High-Caliber Comfort
September 11 has triggered a boom in gun sales.
Garbage In, Money Out
Thanks to composting, City Hall needn’t be Tucson’s only source of gas.
Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
O Brother There Art Thou
Soundtrack success brings much deserved attention to Ralph Stanley’s 55 years of music.
Lacking Initiative
Just over a year ago, voters waded through six initiatives on the ballot regarding healthcare administration, land preservation, telephone regulation and language education. This year, it looks like they’ll hardly have any at all. In yet another sign of how the slowing economy is hurting political consultants, not a single special interest is spending big…
Soundbites
The English Beat is back at it… Chita is the local music scene’s superstar… The Rialto is having a much needed revival… and more.
Political Almanac 2002
Your very premature guide to the candidates and chaos of the upcoming year.
This Is Not a Pipe Dream
Gail Marcus-Orlen finds new uses for Magritte and de Chirico imagery.
Sales Tax Drive
Strapped for cash for transportation projects, Mayor Bob Walkup and the Tucson City Council are hoping voters will approve a half-cent increase in the city sales tax in a special May election. Walkup and Co. hope that Tucsonans are frustrated enough by driving conditions that they’ll be willing to pay more taxes–the rate within city…
Hitting the Books
Solid research keeps Elmore Leonard’s pages turning.
Clean Machine
Arizona’s grand experiment in public campaign financing will face its first major test since voters narrowly approved the Clean Elections Act in 1998. Although the program, which provides public dollars to qualifying candidates, was in place during the 2000 election cycle, a lawsuit over the law’s future left many candidates who might have tapped it…
(Sigh) Gone
Miss Saigon’s menu offers promising choice, if only Tucson could appreciate it.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Head Case
Susan Classen fills Edith Head’s shoes.
The Skinny
The transportation sales tax faces a road block… Grijalva’s old enemies gather… Joe Burchell outwits the City of Tucson-again… The big Tohono O’odham welsh… and so much more!
A Family Affair
Marsha Recknagel’s memoir explores the darker side of family obligation.
Initiatives and Integration
Arizona makes slow headway in treating mentally ill substance abusers.
Bedroom Eyes
Cinematography is the best of several good things about this movie.
Post-Holiday Boos
Humbugs to Ibarra, Arensa and Abu-Jamal.
Newsreel
Last week I heard something for the first time in 25 years of attending Tucson Symphony concerts: the little woodwind passage bridging the first two movements of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Audiences usually clap mindlessly over that snatch of music and drown out what the bassoonist and her colleagues are doing. Frankly, the passage is not…
Everybody’s Flag
We still must work surprisingly hard to obtain justice for all.
No Te Vayas, Mijito
Raúl Grijalva, protector of the environment, has vowed to give up his 13-year hold of the District 5 seat on the Board of Supervisors to run for Congress. At Pima County Administration, they sing: “How Can I Miss Ya If You Won’t Go Away?” For if mijito goes, they cry, there will be no one…
