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The Grand Prix: An Excerpt From Spent Saints
His foot clipped into the pedal and the pedal was connected to the crank and his leg pushed down and perspiration stung razor burns on the tops of his shins.
Have You Seen These Paintings? Cardenas Artwork Stolen From Former Bring Funeral Home Space
On Sunday, March 26, five paintings by Tucson artist Cristina Cardenas were discovered stolen from an office space that’s part of the former Bring Funeral Home on Scott Avenue downtown (236 S. Scott Ave.). Cardenas is a member of the Citizens Artist Collective at the Citizens Warehouse, 44 W. 6th St. Cardenas says the art…
Cinema Clips: Beauty and the Beast
This live action take on the classic Disney animated musical isn’t a shot for shot remake of the original like, say, Gus Van Sant’s time-wasting Psycho effort. However, it does follow a lot of the same plot points and incorporates enough of the musical numbers to give you that sense of déja vu while watching…
“AZ Schools Now” Town Hall Will Give You a Chance to Be Heard On Public School Funding
AZ Schools Now is hosting a town hall on public school funding Thursday, March 30, 6 p.m., at the Pima Community College West Campus Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road. The governor’s education budget proposals and the Democrats’ proposals will be presented, then people in attendance will be asked to give their thoughts…
Cinema Clips: Land of Mine
This Oscar nominated film (Best Foreign Film) from Denmark is about as complicated and difficult a story to tell, but writer-director Martin Zandvliet more than succeeds. It’s post WWII in Denmark, and a group of Nazi youth POWs is tasked with clearing a beach of thousands of mines. Their commander, a Danish Sergeant (an excellent…
A Tucson 17-year-Old Loves Her Hometown, and the Internet Explodes
Yesterday, the internets forgot about #45 for a few minutes and gave a Tucson high school senior some love. BuzzFeed shared 17-year-old Timea Post’s senior pictures and how the world took notice. We approve too, and don’t care if people don’t understand our love of eeggee’s or why we love her picture in front of the…
Streets of This Town: Queen-Sized Beauty Rest and Some DNA.
“Streets of This Town” is a little daily photo series featuring random pics I take on long walks through Tucson—to sort of coincide with Tucson Salvage.
Latin Comedy Jam Returns to Tucson (A Ticket Give Away)
The Latin Comedy Jam’s Laugh Kings returns to Tucson on Friday, March 31 at the Leo Rich Theater (260 S. Church) as part of its national tour. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets starts at $16 and are available at the Tucson Convention Center box office or online at www.ticketmaster.com. The…
Cinema Clips: The Devil’s Candy
Writer-director Sean Byrne follows up his very good horror debut, 2012’s The Loved Ones, with this piece of heavy metal nastiness. Jesse (an unrecognizable Ethan Embry), a starving artist, and wife Astrid (Shiri Appleby) are moving into a new house with daughter Zooey (Kiara Glasco). Shortly before buying that house for a dirt-cheap price, they…
Casa Video Top 10
One of the best things about movies is that they grant us an escape from an annoying day at work, a frustrating bumper-to-bumper commute or just our daily obligations in general—at least for a couple of hours. If an escape from any of the above sounds like what you need this week to keep some…
Education Budget Rumblings from D.C. — All Cuts, All the Time
We’ve already heard the Trump people’s plans to cut $9.2 billion from next year’s federal education budget. Now comes news they want to cut about $3 billion from the budget for rest of this fiscal year, which has five months left. From Politico’s Morning Education report: After proposing a $9.2 billion cut to the Education…
Okra Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Okra! I’m a fun 11-month-old boy and I’m looking for a home! I’m totally a dog’s dog and would love to find a home where I can get ample exercise, play time, cuddles, and even a doggy friend to spend my time with! I hope you’re looking for a big dog, because I…
Streets of This Town: Late Night Hunger.
“Streets of This Town” is a little daily photo series featuring random pics I take on long walks through Tucson—to sort of coincide with Tucson Salvage.
In the Flesh: The Blind Suns, The Mission Creeps and Louise Le Hir at Sky Bar.
