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Leap into Tucson: 29 fun things to check out on Feb. 29
Today’s leap day! Some may scream “Why?” when another day is added to the calendar; others may rejoice. First, let’s break it down. Why do we have an extra day? “The total amount of time it takes the Earth to complete a revolution around the sun is not exactly a whole number of days,” said…
Tucson Food Tours: Get to know the city through its cuisine
Twelve hungry tourists milled about the back patio of Hotel Congress for what promised to be a filling three-plus hours exploring Downtown. Despite the sunny weather, the wind blew cold as they waited for Karen Brown, that morning’s food tour guide. Just to make the tour a little sweeter and get everyone going, Brown brought…
A Downtown Cornerstone: Rialto Theatre to host fundraising gala
Tucson locals can expect an event dotted with permed hair and legwarmers at the Rialto Theatre Foundation’s 10th annual fundraising gala Saturday, March 2, starting at 5:30 p.m. The 104-year-old theater will host a 1980s-themed fundraising event filled with dancing, a costume contest, 1980s-themed karaoke, live and silent auctions, raffles, catering from local restaurants, beer…
City Week: Week of Feb. 29, 2024
Adobe Barn Gallery: “The Happy Show” SATURDAYS IN MARCH Since acquiring the historic Triangle L Ranch in 2001, Sharon Holnback has sensitively contributed a layer of contemporary culture to the land’s rich history as home to Hohokam, Apache, Tohono O’odham and 19th century ranching life. The ranch is now a haven for visual arts, a…
Comedy Calendar: Week of Feb. 29, 2024
Gaslight Theatre 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, www.thegaslighttheatre.com Tickets start at $27; days and times vary. The original, family-friendly musical comedy melodrama “The Curse of the Pirate’s Gold” continues through March 31. Tickets are now on sale for “Harlie’s Angels,” which runs Thursday, April 4, to June 2. Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 260 S Church…
Live Music Calendar: March
March 1 Classic Albums Live performs Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $20-$45 Neutral Terrain, the Hawthorne Experience and Desert Child The Rock, 7 p.m., $10 Reverend Horton Heat, Dale Watson and Jason D. Williams Hotel Congress Plaza, 7 p.m., $30-$35 Russell Hall Trio The Century Room, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.,…
Celebrating Live Music: 12*12 Fest embraces Tucson bands, artists
When Christopher Stryker and Gianna Purcell from Barefoot on Bumblebees noticed there weren’t many festivals highlighting local musicians, they decided to take action. They are staging the first 12*12 Fest, which will showcase 12 local bands and 12 solo artists on two stages in 12 hours on Sunday, March 3, at Blondies on Stone. Along…
Cannabis justice grants see official rollout
The legalization of adult-use marijuana in Arizona spurred the establishment of the Justice Reinvestment Program, an initiative codified in Proposition 207. It finally came to fruition last December. The Justice Reinvestment Program essentially circumvents 10% of taxes collected from cannabis sales to be given to Arizona nonprofits. Recreational purchases of cannabis in Arizona are subjected…
Human above all else: A doctor risks his life to assuage suffering in Gaza
It is a lovely Friday evening in February and I leave my house with the two cars and safe young children and head to the Muslim Community Center of Tucson, the sky streaking a blood-red orange against the Tucson Mountains. It is a gathering of multi-ethnic and multi-generational folk, a Tucson Dinner for Gaza tonight,…
Review: Ethan Coen goes B-movie with ‘Drive-Away Dolls’
Since Joel and Ethan Coen’s much-buzzed-about split as a filmmaking duo several years back, reportedly an amicable decision to pursue different creative outlets (and a short-lived one, at that, given recent news of an in-the-works reunion), the brothers have headed in decidedly different directions. First came Joel’s “The Tragedy of the Macbeth,” a Denzel Washington…
