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Requiem For a Dream: An Artist and Migrant Trail Whisperer Erects Silent Monuments to Courage
There is so much death in the Southern Arizona desert Alvaro’s project, these silent monuments to courage, will never be completed.
Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Monday, Feb. 11
Valentine’s Day Card Making. There is just something so special about a handmade gift, no matter your artistic ability, your loved one is sure to appreciate a great Valentine’s Day card. Drop in and make a beautiful Valentine’s Day card for that special person in your life. Mary Ellen Palmeri will help you create an imaginative…
23 Great Things to Do in Tucson This Weekend: Feb. 8 to 10
New Year, New Flavors at Gloria Jean’s Coffees. The Tucson Mall is getting a bit tastier and more energized with new special winter flavors from Gloria Jean’s Coffees. Specials include Red Velvet Butter Rum Latte, Red Velvet Butter Rum Chiller, German Chocolate Cake Cold Brew, German Chocolate Cake Whole Bean coffee and Red Velvet Cupcake…
XOXO: Where to Rock This Weekend Feb. 8 to 10
“Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me.” Handpicked by Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne for their inherent badassery to open for the ill-fated OzzFiesta inaugural. From the portal of Hell, otherwise known as Los Angeles, Black Sabbitch are at 191 Toole. Details here. Forbidden by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages! Composers faced a…
Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Thursday, Feb. 7
Free First Thursday at the Tucson Museum of Art. Another first Thursday of the month means another evening full of live music, art making and gallery conversations at this local art museum. This month, explore the intersection of art and the environment by checking out Patricia Carr Morgan’s exhibit, Blue Tears. Morgan, an Arizona photographer,…
XOXO: Where to Rock Thursday, Feb. 7
From The O.C., self-described psychedelic hip-hop punk rockers Kottonmouth Kings continue to ask the unchanging question: “Where’s The Weed At?” At The Rock. Details here. Psych, prog, power is on tap. Silver Cloud Express, The Mind and Still Life Telescope at Sky Bar… With a staggering 40 albums to his credit, electronic wizard Robert Rich…
Congressman Raul Grijalva Does His Own SOTU Response
Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva was unimpressed with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union.
Claytoon of the Day: SOTU 2019
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Five Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Wednesday, Feb. 6
Flying Leap Wine Tasting. Hotel McCoy is hosting Flying Leap Vineyards & Distillery for a tasting and winemaking seminar. Here, you’ll get to taste the wine from a small farm, growing 18 different wine grape varietals just south of Tucson. 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6. 720 W. Silverlake Road. Details here. Whiskey Wednesday.…
XOXO: Where to Rock Wednesday, Feb. 6
Unleashing her soulful voice and interpretative talents upon The Bards celebrated oeuvre. Joan Osborne sings the Songs of Bob Dylan. At The Fox Theatre. Details here. They began as a one-man band serenading 20-something university co-ed partiers on the streets of Miami, Magic City Hippies bring their indie-funk-dusted, oven-baked hip hop/soul to The Rock. With…
Girl Scouts: Here’s a Sure Sale for Your Cookies!
One Tucson company is celebrating the 2019 Girl Scouts cookie season with a big promise: They will buy cookies from every girl who visits them this Thursday, Feb. 7. For the fourth year in a row, Trusting Connections nanny agency and sitter service co-founders Rosalind Prather and Caroline Wesnitzer are vowing to purchase cookies from…
Charter School Reform Legislation: The Good, The Bad and The Unknown
SB 1394, a bill intended to bring more oversight and regulation to charter schools, hasn’t gone anywhere yet. Like lots of other bills, it’s waiting to be considered, amended or ignored to death. The bill has some good stuff in it, but it also has a loophole big enough to drive an eighteen wheeler through…
Politico: Bannon and the Trump Crew May Have Border Wall Town Hall in Tucson on Friday
Is there any chance we could seal them all in Biosphere 2 for the next hundred years? Politico reports the Trump gang may be descending upon Tucson: In what amounted to a kind of #MAGA field trip, former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, former Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, baseball…
Democrat Randi Dorman Launching Mayoral Campaign Next Week
Randi Dorman, a developer, downtown advocate and patron of the arts, plans to announce her mayoral run next week. The release from Team Dorman: Local businesswoman and Chairwoman of the Downtown Tucson Partnership, Randi Dorman will be holding an event for the public to announce and celebrate her campaign for Mayor of Tucson. “I’m Randi…
Claytoon of the Day: Dirty Trickster Lives Matter
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Adoptable Pet: Silver Needs A Home
“I am a low energy cat that is adjusting to living with a family instead of living on the streets. I am completely litterbox trained and I did well with my foster family’s cats. I need a special adopter who will give me time to adjust to this new lifestyle. Could you be the one…
Claytoon of the Day: Snoozer Bowl
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County Administrator Proposes Use of General Fund for Road Repairs
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry wants to take a portion of the fiscal year 2019-2020 general fund and put it toward road repairs in unincorporated areas. In a memo to the Board of Supervisors published on Wednesday, Huckelberry recommended a plan to repair arterial roads in unincorporated parts of the county that receive use from…
Laughing Stock: Last Laughs, But Wait ….
