Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
City Week
Parade on down to the rodeo… Get strung along by Bonnie Terry… Solve the mystery at the Crystal Palace… And other bronco-buckin’ fun in this City Week.
Tech-Mex
Nortec’s “Tijuana Sessions” bring new light to the border.
Haïdouks Live!
Gypsy band Taraf de Haïdouks brings authentic Romany music to the Tucson stage.
Soundbites
Good ol’ Willie struts into town… Morgan flexes his local muscles…the String Cheese is melting all over fans at the TCC… and more in Soundbites.
The Bright Stuff
What really lurks inside the Mensa mind?
Rhythm & Views
Biowire’s Disparation comes to us via trans-Europe express.
Mensa mini-quiz
Find out if you are Mensa material.
All in the Family
Husband and wife John Osborn and Lynette Tapia grace the stage for La Fille du Regiment.
How to score the mini-quiz
Answers: 1. Palomino, Appaloosa, Shetland 2. 64. Each number is the cube of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 3. Oversight. 4. 4mph. The first three miles take an hour; the second three miles take half an hour. She spends one and a half hours running six miles. 5. 12. 6,000/5=1,200; 1,200/5=240; 240/2=120;…
Opening Note
Music Theatre Arizona makes its debut with Sondheim, sans helicopters.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Roleing Around
David Dorfman invites the UA community to recreate themselves as dancers.
The Skinny
Party lines aren’t all the redistricting committee should be looking into… The City Council contenders are lining up… An ode to Judge Terlizzi… And more righteous Skinny.
Sweet Feet
Ballet Tucson entices an audience with ten pieces and lots of dessert.
Down by the River Side
With so much money flowing into Rio Nuevo, adjacent neighborhoods may again be left high and dry.
Cowboy Comfort Food
Rio Grill reinstates the friendliness of the Old West.
The Battle of Marathon
A family fights over the sale of their restaurant, while the UA Foundation toys with their fate.
Polished Up
With “Last Resort,” Pawel Pawlikowski promises to be one of the greatest Polish filmmakers outside Poland.
Streets of Ire
Hang onto your wallets. Your growth bill is due again.
It’s All Relative
Native American author Devon Mihesuah tells it like it is.
Statuary Rape
San Xavier may recover from vandalism faster than you think.
‘Cherry’ On Top
Mary Karr’s second memoir is a superb blend of poetry and autobiography.
Bull Market
Yee-hah! Here comes the rodeo!
Newsreel
Funny how some weeks the editor gets lucky and can come up with an overarching theme. It turns out, purely by accident, that every story in this issue’s Currents section addresses the conflict between growth and heritage. This happens most obviously in Dave Devine’s look at how downtown neighborhoods may get the short end of…
