‘We will see desperation’: Planned Parenthood Arizona stops abortions after Roe v. Wade overturned
PHOENIX – In the wake of Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion – Planned Parenthood Arizona announced it has shut down its abortion services, effective immediately, while it sorts through “Arizona’s tangled web of conflicting laws.” Abortion opponents, meanwhile, said “life has won…
Breast cancer survivors can win free photo session
This August, Jana Suchy and Nadia Larsen are partnering to host a weekend retreat for breast cancer survivors filled with fabulous photos, friendship and lots of fun. The Tucson Plastic Surgery Pink Ribbon Boudoir Project event has been an easy project for both Suchy and Larsen, because their visions match up very similarly. Larsen’s non-profit,…
‘Just say the election was corrupt’: Trump pressure on Justice Department detailed
President Donald Trump sought to use the U.S. Justice Department to create the illusion of a legitimate investigation into the validity of the 2020 election results, the Jan. 6 committee and former Justice Department leaders said Thursday in the panel’s fifth hearing this month. In the weeks between Election Day 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021,…
AZGOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward subpoenaed in connection with false elector slate
Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward was issued a subpoena by the Department of Justice along with other Arizonans who signed onto a document that would have sent fake electors to Congress on Jan. 6. Politico first broke the news of Ward and her husband Michael being subject of a subpoena, citing an unnamed source who…
U.S. Supreme Court overturns right to abortion in landmark decision
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right. The decision by six of the Court’s nine justices will allow each state to set its own abortion laws, leading to a patchwork of access throughout the country. The result is expected to be…
Bipartisan budget boosts school funding, state employee pay raises, transportation
Republicans and Democrats joined forces early Thursday morning to pass a $15.8 billion budget that significantly increases K-12 funding and caps off a week of intense negotiations as state lawmakers scrambled to approve a spending plan and avert a state government shutdown on July 1. After months of trying to craft a budget that could…
Where the Wild Things Are: Reid Park Zoo open for Summer Safari Nights
Plan a family trip down to South America without having to board a plane on Saturday, June 25, at Reid Park Zoo’s Summer Safari Nights. The summer series opens the zoo in the evening from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. through Saturday, Aug. 13, offering a variety of themed nights that feature zookeeper chats, animal ambassador…
Happy Birthday, Loft Cinema!: Beloved arthouse turns 50 with big plans on the horizon
If Thomas Edison, or anyone else, despaired when his kinetoscope invention was exploited within five years by the next big thing, it was lost on early movie fans. They flocked to the new kinetoscope “parlor” off Times Square to see the moving images with friends and family. That primordial multiplex featured 10 kinetoscopic “movies”, including…
The Swing of Things: Comic Steven Wright turns observations into humor
Comic Steven Wright can find humor in anything. On a walk near his home in Carlisle, Massachusetts, Wright came upon a Little League baseball team. “I used to play Little League out here,” he said. “There’s no manager or anything. There’s one kid who’s acting like the boss. He’s yelling and he’s not any older…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Queer Bazaar. Happy Pride Month! Tucson Hop Shop is celebrating with an evening full of shopping and other festivities to benefit the Thornhill Lopez Center on 4th and the National Center for Transgender Equality. Come on down to support local LGBTQIA+ vendors and artists, sip a cold beer and enjoy some chow from local food…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Mark your calendars… Thursday, June 23 Leaving the electric guitars and their usual backline of amplifiers behind for one night, Jason DeVore (Authority Zero), Gabo (Fayuca), Zach (ZeeCeeKeely), Desert Fish, and Randy Vega perform unplugged. Local Love presents Acoustic Lounge. At 191 Toole… Like the binding molecules that the band is named after, The Morpholinos…
Strike Force: Final cannabis bill of the season is a doozy
In another legislative session that is dragging on to the monsoons of summer, one lone cannabis bill has settled over the statehouse like a dusty haboob, as strike-everything House Bill 2050 provides an olio of legislative fixes that have drawn mixed reactions from across the marijuana firmament. While the bill attempts to address several aspects…
Movie Magic
As I’ve said in the space numerous times over the years, I’m a huge fan of the Loft Cinema and all they do, whether it’s the annual Loft Film Fest, the special screenings of Essential Cinema or the the wackiness of Mondo Monday. If you love movies, you have to love The Loft. As the…