A sizable crowd of people, many clad in red and blue UA apparel, dominated the early evening at Sky Bar this past Thursday night. It was the NCAA Sweet 16 Tournament and the place was packed. Bands scheduled early had to wait until the game—that saw Arizona lose to Xavier—concluded or risk riot. The crowd…
No Healthcare Vote Today After All
Looks like the votes just weren’t there. News is breaking that President Donald Trump has asked House Speaker Paul Ryan to give up on a vote on the American Health Care Act. While it’s a gigantic embarrassment that shows the limits of Trump’s bullying powers over GOP lawmakers, it’s probably less embarrassing than losing the…
“Martha McSally Is Not Answering”
As the Bullshitter-in-Chief pushes the House of Representatives to take a vote on the disastrous healthcare legislation GOP lawmakers have assembled, U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ02)—who came out in support of the legislation earlier this week—appears to be done taking phone calls from constituents. Calling McSally’s D.C.’s office yields the following message: “Martha McSally is…
Laughing Stock: Tickling the Surly Wench
“First off, I love comedy,” says Surly Wench Pub founder and owner Stephanie Johnston. “I host a lot of burlesque shows, and making people laugh their asses off is the best feeling.” So when Roxy Merrari, long-time good Wench customer, and her pal Mo Urban approached Johnston about hosting Tucson’s only female-run open mic, she…
We Look Smaller in Boston
Students attending a Boston public school have another world map, the Peters projection map, next to the one most of us are used to looking at. Boston’s public schools began phasing in the lesser-known Peters projection, which cuts the US, Britain and the rest of Europe down to size. Teachers put contrasting maps of the…
Streets of This Town: Faces of Tucson
“Streets of This Town” is a little daily photo series featuring random pics I take on long walks through Tucson—to sort of coincide with Tucson Salvage.
Huge Congrats to Tucson Writer Francisco Cantú For Snagging a Prestigious Whiting Award for His Forthcoming Memoir!
Tucson writer Francisco Cantú snagged this week a prestigious 2017 Whiting Award, which includes, beyond the international attention, $50,000. He’ll be honored along with nine other recipients in New York City, a ceremony keynoted by Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee. Note that past Whiting winners impressively include David Foster Wallace, Jeffrey Eugenides, Denis Johnson, Ocean Vuong,…
Reinventing Dillinger
A couple of years ago, Ashley Bowman, co-artistic director of Artifact Dance Project, pitched an idea to the Tucson music duo Ryanhood.
Nixon Divided
Longtime Washington journalist Evan Thomas is the author of Being Nixon: A Man Divided, a biography of former president Richard Nixon that was named one of the 10 best nonfiction books of the year by Time Magazine and was praised as a “fully rounded portrait” by the New York Times Book Review.
In the Moment
Spread across Austin Counts’ new record are songs of jealousy, sin and heartache, scenes of jail cells and barrooms, and if you look hard enough, even a bit of redemption.
10 for 10 at SXSW
For 30 years South by Southwest has been bringing a smorgasbord of film, music and innovative lectures and showcases from around the world to Austin, Texas
The Skinny
The $250 Million Ask Citing progress across the board, Tucson Mayor Rothschild makes the case for voters to approve sales tax Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild got a big standing ovation when he took to the stage at last week’s State of the City speech. Rothschild celebrated the city’s partnerships with other local jurisdictions in a…
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: The other day, I witnessed a young gordita retrieve a bag of Fritos, open it, then walk over to the chili station and pump in two steaming piles of 7-11 chili into the bag.
MMJ Briefs
Veterans in Arizona are pushing back against the UA’s medical marijuana ban.
Guest Opinion
Then, because they are owned by the gun lobby, they oppose common-sense gun safety legislation that helps keep firearms out of dangerous hands.
Police Dispatch
That Guy Has an “Arrest Wish”
Police Dispatch
A University of Arizona student experienced the epitome of luck when he not only rec ouped his lost wallet—with everything apparently still inside—but also avoided jail despite the fact that everything was apparently still inside…
Loss in Translation
Julia Cho’s play, The Language Archive, is a story about the connection between dying languages and dying love.
Know Your Product
Since forming in Detroit as The Wildbunch back in ’96, the Electric 6 has been one of the more consistent bands from that city’s actually-eclectic ’90s garage scene.
Best Belle
Wonderful animated musical from 1991, becomes part of the Disney Live Redo of a Beloved Animated Movie assembly line with a big budget effort starring Emma Watson as the iconic Belle and Ewan McGregor as a CGI candelabra.
Noise Annoys
No, he didn’t invent rock and roll music.
E Komo Mai!
Of course Tucson is a land locked city, but that does not mean you should be afraid to eat fish here.
Editors Note
Celebrate Brian Smith. I know many of us go away for a while. Leave Tucson for love or work, or a need to escape.
