Traffic Tie-Ups
The city pays up to a half-million dollars for another study regarding the proposed Aviation Parkway extension
Rhythm & Views
When alt.country pioneers Uncle Tupelo split in 1993, founding members Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy went their separate ways, Tweedy forming Wilco, and Farrar, Son Volt. At first, Son Volt was the more successful band, but after the release of Wide Swing Tremelo in 1998, they broke up. Farrar began releasing solo records that didn’t…
Legal Briefs
Unexpected Discovery and Disclosure in the Stidham Murder
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Random Outburst UA Area, May 12, 5:56 p.m. A professor said a trio of men disrupted her class, mirroring an incident two months earlier, a University of Arizona Police Department report said. The professor told an officer that three men entered the rear of a lecture hall in which she was teaching at the Social…
Rhythm & Views
The formation of the supergroup Audioslave resulted in one of the most phenomenal records of the new millennium. Too bad their sophomore release, Out of Exile, is a phenomenal disappointment. On their debut disc, Audioslave managed to sound like its own entity, far separate from its members’ previous work (Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine).…
Unanimous Decision
Ron Howard, Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti all shine again in ‘Cinderella Man’
Off to Canada
The controversial executive director of the Tucson Poetry Festival says goodbye
Tedious ‘Yard’
Messrs. Sandler and Reynolds have produced a film lacking in levity and virtue
The Coyote Stars
Native American tales provide the basis for a new, 30-minute NEW ARTiculations dance number
Danehy
Note to heteros: If you don’t want to get married, then you shouldn’t get the benefits of being married
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Annie Bunker
Water, Water Everywhere
Despite the heat, Saturday night’s Summer Art Cruise keeps things flowing with its nautical theme
Downing
Be sure to keep your fellow creatures in mind this summer
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Something to Believe In
Bisbee’s Bill Carter tells a story of his life, the war in Sarajevo and rebirth in ‘Fools Rush In’
Guest Commentary
A year after a serious injury, lucidity happens
Pick
Tucson in Twilight
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
On Immigration
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Sling Blade: Exclusive Director’s Cut,” “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Seinfeld: Season 4”
Jumping to Serve
Some Tucson restaurants could learn a thing or two about service from the new chain in town
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Meal Deals for $20 Staying in Tucson has its perks when the temperatures peak and dining prices plummet. The independent restaurants banded together under the Tucson Originals banner have some great deals for you, starting June 1 and going through Aug. 31. Here’s a sampling: Five locations of Magpies offer two large pizzas with two…
The Skinny
CSI: BACK TO SCHOOL A Skinny item last week reported and written by Chris Limberis mischaracterized a report on the findings of DNA tests conducted by a prosecution analyst who evaluated samples from Lexus coupe owned by murder victim Dr. David Brian Stidham. Thirty-two samples were taken from the white, 1992 SC400, including two swabs…
Ol’ Dirty Projectors
Art for Don Henley’s sake comes to Solar Culture
Media Watch
A Final Fling on Pulitzer’s Bling?
Soundbites
HE, JONATHAN Let it be known that you who picked up the paper the day it officially came out shall be justly rewarded, for tonight, Thursday, June 2, Jonathan Richman is back in town, and anyone who attends the show will leave with a smile on his or her face. Guaranteed. If you’re not sure…
Flunkies
The Sierra Club grades the Arizona Legislature
Nine Questions
Carl Lemon
Tax a Lot
Small cuts in Pima County’s tax rate are devoured by a steady increase in property values
Live
Queens of the Stone Age, Rialto Theatre, Saturday, May 28
Catastrophe in Care
Hospitals are being crippled by the costs of treating migrants–and that could be just the start of an immigrant-related health crisis
Individual Talent
Of Montreal’s ‘The Sunlandic Twins’ dances with its influences
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
The walking erections that are the Coachwhips whip up a superbly warped, sexually deviant racket that is the equivalent of a speed freak trapped in a telephone booth. It’s claustrophobic, hyperkinetic and agitated, leaving one crawling the walls, looking for an escape hatch from the disintegrating, lo-fi thrash frenzy. At an ambitious 10 songs in…
