Dignified Life & Death
Learning to embrace life and the dying process creates compassionate, fuller lives.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Coach for Hire
Danehy throws his jock in the ring to become a UA assistant football coach.
Not New, but Improved
A note from the editor.
Vanity Netherworld
Before “American Idol,” there was the song-poem hustle.
Soundbites
SOUTHERN ACCENTS: This week, in Austin, Texas, thousands upon thousands of those with a stake in the music industry–performers, label employees, managers, talent bookers, journalists, etc.–are gathering for South By Southwest, the most comprehensive music industry event of the year. Wanna get jealous? Just log onto www.sxsw.com and check out all the fun you’re missing…
The life of Timothy H. O’Sullivan
The story of the Irishman who helped shape American–and Arizonan–photography.
Rhythm & Views
Howe Gelb has a gift for fashioning adventure out of fleeting small notions. He’s learned to trust a whim, or, rather, he somehow succeeded in fending off whatever forces drive that instinct out of the rest of us in late childhood. His ever-present wit is wry, if not cynical, and his lyrics reveal a bittersweet…
The Skinny
Tax whacks, democracy lessons, and more!
Pick
POST-MENOPAUSAL CONFIDENCE. Gerontologist, feminist scholar and author Peg Cruikshank is a lecturer in women’s studies and faculty associate of the Center on Aging at the University of Maine. Her new book is Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture and Aging (Rowman & Littlefield, $22.95). Cruikshank sheds light on a particular bias inherent in studying this…
Capital Crapshoot
STUDENT LOAN The Arizona Board of Regents hikes university tuition by $1,000 for in-state students. GOP lawmakers rejoice: “Now we can afford to cut university funding even more!” AT LEAST HE KNOWS HOW TO APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Department of Economic Security head John Clayton suddenly resigns after a tentative budget accord falls through following…
City Week
Waltzing Matilda… Organ Pipe Cactus gets busy… Latin American heroines… country crooners… ending world hunger… groovy films, and more!
Police Dispatch
Ninety-Nine Bottles of Urine Over the Wall West Drexel Road and South Westover Avenue, Feb. 22, 2:29 p.m. Deputies told a Tucson man to stop throwing bottles of urine onto his neighbor’s property, Pima County Sheriff’s Department reports stated. A neighbor told deputies the man has no plumbing and has been throwing urine-filled cans, cups…
Way Out West
Mae West provides over-the-top inspiration for lovesick geeks in “Dirty Blonde.”
Democracy Defenders
Roberto de Roock, 24, is the spokesperson for the Student Taskforce for Democracy, the newly formed group responsible for the March 5 protest at the UA. Five people were arrested–including a Tucson Citizen photographer–that day after four folks chained themselves to an administration door. The students presented a list of 12 demands to the university,…
The Plot’s Afoot
The folks behind the Funhouse Movement Theater think modern dance should tell stories.
Shop Talk
Campbell Avenue merchants band together to boost the neighborhood.
Juiced
“The Cider House Rules, Part 2” squeezes out fine performances from a compelling script.
Art for Justice
Three Tucson teens organize on behalf of murdered women in Juárez.
Good Veggie, Hold the Service
The food at the eclectic Oasis Vegetarian Eatery succeeds in spite of the awful service.
Focused Unexcellence
The UA School of Landscape Architecture fights to stay alive in the face of possible extinction.
Search for the Best Guinness
Yes, it is that time again. No, we’re not talking about an oil embargo, so don’t worry. We’re talking about finding who pours the best Guinness in Tucson. As we continued our St. Patrick’s research, we had some great pours and others that were OK. We can’t say we had a bad one, because we…
Double Standard
“The Star” doesn’t walk its talk when it comes to taxes.
Noshing Around
Used as a verb, nosh means to nibble or munch; as a noun, it’s a snack. My mother used to say, “Have some nosh.” When I dutifully ate every morsel, she would add, “So, how come you’re not on your diet?” Here, I invite you to indulge without guilt, freely embracing the best of trends…
Indians Into Medicine
The UA’s INMED program integrates traditional values and Western medicine.
All That Glimmers
A profile of Louis Bernal’s work shows the photographer’s grasp of life’s fragile beauty.
Rocky Road Redux
The debate continues about a rockfall containment project on Route 82 near Patagonia.
Unusual Bag of Goodies
“Love Liza” forgoes the standard formula to highlight the script and its characters.
