Truth or D.A.R.E.?
Despite studies showing that the substance-abuse prevention program doesn’t work, it continues to get $1.3 billion in yearly funding.
Keep Your Day Job
The Wrens have the best of both worlds.
Gag Rule
Nonprofit organizations complain that proposed campaign-finance regulations could handcuff them.
American Wanderlust
Richard Grant explores the Southwest and the great wide open with grace and energetic prose.
Media Watch
SEX SELLS: When a producer from Oprah asked Lana Holstein, formerly a sex therapist at Tucson’s Canyon Ranch who has now rolled over to Miraval, to appear on last Thursday’s show (called “Is Your Sex Life Normal?”), nobody seemed to realize that Holstein and husband David Taylor had a new book out as of last…
Cave Creations
Sally Gall’s photographs of underground worlds highlight the offerings at Etherton.
The Skinny
Loyalty oath; Armand’s hammer; and more!
Headed NoRTH
Tucson’s restaurant scene gets another upscale contender at La Encantada.
Police Dispatch
Shower Peeper University Area, Feb. 7, 6:20 a.m. According to a University of Arizona Police Department report, a student was showering in her dorm when she realized a Peeping Tom was watching her from underneath the shower curtain. The student was showering inside the women’s bathroom at a campus dorm when she saw a shadow…
Noshing Around
Not Your Average Joe Newly opened CafÉ Joe, at the Stone Avenue Standard student housing complex, introduces an East Coast tradition of fast-casual dining in the heart of an apartment setting. Locally owned by Michael Liederman and open to the public, CafÉ Joe serves high-protein smoothies, espresso, panini sandwiches and wraps made from premiere Boar’s…
Inside Iraq
Tucson Q&A with Robin Fasano.
Pick
Primavera Jazz
Knockdown
Meg Ryan’s new boxing flick is a blow to her career.
City Week
Mystery of history; borderland theology; and more!
Re-Defining Liberals
It’s time to take a new look at the old label.
Not Worth the Journey
“Eurotrip” offers unoriginal writing and bad jokes.
Right to Marry
Why do gay couples want the state to OK their unions?
Stealing the Show
Alison Lohman delivers the best work in ‘Matchstick Men.’
On the Cusp: Time to Rant
A note from the editor.
Full-Time Gig
Cathy Rivers plunges wholeheartedly into her music career.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Soundbites
SECOND OPINION: When Mason Jennings came to town last year, I wrote a rather lukewarm preview of the show, based on my only exposure to him–his third album, Century Spring (2002, Architect), which I called “a collection of reaffirmingly uplifting, literate tales sung over a pleasant-if-bland backing of acoustic pop/MOR rock.” I remarked that “it…
The 2nd Annual Rant Issue
It’s therapeutic to talk about something that’s bothering you. Consider this to be our collective therapy.
Busy Feet
Riverdance stomps its way into Tucson, kicking off two weeks of numerous dance performances.
Missing in Action
Friends and relatives push for more information about the Chuck Simmons case.
Loving Laramie
Beverly Seckinger’s documentary about her Wyoming childhood home kicks off Wingspan FilmFest 2004.
Beautification or Gentrification?
Plans to beautify the Warehouse District has some artists excited–and others nervous.
Cheese in the ‘Mousetrap’
An old play gets a fresh revue, thanks to the folks at Live Theatre Workshop.
