The New Issue: Get Out of Town
This week’s issue includes our annual Get Out of Town! selections, our GASP! last-minute gift guide and all the other stuff you’ve come to know and love about the Weekly. And it’s all online and ready for you to peruse! Feel free to comment here on the Dec. 13 issue. And enjoy!
Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events received too late for inclusion in our Dec. 13 print issue. We recommend calling event organizers for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc. Thursday, Dec. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery Row at El Cortijo 3001 E. Skyline Drive Art in Wilderness Exhibit. Artists, musicians and poets from…
New Graduation Requirements (CORRECTED)
(Thanks to Jim Nintzel for the correction!) The wonderfully wise (and I say that with tongue firmly planted in cheek) Arizona Board of Education has done it again. In order to better prepare students for the “real world,” or at least college, they have upped the requirements for graduation. Now students need to have three math and…
Still Time to Run for President!
We’re delighted to announce that we may have more than 20 participants in Project White House, our first-ever presidential campaign contest. As our blog regulars know, we first launched Project White House a few weeks ago to invite our readers to put their name on the ballot in Arizona’s Feb. 5 presidential primary. That’s not…
Kant Attack Ad
When not reviewing films for the Weekly, I occasionally make films. Anyway, a short film of mine got over 16,000 YouTube hits in the last couple days, and was linked on blogs like Andrew Sullivan and Crooked Timber. Jimmy Boegle said I should include a link here, and, like most attractive young men, I do…
Project White House: There is a God
The latest candidate to launch a presidential campaign as part of Project White House: Jim Anderson, the owner of the Meet Rack bar and grill. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the loquacious Anderson: Back in the 1980s, he was a regular candidate for mayor in Tucson while he was running one of…
Lute Files for Divorce
Both dailies are reporting that Lute Olson has filed for a divorce. Well, I guess that explains things a bit, don’t it?
Demos vs. Pima County Board of Supervisors
The Democratic Party lawsuit trial against the Pima County Board of Supervisors was expected to end Thursday, but continued today with Demo attorney Bill Risner’s witnesses. The trial is all about access to public records: The party wants database files that contain vote data, specifically from the RTA election. The party continues to question the…
New Theater Opening
Tower Theatres at Arizona Pavilions (8031 N. Business Park Drive) will have its official grand opening Friday, Dec. 7. Their phone number is 579-0500. The Web site is www.mytowertheatres.com. As of this writing, the films times are not on the Tower Theatres Web site. However, we have included the films and show times on the…
‘Star’ Layoffs List, Updated
Compliments of Mike Marizco, here is an updated list of the 11 editorial staffers laid off by the Star: Jane See White, copy editor Jeff Commings, neighbors reporter Dave Castelan, graphics designer Jon Hassen, network administrator George Campbell, copy desk chief Pat Benton, copy editor Paul, last name unknown, sports Carrie Ord, accent news assistant…
Gravel Offered a Gem of Truth
I caught only 30 minutes of the Democratic Presidential Debate on NPR Tuesday afternoon on the car radio. I haven’t watched any of the televised debates and wasn’t sad about missing this radio debate. Due to the timing, I happened to catch former Sen. Mike Gravel’s comment on immigration. I heard most of the other candidates give…
Police Back in the Life of Community Bike Ride
Evidently. last week, the Tucson Police Department’s Capt Perry Tarrant was at the Tuesday Night Community Bike Ride again to make sure the ride bike marshals (men, women and everyone in between) had reflective vests and handed out lights to those without. Tarrant remains concerned the ride is blocking traffic and that riders are not safe. The group’s…
17th Street Farmers Market Celebrates 16th Anniversary-Dec. 8
This didn’t make it into the “Noshing Around” column, but it sounds fun and worthy of a mention. The 17th Street Market celebrates its 16th Anniversary with Asian cooking demos and food tasting on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 17th Street Market offers an epicurean selection of Asian cuisine: noodles,…
Project White House: Deadline Extension!
As we note in The Skinny, we’ve extended the deadline for launching your very own presidential campaign as part of Project White House until noon on Monday, Dec. 10. So now you have all weekend to put together your campaign and get your name on the Arizona presidential primary ballot in February. Rules and details…
At a Crossroads
The feds seek public comment on a stumbling wolf-reintroduction program
Live
Johnette Napolitano, David J, Club Congress, Thursday, Nov. 29
The Green Thing
A note from the editor.
