A New Issue!
The Jan. 29 issue is online and ready for readers. Feel free to comment on its contents here.
Super Bowl Specials
There’s nothing wrong with cheese puffs and canned beer on Super Bowl Sunday, but here’s a few game-day events for those looking for just a little bit more: Catalina Steakhouse at JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort (3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd.) will have $4 well drinks and bottled beer, $8 draft pitchers and $5 game-themed…
Live and Let Die
There’s been plenty of attention to a proposal by Maricopa County Republicans to shut down the UA Poison Control Center and transfer some of its funding to a similar agency up in Maricopa County. Anne Denogean over at the Tucson Citizen had a good column summing up the reasons for having an operation in Southern…
A Narrowing Gap
Republicans gained ground at the Arizona Legislature in last year’s election and have now captured the governor’s office, thanks to Democrat Janet Napolitano’s decision to split town and turn over the keys to Republican Jan Brewer. That has some GOP activists crowing that Arizona remains a reliably red state. But the voter registration numbers though…
What’s Next Burrito Files?
Remember Julie Glaser Ray, the freelance writer and graphic designer with the cool burrito cart she uses to gather memories and visions of what Tucsonans have for downtown? Her project is called the Burrito Files, and her latest blog entry is asking folks to vote on what happens next for downtown and what may be…
Yep, She Said Fisting…
Leave it to the folks at FOX to call a fist bump fisting, and then listen to the reporters giggle. “Hee-hee, she said fisting.”
Brewer to Bring Bee Back?
Our new governor, Republican Jan Brewer, will be in Tucson tomorrow for a reception celebrating her ascension to the Ninth Floor. We hear that former state Sen. Tim Bee is a likely pick to head up Brewer’s Tucson office. He’d be a solid pick, but we’d recommend that they bring Bee in to help them…
48 Hours to Assimilate Inauguration … Part 1
Traveling to Washington, D.C., I sensed we were up for something beyond what we could imagine–but utterly worthwhile. The anticipation alone was palpable by the time I got to Chicago Midway airport, regardless of the fact that I thought I was at O’Hare–what did it matter? I was riding the wave of imminent change and…
Water Works
Regular TW contributor Dave Devine hasn’t quite mastered the blog yet, so he asked me to post this dispatch from a Citizens’ Water Advisory Committee meeting he attended earlier this week: Tucson Water is facing a $15.4 million revenue shortfall through the end of its current fiscal year. The sale of water is $11 million…
Rhythm & Views
This debut CD by the Portland-based chamber-pop group evokes feelings of a childhood world in which fragile perceptions, melancholy and benign spookiness mix in beguiling ways–which makes sense for a group named after a San Francisco museum of vintage coin-operated games and amusement-park novelties. Along with contemporary guitars, drums and bass, bandleaders Micah Rabwin and…
Guest Commentary
The proposed I-10 bypass through Avra Valley would destroy a community
Past Their Prime
Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei shine in ‘The Wrestler’
Rhythm & Views
Charlie Louvin is the surviving half of the Louvin Brothers, a 1950s country-gospel duo that defined “close-harmony” singing and created the pop template for everyone from the Everly Brothers to the Eagles. After Ira’s 1965 death, Charlie continued to record solo well until the ’70s. In the last 30 years, however, Louvin has only sporadically…
¡Ask a Mexican!
You won’t find many thick cuts of meat in Mexi kitchens.
Live
The Denmark Veseys & Bret Mosley, Plush, Friday, Jan. 16
Silencing the ‘Citizen’
A note from the editor.
Rhythm & Views
You may know A.C. Newman’s work from the second season of The O.C. Remember that episode when the Walkmen perform at the Bait Shop? When Seth realizes–too little, too late–that he’s too self-centered and should probably change his ways? Well, A.C. Newman’s song “On the Table” made a brief appearance in that episode, and as…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
The Grimmy Awards
Bob’s Picks o’ the Movie Litter
Arts Upheaval
As Pilobolus approaches four decades of performance, the troupe continues to challenge modern-dance conventions
Step Critics
Who cares about Oscar nominations? See what James and Bob have to say about the best and worst films of 2008
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Bloodbath at the Capitol
Republicans unveil their first state-budget options
Upward Mobility
The story of a black Chicago family in the 1950s is nicely told in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
Road Rage
The town of Marana may step in and let Stephen Phinny get his way
Face the Strange
Laura Chester’s quirky ‘Rancho Weirdo’ may cause you to dream of new possibilities
Fix-It Trip
A free clinic hopes to nip pet overpopulation in the bud
Blood and Boredom
The first horror flick with the new 3-D technology looks cool, but the movie itself stinks
Return From Exile
Amereno’s Little Italy is back and finding its way in central Tucson
Financial Futures
Young adults in Tucson remain hopeful despite the grim economy
Now Showing at Home
“Man on Wire,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force 6”
Noshing Around
Burger City The recently opened Burger City, at 47 N. Sixth Ave., is up to something pretty flipping interesting: The eatery serves a dozen different burgers and is operated by the nonprofit ArtFare program, which means diners are eating and supporting local arts programs at the same time. The “Mem’fis City” comes with peanut butter…
The Skinny
THE PARTY’S OVER? With lawmakers focusing on the budget at the start of the session, most of the other legislation is on hold until the dollars get sorted out. That means it could be some time before Sen. Jonathan Paton’s bill to force Tucson to switch to nonpartisan races gets a hearing. Tucson is the…
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Media Watch
Gannett to Close ‘Citizen’ in March if No Buyer Appears
Pictures Alive
Wovenhand’s David Eugene Edwards gets spiritual in order to communicate
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Vicki Gaubeca
Playful Design
Obi Best is all dressed up with everywhere to go
Police Dispatch
They Got the Picture North La Cholla Boulevard, Dec. 26, 10:58 p.m. A belligerent alleged tagger was arrested after unintentionally providing law enforcement with evidence against him, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. A security guard at the Foothills Mall, 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., reported seeing a 20-something Hispanic male in a…
Soundbites
ON GOTH Gather ’round, kiddos, while Uncle Stevie tells you the story of how goth kids came to be. Or, how the music they listen to came to pass. Or … something. I dunno. It’s a chicken-and-egg kinda thing. Anyway, here’s the story of one proto-goth band in particular. In the late-’70s, as disaffected youth…
Danehy
An open letter to the country’s former leader
Pick of the Week
Outside of the Mainstream
Nine Questions
Tom Struck
O’Sullivan
One night at a senior-care facility near you…
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
