Capital Crapshoot
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING Gov. Janet Napolitano finally reaches an accord with lawmakers to plug the $338 million hole in the current fiscal year. Libertarian activist Ernest Hancock vows to sue over the plan to roll over expenses into next fiscal year. SCHOOL’S OUT! House passes bill eliminating funding for Tanque Verde High School on…
Return of the Master
Lang Lang makes a triumphant return to Tucson.
Police Dispatch
A Dormitory Horror Story March 9, 8:20 p.m., University of Arizona campus According to a University of Arizona Police Department report, a student was in her residence hall lobby when she was nearly struck by a stray bullet. She told police that she was waiting for classmates in the Maricopa Hall lobby when she heard…
Mariachi, Female-Style
D. R. Ransdell blends musical talent and humor in a new CD.
False Premise
Think metro government will save us? Think again.
Mama Mia!
Mama Louisa’s has it all–great food, low prices and good service.
Dry Despair
Some of our local watering holes could be gone by summer’s end.
Mexico Unveiled
Charles Bowden’s latest paints a compelling picture of the drug trade below the border.
War Torn
Local antiwar voices speak out on the Iraqi situation.
Rat a Tat Tat
“Willard” doesn’t improve much over the original, but it has great special effects.
Heroic Measures?
Can University Physicians save Kino Community Hospital?
War Games
Do we really know what we’re in for?
Impaired Thinking
Society still takes an approach with drunk drivers that’s much too lenient.
Plant Pro
Cecily Gill, 47, is the curator of horticulture at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way. She’s worked at the gardens for 16 years. A Tucson resident since 1976, Gill was born in Wisconsin and grew up in Phoenix. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Arizona State University. As the…
War Thoughts
A note from the editor.
City Week
Clean the air… spring has sprung… in and out of the jazz mainstream… remembering Steinfeld’s, and more!
Pick
POETIC FICTION. Is it fate that brings you to the work of a poet? Or is it the poet’s books–books of fiction filled with characters and plot–that usher you in? I discovered Fanny Howe’s work a year ago and gulped down three of her books with gusto. When would she write a new novel, I…
Soundbites
MOCK ON: Howdy folks! Welcome to this week’s Soundbites. Our man with his ears to the ground and a Budweiser to his mouth, Stephen Seigel, is getting in gratis to many-a-venue at this year’s SXSW (that’s the South-By-Southwest music festival, for those of you keeping score at home) in good old Austin, Texas. As such,…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Cowboy Junkies
Riders in The Sky touch down at the Rialto Theater.
These Bills Really Blow!
Dispatches from the Draconian Legislature.
Valley of the Sundance
Phoenix dominates the Arizona Contemporary Dance Festival.
The Skinny
Unwelcome at City Hall, TSUD bloodbath, the Teflon chairman, and more!
Myth Anthrope
Nasty human dramas take mythic proportions in a Michael Cajero installation.
