Water Pressure: Rate Hikes Ahead!
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to hike your sewer fees by 45 percent or so. The Weekly’s Dave Devine first warned you it was coming a few weeks back. Now Dave, who hasn’t yet joined embraced the blog, brings us this dispatch about the possibility of steep water bill increases: The Citizens…
For Immediate Release: ‘Tucson Weekly’ Kicks Off Year-Long 25th Anniversary Celebration
On Feb. 22, 1984, the first issue of a brand-new newspaper hit the streets of Tucson. That first, 12-page issue of The Tucson Weekly featured a cover story on Gary Gisselman, then the artistic director of the Arizona Theatre Company. In the 25 years since then, that little newspaper has grown into one of the…
The Last Issue of Our First Quarter-Century …
… is our Swimsuit Issue, and it’s now online! Feel free to comment on its contents here.
Weird Goings-On at ‘Star’ — Are They Bankruptcy Clues?
We’ve received word from a couple of folks over at Tucson Newspapers that something rather strange is going on. Here’s what we’ve heard: Star employees, who normally are paid on Friday, got paychecks today–and those paychecks included cash-outs for whatever Lee Enterprises stock the employee had. What does all this mean? Our best guess–and this…
Did You Have a Good Valentine’s Day?
I’m not much for making a big deal about Valentine’s Day, except when it comes to helping my son fill out the obligatory valentines for his classmates and helping him go through each one when he gets home. You forget how important this exchange was in grade school. Nothing has changed. But I was reminded…
Tucson Dive Bar Tour
The Tucson Weekly and Budweiser announce the Tucson Dive Bar Tour, taking place on Saturday, Feb. 21. A bus departs The Hut, 304 N. Fourth Ave., at 10 a.m. and continues to a number of notable Tucson dive bars. For information and reservations, contact Michael at 406-0444, or e-mail mrcpadilla@gmail.com.
Steve Emerine, R.I.P.
Steve Emerine, a former Pima County assessor and editor at the Arizona Daily Star, has died. He was 73. He’d been writing a column for our sister paper, Inside Tucson Business. You can find ITB’s report on Steve’s death here, and the Star’s here.
No Fridge?
In The New York Times on Feb. 4, there was an article on what may be the next the step in gotta-go-green consciousness (or guilt, depending on what side of the bed you crawl out of). A couple decided to get rid of their electricity-loving fridge, and they seem to be doing just fine. Only issue:…
Pick of the Week
Bringing the Heat
Rhythm & Views
Aussie Ben Lee has abandoned his trademark catchy guitar-pop songs to make an odd, quasi-concept album that irks more than it inspires. The Rebirth of Venus intends to be a celebration of traditionally feminine qualities. I imagine that Lee considers Venus to be a thoughtful yet exuberant rallying call for the death of irony and…
Danehy
In the commodities-speculation game, average Americans can only get screwed
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Art Community
UA students and faculty past and present join forces to raise money, inaugurate a brand-new studio building
Messina
Some Tucson couples benefit from being in the swing of things
Now Showing at Home
“Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” “His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th,” “Funny Face” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” and “Choke”
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
Hey, Secretary Napolitano: It’s time to revisit the border-wall debacle
Big Bumble
Steve Martin’s career drops to its all-time low with the embarrassing ‘Pink Panther 2’
Good Sports
The burgers are delicious, though the rest of the food is ho-hum at the friendly Midtown Bar and Grill
¡Ask a Mexican!
Compared with gabachos, each Mexican is a walking greenhouse.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Buzzalini Moves to Maynards Maynards Market and Kitchen, at 400 N. Toole Ave., has brought on Addam Buzzalini as the new executive chef; the menu will be reworked to reflect his culinary philosophies, said Richard Oseran, co-owner of the restaurant and Hotel Congress. Buzzalini, the former chef of jaxKitchen, will eventually head up The Cup…
Crank Case
A note from the editor.
Flood of Emotions
The Oscar-nominated animated shorts are all good films–but one stands out above the rest
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Veggie-Burger Time
Deathgrind group Cattle Decapitation shows lots of love to animals–and lots of scorn for the human race
More Money
The City Council will consider a number of ‘revenue enhancements’–including a trash-fee hike
The State of Emotions
Canada’s Serena Ryder brings a brand-new album on her first headlining U.S. tour
Brushes Down
Money problems force a South Park Neighborhood art center to close its doors
Nine Questions
Mike Sterner
The Skinny
EXPERIMENT GOES AWRY The Tucson Weekly mentioned last week that state lawmakers, in their efforts to close a $1.6 billion budget hole in the current fiscal year, had stripped $22.5 million in funding from the 21st Century Fund. (See “The Bucks Stop Here,” Feb. 5.) Instrumental in blocking the funding–which goes to Science Foundation Arizona,…
Soundbites
CLOUDS, TORNADOES, TAPES, TUCSON It’s been a pretty busy year for Elephant 6, for an entity that supposedly no longer exists. The musical collective and record label, whose members favor ’60s-influenced, often experimental music recorded on primitive devices, claimed several years ago to be calling it quits. Indeed, the label is no longer extant–but what…
Less Than Accommodating
Racism in Florida helped bring spring training to Tucson–and spring training gradually forced Tucson to decrease discrimination
Live
DeVotchKa, Crooked Fingers, Rialto Theatre, Friday, Feb. 6
Easy A’s
Getting a good grade at the UA isn’t necessarily a noteworthy accomplishment
Rhythm & Views
I’ve been reading about the progression of Noble Beast on The New York Times’ Measure for Measure blog. Since last March, Andrew Bird–performing a sold-out show at the Rialto on Saturday, Feb. 14–has posted notes about and drafts of songs for Noble Beast, most specifically the first song on the record, “Oh No.” Bird wrote…
Borderline Madness
The city of Nogales, Ariz., struggles as narco violence spills in from Mexico
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Media Watch
Digital-TV Transition Delay Costs Local Stations
Soaring So High
Ballet Tucson dancers turn to choreography for a special Valentine’s Day performance
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Randi Dorman
Rhythm & Views
Opening at No. 2 on Britain’s charts in September, Glasvegas’ debut CD, released in the United States last month, is an undeniably addictive blast of classic Scottish rock. Backed by a strong push from mega-label Columbia, the band is quickly winning fans on both sides of the pond. Led by songwriter, lead vocalist and former…
Police Dispatch
Recipe for Trouble West Cezanne Circle, Jan. 18, 8:07 p.m. Two sisters got into quite a food fight after one sister grossed out the other, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. According to a witness, the older sister started an argument by telling her sibling that she had “gotten herpes in the salsa” that…
Fish Tales
M.H. Salmon’s love for the Gila River shows in this charming paean
