City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Poems Every Day
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins wants poetry to be accessible to the masses
Danehy
In a field filled with contradictions, this youth basketball coach sets an example
Sophisticated Surprise
Who is this Woody Allen fellow who made this fresh and interesting delight?
Our American Mountains
Tucson native Jeff Biggers kicks off a book tour with an evening celebrating Appalachia
Tuttle
Memories flood back when it’s time to give up a reliable vehicle
Historic Hoops
Sports clichés aside, ‘Glory Road’ rises above the typical January movie sludge
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
The fiscal conservative must wonder: Is this the era of the Old Pueblo Politburo?
Now Showing at Home
“Eraserhead,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Bueller … Bueller … Edition”
Out of Balance
Ronin Asian Fresh needs some schooling in the art of subtlety in flavors
On the Media
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Limited Edition Pizza Here’s an Arizona first, coming to the Swan Road/Camp Lowell Drive corridor: Soon-to-open Vero Amore will soon be a member of the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association, which promotes the authenticity of Neopolitan pizza. Until 1998, Neopolitan pizza was only made in Naples, Italy (much like champagne’s made only in the Champagne region…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Church and State
Mute Math fights the machine at Warner Bros.
Security Blanket
Gov. Napolitano runs for the border
In Her Own Eyes
Brandi Carlile leaves behind her cabin for a tour that’s making her a rising star
A Matter of Numbers
Experts say it’s only a matter of time before an animal disease disaster strikes the unsecured U.S.-Mexico border
Soundbites
SUPPORTING CYNDA I’m guessing it was about a year ago that Cynda Cated told me she’d had cancer. It was at one of those late-night, after-hours get-togethers at a friend’s house, and she was out celebrating the last day of her chemotherapy, which we all toasted. For the previous year, she had been undergoing radiation…
Body Work
Mexican dead take a long and winding road back home
Nine Questions
Amy Rude
Through the Cracks
At least one local group home is having problems–and the agencies partially funding the home are doing nothing about it
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
The Skinny
WEALTHY SPECIAL INTEREST ALERT! One week after speeding up the collection of commercial impact fees to make sure developers pay their fair share, the new Tucson City Council voted unanimously to essentially waive the fees for the Barclay Group, a Phoenix outfit that wants to transform a southside shopping area into a 620,000-square-foot “power center”…
Live
The Blasters, Fraidy Cats, Al Foul, Wednesday, Jan. 11, Club Congress
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
The mystical San Francisco-based Gris Gris, led by psychedelic spiritualist Greg Ashley, dish up a hearty bowl of cacophonous stew, thick and spicy as chicken gumbo simmering in the bayous of Louisiana. The brew is saturated with a generous serving of late ’60s-inspired Texas avant-rock championed by the likes of Red Crayola and the 13th…
Media Watch
Skyler Signs Off
Rhythm & Views
At seven songs, Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla is closer to a full-length than an EP, and it follows a theme of suburban desolation: nothing to do, nowhere to go and the insanity that results. We all know the Todd Zilla type: Picture the guys in American Movie, or perhaps Michael Bolton from…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Laura Hartstone
Rhythm & Views
I don’t know one person who feels sorry for Conor Oberst. On the surface, his life appears pretty rosy–legions of fans, Hollywood girlfriends and a cozy New York City pad. Yet, dammit, the guy can capture angst, unease and sadness nearly perfectly in a song. Oberst’s Bright Eyes toured nearly nonstop last year supporting the…
Police Dispatch
Quiet; I’m Sleeping Barraza-Aviation and Kino Parkways, Jan. 8, 4:19 a.m. Police arrested an allegedly drunk man who had stopped his car and fallen asleep in the middle of a main thoroughfare, a University of Arizona Police Department report stated. A passer-by phoned authorities to report that a white car had stopped in the northbound…
Short Stories
The choreographer of ‘The Lion King’ brings his high-energy dance troupe to Centennial Hall
Pick of the Week
Songs by Heart
Stories of the Innocent
Although the production is understated and simple, ‘The Exonerated’ powerfully gets its message across
