Cover Stories
What To Do This New Year’s Eve
There’s a post going around online that the whole of 2017 was a real scooter to the ankle. And don’t we know it.
So This is Christmas
On a bright and frosty morning decades ago, a young boy and his grandfather whip across the frozen Iowa farmland.
Laughing Stock: Tucson Fringe, Top to Bottom
“This is incredible! It’s a Disneyland for theater people — with whiskey!’’ says Maryann Green, describing her first fringe theatre experience. It was the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest in the world. Festival organizers had hoped to lure Green and her Rincon/University High theater students to the American High School Theater Festival portion of their…
Suspect in Jail Murder Case Undermedicated at Time of Murder
A Pima County jail inmate who allegedly killed his cellmate was undermedicated at the time of his cell mate’s death. Branden Roth was found beaten and strangled to death, locked in a cell with King Yates, who was unharmed, on the morning of April 19. Yates was awaiting trial for the murder of his wife…
Give Money to a Public School, Get It All Back
It’s time to give money to a public school — $200 for an individual, $400 for a couple — and get 100 percent of it back at tax time. It won’t cost you a penny. It’s a tax credit, meaning you deduct it from the total you owe the state. If, for example, you do…
Sam Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Sam! I am a 4 year old boy searching for the purr-fect family! I am a sweet boy that loves attention. I enjoy being held, pet, and brushed! I am FIV positive which means I will need to be an indoor only cat. You can learn more about FIV online. Come meet me…
T.H.R.E.A T. Watch, a Year Later
Thirteen months ago, November 15, 2016, I wrote my first post after Trump was elected president. I was stunned. Horrified. Terrified contemplating the future of our country in a Trump regime. In that post, I wrote that I knew awful things would happen with any Republican president in office who had a Republican Congress and a…
The Kitten Collaboration
When Copper Canyon Alzheimer’s Special Care Center first took in a litter of kittens from the Pima Animal Care Center, things started to change pretty quickly.
So-So Star Wars
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we get our older Luke and Leia movie.
Reel Indie
This week’s happenings in indie theater…
To Infinity and Beyond
It’s fair to say that Arizona has never been seen as the rap capital of America.
XOXO…
This week’s happenings in Tucson’s music scene…
Danehy
I’ve always loved this time of year, partly because of the wonderful overlap of football and basketball, but also for all those other sappy reasons that people often cite.
Cake and Ale
At Tap and Bottle, the one-woman power proprietor of the Beer Geek Bakery hosted a pairing of some of her mini pies and tarts with beer.
Know Your Product
While she’s still relatively new to this pop game, LA-based Josephine is achieving a lot in a short space of time.
Up In Smoke
Once again, the Arizona marijuana industry enters limbo.
Gastro Giving
Team TW is here with some gastronomical suggestions for your last minute gifts.
Editor’s Note
As newspaperman Francis Pharcellus Church once said, Santa exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.
Holiday Mixers
Whatever holiday you favor, make sure that when you sit down to your feast, you give thanks to the farmworkers who provided the food on your groaning table.
Open Season
President and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced her bid for Martha McSally’s seat in Congress.
Good Cheer
When Gaslight Theatre founder and head honcho Tony Terry thinks about Christmas, he remembers spending time with his family, particularly his father.
Trial Balloon
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a county’s lease agreement, overturning the lower court’s February ruling.
Sex and Violence
A small group of Tucsonans have gathered at El Tiradito for the last 15 years to honor the women whose lives have been cut short.
Police Dispatch
A woman pees on the side of a Circle K building.
