports Tucson organizations by increasing donor contributions and founder endowments, and fundraising and hosting events benefiting their programs. “GIFT stands for ‘giving and inspiring from the heart together.’ So that’s what we…
Trico Electric Cooperative awards $70K in POWER Grants
Trico Electric Cooperative’s staff believes that connection powers its purpose. This connection brings us together as a community — with the understanding that we can do more together than we could do by ourselves. They support the community through The Trico Electric Charitable Trust. Since 1996, the trust has donated more than $900,000 to local…
Surveys: Americans believe marijuana is safer than alcohol
A majority of Americans say cannabis — medically and recreationally — is acceptable, according to numerous surveys, including those by Pew Research Center, Monmouth University and Arizona’s NORML. Published on Oct. 24 by Marijuana Moment, the university’s poll showed most believe alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than marijuana. Arizona’s NORML noted in April that…
City Week: Weekly Picks
A Skeptical Extravaganza of Special Significance The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is an award-winning science podcast with a best-selling book about critical thinking. Don’t nod off just yet though. They are bringing science-y games to challenge your perceptions of reality, and stagecraft to highlight the great good humor that’s made this science project a…
