Things to Do, Wednesday, March 4
Ordinary People. The Loft Cinema is screening the directorial debut of Robert Redford, following a family being “torn apart by tension and tragedy” and based on Judith Guest’s bestselling novel. Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore star as the upper-middle-class couple whose “ordinary” existence is irrevocably shattered by the death of their oldest son. This…
Things to Do, Tuesday, March 3
Unseen Documents with Ariel Goldberg. Have you heard of the New York Photo League? It was a predominantly Jewish school, social group and center for debate on social documentary photography from 1936 to 1951. In this talk, Ariel Goldberg, author of several books, including The Estrangement Principle and The Photographer, will be talking about the…
Things to Do, Monday, March 2
Lives Worth Living. The University of Arizona’s Disability Cultural Center is hosting a screening of this 2011 PBS documentary chronicling the disability rights movement from World War II until the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. The film features archival footage and interviews with disability rights activists such as Judi Chamberlin and…
Things to Do, This Weekend, Feb. 29 – March 1
Tea Tasting at Catalyst. The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance is hosting Chantilly Tea at their new Catalyst Arts & Maker Space for an afternoon of tea exploration. Tamara Read, certified tea specialist and proprietor of Chantilly, will go over multiple loose-leaf teas, such as oolong, black, green and white. You’ll learn the ins…
Where to Rock, This Weekend, Feb. 29 – March 1
Saturday, Feb. 29 It’s the Party of the Century: A Black & White Masked Ball Celebrating 100 years of The Historic Rialto Theatre. Cirque Roots performs live. Future Syndicate spins hits for your dancing pleasure. The eighth annual Rialto Theatre Foundation Fundraising Gala takes place at Rialto Theatre. KXCI’s Cathy Rivers hosts… Igor Yuzov grew…
Things to Do, Friday, Feb. 28
Copper Mine Brewing’s Third Anniversary Weekend. One day isn’t enough to celebrate a local brewery reaching three years, so Copper Mine Brewing Co. is stretching the festivities out to three whole days and inviting some friends along. On Friday and Saturday, Copper Mine will have Molecular Munchies food truck and Andrea’s Gourmet Cannolis along with…
Laughing Stock: On genders, sex, switches and surprises
Cactus Flower blooms Feb. 27-30 Created and performed entirely by funny female, binary and gender-nonconforming humans, the four-day Cactus Flower Comedy Festival will spark loads of laughs in anyone who is not looking for a lot of dick jokes. The event, which takes place at Tucson Improv Movement’s TIM Comedy Theatre, offers storytelling, stand-up, improv and…
Things to Do, Thursday, Feb. 27
Cactus Flower Comedy Festival. Thank goodness for comedy fests like this one, which feature some of the funniest women and gender non-conforming performers in town, and from out of town too! Acts include Female Storytellers, The Charles Darwin Experience, #PurseWine and a Beginners and Veterans Stand Up Comedy Show. PLUS, they’ve got workshops, so that…
City Contemplates E-Scooter Program With New Report
The City of Tucson released its five-month E-Scooter Pilot Program Report on Wednesday for review by the mayor and council during their upcoming March 3 study session. The six-month pilot program is scheduled to end March 12, if the mayor and council vote not to renew. The city has collected about $68,000 in fees (as…
Support Animal Conservation at Reid Park Zoo’s Wine Gone Wild This April
Raise a glass in support of animal conservation at Reid Park Zoo’s fourth annual Wine Gone Wild, which returns to town Saturday, April 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. The wine tasting and food pairing event benefits the zoo’s operations and will help “provide quality animal care through innovative medicine and enrichment and to inspire…
Claytoon of the Day: Kissy Cuddly Commies
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Four Tucson Chefs Are Semifinalists For James Beard Award
Four Tucsonans have been nominated as semi-finalists for the 2020 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in the early morning hours on Tuesday. Maria Mazon, owner and chef of Boca Tacos y Tequila is up for the Best Chef (Southwest Region) category. She said she found out about her nomination from Dan Gibson, director of…
Things to Do, Wednesday, Feb. 26
Led by guitar monster Zakk Wylde, heavy metallists Black Label Society play their Grimmest Hits. At Rialto Theatre… North Carolina hardcorists Magnitude do weighty things. At Club Congress. With guests… Master of strings, Wally Lawder with Mike Markowitz perform as part of Lookout Tucson Singer-Songwriter Series. In the Lookout Bar & Grille. At Westward Look…
CDC Says Shave Beard To Protect Against Coronavirus
Bad news for Elvis impersonators, Civil War reenactors and our bearded brethren across the world…but good news for Gillette. The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention recommends shaving your beard to protect yourself from a potential coronavirus outbreak. Beards and mutton chop side burns can interfere with the seal of a facepiece respirator mask, according to a…
Reid Park Zoo Cares For New Tamandua Pup
