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The Skinny
To get you ready, here’s a preseason primer on what’s going on in some of the high-profile races we will be following this year.
Laughing Stock: Felipe Esparza and the Lone Stranger
Tough luck kid makes comedy gold. Whatever else Bill Cosby may have done, we owe him the unique, improbable and occasionally perilous career of Felipe Esparza. Based on a Cosby record he loved as a child, Esparza wanted to be a comedian. It was all he could think of when a rehab counselor asked him…
Where I Went Wrong in My Earlier Budget Post
Monday I wrote a post about Ducey’s proposed 2018-19 budget. I got some of the facts wrong. I thought Ducey had proposed $214 million in new education spending, including $88 million to build or expand schools in Chander, Queen Creek and Tolleson. My numbers were wrong on both counts. I’m going to try and get closer to right…
The Weekly List: 23 Things To Do In Tucson This Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. See a Show Bernstein: Kaddish. Leonard Bernstein, most famous for composing the music for West Side Story, did a lot more than compose the music for West Side Story. For example, his Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish,” is based on the Jewish Prayer and was dedicated…
All School Districts Are Not Created Equal in Ducey’s Budget
Chandler, Queen Creek and Vail school districts all have more than their share of students from higher income families. Over two years, beginning with the 2017-18 budget and continuing with Ducey’s proposed budget for 2018-19, all of them share in $152 million to build schools in their districts, assuming Ducey’s budget makes it through the…
Marbles Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Marbles! I am an energetic 1 year old boy who can’t wait to meet the purr-fect family! I am a very outgoing and friendly boy. I love to play with the feathers here at HSSA and enjoy getting treats! Come fall in love with me at HSSA Main Campus at 3450 N. Kelvin…
Will Congress Find an Agreement That Protects the DREAMers From Deportation?
The fate of DREAMers is uncertain, but one one Tucson DREAMer is confident Congress will find a legislative fix to replace Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Jesus Lucero, a member of Scholarship A-Z, an organization that works for access to higher education and equal rights for young immigrants, recently spent two-and-a-half weeks in the halls…
On Trump’s Watch, Another Surge of Unaccompanied Minors at The Border
In a clear sign that the number of unaccompanied minors is again surging at the southwest border, a shelter for these youngsters hosted a job fair last month. After a drastic and steady decrease in 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported a 23 percent increase in the number of “unaccompanied alien children” apprehended at the border from…
Survive and conquer: Allonzo Trier and Rawle Alkins guide Arizona past Oregon State, 70-62
The fate of the Arizona Wildcats flipped on a highlight reel, rim-rattling dunk by sophomore guard Rawle Alkins. Alkins, who finished Thursday’s game against Oregon State with 11 points on 4-9 shooting, poked the ball loose from OSU guard Stephen Thompson Jr. What happened next sent the 14,000-plus people in attendanceat McKale Center ablaze, as…
T.H.R.E.A T. Watch: Immigration, Libel, Treason
It’s a three-legged T.H.R.E.A T. stool, solidifying Trump’s authoritarian positions. Actually, a soccer metaphor is even more fitting. Trump performed a T.H.R.E.A T. Watch hat trick. He pounded home three of his administration’s authoritarian goals, attacking immigrants, the media and dissent. The most obviously vile, but not necessarily the most dangerous, of Trump’s three recent statements…
The Tip-Off: Deandre Ayton and Arizona welcome Tres Tinkle and Oregon State
Happy Thursday, ladies and gentlemen of cyberspace. Boy, do we have an underrated doozy of a game at McKale Center tonight, with Oregon State traveling to Tucson to play the 17th-ranked Arizona Wildcats. It’s a matchup of opposites, with the Wildcats featuring a dizzying offensive attack spearheaded by a three-headed monster of Deandre Ayton, Allonzo…
Editor’s Note
A pre-season preview of the 2018 midterm elections.
Crowded House, Leaky Ship
Right out of the new year’s gate, a couple of theaters have gotten down to business
Trigger Warnings
“One thing that we all get from Gabby is an enormous amount of strength, resilience, and grit…”
Spawning Sisyphus
A year ago, Audra Bauchera moved back to Tucson with her 2-year-old son, her dog and everything she could fit into her Volkswagen Jetta.
Real Deal
Jessica Chastain takes the role of Molly Bloom, real-life infamous poker game organizer and former championship skier, and nails it.
Independent America
For the first time, lauded filmmaker Jon Jost is coming to Tucson for a retrospective screening.
Tucson Salvage
Inside the Kolb Road Lounge, things all blur, one into another. Time stops.
Math Lab
A new food truck offers up street food done in the condition of non-exact science and kitchen craft gone properly haywire.
Police Dispatch
An intoxicated woman toting lots of luggage revealed she likewise had plenty of figurative baggage.
The War on Weed
Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally opened the floodgates for the prosecution of marijuana businesses, on Thursday, Jan. 4.
Above and Beyond
Beyond Tucson encourages people to get outside, spend time with loved ones, come together as a community and remember what’s important in life.
Out of Bounds
There are many juicy tidbits in the claim against Rodriquez, but here are the items that stand out.
Reel Indie
What’s to see this week in Tucson’s indie theaters.
XOXO…
The week ahead in music couldn’t be more diverse.
Have Guitar, Will Travel
A lot can happen when a band goes 15 years between albums.
Eye of the Storm
Writing songs for a new record, Josh Ritter found himself drawn repeatedly to the idea of storms, literal and figurative.
