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Local feature film to open Sunburn Film Festival
An independent local feature film titled “Run Rabbit” was selected to play opening night of the Arizona Sunburn Film Festival in Tucson. Written and directed by Latino artist Justin Rose, “Run Rabbit” is a 1970s-style dark action film boasting a majority cast of Arizona actors. The film has garnered significant attention across the globe over…
PC Health Department extends COVID-19 Test to Treat program
The Pima County Health Department announced the extension of the free COVID-19 Test to Treat program at the county’s East Clinic on Friday, July 22. The program, which provides testing and access to treatment for COVID-19, in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will now run through Wednesday, August 24, based on public…
Game Over?: Five years after Bryan Burns’ death, former Wildcats star Davonte’ Neal has been charged with the murder
In retrospect, the clues were out there. And, in some respect, they still are. On Nov. 4, 2017, Davonte’ Neal, the former Arizona Wildcats football player turned Idaho State assistant football coach, posted on Twitter, “It hurts but once love is lost there is nothing you can do but watch it pass.” A week and…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Mark your calendars… Thursday, July 21 From the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation in the Four Corners region, country singer Dirt Rhodes carries on the deeply rooted tradition of Diné storytelling on “Navajo Country Music,” his latest release. Together with country and western psychedelic-rocker Jim McGuinn — grandson of Roger McGuinn of The Byrds — they…
Grapes and Gaffes: In which I bumble my way through Arizona wine country
I’m never sure how many questions you’re allowed to ask at a wine tasting. Part of me is eager to learn, but the other part doesn’t want to be annoying and isn’t sure how much information I’d retain anyway. Once, a man at a relatively fancy winery gave me a sample of wine and explained…
Trailblazing Take on Classics: Sweet Dreams puts a new twist on wine, cocktails
Sweet Dreams Vineyard, and founder Bill Gibbs, have brought a cutting-edge product to the cannabis industry. As of early 2021, the company released a nonalcoholic, THC-infused red wine and margarita, dubbed “Cannabernet” and “Marijuarita,” respectively. Both products are sold to anyone over the age 21 at Herbal Wellness Centers, as well as a growing number…
Tucson Salvage: World-class wheelchair athlete to revolutionary bean counter
An elderly woman sits comfy in a corner chair, lost in a book. A young mother with two cagey knee-highs signs a reproductive-freedom petition at the counter. A handful of others indulge in easy vices of Marx, vegan fare or iced, shade-grown organic. It is downright tranquil inside the winning, air-conditioned bookstore-coffeehouse Revolutionary Grounds, the…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Swap & Shop with the Ninth House & Cero Tucson A magical swap, in my opinion, is the best kind of swap. So, if you have some gently used tarot decks, crystals or related literature, bring them by this event to see if you can swap for something that suits you better. That’s on the…
Broadway Royalty: ‘Pretty Woman’ brings Adam Pascal to Tucson
Adam Pascal is pretty pragmatic about what he does in musical theater. Pascal, who has played some of the more iconic leading men of modern musical theater, is in Tucson with the touring cast of “Pretty Woman: The Musical.” He played Roger in “Rent,” Radames in “Aida,” Huey in “Memphis,” and Shakespeare in “Something Rotten.”…
Rebecca Fox battles her way to the stage
Rebecca Fox, with her husband, Paul Fox, hosts another in her fourth-Tuesday comedy show series, “Blazed and Amused,” on Tuesday, July 28, at 420-friendly Arte Bella. The series is the latest waystation in Rebecca’s comedy journey. You could say she’s been to the mountain, looked around, and decided, for now, to settle in the foothills.…
