Short of the Goal
“Miracle” offers fine performances from Kurt Russell and Eddie Cahill, but it lacks heart.
Like Trying to Catch a Cannonball
He’s 5 foot 7, and he grew up poor. But that didn’t stop Jon Volpe from becoming a local sports and business legend.
Lost and Found
Melancholy Bill Murray finds love in Tokyo in an Oscar-worthy performance.
Vanishing Act
A local rockhound disappears just before the Gem and Mineral Show.
Improvisational Inspiration
Mark Growden’s music goes with the flow.
Manifest Destiny
On its 150th anniversary, the original Gadsden Treaty comes to Tucson for exhibition.
Rhythm & Views
Ian Svenonius is surely one of the most unique, iconic and out-there singers/performers, well, out there. It’s unfortunate that he, and the various bands he has fronted during the last 14 years, have seemingly become pigeonholed as “shtick.” His current band’s newest offering is years ahead of what anyone is doing, but will most likely…
A Practical Solution
Power line hopes hang on team Bush.
Soundbites
HILARIOUSLY HEARTBREAKING: Aside from the fact that I wouldn’t mind nailing her, snaggletooth and all, I never much cared for Alaskan yodeler-turned-folksinger-turned-scantily-clad-pop-singer Jewel. But I will cop to the fact that I sorta liked “You Were Meant for Me,” off her 1995 debut album, Pieces of You, the first 50 times I heard it, and…
It’s a Fee Country
Critics say user fees take the “public” out of public lands.
The Warehouse Wilds
The galleries in Tucson’s warehouse district team up for an art safari.
Returning to the Home Web
Frances Smith Cohen has a UA homecoming with her Center Dance Ensemble.
Antiwar Opera
The Catalina Chamber Orchestra presents a work by a man created in a Nazi concentration camp.
From the Heart
A memoir from an anthropologist who found acceptance in the street life of 1960s Guaymas, Mexico.
The Skinny
Confidence man; rocky road; and more!
Jewel in the Desert
The dining experience at Agave is worth the drive down Interstate 19.
Media Watch
DRUDGE REPORT: With this issue of the Tucson Weekly, Joan Schuman finally hands over the drudgery of compiling listings, as well as the more creative task of writing City Week and the Pick of the Week, to Carrie Stern. Listings are among the most dreaded, tedious tasks in newspapering, second only to sports agate (like…
Noshing Around
Save Little Poca Cosa Because of the building dance and property takeover downtown, the much-loved Little Poca Cosa has to relocate. Thanks to loyal customers, the people are fighting City Hall to make it happen. Read more about it at www.savelittlepocacosa.org. Heart Five Looking for a happy hour with staying power? On Wednesday to Friday,…
Police Dispatch
A Penis in the Classroom University Area, Jan. 26, 5:46 p.m. According to a University of Arizona Police Department report, officers arrested a Tucson man after he allegedly tried to attend class while donning only tennis shoes and an American flag decal stuck to his chest. The UA professor teaching the course asked the near-naked…
Dedication to the Max
Watching school-age hockey players takes a special breed of parent.
Stone Cold Fox
Tucson Q&A with Herb Stratford.
Radar Love
With new songs re-creating the old, listening to music in the car is a beautiful thing.
City Week
The gem hunter; new gallery on the block; and more!
Arrest, Not Development
Local police are overstepping the bounds of reason while enforcing unjust laws.
Pick
Othello’s Lester Purry
Democracy in Action
A note from the editor.
Failing Grade
The plot and acting in “The Perfect Score” insult the intelligence of teens everywhere.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