The Skinny
SCRAMBLEWATCH ’08: ULTRA-MOD YOUTUBE LIVEBLOG EDITION So we were watching the CNN/YouTube debate the other day, and we realized something: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich was exactly right when he said that the presidential-campaign process had degenerated into “a cross between The Bachelor, American Idol and Who’s Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?” Here’s our tape-delayed liveblog…
Rhythm & Views
The Black and White Album marks the attempt by Sweden’s The Hives to fully transform themselves from mere garage-revivalists into a straight-up party band. It’s The Hives at their most radio-friendly. Gone is the bleak thrash-garage droogery of 2004’s Tyrannosaurus Hives, which often sounded like the Clockwork Orange boys had formed a band. B&WA sounds…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Remember how Slash’s guitar playing on “Sweet Child o’ Mine” sounded as if it had sprung, fully formed, from our collective rock consciousness to seem both comfortingly familiar and shockingly new? So, too, does the debut album by the Boston-area metal collective Bang Camaro. The genius of this CD–performed by a core of bassist, drummer…
Getting Warmer
It’s been 10 years since the Kyoto Accord was struck. Why has so little been accomplished?
Media Watch
‘Explorer’ Sold; New Owners Hand out Pink Slips
Rhythm & Views
For many baby boomers, the pairing of Led Zep screecher Robert Plant and trad-country singer/fiddler Alison Krauss is unlikely and strangely invigorating. For cynical Gen X-ers (of which 36-year-old Krauss is more or less a part), the duo seems perfectly marketed to the Starbucks-swilling NPR crowd. Regardless of how natural or forced it all is,…
On the Bus
One local band finds it isn’t really easy being green
Police Dispatch
Flashlights Are Good West Ajo Highway, Nov. 12, 8:46 p.m. A man lit a roadside brush fire in order to see better in the dark, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. A sheriff’s deputy called to the fire scene interviewed a suspicious Caucasian male found nearby. The male, identified as a Mr. Henly,…
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week
¡Ask a Mexican!
Why do Mexican restaurants in the U.S. use queso amarillo?
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Stuart Cohen
Jews Down South
LTW’s ‘Last Night of Ballyhoo’ is controlled, well-acted entertainment
Chill Out
Skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg questions the Kyoto Protocol’s effectiveness
Pick of the Week
Consumption Orgy
Frisky and Joyful
ATC surprises by turning an old, second-tier musical into a funny, endearing romp
View From Kyoto
Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Intriguing Theater
IT’s ‘The Business of Murder’ is an impeccable play
Flying Away
One key local watcher says Southern Arizona’s bird populations are dwindling
Fog of War
Although Bill O’Reilly hates it, ‘Redacted’ is just not very good
Sensuous Saints
Cristina Cárdenas’ newer works at Tangerine Gallery may lack rigor, but her talent is undeniable
Lots of Heart
Don’t listen to all the cranky critics; ‘Awake’ is actually decent
Science Heroes
‘Ribbon of Green’ shows the work of skilled craftsmen who care about the Earth
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Now Showing at Home
“Futurama: Bender’s Big Score,” “The Omega Man,” and “O Lucky Man!”
Noshing Around
Coming Soon: Imperial Fish and Chips Kudos to Tom Walbank, who will be opening his Imperial Fish and Chips restaurant later this month downtown. Please support downtown restaurants and businesses as they cope with road closures, detours and an ongoing mess. Closing: Firecracker At Plaza Palomino (Swan and Fort Lowell roads), Firecracker Bistro will close…
Groove, Swing, Fiddle
Leo Kottke and the Turtle Island Quartet join forces to commemorate the winter solstice
Nuevo Latino
Dos Locos’ tasty food isn’t wildly creative, but it may leave you feeling a little daring
Songs About Music
Marc Cohn overcomes tragedy with his first studio album in nine years
Danehy
Being a vegetarian’s fine, but please don’t force it on me
Soundbites
LAST CALL FOR NEW YEAR’S GUIDE Calling all nightclubs, venues, promoters and anyone who’s putting on a music-related event on New Year’s Eve: If you would like your event to be included in the Weekly’s annual New Year’s Guide, which will be included in our Dec. 27 issue, please send all pertinent details–that’s performers, location,…
Tuttle
Crusader fingers unlicensed bodyworkers
New Developments
Pima County seeks to grow smart by planning infrastructure needs first
Nine Questions
Jefferson Carter
Guest Commentary
In civilized society, nature just doesn’t cut it in city yards
