

Laud Music on a Sultry Night
Barbarito Torres is bringing the Cuban rhythm to town.
Soundbites
KFMA Day II is upon us… Billy Idol is still a punk… The dulcimer sings sweetly… and more!
Rhythm & Views
Just Push Play on Aerosmith’s latest.
Playing with Fire
Flam Chen is lighting up the world of performance. Is Tucson looking?
The Shock of the Few
TMA’s Arizona Biennial offers more compact provocation than before.
Orts Exports
Orts stops at home in the middle of some world travel.
True Peru
Miraflores’ fare is variable, but it’s always earthy and honest.
Historical Hysteria
Reveling in the flaky splendor of oddball geniuses lost to history.
Unnatural Selection
Survival of the fittest doesn’t affect the summer box office, so “Evolution” has a chance.
Test Flight
Minority students are failing the AIMS test at a disturbing rate.
Wolf Whistle
Many rural Arizonans regard wolves as the enemy, and they’re winning little battles in the war against wolf reintroduction.
Dirty Dealings
A TUSD janitor fights for his job, and his life.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Tube Boobs
It’s Blockbuster versus consumers, but who’s taking advantage of whom?
The Skinny
The city council flushes the charter changes… Everyone is proving themselves at City Hall… and more!
Newsreel
Tom Jackson King’s feature this week on rural resistance to restoring the Mexican gray wolf to its rightful domain comes by way of Safford’s Eastern Arizona Courier, one small-town paper that’s interested in covering more than bake sales. Here in Tucson, Tim Vanderpool has provided most of the Weekly’s previous coverage of the rancher-controlled Arizona…
Heavy Traffic
The Tohono O’odham border crossing remains a hot spot in the drug war.
City Week
The Odyssey continues at Kennedy Park… Edward McCain brings us down South Park Avenue… Come to understand the Color of Fear… and more!
Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
Janis Ian at 17, Plus 33 1/3
The singer-songwriter is still spinning, but at her own speed.






