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Paper Weight
The mind-bending depth and dimensions of Nick Georgiou’s sculptures
In The Flesh: Toilet Paper Dress-Up! Cheeky Tassel Queens! Flashy Butts! It’s Culture Shock at H2O
On a recent Thursday night on the outdoor patio of H2O, drag queens in stiletto heels towered over showgoers and divas strutted in sequined gowns. LGBTQ and cis-gendered people gathered for Tora Woloshin’s opening act. Woloshin hosted an event called Culture Shock to fight against prejudice by showcasing different cultures. The majority of acts were people…
In The Flesh: Kehlani, Ella Mai, and JAHKOY at Rialto Theatre
Kehlani had an intimate show at the Rialto Theatre last Monday. The R&B singer was not accompanied by her usual two dancers but was instead serenaded, and gave words of encouragement, to fans throughout the show. JAHKOY, Ella Mai, and Noodles opened Kehlani’s SweetSexySavage Tour with performances that amped up the excitement. JAHKOY opened. People…
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr on Noel Gallagher’s ‘Riverman’
In the last days of summer ’09, Noel Gallagher, chief songwriter and guitarist of Manchester malcontents Oasis, had had enough. Alongside his singer bro Liam, Noel had ridden Oasis success far beyond what a working-class kid could imagine. He was done sparring with the press, with band management, and, most of all, his younger bro.…
The Weekly List: 16 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next Week
Your Weekly guide to having fun in the Old Pueblo. Food & Booze 2nd Annual Tucson 23: A Mexican Food Festival. This festival celebrates Visit Tucson’s “Best 23 Miles of Mexican Food in America.” Ticket prices include menu samplings from over 25 local wineries, breweries and local Mexican restaurants. There will also be weekend stay-cation…
The Time Has Come! The Second Round of Best of Tucson is Open
It’s here! After two long weeks of vote tallying, the second and final round of Best of Tucson is up and awaiting your attention. For the uninitiated: Best of Tucson® is our annual celebration of everything local. We start with an initial (completely write-in) round of voting to find our who your favorites are. We tally…
Trial Over TUSD’s Mexican American Studies to Begin in Tucson June 26
It’s been five years since TUSD’s Mexican American Studies program was dismantled by order of Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal. The lawsuit challenging Huppenthal’s order and the statute he based it on is coming to trial in Tucson’s DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, beginning the week of June 26 through June 30. It will continue the week of…
Gabby Giffords: Today’s Congressional Shooting ‘Is an Attack on All Who Serve and on All Who Participate in our Democracy’
Gabby Giffords, whose congressional career was cut short in a mass shooting, responds to today’s shooting at a gathering of Republican members of Congress: It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, nor if you’re a senator or a representative, nor a staffer or a sworn officer. If you serve the institution of…
14th Grade Is the New 12th Grade
So far as I know, Democrat David Garcia is the only gubernatorial candidate who has a plan to allow all Arizonans to attend state colleges tuition free, or the outline of a plan anyway. He wants to start by making community and tribal colleges tuition free, expand to top high school graduates attending Arizona universities…
Quick Bites: Downtown and All Around
Janos Wilder is at it again. The James Beard Award-winner begins his annual “DOWNTOWNS Around the Globe” culinary tour with scheduled stops in four of Tucson’s international sister Cities of Gastronomy. DOWNTOWN Kitchen + Cocktails, 135 S. Sixth Ave., is offering guests the choice of its summer menu, or a rotating international menu. Until July…
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr Digs Deep Into Classic Velvet Trou for Some Monster Tommy Bolin!
Tommy Bolin was a blistering guitar player who had mastered everything from ’70s boogie rock to jazz fusion with real grace. He was an up and comer with a reputation and a personality, and he looked like a rock ‘n’ roll star, a chick magnet with feathers in his hair. He was an easy fit…
In the Flesh: The 4th Avenue Pack Attack: ‘Eight Bands, Three Venues, One Night.’ Lenguas Largas! Dad Jokes! Lots of Dudes on Stage!
Discord slammed into melody, then rolled about on dusty floor, before forming a daisy chain of unity, as the gods of rock commanded it. Well, sorta. “Eight Bands, Three Venues, One Night” is how it was billed. This past Sunday, Che’s Lounge, Bar Passè and The Surly Wench graciously rolled out their freshly swept hospitality…
Quick Bites: Delectable Memories
A restaurant closing during the summer isn’t usually news in Tucson. It’s almost to be expected. Like the monsoon, change sweeps in fast in an unforgiving industry with razor-thin margin for error. Mom and pop diners and family-value concepts litter the wash of what-ifs when the heat gets intense and the sun stays around longer.…
The Weekly List: 12 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Science & Nature Spacefest. Southern Arizona was an early hotspot in the space race, so it’s no surprise that it’s also home to the annual Spacefest, which brings astronauts, space scientists, rocket ship engineers, astronomers, meteorite hunters, artists and other space cadets together for a…
Coming into the Light
“Light to me is perhaps the most profound truth in the universe,” photographer Wynn Bullock once said.
God On Our Side
Roadrunner Theatre Company gets a boost
Girl Power
The DCU gets the blast of fun it sorely needed with Wonder Woman, a film that gets it right on almost every front and features a performance from Gal Gadot that makes it seem the role was her birthright.
Battle Acts: Sgt. Pepper Then vs. Sgt. Pepper Now
We have no Summer of Love to ponder, no Vietnam War to protest, no miracle drug that’s going to save us. But we do have an unpopular president and Sgt. Pepper to marvel over all over again. It’s not the same, but it kinda is, and that’s about the best splendid time that can be…
Food For Cause
After getting yourself a sandwich, Even Stevens gives back to the community
Editor’s Note
A profile of paper artist Nick Georgiou
Danehy
Tom Wonders About Traffic, climate change and a weird embrace of stupidity from sitcoms to politics
Know Your Product
Like a curious kid who can’t stop poking a bruise, Adult Mom’s Stephanie Knipe compulsively explores the space between hurt and healing.
Prime Time
There’s something just a bit different about The Prime Leaf, a new dispensary recently opened at at 4220 E. Speedway Blvd.
Police Dispatch
A young University of Arizona student infatuated with his professor was not afraid to tell her about it despite her request that he stop.
Ask a Mexican!
Since gabachos hate truth nowadays, the prospect of amnesty long ago went the way of the Paris climate accords.
The Skinny
A secret recording shows U.S. Rep. McSally has some concerns about reelection
Desert Ordeal
Activists walk the punishing Migrant Trail
Sunny With a Chance of Rain
Arizona’s economy continues to rise in recovery of the Great Recession, but as always with economic forecasts, not everything is optimistic.
Vintage Vinyl
The Tongues of Truth “Let’s Talk About Girls” / “You Can’t Come Back” 13 Records M-101, 1977 (200 copies pressed, included pic sleeve)<
A Look Inside Phoenix Comicon
A look at some Minions, monsters and emojis that attended Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix. The convention was hosted at Phoenix Convention Center May 25-28.