Clean cut, high energy, metalicious comics literally kick ass. The first-ever CATcomedy520 LOL Crawl winds down this weekend with a host of shows at Tucson Improv Movement, Unscrewed Theatre, and Laffs Comedy Caffe, and on Friday, the venerable Lewis Black at the Fox. But the LOL Crawl is mostly about Tucson’s underground scene, and two shows…
All Bets Are On: Breaking Down Arizona’s Loss to ASU, Super Bowl LIII And Who Will Win The Pac-12
Co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak are back to discuss last night’s 95-88 loss by Arizona to ASU, as well as a slew of other sports topics. The two break down their Pac-12 Most Outstanding Player picks and discuss who will win next week’s games between Arizona and Washington and Washington State. The dynamic duo…
Claytoon of the Day: Canned Hog
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Arizona Lawmakers Agree on Crucial Drought Contingency Plan
Arizona lawmakers beat a midnight deadline set by the federal government by just a few hours Thursday, agreeing on a plan to balance drought and water supplies in the Colorado River Basin. The goal is to keep water levels in Lake Mead from plummeting so low there wouldn’t be enough water for the millions of…
Celebrate A Giraffe’s 30th Birthday With Reid Park Zoo
Denver the giraffe is hitting a big milestone Friday, Feb. 1, and all of Tucson’s invited to her big party. Kicking off at 10 a.m, the zoo crew will welcome the public. The first 20 people in line at the event get to feed Denver a birthday biscuit. The zoo keepers already celebrated the big…
Gems of Rock, Featuring Peter Rivera, Coming to Tucson Feb. 8
Just in time for the Gem and Mineral Show, the “Gems of Rock” are coming to Tucson. The lineup includes: headliner Peter Rivera, singer and drummer of the classic psychedelic rock/soul band Rare Earth, accompanied by Mr. Skynyrd, “Arizona’s Premier Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute band” and award-winning Arizona folk singer Jeordie. Rivera has multiple gold and…
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Co-Sponsors Violence Prevention Legislation
This week U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) introduced the Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019 (S. 265). The bill intends to streamline law enforcement efforts on local, state and national levels to better prevent violent acts of mass casualties. Through the implementation…
Rio Nuevo Board Approves Ice System Contract at TCC
The Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District Board voted in favor of moving forward with a $2.5 million contract to replace the ice-making system at the Tucson Convention Center on Tuesday. The unanimous vote allows local contractor Lloyd Construction to put in the new system, which will be installed during the summer of 2019, in time…
Claytoon of the Day: Just Another Weather Cartoon
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Flight Plan: Pima Hoping to Expand Aviation Tech Program
With big companies like Raytheon, Sargent, Bombardier and Ascent, Pima Community College’s Aviation Maintenance Technician program helps fill a growing demand for skilled workers in the industry.
Pie in the Sky: Catalina Craft Pizza aims high, whether it’s the food, the music or the community
While a delicious pizza is never something to undervalue, Catalina Craft Pizza owner Jeff Bridge does a whole lot more with his restaurant.
UA Tech Parks Ready to Break Ground with New Associate VP Carol Stewart
In her previous position, Stewart worked as CEO of the Association of University Research Parks, which is based right here in Tucson, though she worked out of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Swift Split: The Arizona Dispensaries Association has lost a state lobbyist
Feuds between DeMenna Public Affairs and certain camps within the ADA are no secret.
The Skinny
Arizona’s legislative session is in full swing—and as always, that swing goes from the serious work that needs to get done to the sideshow attractions, such as the current feeding frenzy focused on one Prescott Republican
Lame of Thrones: ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ is a Royal Disappointment
This one will probably work better on a smaller screen, so wait until it’s streaming.
Danehy: How Do Arizona’s Charter Schools Get Away With Swindling Students and Fleecing Taxpayers?
Do you know how many charter schools have come and gone over the past 25 years? Don’t feel bad; the State of Arizona doesn’t know, either.
Reel Indie
All the best showings coming up at your local indie theaters
Awarding the Ambiance: Steve Roach
After decades of making music, influencing multiple genres and crafting a discography spanning more than a hundred hours, ambient/electronic pioneer Steve Roach might finally be hitting his stride.
Quick Bites
All the best places to get a bite this week
XOXO
Where to rock in Tucson this week
City Week
Fill your week with fun from City Week!
Nightcrawler
Shows to keep you out late this week
History Has Its Eyes On You: A Hamilton Music Revue
Unlike most musicals, the story of Hamilton is told almost exclusively in song. So when I first heard that History Has Its Eyes On You: A Hamilton Music Revue would be doing a concert featuring the music of Hamilton “but none of the songs with plot,” I wasn’t too sure what to expect. It turns…
¡Viva El Tango! Celebrate Master Tango Composer Piazzolla
This weekend, no fewer than three local arts groups (Ballet Tucson, the Tucson Guitar Society and Rogue Theatre), joined by an opera singer and a pair of musicians brought in from Italy, will celebrate his life and music in Viva Piazzolla!
Food for Thought: Two Trains Running
Playwright August Wilson set a lofty goal for himself when he decided to try to distill and illuminate the African-American experience throughout the 20th century in America.
Police Dispatch
A University of Arizona student was frightened by a disheveled-looking guy in a bathrobe “sneaking” around campus with a bag full of Ramen noodles
Editor’s Note
We are bidding farewell to production manager Chelo Grubb, who is heading off to a new job at Reid Park Zoo.
