Laughing Stock: Let’s Laugh More in 2020
Trivia and karaoke are so last decade This is the year to take the crew to something new. Every night but Saturday there’s a fun bar with a comedy open mic. They are all listed at the bottom of this column every week. Open mics are especially suited to packs of friends because everyone has…
Things to Do This Weekend, Dec. 27 – 29
Friday, Dec. 27 Cannoli and Beer Pairing at Copper Mine Brewing Co. Take the beer, take the cannoli. Copper Mine Brewing Co. is teaming up with Andrea’s Gourmet food for a wide range of flavors. They’re giving you the option of pairing four different flavors of cannoli with their craft beers. I’m suggesting pairing with…
XOXO: Where to Rock, This Weekend, Dec. 27 – 29
Filled with glitches and sonic abstractions, like the movement of fluttering butterfly wings that a camera shutter cannot quite capture, his latest release, Prelude, takes a decidedly different approach. The effect is disquieting. Nightmare or a lullaby? One is never quite sure. Brian Lopez returns to Club Congress. The Senators open the show… Deepening the…
Things to Do, Thursday, Dec. 26
Hanukkah Latkes at Ermanos. They’re back! Ermanos Craft Beer & Wine Bar is embracing the season by serving up some specialty latke plates with house apple sauce and sour cream for $9. And if you want to make them extra special, you can upgrade the dish with a flute of Prosecco for $15. Either way,…
XOXO: Where to Rock Thursday, Dec. 26
Five years deep. Members past and present of Steff & the Articles, Kool Shades and Lucky Devils Rendezvous annually for a one-off gig uniquely covering their favorite songs—from reggae to jazz to EDM. Anything goes. At Club Congress… The core of motley crew that oversee this zydeco-tinged, accordion-fueled Tex-Mexican bacchanal on occasion splinter-off. The Carnivaleros,…
Claytoon of the Day: Trumpy Windy Cats
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Adoptable Pets: Rayson Needs a Home
“Hi friends! I’m a playful boy 1-year-old boy named Rayson. I was transferred to HSSA from another shelter so they don’t know much about my past. They do know I am a sweet boy who deserves a loving family. Could that be with you?” Rayson (881259) Bring your family, dogs included, to meet Rayson at…
The Predatory History Of For-Profit Colleges
It needs to be written in big, bold, flashing red neon letters: Beware of For-Profit Education. Kindergarten through college, all of it. If for-profit education is not banned outright, then we need to regulate and enforce the hell out of it. Case in point: the for-profit college industry. For-profit colleges have taken some recent, well…
Retired UA Professor in Need of Help After Stroke
A retired University of Arizona professor is in need of support as he recovers from a stroke. Edward (Ted) Pope and his wife, Claudia, were traveling in Mexico last week when he suffered a “massive” stroke and needed to receive emergency treatment, including two surgeries. Pope is currently in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Hermosillo, Sonora,…
Claytoon of the Day: Putin Puppet History
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Claytoon of the Day: Peachy Banana Christ
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Status Update
Aunt Rita’s Foundation, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, recently launched an HIV testing campaign offering vouchers for free HIV tests at 116 new locations in the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas.
Tucson Salvage
She was born in the late 1950s and I learn she knows well horrible conclusions of gender inequality, the endless 14-hour workdays in pizza places and maid services, the undervalue, the underpayment. Her fingers and body ache. There’s no taking time off from work, never was, and there never was money for a babysitter, or…
Space Chase
On Thursday, Dec. 12, NASA announced that the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will attempt to collect samples from the “Nightingale” crater site on the asteroid Bennu.
Pub Problems
On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild participated in a nationwide day of action to ask Congress to extend the tax cuts the craft beverage industry has enjoyed since January 2018. At the end of this year, a recalibrated Federal Excise Tax rate as part of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform…
Danehy
Today, after turning down countless opportunities for Never NOT Trumpers to temper their idolatry with just a dash of decency and/or common sense, it seems to be a fool’s errand.
Quick Bites
The best culinary experiences to check out this week in Tucson.
City Week
Events to fill out your week.
Holly, Jolly Art
There’s still time to wing your way to Etherton Gallery to see Expecting to Fly, a powerhouse exhibition of work by three photographers.
Food for Thought
Winding Road Theatre showcases ensemble talent and honest storytelling in their latest offering, Dan LeFranc’s The Big Meal.
Striking It Rich
With Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler joins forces with directors Benny and Josh Safdie (makers of the excellent Robert Pattinson vehicle Good Times) and delivers the kind of dramatic performance (that being fully committed and thoroughly proficient) that he’s hinted at in the past with strong efforts in Punch-Drunk Love and The Meyerowitz Stories.
Reel Indie
There’s plenty of holiday movies going on.
Welcome to 2020!
2020 is coming whether you like it or not. Luckily, there are so many places around town celebrating the occasion in so many diverse ways.
Know Your Product: David Broza
For an Israeli musician who plays Spanish-influenced guitar and sings in English, Hebrew and Arabic, David Broza’s music sounds surprisingly effortless and accessible.
Holiday Buzz
With just a few more shopping days until Christmas, we’re back with Round 2 of our annual ganja gift guide, featuring various products that you’ll find on the shelves on our local dispensaries—and, in some cases, are even available without an MMJ card, since they include the increasingly popular CBD but no THC. Happy shopping!
XOXO
Mark your calendars!
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The holidays are galloping along like a one-horse open sleigh, carrying us through the end of the year and right into the launch of 2020.
Police Dispatch
Someone tagged a work site in the heart of the University of Arizona’s lauded upcoming “Student Success District” with depiction of a giant pink penis, said a UA Police Department report.
Know Your Product: Stands With Fists
At first listen, you might not know Stands With Fists is from Tucson. You might not know they’re from Earth at all. This innovative metal band blends distorted guitar, tribal rhythms, violin, throat singing and even a didgeridoo into a rich, intense sound that is both hypnotic and pummeling. The sound palette is otherworldly, but their…
