The Skinny
The budget budges; billboards on the blink; Napolitano’s hard ball; prince in a box; Tucson Weekly’s very own charter school!
Great Pizza, Not an Annoying Bird
Magpies backs up its boast about having the best pizza in town.
Police Dispatch
The MVD Conspiracy West Camino Casa Verde and North La Canada Drive, May 20, 4:33 p.m. A pregnant Green Valley woman was banned from a Motor Vehicles Division office after she harassed female employees during a two-day period, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. When Deputy Luis Cornidez arrived at the MVD, 601 N.…
Making History
Glenn Boyer’s latest novel highlights conflict as it happened in the Old West.
Margaret Regan Wins National Award
Weekly arts writer Margaret Regan won first place for arts criticism in the under 50,000-circulation category of the 2003 Alternative Newsweekly Awards contest. The results were announced in Pittsburgh at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ annual convention on June 6. The three pieces by Regan submitted for consideration by the judges were “Clearing the Eire,”…
Awesome Anime
“Cowboy Bebop” celebrates Western culture by fighting terrorism on Mars. Really.
Artistic Licensing
After the Mountain Avenue debacle, city officials look to tighten the public art process.
2 Lame 2 Watch
Director John Singleton embarrasses himself with “2 Fast 2 Furious.”
Minor League
Cops hauled in more than five dozen underage drinkers, but was it worth the $8,000 cost?
Stray Stories
A local student documentary shows that dogcatchers aren’t usually the bad guys.
I Can See Clearly Now
How I learned to stop worrying (and love George Bush).
A Mile in His Shoes
These days, sneakers are expensive, poorly made and full of hot air.
Newspaper Ponderings
A note from the editor.
City Week
Artist of the month; find out what he’s up to; a collection of extroverts; a long-dead queen; land and people; message crimes.
Pick
Art exhibit “Soiled Doves: Women of Business in Territorial Tucson”
Sixties Pixies
The Okmoniks are superstars who sing about hating other girls.
Soundbites
FIGHTING WORDS: Last year’s winners of the TAMMIES award for Best Roots-Rock act, the Last Call Brawlers, are releasing a new album this week, and with it comes the requisite CD release party. The self-released, self-titled disc, the band’s second, shows just how far they’ve come in recent months, likely due in no small part…
Tales of Animal Abuse
· Pima County Sheriff’s Department investigators accused Chris Faw, 14, of using a tree branch to sodomize Prince, a 7-year-old toy poodle, in September 2002. Prince was euthanized as a result of his injuries. The poodle was mutilated while inside its fenced yard in the 6800 block of East Lightning Drive, a housing area on…
Rhythm & Views
Having been a big fan of now-defunct Royal Trux and Neil Michael Hagerty’s solo work for several years now (and written more than a few reviews and features for both acts in these very pages), it’s always exciting to hear what Neil’s been up to and to try to convey his genius to the musically…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Small World
Out-of-towners join the usual locals in the Davis-Dominguez small works invitational.
Cruel and Unusual
Animal cruelty cases are high priority, but tough to prosecute.
Political Potluck
Jamie Smith’s evolving one-woman show explores current events in a burlesque way.