The Reid Park Zoo is tending to a baby tamandua after the male pup began to grow sluggish and lose more weight than is normal post-birth. The pup was born on Dec. 21, 2019 and is the third pup Xochi the tamandua has given birth to. Though he was born healthy and active in his…
Claytoon of the Day: Rikki Tikki Hamberder
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Claytoon of the Day: Vote Blue No Matter Except You Know Who
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Doxy Lamine release “Precarious Time” EP
As the name suggests, the new release Precarious Time was written during great changes for the members of Tucson rock band Infinite Beauties, or, more accurately, Doxy Lamine. Consisting of two of the three members of Infinite Beauties, Doxy Lamine recorded Precarious Time with Matt Rendon of Midtown Island Studios and Jim Waters of Waterworks…
Adoptable Pets: Maurine Needs a Home
“Meow! My name is Maurine and I’m am easy, low energy girl who will talk your ear off! I love people, and I love attention. I just want to be pet and loved on all the time. I came to HSSA as a stray, but all my paws are declawed so I need to be…
Jessica Fichot returns to the Old Pueblo
Los Angeles based multilingual chanteuse Jessica Fichot is bringing her blend of French chanson, 1940s Shanghai jazz, international folk and gypsy swing back to the Old Pueblo on Tuesday, February 25 at the Green Valley Recreation Center. TW’s music desk caught up with the songwriter over the weekend to discuss her intoxicating multilingual style, new…
Claytoon of the Day: Fartsy Foreign Meddling
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Claytoon of the Day: Fat Broads and Horse-Faced Lesbians
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Skeletal remains found in Picture Rocks identified as Sarah Galloway
Update Investigation in Picture Rocks The skeletal remains located in the desert area northeast of Anthony Road and Massingale Road on February 12, 2020 have been identified as 38-year-old Sarah Galloway. The manner of death has yet to be determined. Detectives are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call 9-1-1. You can…
Terpene Time
In the early years of legal cannabis cultivation, dispensaries explored ways to vastly increase the concentration of THC and CBD in their strains. After years of development though, the focus has shifted to increase the variety of consumption methods and fine-tuning cannabinoid profiles.
Danehy
Foreshadowing the reaction of some people today who love their Social Security and Medicare but blanch at the mention of socialism, Sinclair reflected on his failed race with, “The American People will take socialism, but they won’t take the label.”
Slam-Dunk Squad
I’ve been a basketball fan for nearly six decades and a Wildcat fan for four, but rarely have I had this kind of reaction. There was the Sean Elliott Final Four team in 1988 and the national championship team in 1997. And now, it’s the UA women.
Quick Bites
The best culinary adventures and libations in town this week.
City Week
The best events and fun to check out this week.
Alive and Kicking
A finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe is currently one of the hottest plays making the circuit right now. With a story that is modern and fiercely female, it is no surprise that Arizona Repertory Theatre at the University of Arizona added it to its 2019/20 Season and produced…
Game Over
When Sonic the Hedgehog comes out of the gate, it has the makings of what could wind up being an early frontrunner for year’s worst. It’s irritating, it’s unoriginal, and it features multiple jokes about cops eating donuts, as if we haven’t heard those before.
Reel Indie
The latest indie films and movie events coming to a theater near you.
Slam-Dunk Sisterhood
Contributor Tom Danehy makes the case that this is the best women’s basketball team the university has ever seen in this week’s cover story. Plus, we have plenty of music, food, arts and news stories for you this week.
Happy 100th birthday, Rialto Theatre!
At last year’s Century of Tucson party, Hotel Congress passed the centennial torch to their cross-street neighbor, the Rialto Theatre. While the Rialto’s official hundred-year anniversary lands on August 29, 2020, they’re filling the whole year with festivities, kicking things off with the eighth annual Rialto Theatre Fundraising Gala on Saturday, Feb. 29.
Police Dispatch
A popular TV crime show may or may not have contributed to the corruption of a minor college student clearly drinking way more than she could handle (despite her confident claims otherwise), according to a University of Arizona Police Department report.
XOXO
Tunes to fill your week.
The Fight for San Pedro
On Sunday, Jan. 26, a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered on a remote bridge in rural Arizona to protest the construction of a border wall across the San Pedro River, the last major undammed river in the Southwest.
Know Your Product: Riders In The Sky
Like four cartoon cowboys, the Riders in the Sky weave a colorful landscape of frontier escapades and stories told around a campfire.
Back to the wall
Tohono O’odham nation Chairman Ned Norris said the “controlled blasting” for a border wall that will ultimately cut through his reservation is just the latest example of the federal government ignoring its duty to consult with tribes.
Sweet Tooth
Downtown Tucson is about to get a whole lot sweeter when Donut Bar opens its doors Saturday morning.
