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Coalition Gets to Heart of Wildlife Linkages And Growth
Those wonderful folks at the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, led by Carolyn Campbell, are hosting a free public forum on Thursday, March 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Oro Valley Public Library. The topic, “Wildlife Linkages: Opportunities and Challenges,” will examine the need for connectivity between natural areas to protect wildlife. According…
Loving Arms
We got a rather lengthy—and comma-packed—press release today about a group of UA students who are forming a local chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. The release begins: STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUS CHAPTER FORMS AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Members of the University of Arizona community, concerned about their ability to defend…
Peace Vigil on March 19
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War–a war that Americans are fighting because of rumors of weapons of mass destruction, when none were ever found. The New York Times does a great job of covering various aspects of this war on this fifth anniversary. Read the article in its entirety. As of…
Play Ball! Captain Earthman Talks Spring Training
Tucson’s spring-training season is behind in the count! With the Chicago White Sox planning a move to Glendale and the Colorado Rockies looking for $20 million to $30 million in improvements at Hi Corbett Field, Pima County is in danger of losing our month of Major-League Baseball. Tucson Weekly TV asked Captain Earthman how he…
Richard Elias May Have a Challenger in Bruce Wheeler
What was looking like another unchallenged election season for the Pima County Board of Supervisors changed when former Pima County Democratic Party chair Donna Branch-Gilby announced her intention to run against Supervisor Sharon Bronson. Then last week, Republican Barney Brenner, who lost to Bronson in 2000, decided to join the fray as the GOP opponent. This…
Internet Revolution: Anonymous Style
At the beginning of the year, computer hackers calling themselves Anonymous took over the Church of Scientology’s network in reaction to Scientology officials trying to get a Scientology promotional video of Tom Cruise off the Internet. The group also began a series of international protests last month in front of Church of Scientology centers, with the first in…
Pick of the Week
Magic of the Land
Sweet Steps
A dance by the late, great Antony Tudor highlights Ballet Tucson’s ‘Dance and Dessert’
Danehy
Independents: What gives you the right to have a say in the decisions of parties you’ve rejected?
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Conjuring a Community
ATC makes ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ enjoyable despite some serious flaws
Tuttle
Tucson needs to stop making plans for growth and start making plans to survive
Coloring the Mood
This unconventional story of an illegal abortion in communist Romania consistently builds tension
Disturbing Imagery
Arizona Rep’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ is a valiant and fascinating effort, even if it doesn’t always succeed
Guest Commentary
What if Tucson stopped subsidizing growth and invested in the city core?
Historically Horrible
One of the worst movies ever? ‘10,000 B.C.’ brought in $35.7 million last weekend
Nature Mystic
Ken Lamberton ends his ‘prison trilogy’ with ‘Time of Grace,’ a volume which shows his determination to evolve
¡Ask a Mexican!
Boiling down a complex issue into forwarded e-mail claptrap.
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Seh Welch
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Love and Shame
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Beer + Pie = Bliss
New pizza joint 1702 wows with an ever-changing selection of brews and slices the size of a human head
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“No Country for Old Men,” “Into the Wild: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition,” and “Dan in Real Life”
Noshing Around
St. Patrick’s Day at McHugh’s McHugh’s Pub opens at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 17, serving Irish coffee and free green donuts. The Irish feast begins at noon for a mere $7, with all the Irish specialties, including boxty pancakes and Guinness beef. Various genres of Irish music will be played until 9 p.m., when…
Downloading Drama
While UA officials ponder what to do, officials in Oregon fight file-sharing lawsuits head-on
We Got Bloodspasm
Controversial fliers, punk rock and hair-shaving: It must be time for SpasmFest
Endless Journey
As city officials look to move the Greyhound station to another ‘temporary’ location, plans for a permanent station appear dead
Band Without a Leader
Explosions in the Sky puts their instrumental music, and only the music, front and center
Artistic Journey
Pottery helps forge connections across the turbulent U.S.-Mexico border
Soundbites
WXSW II As mentioned in last week’s Soundbites, this coming week brings us the second half of the West by Southwest music festival, that oddly timed beast (who’s ever heard of a music festival that takes place on two consecutive Mondays and Tuesdays?) that capitalizes on the musical talent making its way back from Austin’s…
The Sisters Who Came to Stay
In a copper-mining town, Irish nuns teach kids who are Hispanic, Apache and white. Welcome to Arizona.
Nine Questions
Jennie Mullins
Car Trouble
A Sudanese refugee finds himself sinking into a financial pit after buying a used Daewoo
Live
Bill Callahan, Jonathan Meiburg, Plush, Friday, March 7
The Skinny
SCRAMBLEWATCH ’08: BARNEY’S BACK! During the election four years ago, not a single Pima County supervisor faced a challenger, unless you count token Libertarian efforts. This year, four out of the five supervisors also look safe, although Democrat Sharon Bronson, in District 3, is now facing both primary and general-election challenges. Bronson, who was first…
Rhythm & Views
When Black Sabbath infused rock with satanic majesty, the slow blues and dark pentatonic scales employed by guitarist Tony Iommi suggested the creeping doom of radioactive fallout. Technology has since sped up the process of military aggression and, in the ’80s, the idea that Soviet warheads could strike the United States in a half-hour flat…
Media Watch
Foster Bounces Back from Heart Surgery
Rhythm & Views
Afterparty Babies is the kind of hip-hop/rap album that appeals to white girls like me who usually spend their time listening to music made predominantly with guitars. We like Afterparty Babies because of the things it has in common with all of the other stuff we listen to: original themes, intelligent lyrics, creative uses of…
Police Dispatch
She Really Kicks Glass West Via Alamos, Green Valley, Feb. 12, 11:10 p.m. An intoxicated, window-breaking woman accused of cheating on her boyfriend displayed a fickle nature when arrested, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. A sheriff’s deputy responding to an unknown problem met with the 19-year-old subject at her apartment complex, where…
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
The Raveonettes’ new album finds the dark Danish duo moving past the borderline gimmicky self-imposed limitations (entire albums played in one key; keeping all songs under the 3-minute mark) and Phil Spector-era wall of sound emulations that marked, and marred, their previous endeavors. Sune Rose Wagner (guitar, vocals) and Sharin Foo (bass, vocals) have at…
Rosemont Mine EIS Public Comment Period Begins
Folks from Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR) want you to know the NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) process began this week regarding the Rosemont Mine. The group circulated a Forest Service press release announcing the process and public meetings that begin next week. According to the press release, Coronado National Forest Supervisor Jeanine Derby…
First Ve Build Moat, Ya? Then Ve Bring In Desert Crocodiles, Ya?
Hey Michael Chertoff, folks in Yuma got themselves a nifty little plan to curb the immigration migration frustration. They’ve decided a moat is the best way to go, kinda like them castle days with knights and stuff. The plan is to take the 23-mile stretch of the Colorado River near Yuma and bring back water…
In a TIF?
So what if state lawmakers decided that it might help bridge the growing budget gap if they suspended Tucson’s Rio Nuevo financing? Those downtown redevelopment funds come from sales taxes diverted from the state treasury. Nah, legislators never suggest something like that. Would they?
