Cover Story
We’ve Seen Enough!
Please, everyone: Pull up your pants. Stop grabbing asses and tits. And in 2018: Don’t be such a dick.
The Weekly List: 21 Things To Do In Tucson This Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Shows The House of Blue Leaves. Live Theatre Workshop is kicking off 2018 with a run of The House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare, a play filled with relatable sentiments, historical events and gloriously dark humor. We’ve got Pope Paul VI visiting New York,…
The Age of “WTF?!”
The 17th and 18th centuries in Europe are often referred to as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason. The early 20th century in the U.S. is known as the Gilded Age, a term recently dusted off and reclaimed for use in our own period of growing income inequality. I suggest the period beginning…
Rich Rod’s Accuser Filed $7.5 Million Claim for Sexual Harassment and Emotional Distress
A former assistant to ex-UA football coach Rich Rodriguez, who was fired Tuesday night amid sexual misconduct allegations, is seeking $7.5 million for emotional distress, according to a notice of claim filed with the Arizona Attorney’s General’s Office on Dec. 28. The claim, filed by the attorney for Melissa Wilhelmsen, alleges that Rodriguez forced her…
Rich Rod Gets the Ax
The University of Arizona fired football coach Rich Rodriguez Tuesday, according to a UA press release. No exact reason was given for the school’s decision, though the university will honor the separation terms of Rodriguez’s contract, which include a $10.2 million buyout, according to USA Today. Director of Athletics Dave Heeke cited the school’s investigation…
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Libertarians on Public [“Government”] Schools, From Milton Friedman to the Koch Brothers to UA and ASU: an Incomplete History
The Koch Brothers are already deeply invested in Arizona politics and education. With the 2018 election season already in swing, it’s certain the Brothers and their cronies will once again invest millions of dollars in Arizona races. That makes this a good time to step back and take a look at what they and other libertarians…
Clementine Needs a Home
Hi there. I’m Clementine! I am a 7 year young girl looking for my fur-ever family! I am a sweet but shy cat. My dream home would have a scratching post and a comfy bed for me to nap in. Great news, my adoption fee is only $50! In the past I have done well…
Mexican American Studies: What’s Next?
It was September 2011, months before the Tucson Unified school board buckled under the weight of unrelenting political and financial pressure and voted to dismantle Mexican American Studies. Then-Attorney General Tom Horne, the man who started the anti-MAS crusade when he was Superintendent of Public Instruction, was part of a panel discussion on the TUSD program…
The Weekly List: 21 Things To Do in Tucson This Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Sports NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl. It’ll be a battle of the Aggies at Arizona Stadium on Dec. 29, as New Mexico State and Utah State meet for the third-annual Arizona Bowl. The headline of the event has to be New Mexico State (6-6) making…
Traveler’s Aid
Isela Mariscal is accustomed to moving with her husband and four children, her husband a seasonal farmer worker.
Hope You’re Hungry
Twin Peaks Pizza is not named after the cult David Lynch TV show. That said…let’s get down to business.
Partnering Beer and Brine
When brewer John Adkisson was pitched on an idea for an oyster beer by seafood sophisticate and restaurateur Jim “Murph” Murphy, he thought that he’d gone mad.
Editor’s Note
This week’s cover story rounds up the weirdest stories of the last 12 months, plus the best in music, movies and theatre by the Weekly staff.
Dead on the Street
People gather on the longest night of the year to remember those who died homeless.
Police Dispatch
An unknown vandal in Vail gave new meaning to the term “massive erection”
Perturbing Promotion
Another state senator has set his sights on the medical marijuana industry, this time on advertising.
Anything That’s Rock ’n’ Roll
In dark times, it’s easy to see how music can be a perch of solace, an escape from everything that threatens to wear people down into unthinking, unfeeling nubs.
Grand Stage
For me, the year has been chock-full of theater-going and being wowed, modestly impressed, and sometimes just plain left to wonder: huh?
Police Dispatch
An inebriated college student was surprisingly good at hiding his drunkenness when he first met campus cops.
XOXO…
The music event and news this week.
Renaissance Twins
The Tucsonan twin brothers, now 24, first performed together at their eighth-grade talent show.
Know Your Product
Jack Russell’s Great White plays the Rialto this week.
A Haunting Year
The resurrection of Twin Peaks, A Ghost Story and a mom seeking justice for her dead child make for some of the best of 2017.
Reel Indie
This week’s picks include a Coen brothers’ double-feature at Casa Video Film Bar.
