City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Art Gone Avian
Are birds making a contemporary-art comeback? A TMA exhibit makes the case
Danehy
Tom on Boehners, Coulters and construction-cost estimates–oh my!
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Downing
The rains have gone away, leaving an endless amount of construction-related dust
Soundbites
GET YER COLD OATMEAL! Apparently, more of you listen to The Mountain (92.9 FM) than anyone suspected. How else to explain the sudden local popularity of Denver’s The Fray, whose song “Over My Head (Cable Car)” is currently in heavy rotation on the station? The band was originally scheduled to perform at Club Congress on…
Firearm Folio
Though it’s a bit slow, this volume on Western weaponry is packed full of interesting information
Guest Commentary
Are you ready for the indigo revolution?
A Hard Life
After a long period of addiction, Mary Gauthier now focuses on her art
Remote Elegance
Tucson’s upscale restaurant scene has gotten a little more crowded with Primo
Adventures in Newspapering
A note from the editor.
Spit and Vinegar
Archer Prewitt uses both visual arts and music to express himself
Noshing Around
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are some dining options–not covered here previously–for that special day. Cup (of Love) Café: May your cup runneth over at the Hotel Congress with a three-course prix fixe menu for $69 per couple. 311 E. Congress St.; 798-1618. Desert Diamond Casino: The odds are in your favor that this three-course dinner…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“Bubble,” “Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII,” and “Corpse Bride”
Indie Inspirations
Tucson’s independent restaurants show the country that there’s strength in numbers
My Katrina Diary
Brandon Kosters, 17, was walking down Fourth Avenue one night last fall when a stranger offered him a bus ticket to Louisiana. He took it–and embarked on the journey of a lifetime.
Baby-Sitting Bummer
Another PG-13 horror movie bites the dust–yet earns huge box office
Organic Odyssey
The lowdown on organic produce, why you may want to buy it and where to find it in Tucson
Cars Behind Bars
If you don’t have a license or are drunk, the vehicle you’re driving will be impounded
Thriller, Hold the Thrills
‘Caché’ is worth noting–but not necessarily watching
Bread Hunt!
After her favorite bakery closes up shop, our intrepid writer embarks on a search for a new fave
Truck Terror
Our frustrated writer battles diesel demons
Nine Questions
David Ziegler-Voll
Healing Helpings
After fleeing persecution, a family starts anew–and now has one of Tucson’s most-loved restaurants
House Helpers
A new program teaches students how to inspect and repair Tucson’s aging homes
Live
The Living Blue, The Year Of Acceleration, Bombs For The Bored, at Vaudeville Cabaret, Saturday, Feb. 4
Great Grapes
Knowledge is power; wine knowledge is delicious power, as 58 Degrees illustrates
The Skinny
PARKS AND RE-CREATION Hey, remember when the all-new Democratic Tucson City Council called for a reduction of all park fees to 2002 levels in one of their first get-togethers back in December? Turns out the Democrats–with Republican Mayor Bob Walkup and Independent Carol West dissenting–may have acted a bit hastily, mostly because they didn’t realize…
Rhythm & Views
In The Village Voice’s 2005 Pazz and Jop poll, critic Bud Scoppa writes, “The new challenge for rockcrits: sitting in a label conference room and reviewing an album in real time through headphones.” Challenge accepted, sans the comfort of the Matador conference room. Is this Metallica? Or Black Sabbath? While the guitars in “Four Walls”…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
On the Off-Centre EP, Jack Dangers and his shape-shifting Meat Beat Manifesto pick up right where they left off on their last Thirsty Ear release, 2005’s At the Center: at the nexus of electronica and jazz. With mainly the same group of musicians–Peter Gordon on flute, Craig Taborn on keyboards and The Bad Plus drummer…
Media Watch
KGUN’s New Weather Personality
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
That Intoxicating Fragrance UA Area, Jan. 27, 1:40 a.m. A female driver told an officer–who said she smelled like alcohol–that people have often told her she exudes a boozy odor, a University of Arizona Police Department report stated. The officer wrote that he was standing near his patrol car at the UAPD station, 1852 E.…
Rhythm & Views
If nothing else, the members of the Tucson-based acoustic folk band The Determined Luddites are sharp-eared students of music, as evidenced by the combination of bluegrass, Celtic, ragtime, Caribbean, Latin and blues music they play on their second CD, String Theory. But they also happen to play with some furious, high-octane chops. I could go…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Ann Fine
Bohemian Rhapsody
Martina Chylikova explores the sounds of her homeland to assist Balkan refugees
Pick of the Week
Hellenic Heritage
In Support of Sprawl
A controversial architecture historian proposes that suburbia is a good thing
